Sources are reporting that the iOS 4.2 update scheduled for today has now been delayed due to a significant bug found in the gold master build. The bug involves WiFi connection issues found by developers currently running iOS 4.2 GM on the iPad. The issues have been widely documented on MacRumors forums (here and here), Twitter and Apple’s own discussion boards, both by users and developers.

MacStories states:

Even if the iPad manages to successfully connect to a local network, the connection is lost after a few minutes. This seems to be the most common problem among users, although some can’t simply use Safari at all. The bug has been reported to Apple, and they apparently decided to delay the release of iOS 4.2 to fix the bug.

This bug isn’t confined solely to the iPad, either – sources have also confirmed that the same WiFi connectivity issues was noticed while running iOS 4.2 GM on iPhone 4.

Due to this, Apple has reportedly decided to hold off on releasing iOS 4.2 while they fix the WiFi bug. MacStories’ source says developers could expect a new iOS 4.2 GM release as early as tomorrow, but it will be at least another week of testing before iOS 4.2 is released to the public. As per, Mark Gurman of 9to5 Mac – iPhoneHellas reported that the delay won’t be as long as expected and iOS 4.2 may be launching on Tuesday, November 16th now. Apple is now expected to release second GM seed of iOS 4.2 today, which is likely going to be followed by at least a week of extensive testing, if not more before its released to the public.

You can see the bug in question in the video embedded below:

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