Electron Changelog

What's new in Electron 29.3.2

May 3, 2024

Fixes:
Electron doesn't paint on offscreen-render mode after gpu process crashed.
Fixed an issue where console.log() in AudioWorkletGlobalScope produced incorrect output.
Other Changes:
Security: backported fix for CVE-2024-4060.
Security: backported fix for CVE-2024-4058. #41982

New in Electron 30.0.3 (May 2, 2024)

New in Electron 31.0.0 Alpha 3 (May 2, 2024)

New in Electron 31.0.0 Alpha 2 (Apr 19, 2024)

Features:
Added a new instance property navigationHistory on webContents API with navigationHistory.getEntryAtIndex method, enabling applications to retrieve the URL and title of any navigation entry within the browsing history. #41577 (Also in 29, 30)
Added options parameter to Session.clearData API. #41355
Added proxy configuring support for requests made with net module from utility process. #41335 (Also in 28, 29, 30)
Added support for NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS. #41689
Extended webContents.setWindowOpenHandler to support manual creation of BrowserWindow. #41432
Implemented support for the File System API. #41419 (Also in 30)
clearData method added to Session. #40983
Fixes:
Added missing support for the recursive option in fs.{readdir|readdirSync} as well as fs.promises.{readdir|readdirSync}. #41582
Added support for withFileTypes when calling fs.{readdir|readdirSync} with the recursive in Asar archives. #41627
Ensured ScreenCaptureKit is used exclusively on macOS 14.4 and higher to avoid permission prompts. #41397 (Also in 29, 30)
Fixed ASAN build on macOS. #41587
Fixed chrome://process-internals failing to load. #41476 (Also in 28, 29, 30)
Fixed shell.showItemInFolder not opening Windows Explorer if the passed path contains forward slashes. #41642 (Also in 28, 29, 30)
Fixed a bug where a window with maximization disabled and WCO enabled would still show its maximization button. #41793
Fixed a potential crash in chrome.scripting on extension unload. #41686 (Also in 29, 30)
Fixed an issue on Windows where silent printing resulted in comically tiny renderer output. #41811 (Also in 28, 29, 30)
Fixed an issue where app.getLoginItemSettings didn't correctly throw errors. #41647 (Also in 30)
Fixed an issue where user-did-{resign|become}-active were not emitted properly on macOS. #41506 (Also in 28, 29, 30)
Fixed an issue where webContents.print(options) failed if options was not passed or undefined is passed. #41467 (Also in 28, 29, 30)
Fixed an issue where badge text set using the Badging API no longer appeared correctly on Windows. #41618 (Also in 29, 30)
Fixed an issue where child views in a BrowserWindow could sometimes be. #41256
Fixed an issue where emojis weren't properly handled on Windows. #41673 (Also in 29, 30)
Fixed an issue where showing or focusing a panel window would activate the app on Mac. #41750 (Also in 30)
Fixed an issue where the serial-port-added event improperly respected filters set by serial.requestPort(). #41621 (Also in 28, 29, 30)
Fixed crash in Notification::Close() under libnotify 0.8.x with portal environment. #41691 (Also in 28, 29, 30)
Fixed missing <__assertion_handler> header when compiling with libc++. #41830 (Also in 29, 30)
Fixed usage of Storage.{get|set|clear}Cookies via the Chrome DevTools Protocol. #41718 (Also in 28, 29, 30)
Improved appearance of caption buttons on Windows 11 when using Windows Control Overlay. #41561 (Also in 30)
Made window.flashFrame(bool) flash continuously on macOS. #41391
Other Changes
The inputFieldType property in the context-menu params has been removed. #41239 (Also in 30)
Updated Chromium to 125.0.6412.0. #41610
Updated Node.js to v20.12.2. #41710
Documentation
Documentation changes: #41723, #41882
Unknown
Added support for Bluetooth ports being requested by service class ID in navigator.serial. #41638 (Also in 29, 30)

New in Electron 30.0.1 (Apr 18, 2024)

New in Electron 29.3.1 (Apr 18, 2024)

New in Electron 28.3.1 (Apr 18, 2024)

New in Electron 31.0.0 Alpha 1 (Apr 18, 2024)

Features:
Added a new instance property navigationHistory on webContents API with navigationHistory.getEntryAtIndex method, enabling applications to retrieve the URL and title of any navigation entry within the browsing history. #41577 (Also in 29, 30)
Added options parameter to Session.clearData API. #41355
Added proxy configuring support for requests made with net module from utility process. #41335 (Also in 28, 29, 30)
Added support for NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS. #41689
Extended webContents.setWindowOpenHandler to support manual creation of BrowserWindow. #41432
Implemented support for the File System API. #41419 (Also in 30)
clearData method added to Session. #40983
Fixes:
Added missing support for the recursive option in fs.{readdir|readdirSync} as well as fs.promises.{readdir|readdirSync}. #41582
Added support for withFileTypes when calling fs.{readdir|readdirSync} with the recursive in Asar archives. #41627
Ensured ScreenCaptureKit is used exclusively on macOS 14.4 and higher to avoid permission prompts. #41397 (Also in 29, 30)
Fixed ASAN build on macOS. #41587
Fixed chrome://process-internals failing to load. #41476 (Also in 28, 29, 30)
Fixed shell.showItemInFolder not opening Windows Explorer if the passed path contains forward slashes. #41642 (Also in 28, 29, 30)
Fixed a bug where a window with maximization disabled and WCO enabled would still show its maximization button. #41793
Fixed a potential crash in chrome.scripting on extension unload. #41686 (Also in 29, 30)
Fixed an issue on Windows where silent printing resulted in comically tiny renderer output. #41811 (Also in 28, 29, 30)
Fixed an issue where app.getLoginItemSettings didn't correctly throw errors. #41647 (Also in 30)
Fixed an issue where user-did-{resign|become}-active were not emitted properly on macOS. #41506 (Also in 28, 29, 30)
Fixed an issue where webContents.print(options) failed if options was not passed or undefined is passed. #41467 (Also in 28, 29, 30)
Fixed an issue where badge text set using the Badging API no longer appeared correctly on Windows. #41618 (Also in 29, 30)
Fixed an issue where child views in a BrowserWindow could sometimes be. #41256
Fixed an issue where emojis weren't properly handled on Windows. #41673 (Also in 29, 30)
Fixed an issue where showing or focusing a panel window would activate the app on Mac. #41750 (Also in 30)
Fixed an issue where the serial-port-added event improperly respected filters set by serial.requestPort(). #41621 (Also in 28, 29, 30)
Fixed crash in Notification::Close() under libnotify 0.8.x with portal environment. #41691 (Also in 28, 29, 30)
Fixed missing <__assertion_handler> header when compiling with libc++. #41830 (Also in 29, 30)
Fixed usage of Storage.{get|set|clear}Cookies via the Chrome DevTools Protocol. #41718 (Also in 28, 29, 30)
Improved appearance of caption buttons on Windows 11 when using Windows Control Overlay. #41561 (Also in 30)
Made window.flashFrame(bool) flash continuously on macOS. #41391
Other Changes:
The inputFieldType property in the context-menu params has been removed. #41239 (Also in 30)
Updated Chromium to 125.0.6412.0. #41610
Updated Node.js to v20.12.2. #41710

New in Electron 30.0.0 (Apr 17, 2024)

