Hi there, @friendlyfc. 

Thank you reaching out to the Community. 

For now, we don't have any update from our engineering team. Rest assured, our engineering team is working hard to resolve this problem permanently.  

Though, I still recommend using Internet Explorer for our online transactions in QuickBooks Desktop. 

For the meantime, I suggest visiting our Blog site. This is where we share recent happenings and future developments, such as updates to newly added features. Here's the link: The QuickBooks Blog.  

I also got an article for you that will help you more about​ setting Internet Explorer as a default web browser:  

• Set Internet Explorer to be your default browser 

• Verify and Troubleshoot QuickBooks Desktop and Internet Explorer settings 

Please let me know if you need anything else about QuickBooks. I'll be here to lend a hand. Have a great weekend!