Stack Upgrades:
Chromium 124.0.6367.49
New in 124
New in 123
Node 20.11.1
Node 20.11.1 blog post
V8 12.4
Breaking Changes:
Added WebContentsView and BaseWindow, replacing the now-deprecated BrowserView APIs. #35658 (Also in 29)
Added Windows support for the ASAR Integrity fuse. #40504
Updated Chromium to 122.0.6194.0. (Behavior Changed: cross-origin iframes now use Permission Policy to access features) #40750
Updated Chromium to 122.0.6236.2. (Removed: The --disable-color-correct-rendering switch) #40871
The inputFieldType property in the context-menu params has been removed. #41440
Updated Chromium to 124.0.6323.0 (Removed: process.getIOCounters()) #41412
Features:
Additions:
Added a transparent webpreference to webviews. #40301
Added a new instance property navigationHistory on webContents API with navigationHistory.getEntryAtIndex method, enabling applications to retrieve the URL and title of any navigation entry within the browsing history.#41662 (Also in 29)
Added a new method BrowserWindow.isOccluded() to allow apps to check occlusion status. #38982
Added net module to utility process. #40017 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Added proxy configuring support for requests made with net module from utility process. #41417 (Also in 28, 29)
Added support for Bluetooth ports being requested by service class ID in navigator.serial. #41734 (Also in 29)
Added support for NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS. #41822
Implemented support for the File System API. #41827
Removed/Deprecated:
Removed extraneous dlls from Windows zip files. #41120 (Also in 28, 29)
Fixes:
Fixed and BrowserViews being white instead of transparent by default. #40866
Fixed WebContents.loadURL() incorrectly failing if called immediately after a previous call to loadURL() failed. #40661
Fixed a bug where a window with maximization disabled and WCO enabled would still show its maximization button. #41805
Fixed a potential crash while closing or interacting with a WebContentsView after its associated WebContents has been cleaned up. #41154
Fixed an issue where app.getLoginItemSettings didn't correctly throw errors. #41667
Fixed an issue where child views in a BrowserWindow could sometimes be. #41802
Fixed an issue where showing or focusing a panel window would activate the app on Mac. #41844
Improved appearance of caption buttons on Windows 11 when using Windows Control Overlay. #41586
Properly reject webcontents.loadURL promise on invalid URL load. #41194
Also in earlier versions...:
Added support for ThumbnailCapturerMac and ScreenCaptureKitStreamPickerSonoma chromium feature flags to bypass deprecated API warning on macOS 14.4. #41328 (Also in 29)
Apply module search paths restriction on worker and child process. #41118 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
CSS style -webkit-app-region: drag; has no effect in full screen mode. #41307 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Ensured ScreenCaptureKit is used exclusively on macOS 14.4 and higher to avoid permission prompts. #41404 (Also in 29)
Fixed Electron 29.0.0-beta.3 regression that could pop up context menus in the wrong location. #41275 (Also in 29)
Fixed chrome://process-internals failing to load. #41540 (Also in 28, 29)
Fixed session.fromPartition() key lookup bug. #41055 (Also in 28, 29)
Fixed shell.showItemInFolder not opening Windows Explorer if the passed path contains forward slashes. #41671 (Also in 28, 29)
Fixed a crash resultant from trying to listen to power-related events before the ready event was emitted on Linux. #40888 (Also in 26, 27, 28, 29)
Fixed a crash that started occurring sporadically with some types of macOS window close. #41264 (Also in 28, 29)
Fixed a partition alloc ref count check for higher MacOS versions. #40757 (Also in 28, 29)
Fixed a potential async_hooks crash when listening for the restore event on Windows after minimizing a maximized BrowserWindow. #40576 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Fixed a potential crash in chrome.scripting on extension unload. #41702 (Also in 29)
Fixed a potential crash when calling dialog.showMessageBoxSync. #40996 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Fixed an issue on Windows where silent printing resulted in comically tiny renderer output. #41838 (Also in 29)
Fixed an issue where import.meta.url did not work in the renderer process with contextIsolation enabled. #40993 (Also in 29)
Fixed an issue where inAppPurchase.getProducts and inAppPurchase.purchasedProduct did not resolve as expected. #40938

New in Electron 27.3.11 (Apr 17, 2024)

New in Electron 30.0.0 Beta 8 (Apr 11, 2024)

New in Electron 28.3.0 (Apr 11, 2024)

New in Electron 29.3.0 (Apr 11, 2024)

New in Electron 30.0.0 Beta 7 (Apr 9, 2024)

New in Electron 30.0.0 Beta 6 (Apr 5, 2024)

New in Electron 29.2.0 (Apr 4, 2024)

New in Electron 28.2.10 (Apr 4, 2024)

New in Electron 30.0.0 Beta 5 (Apr 2, 2024)

New in Electron 30.0.0 Beta 4 (Mar 29, 2024)

New in Electron 27.3.8 (Mar 29, 2024)

New in Electron 28.2.9 / 27.3.7 (Mar 29, 2024)

New in Electron 29.1.6 (Mar 27, 2024)

New in Electron 30.0.0 Beta 3 (Mar 26, 2024)

New in Electron 30.0.0 Beta 2 (Mar 25, 2024)

New in Electron 29.1.5 (Mar 21, 2024)

New in Electron 30.0.0 Beta 1 (Mar 19, 2024)

New in Electron 30.0.0 Alpha 7 (Mar 15, 2024)

New in Electron 29.1.4 (Mar 14, 2024)

New in Electron 28.2.7 (Mar 13, 2024)

New in Electron 29.1.3 (Mar 13, 2024)

New in Electron 29.1.2 (Mar 13, 2024)

New in Electron 29.1.1 (Mar 8, 2024)

New in Electron 30.0.0 Alpha 5 (Mar 7, 2024)

New in Electron 28.2.6 (Mar 7, 2024)

New in Electron 28.2.5 (Feb 29, 2024)

New in Electron 27.3.4 (Feb 29, 2024)

New in Electron 30.0.0 Alpha 2 (Feb 28, 2024)

Features:
Added Windows support for the ASAR Integrity fuse. #40504
Added WebContentsView and BaseWindow, replacing the now-deprecated BrowserView APIs. #35658 (Also in 29)
Added a transparent webpreference to webviews. #40301
Added a new method BrowserWindow.isOccluded() to allow apps to check occlusion status. #38982
Added net module to utility process. #40017 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Added proxy configuring support for requests made with net module from utility process. #41417 (Also in 29)
Fixes:
Added support for ThumbnailCapturerMac and ScreenCaptureKitStreamPickerSonoma chromium feature flags to bypass deprecated API warning on macOS 14.4. #41328 (Also in 29)
Apply module search paths restriction on worker and child process. #41118 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
CSS style -webkit-app-region: drag; has no effect in full screen mode. #41307 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Ensured ScreenCaptureKit is used exclusively on macOS 14.4 and higher to avoid permission prompts. #41404 (Also in 29)
Fixed and BrowserViews being white instead of transparent by default. #40866
Fixed Electron 29.0.0-beta.3 regression that could pop up context menus in the wrong location. #41275 (Also in 29)
Fixed WebContents.loadURL() incorrectly failing if called immediately after a previous call to loadURL() failed. #40661
Fixed session.fromPartition() key lookup bug. #41055 (Also in 28, 29)
Fixed a crash resultant from trying to listen to power-related events before the ready event was emitted on Linux. #40888 (Also in 26, 27, 28, 29)
Fixed a crash that started occurring sporadically with some types of macOS window close. #41264 (Also in 28, 29)
Fixed a partition alloc ref count check for higher MacOS versions. #40757 (Also in 28, 29)
Fixed a potential async_hooks crash when listening for the restore event on Windows after minimizing a maximized BrowserWindow. #40576 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Fixed a potential crash when calling dialog.showMessageBoxSync. #40996 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Fixed a potential crash while closing or interacting with a WebContentsView after its associated WebContents has been cleaned up. #41154
Fixed an issue where import.meta.url did not work in the renderer process with contextIsolation enabled. #40993 (Also in 29)
Fixed an issue where inAppPurchase.getProducts and inAppPurchase.purchasedProduct did not resolve as expected. #40938 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Fixed an issue where original-fs methods were not properly corrected for patched imports. #41209 (Also in 29)
Fixed an issue where select-usb-device did not respect the filter option in navigator.usb.requestDevice(). #41166 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Fixed an issue where webContents.printToPDF could fail when certain combinations of margins and pageSize values are passed. #41157 (Also in 28, 29)
Fixed an issue where crashes in node::Environment destruction potentially wouldn't be propagated to the NodeService exit handler. #41277 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Fixed an issue where draggable regions didn't work across platforms. #41030 (Also in 29)
Fixed an issue where non-modal windows with vibrancy could have incorrectly rounded corners on Sonoma. #41003 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Fixed an issue where some dependencies using CommonJS would cause ESM apps to fail to open. #41367 (Also in 29)
Fixed an issue where the -webkit-app-region: drag property was not respected on some windows. #41377 (Also in 29)
Fixed an issue where the printBackground option in webContents.printToPDF did not work as expected. #41161 (Also in 28, 29)
Fixed crash in MessagePort::close. #41201 (Also in 29)
Fixed default protocol handler behavior on Windows. #40892 (Also in 28, 29)
Fixed documentation of the default --inspect port. #40665 (Also in 27, 28)
Fixed forked child process not able to send IPC message under some cases on macOS. #41079

New in Electron 29.1.0 (Feb 28, 2024)

New in Electron 30.0.0 Alpha 1 (Feb 22, 2024)

Features:
Added Windows support for the ASAR Integrity fuse. #40504
Added WebContentsView and BaseWindow, replacing the now-deprecated BrowserView APIs. #35658 (Also in 29)
Added a transparent webpreference to webviews. #40301
Added a new method BrowserWindow.isOccluded() to allow apps to check occlusion status. #38982
Added net module to utility process. #40017 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Fixes:
Added support for ThumbnailCapturerMac and ScreenCaptureKitStreamPickerSonoma chromium feature flags to bypass deprecated API warning on macOS 14.4. #41328 (Also in 29)
Apply module search paths restriction on worker and child process. #41118 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
CSS style -webkit-app-region: drag; has no effect in full screen mode. #41307 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Fixed and BrowserViews being white instead of transparent by default. #40866
Fixed Electron 29.0.0-beta.3 regression that could pop up context menus in the wrong location. #41275 (Also in 29)
Fixed WebContents.loadURL() incorrectly failing if called immediately after a previous call to loadURL() failed. #40661
Fixed session.fromPartition() key lookup bug. #41055 (Also in 28, 29)
Fixed a crash resultant from trying to listen to power-related events before the ready event was emitted on Linux. #40888 (Also in 26, 27, 28, 29)
Fixed a crash that started occurring sporadically with some types of macOS window close. #41264 (Also in 28, 29)
Fixed a partition alloc ref count check for higher MacOS versions. #40757 (Also in 28, 29)
Fixed a potential async_hooks crash when listening for the restore event on Windows after minimizing a maximized BrowserWindow. #40576 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Fixed a potential crash when calling dialog.showMessageBoxSync. #40996 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Fixed a potential crash while closing or interacting with a WebContentsView after its associated WebContents has been cleaned up. #41154
Fixed an issue where import.meta.url did not work in the renderer process with contextIsolation enabled. #40993 (Also in 29)
Fixed an issue where inAppPurchase.getProducts and inAppPurchase.purchasedProduct did not resolve as expected. #40938 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Fixed an issue where original-fs methods were not properly corrected for patched imports. #41209 (Also in 29)
Fixed an issue where select-usb-device did not respect the filter option in navigator.usb.requestDevice(). #41166 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Fixed an issue where webContents.printToPDF could fail when certain combinations of margins and pageSize values are passed. #41157 (Also in 28, 29)
Fixed an issue where crashes in node::Environment destruction potentially wouldn't be propagated to the NodeService exit handler. #41277 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Fixed an issue where draggable regions didn't work across platforms. #41030 (Also in 29)
Fixed an issue where non-modal windows with vibrancy could have incorrectly rounded corners on Sonoma. #41003 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Fixed an issue where some dependencies using CommonJS would cause ESM apps to fail to open. #41367 (Also in 29)
Fixed an issue where the -webkit-app-region: drag property was not respected on some windows. #41377 (Also in 29)
Fixed an issue where the printBackground option in webContents.printToPDF did not work as expected. #41161 (Also in 28, 29)
Fixed crash in MessagePort::close. #41201 (Also in 29)
Fixed default protocol handler behavior on Windows. #40892 (Also in 28, 29)
Fixed documentation of the default --inspect port. #40665 (Also in 27, 28)
Fixed forked child process not able to send IPC message under some cases on macOS. #41079 (Also in 26, 27, 28, 29)
Fixed incorrect title bar shown on frameless transparent windows. #40749 (Also in 27, 28, [29](https://github.com/electron/electron/pu...

New in Electron 29.0.1 (Feb 22, 2024)

New in Electron 29.0.0 (Feb 20, 2024)

Stack Upgrades:
Chromium 122.0.6261.39:
New in 122
New in 121
Node 20.9.0:
Node 20.9.0 blog post
V8 12.2
Breaking Changes:
Functions called over the contextBridge are now called with the expected receiver (this). #39978 (Also in 27, 28)
The gpu-process-crashed event on app has been deprecated. #40169 (Also in 28)
The deprecated gpu-process-crashed event on app has been removed. #40255
The deprecated renderer-process-crashed event on app and crashed event on WebContents and <webview> have been removed. #40115
Features:
Additions:
Added WebContentsView and BaseWindow, replacing the now-deprecated BrowserView APIs. #40759
Added keyboardLock to ses.setPermissionRequestHandler(handler). #40369 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Added an option in protocol.registerSchemesAsPrivileged to allow V8 code cache in custom schemes. #40544 (Also in 27, 28)
Added net module to utility process. #40890 (Also in 27, 28)
Added new Electron Fuse that opts the file:// protocol into more secure and restrictive behaviour that matches Chromium. #40372
Added new webUtils.getPathForFile method to replace File.path augmentation. #38776
Added support for configuring use_remote_checksums via .npmrc. #40253
Migrated app.{set|get}LoginItemSettings(settings) to use Apple's new recommended underlying framework on macOS. #37244
This PR adds several properties to the display object including detected, maximumCursorSize, and nativeOrigin. #40497 (Also in 28)
Removed/Deprecated:
Removed extraneous dlls from Windows zip files. #41129 (Also in 28)
Fixes:
Added support for ThumbnailCapturerMac and ScreenCaptureKitStreamPickerSonoma chromium feature flags to bypass deprecated API warning on macOS 14.4. #41329
Fixed Electron 29.0.0-beta.3 regression that could pop up context menus in the wrong location. #41296
Fixed an issue where import.meta.url did not work in the renderer process with contextIsolation enabled. #41265
Fixed an issue where original-fs methods were not properly corrected for patched imports. #41238
Fixed an issue where draggable regions didn't work across platforms. #41112
Fixed crash in MessagePort::close. #41237
Fixed the GrantFileProtocolExtraPrivileges not correctly preventing fetch() calls to file:// URLs. #40864
Also in earlier versions:
Apply module search paths restriction on worker and child process. #41138 (Also in 27, 28)
Backported fix for AVX related crashes on certain linux machines. #40536 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
CSS style -webkit-app-region: drag; has no effect in full screen mode. #41332 (Also in 27, 28)
Fixed "will-navigate" not being emitted when pressing links in chrome: pages. #40390 (Also in 27, 28)
Fixed session.fromPartition() key lookup bug. #41084 (Also in 28)
Fixed a crash resultant from trying to listen to power-related events before the ready event was emitted on Linux. #40925 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed a crash that started occurring sporadically with some types of macOS window close. #41299 (Also in 28)
Fixed a partition alloc ref count check for higher MacOS versions. #40766 (Also in 28)
Fixed a potential async_hooks crash when listening for the restore event on Windows after minimizing a maximized BrowserWindow. #41146 (Also in 27, 28)
Fixed a potential crash when calling dialog.showMessageBoxSync. #41043 (Also in 27, 28)
Fixed a potential issue with async_hook corruption in some error contexts. #40574 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed a unexpectedly thrown error in some unsupported chrome extensions. #40500 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed an error changing file format in dialog.showOpenDialog on macOS. #40308 (Also in 27, 28)
Fixed an issue where Request objects did not correctly copy headers into fetches. #41019 (Also in 28)
Fixed an issue where WebViews could sometimes crash on unload. #40400 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed an issue where Windows Toast notifications weren't properly dismissed from the Action Center on notification.close() if they'd previously been dismissed. #40197 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed an issue where MessagePorts were not being correctly garbage collected when not referenced. #40189 (Also in 28)
Fixed an issue where inAppPurchase.getProducts and inAppPurchase.purchasedProduct did not resolve as expected. [#40957](https://github.com/e...

New in Electron 26.6.10 (Feb 20, 2024)

New in Electron 29.0.0 Beta 12 (Feb 16, 2024)

New in Electron 28.2.3 (Feb 15, 2024)

New in Electron 29.0.0 Beta 9 (Feb 13, 2024)

New in Electron 29.0.0 Beta 8 (Feb 12, 2024)

New in Electron 28.2.2 (Feb 8, 2024)

New in Electron 29.0.0 Beta 6 (Feb 7, 2024)

New in Electron 29.0.0 Beta 5 (Feb 2, 2024)

New in Electron 28.2.1 (Feb 1, 2024)

New in Electron 29.0.0 Beta 4 (Jan 30, 2024)

New in Electron 29.0.0 Beta 3 (Jan 26, 2024)

New in Electron 27.3.0 (Jan 25, 2024)

New in Electron 28.2.0 (Jan 24, 2024)

New in Electron 29.0.0 Beta 1 (Jan 24, 2024)

New in Electron 29.0.0 Alpha 11 (Jan 19, 2024)

New in Electron 26.6.7 (Jan 19, 2024)

New in Electron 27.2.4 (Jan 18, 2024)

New in Electron 26.6.6 (Jan 18, 2024)

New in Electron 29.0.0 Alpha 10 (Jan 16, 2024)

New in Electron 29.0.0 Alpha 9 (Jan 12, 2024)

New in Electron 26.6.5 (Jan 11, 2024)

New in Electron 27.2.2 (Jan 11, 2024)

New in Electron 28.1.3 (Jan 10, 2024)

New in Electron 28.1.2 (Jan 9, 2024)

New in Electron 29.0.0 Alpha 8 (Jan 9, 2024)

New in Electron 29.0.0 Alpha 7 (Jan 5, 2024)

New in Electron 26.6.4 (Jan 4, 2024)

New in Electron 27.2.1 (Jan 4, 2024)

New in Electron 28.1.1 (Jan 4, 2024)

New in Electron 28.1.0 (Dec 22, 2023)

New in Electron 29.0.0 Alpha 4 (Dec 15, 2023)

New in Electron 29.0.0 Alpha 3 (Dec 12, 2023)

Features:
Added keyboardLock to ses.setPermissionRequestHandler(handler). #40369 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Added an option in protocol.registerSchemesAsPrivileged to allow V8 code cache in custom schemes. #40544
Added new Electron Fuse that opts the file:// protocol into more secure and restrictive behaviour that matches Chromium. #40372
Added new webUtils.getPathForFile method to replace File.path augmentation. #38776
Added support for configuring use_remote_checksums via .npmrc. #40253
Migrated app.{set|get}LoginItemSettings(settings) to use Apple's new recommended underlying framework on macOS. #37244
This PR adds several properties to the display object including detected, maximumCursorSize, and nativeOrigin. #40497 (Also in 28)
Fixes:
Backported fix for AVX related crashes on certain linux machines. #40536 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed "will-navigate" not being emitted when pressing links in chrome: pages. #40390 (Also in 27, 28)
Fixed a potential issue with async_hook corruption in some error contexts. #40574 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed a unexpectedly thrown error in some unsupported chrome extensions. #40500 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed an error changing file format in dialog.showOpenDialog on macOS. #40308 (Also in 27, 28)
Fixed an issue where WebViews could sometimes crash on unload. #40400 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed an issue where Windows Toast notifications weren't properly dismissed from the Action Center on notification.close() if they'd previously been dismissed. #40197 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed an issue where MessagePorts were not being correctly garbage collected when not referenced. #40189 (Also in 28)
Fixed an issue where navigator.keyboard.lock() did not work per latest expected behavior. #40365 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed an issue where devtools could not be re-opened. #40666 (Also in 28)
Fixed an issue where font requests were incorrectly being sent to dev tools multiple times per resource. #40681 (Also in 27, 28)
Fixed an issue where fully occluded windows would return an empty image from webContents.capturePage() on Windows and Linux. #39730 (Also in 25, 26, 27, 28)
Fixed an issue where zoom level settings did not persist per-session for webviews. #40650
Fixed an issue with webContents interaction with fullscreen and WCO on macOS. #40179 (Also in 25, 26, 27, 28)
Fixed app incorrectly activating panel windows on macOS Sonoma. #40307 (Also in 28)
Fixed child window opening in non-active macOS apps. #40546 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed file paths passed to shell.showItemInFolder not being escaped in Linux. #40527 (Also in 27, 28)
Fixed loading nested ESM dependencies in node_modules
Correctly support the throwIfNoEntry option in fs.statSync/fs.lstatSync in asar files. #40221 (Also in 28)
Fixed problem with bounds of maximized window when toggle BrowserWindow.setResizable function. #40503 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed resizing performance issue on macOS. #40577 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed some redundant permission dialogs while screen sharing on Wayland. #40098 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Functions called over the contextBridge are now called with the expected receiver (this). #39978 (Also in 27, 28)
Prevent node mode to be used as script runner by other apps on macOS. #40579 (Also in 28)
Use activateIgnoringOtherApps for focusing non-panels on macOS. #40570 (Also in 28)
Other Changes:
Re-enabled partition alloc on Mac. #33981 (Also in 28)
The gpu-process-crashed event on app has been deprecated. #40169 (Also in 28)
The deprecated gpu-process-crashed event on app has been removed. #40255
The deprecated renderer-process-crashed event on app and crashed event on WebContents and <webview> have been removed. #40115
Updated Chromium to 121.0.6147.0. #40523
Updated Node.js to v18.18.2. #40205 (Also in 28)
Upgraded to Node.js v20. #40545

New in Electron 29.0.0 Alpha 2 (Dec 11, 2023)

Features:
Added keyboardLock to ses.setPermissionRequestHandler(handler). #40369 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Added an option in protocol.registerSchemesAsPrivileged to allow V8 code cache in custom schemes. #40544
Added new Electron Fuse that opts the file:// protocol into more secure and restrictive behaviour that matches Chromium. #40372
Added new webUtils.getPathForFile method to replace File.path augmentation. #38776
Added support for configuring use_remote_checksums via .npmrc. #40253
Migrated app.{set|get}LoginItemSettings(settings) to use Apple's new recommended underlying framework on macOS. #37244
This PR adds several properties to the display object including detected, maximumCursorSize, and nativeOrigin. #40497 (Also in 28)
Fixes:
Backported fix for AVX related crashes on certain linux machines. #40536 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed "will-navigate" not being emitted when pressing links in chrome: pages. #40390 (Also in 27, 28)
Fixed a potential issue with async_hook corruption in some error contexts. #40574 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed a unexpectedly thrown error in some unsupported chrome extensions. #40500 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed an error changing file format in dialog.showOpenDialog on macOS. #40308 (Also in 27, 28)
Fixed an issue where WebViews could sometimes crash on unload. #40400 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed an issue where Windows Toast notifications weren't properly dismissed from the Action Center on notification.close() if they'd previously been dismissed. #40197 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed an issue where MessagePorts were not being correctly garbage collected when not referenced. #40189 (Also in 28)
Fixed an issue where navigator.keyboard.lock() did not work per latest expected behavior. #40365 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed an issue where devtools could not be re-opened. #40666 (Also in 28)
Fixed an issue where font requests were incorrectly being sent to dev tools multiple times per resource. #40681 (Also in 28)
Fixed an issue where fully occluded windows would return an empty image from webContents.capturePage() on Windows and Linux. #39730 (Also in 25, 26, 27, 28)
Fixed an issue where zoom level settings did not persist per-session for webviews. #40650
Fixed an issue with webContents interaction with fullscreen and WCO on macOS. #40179 (Also in 25, 26, 27, 28)
Fixed app incorrectly activating panel windows on macOS Sonoma. #40307 (Also in 28)
Fixed child window opening in non-active macOS apps. #40546 (Also in 26, 28)
Fixed file paths passed to shell.showItemInFolder not being escaped in Linux. #40527 (Also in 27, 28)
Fixed loading nested ESM dependencies in node_modules
Correctly support the throwIfNoEntry option in fs.statSync/fs.lstatSync in asar files. #40221 (Also in 28)
Fixed problem with bounds of maximized window when toggle BrowserWindow.setResizable function. #40503 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed resizing performance issue on macOS. #40577 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed some redundant permission dialogs while screen sharing on Wayland. #40098 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Functions called over the contextBridge are now called with the expected receiver (this). #39978 (Also in 27, 28)
Prevent node mode to be used as script runner by other apps on macOS. #40579
Use activateIgnoringOtherApps for focusing non-panels on macOS. #40570 (Also in 28)
Other Changes:
Re-enabled partition alloc on Mac. #33981 (Also in 28)
The gpu-process-crashed event on app has been deprecated. #40169 (Also in 28)
The deprecated gpu-process-crashed event on app has been removed. #40255
The deprecated renderer-process-crashed event on app and crashed event on WebContents and <webview> have been removed. #40115
Updated Chromium to 121.0.6147.0. #40523

New in Electron 29.0.0 Alpha 1 (Dec 7, 2023)

Features:
Added keyboardLock to ses.setPermissionRequestHandler(handler). #40369 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Added an option in protocol.registerSchemesAsPrivileged to allow V8 code cache in custom schemes. #40544
Added new Electron Fuse that opts the file:// protocol into more secure and restrictive behaviour that matches Chromium. #40372
Added new webUtils.getPathForFile method to replace File.path augmentation. #38776
Added support for configuring use_remote_checksums via .npmrc. #40253
Migrated app.{set|get}LoginItemSettings(settings) to use Apple's new recommended underlying framework on macOS. #37244
This PR adds several properties to the display object including detected, maximumCursorSize, and nativeOrigin. #40497 (Also in 28)
Fixes:
Backported fix for AVX related crashes on certain linux machines. #40536 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed "will-navigate" not being emitted when pressing links in chrome: pages. #40390 (Also in 27, 28)
Fixed a potential issue with async_hook corruption in some error contexts. #40574 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed a unexpectedly thrown error in some unsupported chrome extensions. #40500 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed an error changing file format in dialog.showOpenDialog on macOS. #40308 (Also in 27, 28)
Fixed an issue where WebViews could sometimes crash on unload. #40400 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed an issue where Windows Toast notifications weren't properly dismissed from the Action Center on notification.close() if they'd previously been dismissed. #40197 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed an issue where MessagePorts were not being correctly garbage collected when not referenced. #40189 (Also in 28)
Fixed an issue where navigator.keyboard.lock() did not work per latest expected behavior. #40365 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed an issue where devtools could not be re-opened. #40666 (Also in 28)
Fixed an issue where font requests were incorrectly being sent to dev tools multiple times per resource. #40681 (Also in 28)
Fixed an issue where fully occluded windows would return an empty image from webContents.capturePage() on Windows and Linux. #39730 (Also in 25, 26, 27, 28)
Fixed an issue where zoom level settings did not persist per-session for webviews. #40650
Fixed an issue with webContents interaction with fullscreen and WCO on macOS. #40179 (Also in 25, 26, 27, 28)
Fixed app incorrectly activating panel windows on macOS Sonoma. #40307 (Also in 28)
Fixed child window opening in non-active macOS apps. #40546 (Also in 26, 28)
Fixed file paths passed to shell.showItemInFolder not being escaped in Linux. #40527 (Also in 27, 28)
Fixed loading nested ESM dependencies in node_modules
Correctly support the throwIfNoEntry option in fs.statSync/fs.lstatSync in asar files. #40221 (Also in 28)
Fixed problem with bounds of maximized window when toggle BrowserWindow.setResizable function. #40503 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed resizing performance issue on macOS. #40577 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed some redundant permission dialogs while screen sharing on Wayland. #40098 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Functions called over the contextBridge are now called with the expected receiver (this). #39978 (Also in 27, 28)
Prevent node mode to be used as script runner by other apps on macOS. #40579
Use activateIgnoringOtherApps for focusing non-panels on macOS. #40570 (Also in 28)
Other Changes:
Re-enabled partition alloc on Mac. #33981 (Also in 28)
The gpu-process-crashed event on app has been deprecated. #40169 (Also in 28)
The deprecated gpu-process-crashed event on app has been removed. #40255
The deprecated renderer-process-crashed event on app and crashed event on WebContents and <webview> have been removed. #40115
Updated Chromium to 121.0.6147.0. #40523

New in Electron 28.0.0 (Dec 6, 2023)

Stack Upgrades:
Chromium 120.0.6099.56:
New in 119
New in 120
Node 18.18.2:
Node 18.18.0 release notes
Node 18.18.1 release notes
Node 18.18.2 release notes
V8 12.0
Breaking Changes:
The BrowserWindow.getTrafficLightPosition() and BrowserWindow.setTrafficLightPosition() methods have been removed. #39479
The app.runningUnderRosettaTranslation() method has been removed. #39956
The ipcRenderer.sendTo() method has been removed. #39087
The scroll-touch-{begin,end,edge} events have been removed. #39814
Setting backgroundThrottling to false will disable frames throttling in the BrowserWindow for all WebContents displayed by it. #38924
Features:
Additions:
Enabled ESM support. #37535
For more details, see the ESM documentation.
The UtilityProcess API now supports ESM entrypoints. #40047
Added several properties to the display object including detected, maximumCursorSize, and nativeOrigin. #40554
Added support for ELECTRON_OZONE_PLATFORM_HINT environment variable on Linux. #39792
In addition to enabling ESM support in Electron itself, Electron Forge also supports using ESM to package, build and develop Electron applications. You can find this support in Forge v7.0.0 or higher: https://github.com/electron/forge/releases/tag/v7.0.0
Added API to help apps know when to avoid semitransparent backgrounds. #39631 (Also in 26, 27)
Added getWebRTCUDPPortRange and setWebRTCUDPPortRange APIs to specify UDP port range for WebRTC. #39046
Added keyboardLock to ses.setPermissionRequestHandler(handler). #40460 (Also in 26, 27)
Added mouse-enter and mouse-leave Tray events for Windows. #40072
Added a generateTaggedPDF option to webContents.printToPDF() to allow generating tagged (accessible) PDFs. #39563
Added a tabbingIdentifier property to BrowserWindow. #39980 (Also in 26, 27)
Added middle click mouse event to tray icon. #39926
Added several properties to the display object including detected, maximumCursorSize, and nativeOrigin. #40554
Added support for ELECTRON_OZONE_PLATFORM_HINT environment variable on Linux. #39792
Added support for chrome.scripting extension APIs. #39395 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Added support for several more extensions manifest keys including host_permissions, author, and short_name. #39599 (Also in 26, 27)
Added the ability to send HTTP headers with webContents.downloadURL(). #39455 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Changed systemPreferences.getColor(name) to return an RGBA hex value (#RRGGBBAA) instead of a plain RGB (#RRGGBB) value. #38960
Honor XDG dark theme preferences on Linux. #38977 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Improved compatibility with CommonJS modules in sandboxed preload scripts by passing dummy module.exports. #39484
Improvements:
Improved fork() and execve() performance for child_process API on Linux. #39253
Fixed resizing performance issue on macOS. #40586 (Also in 26, 27)
Fixed opaque window performance regression on DWM. #39895 (Also in 27)
Re-enabled partition alloc on macOS. #40230
Removed/Deprecated:
The app.runningUnderRosettaTranslation property has been deprecated. #39897 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
The gpu-process-crashed event on app has been deprecated. #40195
The renderer-process-crashed event on app and crashed event on WebContents and <webview> have been deprecated. #40089
Fixes:
Fixed an issue that prevented MessagePorts from being garbage collected when not referenced. #40201
Fixed app incorrectly activating panel windows on macOS Sonoma. #40465
Fixed file paths passed to shell.showItemInFolder not being escaped in Linux. #40562
Fixed loading nested ESM dependencies in node_modules. Support the throwIfNoEntry option in fs.statSync/fs.lstatSync in asar files. #40224
Fixed same-party cookie functionality for first party sets. #40526
Use activateIgnoringOtherApps for focusing non-panels on macOS. #40621
Also in earlier versions:
Fixed Windows Mica / Acrylic background material effects on frameless windows. #39708 (Also in 27)
Fixed BrowserView.setBounds() calls not painting view in new bounds in some cases. #39994 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed app.runningUnderARM64Translation() always returning true on ARM64. #39920 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed will-navigate not being emitted when pressing links in chrome: pages. #40525 (Also in 27)
Fixed a webContents.capturePage() issue that caused an empty image to be returned for fully-occluded windows on Linux and Windows. #40185 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed a potential issue with async_hook corruption in some error contexts. #40594 (Also in 26, 27)
Fixed an error changing file format in dialog.showOpenDialog on macOS. #40346 <span style="f...

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New in Electron 26.4.1 (Oct 18, 2023)

New in Electron 28.0.0 Alpha 3 (Oct 17, 2023)

New in Electron 28.0.0 Alpha 2 (Oct 12, 2023)

Breaking Changes:
Fixed generating frames when the window is hidden and backgroundThrottling is disabled. #38924
Features:
A dummy module.exports is now passed to the sandboxed preload scripts to improve compatibility with CommonJS modules. #39484
Added 'getWebRTCUDPPortRange' and 'setWebRTCUDPPortRange' apis to specify udp port range for webrtc. #39046
Added 'mouse-enter' and 'mouse-leave' Tray events for Windows. #40072
Added a generateTaggedPDF option to webContents.printToPDF to allow generating tagged (accessible) PDFs. #39563
Added a tabbingIdentifier property to BrowserWindow. #39980 (Also in 27)
Added middle click mouse event to tray icon. #39926
Added support for chrome.scripting extension APIs. #39395 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Added support for several more extensions manifest keys including host_permissions, author, and short_name. #39599 (Also in 26, 27)
Added the ability to send HTTP headers with webContents.downloadURL(). #39455 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Changed systemPreferences.getColor(name) to return an RGBA hex value (#RRGGBBAA) instead of a plain RGB (#RRGGBB) value. #38960
Detect system dark theme preference via xdg settings portal on Linux. #38977 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Enabled ESM support. For more details see the ESM limitations document. #37535
Exposed an API to allow apps to determine whether to avoid using semitransparent backgrounds. #39631 (Also in 26, 27)
Fixes:
Added support for ELECTRON_OZONE_PLATFORM_HINT environment variable on Linux. #39792
Fixed BrowserView.setBounds calls not painting view in new bounds in some cases. #39994 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed Windows Mica/Acrylic background material effects on frameless windows. #39708 (Also in 27)
Fixed app.runningUnderARM64Translation() always returning true on ARM64. #39920 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an error where listening to certain chrome.tabs events would throw incorrectly. #39729 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where BrowserWindows could crash on macOS with frame: false and roundedCorners: false when going fullscreen. #39747 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where BrowserViews that had their bounds set prior to being added to a BrowserWindow could have unexpected incorrect offsets. #39605 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where chrome://gpu failed to load. #39556 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where webContents.print could fail when options is a frozen object. #39985 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where accelerators representing DOM keys were not correctly converted in webContents.sendInputEvent(). #39776 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where calling loadURL during some webContents url loading events could crash. #40143 (Also in 24, 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where calling show() on a child BrowserWindow would show all other children attached to the same parent on macOS. #40062 (Also in 24, 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where certain properties of chrome.tabs Tab objects were not properly considered privileged. #39595 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where child windows opened when the parent window is already fullscreen did not respect the child windows' fullscreenability and resizability settings. #39620 (Also in 24, 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where closing and opening a minimized DevTools window would not work as expected. #40091 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where fully occluded windows would return an empty image from webContents.capturePage() on Windows and Linux. #40185 (Also in 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where pressing the escape key did not properly trigger PDF presentation mode exit. #39616 (Also in 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where the Node.js assert module did not work in the renderer process. #39540 (Also in 24, 25, 26, [27

New in Electron 28.0.0 Alpha 1 (Oct 11, 2023)

Breaking Changes:
Fixed generating frames when the window is hidden and backgroundThrottling is disabled. #38924
Features:
A dummy module.exports is now passed to the sandboxed preload scripts to improve compatibility with CommonJS modules. #39484
Added 'getWebRTCUDPPortRange' and 'setWebRTCUDPPortRange' apis to specify udp port range for webrtc. #39046
Added 'mouse-enter' and 'mouse-leave' Tray events for Windows. #40072
Added a generateTaggedPDF option to webContents.printToPDF to allow generating tagged (accessible) PDFs. #39563
Added a tabbingIdentifier property to BrowserWindow. #39980 (Also in 27)
Added middle click mouse event to tray icon. #39926
Added support for chrome.scripting extension APIs. #39395 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Added support for several more extensions manifest keys including host_permissions, author, and short_name. #39599 (Also in 26, 27)
Added the ability to send HTTP headers with webContents.downloadURL(). #39455 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Changed systemPreferences.getColor(name) to return an RGBA hex value (#RRGGBBAA) instead of a plain RGB (#RRGGBB) value. #38960
Detect system dark theme preference via xdg settings portal on Linux. #38977 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Enabled ESM support. For more details see the ESM limitations document. #37535
Exposed an API to allow apps to determine whether to avoid using semitransparent backgrounds. #39631 (Also in 26, 27)
Fixes:
Added support for ELECTRON_OZONE_PLATFORM_HINT environment variable on Linux. #39792
Fixed BrowserView.setBounds calls not painting view in new bounds in some cases. #39994 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed Windows Mica/Acrylic background material effects on frameless windows. #39708 (Also in 27)
Fixed app.runningUnderARM64Translation() always returning true on ARM64. #39920 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an error where listening to certain chrome.tabs events would throw incorrectly. #39729 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where BrowserWindows could crash on macOS with frame: false and roundedCorners: false when going fullscreen. #39747 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where BrowserViews that had their bounds set prior to being added to a BrowserWindow could have unexpected incorrect offsets. #39605 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where chrome://gpu failed to load. #39556 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where webContents.print could fail when options is a frozen object. #39985 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where accelerators representing DOM keys were not correctly converted in webContents.sendInputEvent(). #39776 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where calling loadURL during some webContents url loading events could crash. #40143 (Also in 24, 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where calling show() on a child BrowserWindow would show all other children attached to the same parent on macOS. #40062 (Also in 24, 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where certain properties of chrome.tabs Tab objects were not properly considered privileged. #39595 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where child windows opened when the parent window is already fullscreen did not respect the child windows' fullscreenability and resizability settings. #39620 (Also in 24, 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where closing and opening a minimized DevTools window would not work as expected. #40091 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where pressing the escape key did not properly trigger PDF presentation mode exit. #39616 (Also in 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where the Node.js assert module did not work in the renderer process. #39540 (Also in 24, 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where using webcrypto.subtle.importKey() could error and fail if SharedArrayBuffers are not defined. #40070 (Also in 27)
Fixed an issue where vibrant windows incorrectly have square corners when they're modals on macOS. #39979 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue with applying vibrancy on non-transparent windows on MacOS. #40109 (Also in 27)
Fixed decorations for tiled windows on Wayland. #39523 (Also in 22, 24, 25, 26, 27)
Fixed deprecated gpu-process-crashed / renderer-process-crashed events being emitted twice and with incorrect arguments. #40090 (Also in 22, 24, 25, 26, 27)
Fixed devtools to allow restoring saved dock state on Windows. #39734 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed failing build when enable_electron_extensions=false. #40032 (Also in 27)
Fixed how screen readers are detected on Windows to reduce false positives. #39988 (Also in 27)
Fixed issue where titlebar would be transparent for transparent windows that are fullscreen. #39759 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed problem with promise resolved to early when browser initiated in-page navigation. #39597 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed to regenerate thumbnail toolbar buttons when explorer is restarted. #39551 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed window size constraints not working on macOS. #39975 (Also in 27)
Prevent DWM from redrawing video frames rendered on opaque windows. #39895 (Also in 27)
Support Region Capture API with tab MediaStream. #39074 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
The UtilityProcess API now supports ESM entrypoints. #40047
Other Changes:
Deprecated scroll-touch-{begin,end,edge} events have been removed. #39814
Fixed build failure when PDF viewer is disabled. #39990 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed crash on shutdown in tls sockets with Node.js HTTP/2 connections. #39928 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed launch failure with child_process.spawn on windows affected by launching store applications. #40101 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed missing type for Electron.TitleBarOverlay. #39799 (Also in 26, 27)
Improved fork/execve performance for child_process api on linux. #39253
Removed deprecated app.runningUnderRosettaTranslation(). #39956
The app.runningUnderRosettaTranslation property has been deprecated. #39897 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
The renderer-process-crashed event on app and crashed event on WebContents and <webview> have been deprecated. #40089
The systemPreferences.getAppLevelAppearance, systemPreferences.setAppLevelAppearance and systemPreferences.appLevelAppearance APIs have been removed, as well as the alternate-selected-control-text value for systemPreferences.getColor. #39696 (Also in 27)
The deprecated getTrafficLightPosition() / setTrafficLightPosition() APIs have been removed. #39479
The deprecated ipcRenderer.sendTo() API has been removed. #39087
The deprecated webContents.getPrinters() API has been removed. #39663 (Also in 27)
Updated Chromium to 119.0.6045.0. #40076
Updated Node.js to v18.18.0. #39915
Documentation:
Documentation changes: #39963

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Features:
Added safeStorage.setUsePlainTextEncryption and safeStorage.getSelectedStorageBackend api. #38873 (Also in 25, 26)
Added senderIsMainFrame to messages sent via ipcRenderer.sendTo(). #38868 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Added a title parameter to webContents.openDevTools()to specify the DevTools window title. #39047
Added partial support for chrome.tabs.query. #39330 (Also in 25, 26)
Added support for --dns-result-order Node.js cli flag. #39376 (Also in 25, 26)
Added support for customization of the default math font along with other fonts. #38514
Added support for flagging a Menu as being keyboard initiated. #38903 (Also in 26)
Added support for several more Node.js cli flags in the main process. #39344 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Added the ability to send HTTP headers with session.downloadURL(). #38785 (Also in 25, 26)
BrowserWindow.getBrowserView() started to guarantee returning z-index sorted array. #38943
BrowserWindow.showAllTabs api added. #38965
Support Chrome Extensions minimum_chrome_version manifest key. #39256 (Also in 26)
The ipcRenderer.sendTo() API has been deprecated in favor of sharing a MessageChannel between two renderers. #39091
node: prefixed requires are now supported in sandboxed renderer preloads for events, timers and url. #38567 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixes:
Added transparent color support for WCO on Windows. #38693 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed clipboard.readImage() getting blocked when there is no PNG image in the clipboard. #39466 (Also in 26)
Fixed desktopCapturer thumbnail generation after screen sharing is cancelled on Wayland. #39194 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed preload script may not run in some child windows opened by window.open. #38910 (Also in 23, 24, 25, 26)
Fixed webContents.printToPDF preferCSSPageSize type error. #38761 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed a crash calling nativeImage.resize() before the app ready event. #38836 (Also in 26)
Fixed a crash in. #39069 (Also in 26)
Fixed a crash seen when trying to change nativeTheme source during mara context menu close. #38824 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed a crash when listing desktop capture sources on Wayland with PipeWire. #38833 (Also in 23, 24, 25, 26)
Fixed a potential crash calling BrowserWindow.removeBrowserView() with a destroyed webContents. #38842 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed a potential crash when calling BrowserWindow.moveTop() on modal child windows. #39499 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed a potential crash when calling tray.popUpContextMenu on macOS. #39231 (Also in 26)
Fixed a potential crash when re-parenting a BrowserWindow whose first parent has been destroyed. #39062 (Also in 26)
Fixed a rare crash when closing active native tab on macOS. #39394 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed a redundant permission popup while fetching screens and windows using desktopCapturer.getSources() on Wayland. #39111 (Also in 26)
Fixed an accessibility issue where VoiceOver couldn't trigger the tray action when selected to emit the click event. #39352 (Also in 26)
Fixed an error with webContents.print parameter validation by adding missing options required to set printer printable area. #38614 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed an issue on Windows 10 where the title bar was not correct after changing native theme. #39287 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where <datalist> popups are positions incorrectly in BrowserViews. #38489 (Also in 23, 24, 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where BrowserWindow.moveAbove() and BrowserWindow.moveTop() did not work for child windows on macOS. #39034 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where browserView.removeBrowserView could cause a crash in some cases. #39387 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where chrome.i18n did not work properly with Chrome Extensions Manifest V3. #39291 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where chrome.tabs.update did not return a tab object that properly reflected potential properties that were changed. #39365 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where chrome://gpu failed to load. #39583 (Also in 26)
Fixed an issue where protocol.handle() never called its callback with the 'file' scheme. #39048 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where webContents.print() stopped triggering its callback when the user cancelled the print dialog. #38709 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where window.open can interfere with various aspects of Node.js functionality. #38754
Fixed an issue where certain Electron classes had incorrect prototype class names. #39006 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where files could in some circumstances be selection when openFile was not passed as a dialog property. #38557 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where macOS traffic lights could malfunction on child windows in some circumstances. #39225 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where non-resizable windows incorrectly enabled the fullscreen/maximize button on initial window creation on macOS. #39086 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where notifications created on macOS which have no actions will erroneously have a Show button visible. #38997 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where passing webContents.print(null) could incorrectly trigger an error. #38612 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where printing on Windows could trigger a crash. #38976 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where removing a webview in a close callback could cause crashes. #38996 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where service workers could not run Chrome APIs in Chrome Extensions Manifest V3. #39290 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where the pageVisibility API returned incorrect values in some situations when backgroundThrottling was disabled. #39223 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed an issue with webContents.print({ silent: true }) not working correctly. #38741 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed an issue with potential use-after-free of child windows on close and reparent. #38603 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed an issue with the application menu overlapping menu items on Windows 11. #38998 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed asar integration for node:child_process imports. #38742 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed crash in message ports when utility process exits. #39335 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed decorations for tiled windows on Wayland. #39570 (Also in 22, 24, 25, 26)
Fixed display of title bar buttons on Wayland. #39003 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed minimize button to be visible when all buttons reenabled. #38860 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
Fixed potential invalid protocol error handling. #38587 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed problem with promise resolved to early when browser intendent in-page navigation. #39260
Fixed visibility of menu bar when exiting full screen. #38599 (Also in 23, 24, 25, 26)
Notes: Fixes an issue where chrome.tabs did not work properly with Chrome Extensions Manifest V3. #39317 (Also in 25, 26)
Other Changes:
The enable_osr build flag has been removed. #38703
The enable_picture_in_picture build flag has been removed. #38620
The enable_run_as_node build flag has been removed in favor of the runAsNode fuse. #38413
The senderId and senderIsMainFrame properties of IpcRendererEvent have been deprecated. #39381
The systemPreferences.getAppLevelAppearance and systemPreferences.setAppLevelAppearance APIs have been deprecated, as well as the alternate-selected-control-text value for systemPreferences.getColor. #39343 (Also in 26)
The webContents.getPrinters API has been deprecated. #39356 (Also in 26)
The deprecated color scheme changed events in systemPreferences have been removed. #39341
Updated Chromium to 118.0.5949.0. #39505
Updated Node.js to v18.17.1. #39457
Unknown:
Fixed an issue where setting bounds on BrowserViews can behave inconsistently across platforms. #38981 (Also in 25, 26)

New in Electron 23.3.21 (Aug 21, 2023)

New in Electron 22.3.21 (Aug 21, 2023)

New in Electron 27.0.0 Alpha 1 (Aug 17, 2023)

Features:
Added safeStorage.setUsePlainTextEncryption and safeStorage.getSelectedStorageBackend api. #38873 (Also in 25, 26)
Added senderIsMainFrame to messages sent via ipcRenderer.sendTo(). #38868 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Added a title parameter to webContents.openDevTools()to specify the DevTools window title. #39047
Added partial support for chrome.tabs.query. #39330 (Also in 25, 26)
Added support for --dns-result-order Node.js cli flag. #39376 (Also in 25, 26)
Added support for customization of the default math font along with other fonts. #38514
Added support for flagging a Menu as being keyboard initiated. #38903 (Also in 26)
Added support for several more Node.js cli flags in the main process. #39344 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Added the ability to send HTTP headers with session.downloadURL(). #38785 (Also in 25, 26)
BrowserWindow.getBrowserView() started to guarantee returning z-index sorted array. #38943
BrowserWindow.showAllTabs api added. #38965
Support Chrome Extensions minimum_chrome_version manifest key. #39256 (Also in 26)
The ipcRenderer.sendTo() API has been deprecated in favor of sharing a MessageChannel between two renderers. #39091
node: prefixed requires are now supported in sandboxed renderer preloads for events, timers and url. #38567 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixes:
Added transparent color support for WCO on Windows. #38693 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed clipboard.readImage() getting blocked when there is no PNG image in the clipboard. #39466 (Also in 26)
Fixed desktopCapturer thumbnail generation after screen sharing is cancelled on Wayland. #39194 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed preload script may not run in some child windows opened by window.open. #38910 (Also in 23, 24, 25, 26)
Fixed webContents.printToPDF preferCSSPageSize type error. #38761 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed a crash calling nativeImage.resize() before the app ready event. #38836 (Also in 26)
Fixed a crash in. #39069 (Also in 26)
Fixed a crash seen when trying to change nativeTheme source during mara context menu close. #38824 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed a crash when listing desktop capture sources on Wayland with PipeWire. #38833 (Also in 23, 24, 25, 26)
Fixed a potential crash calling BrowserWindow.removeBrowserView() with a destroyed webContents. #38842 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed a potential crash when calling BrowserWindow.moveTop() on modal child windows. #39499 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed a potential crash when calling tray.popUpContextMenu on macOS. #39231 (Also in 26)
Fixed a potential crash when re-parenting a BrowserWindow whose first parent has been destroyed. #39062 (Also in 26)
Fixed a rare crash when closing active native tab on macOS. #39394 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed a redundant permission popup while fetching screens and windows using desktopCapturer.getSources() on Wayland. #39111 (Also in 26)
Fixed an accessibility issue where VoiceOver couldn't trigger the tray action when selected to emit the click event. #39352 (Also in 26)
Fixed an error with webContents.print parameter validation by adding missing options required to set printer printable area. #38614 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed an issue on Windows 10 where the title bar was not correct after changing native theme. #39287 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where <datalist> popups are positions incorrectly in BrowserViews. #38489 (Also in 23, 24, 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where BrowserWindow.moveAbove() and BrowserWindow.moveTop() did not work for child windows on macOS. #39034 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where browserView.removeBrowserView could cause a crash in some cases. #39387 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where chrome.i18n did not work properly with Chrome Extensions Manifest V3. #39291 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where chrome.tabs.update did not return a tab object that properly reflected potential properties that were changed. #39365 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where protocol.handle() never called its callback with the 'file' scheme. #39048 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where webContents.print() stopped triggering its callback when the user cancelled the print dialog. #38709 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where window.open can interfere with various aspects of Node.js functionality. #38754
Fixed an issue where certain Electron classes had incorrect prototype class names. #39006 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where files could in some circumstances be selection when openFile was not passed as a dialog property. #38557 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where macOS traffic lights could malfunction on child windows in some circumstances. #39225 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where non-resizable windows incorrectly enabled the fullscreen/maximize button on initial window creation on macOS. #39086 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where notifications created on macOS which have no actions will erroneously have a Show button visible. #38997 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where passing webContents.print(null) could incorrectly trigger an error. #38612 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where printing on Windows could trigger a crash. #38976 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where removing a webview in a close callback could cause crashes. #38996 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where service workers could not run Chrome APIs in Chrome Extensions Manifest V3. #39290 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where the pageVisibility API returned incorrect values in some situations when backgroundThrottling was disabled. #39223 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed an issue with webContents.print({ silent: true }) not working correctly. #38741 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed an issue with potential use-after-free of child windows on close and reparent. #38603 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed an issue with the application menu overlapping menu items on Windows 11. #38998 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed asar integration for node:child_process imports. #38742 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed crash in message ports when utility process exits. #39335 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed display of title bar buttons on Wayland. #39003 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed minimize button to be visible when all buttons reenabled. #38860 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
Fixed potential invalid protocol error handling. #38587 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed problem with promise resolved to early when browser intendent in-page navigation. #39260
Fixed visibility of menu bar when exiting full screen. #38599 (Also in 23, 24, 25, 26)
Notes: Fixes an issue where chrome.tabs did not work properly with Chrome Extensions Manifest V3. #39317 (Also in 25, 26)
Other Changes:
The enable_osr build flag has been removed. #38703
The enable_picture_in_picture build flag has been removed. #38620
The enable_run_as_node build flag has been removed in favor of the runAsNode fuse. #38413
The senderId and senderIsMainFrame properties of IpcRendererEvent have been deprecated. #39381
The systemPreferences.getAppLevelAppearance and systemPreferences.setAppLevelAppearance APIs have been deprecated, as well as the alternate-selected-control-text value for systemPreferences.getColor. #39343 (Also in 26)
The webContents.getPrinters API has been deprecated. #39356 (Also in 26)
The deprecated color scheme changed events in systemPreferences have been removed. #39341
Updated Chromium to 118.0.5949.0. #39505
Updated Node.js to v18.17.1. #39457
Unknown:
Fixed an issue where setting bounds on BrowserViews can behave inconsistently across platforms. #38981 (Also in 25, 26)

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New in Electron 26.0.0 Beta 1 (Jun 27, 2023)

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New in Electron 25.2.0 (Jun 22, 2023)

New in Electron 26.0.0 Alpha 7 (Jun 16, 2023)

New in Electron 22.3.13 (Jun 15, 2023)

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New in Electron 25.1.0 (Jun 8, 2023)

New in Electron 26.0.0 Alpha 4 (Jun 7, 2023)

New in Electron 24.4.1 (Jun 2, 2023)

New in Electron 26.0.0 Alpha 1 (Jun 1, 2023)

Features:
Added net.resolveHost that resolves hosts using defaultSession object. #37853 (Also in 24, 25)
Added new 'did-resign-active' event on app. #37933 (Also in 25)
Added setUSBProtectedClassesHandler to allow access to protected USB classes with WebUSB. #38263
Added several new cursor values to the cursor-changed event. #38210 (Also in 24, 25)
Added support for Mica and Acrylic background effects on Windows. #38163 (Also in 24, 25)
Added thermal management information to powerMonitor. #37935 (Also in 24, 25)
Expose webContents methods to center text selection, scroll to the page bottom and top, as well as adjust selected text. #37978 (Also in 25)
Surface the context-menu event from extensions. #38029 (Also in 25)
Fixes:
Added about panel for menu role about on Linux as well. #37828 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
Ensured that Electron's custom AXManualAccessibility attribute works as expected in all relevant protocol methods. #38142 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
Fixed a potential crash when calling webContents.print with invalid settings. #38165 (Also in 25)
Fixed a potential crash when right-clicking on macOS windows with draggable regions. #38100 (Also in 24, 25)
Fixed an issue on Linux where menus would not open after resizing/maximizing/unmaximizing a window. #37798 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
Fixed an issue where Windows FrameViews always appeared inactive regardless of focus status. #38468 (Also in 25)
Fixed an issue where BrowserWindow.isMaximized() could incorrectly return true for minimized or fullscreened windows on macOS. #38291 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
Fixed an issue where BrowserWindow.isVisible() would incorrectly return true for minimized windows on Windows. #38242 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
Fixed an issue where MediaStreamTrack.getCaptureHandle() always returned null. #38390 (Also in 24, 25)
Fixed an issue where getNormalBounds() returns incorrect bounds for transparent maximized windows on Windows. #38218 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
Fixed an issue where navigator.connection returned incorrect data. #38491
Fixed an issue where accessing BrowserWindow.id threw an error after the window was destroyed. #38241 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
Fixed an issue where calling win.minimize() directly after calling win.maximize(), and then calling win.isMaximized() incorrectly returns true. #38234 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
Fixed an issue where calls to window.setKiosk(false) would exit fullscreen regardless of the fullscreen state prior to kiosk mode. #38219
Fixed an issue where certain buttons in the PDF viewer didn't work. #37856 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
Fixed an issue where default background color for windows might be incorrect. #36914 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
Fixed an issue where the 'swipe' event wasn't being emitted properly on macOS. #37946 (Also in 24, 25)
Fixed an issue which made defaultFontFamily in webPreferences have no effect. #37863 (Also in 22, 23, 24, 25)
Fixed an perceived failure when when using Accessibility attribute AXManualAccessibility to enable a11y features in Electron. #38102 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
Fixed broken defaults in shell.openExternal() options. #38038 (Also in 22, 23, 24, 25)
Fixed crash when executing eval in the utility process. #38014 (Also in 22, 23, 24, 25)
Fixed potential issues when minimizing parent windows with non-modal children on macOS. #38460 (Also in 24, 25)
Fixed recommended node-gyp version in node.h error. #37829 (Also in 22, 23, 24, [25](#3792...

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New in Electron 23.3.3 (May 18, 2023)

New in Electron 24.3.1 (May 17, 2023)

New in Electron 25.0.0 Beta 5 (May 12, 2023)

New in Electron 22.3.9 (May 11, 2023)

New in Electron 23.3.2 (May 11, 2023)

New in Electron 25.0.0 Beta 4 (May 11, 2023)

New in Electron 24.3.0 (May 10, 2023)

New in Electron 25.0.0 Beta 3 (May 9, 2023)

New in Electron 25.0.0 Beta 2 (May 6, 2023)

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New in Electron 23.2.3 (Apr 13, 2023)

New in Electron 24.1.1 (Apr 12, 2023)

New in Electron 25.0.0 Alpha 2 (Apr 11, 2023)

Features:
Added BrowserWindow.set/getWindowButtonPosition APIs. #37094
Added httpOnly to the cookie filter. #37255 (Also in 24)
Added logUsage to shell.openExternal() options, which allows passing the SEE_MASK_FLAG_LOG_USAGE flag to ShellExecuteEx on Windows. #37139 (Also in 24)
Added net.fetch(). #36733
Added protocol.handle, replacing and deprecating protocol.{register,intercept}{String,Buffer,Stream,Http,File}Protocol. #36674
Added types to webRequest filter. #30914 (Also in 24)
Added a will-frame-navigate event to webContents and the <webview> tag, which fires whenever any frame within the frame hierarchy attempts to navigate. #34418
Added initiator information to navigator events. #37085
Added several standard page size options to webContents.print(). #37159 (Also in 22, 23, 24)
Added the enableLocalEcho flag to the session handler ses.setDisplayMediaRequestHandler() callback for allowing remote audio input to be echoed in the local output stream when audio is a WebFrameMain. #37315 (Also in 23, 24)
Allows an absolute path to be passed to the session.fromPath() API. #37604
Changed net.fetch to support requests to file: URLs and custom protocols registered with protocol.register*Protocol. #36606
Exposes the audio-state-changed event on webContents. #37366
Feat: introduce session.resolveHost for resolving hostnames with Chromium's DNS resolver. #37690 (Also in 24)
Fixes:
Added about panel for menu role about on Linux as well. #37873 (Also in 23, 24)
Corrects an issue with HTML fullscreen when BrowserWindow fullscreening is disabled. #37348 (Also in 23, 24)
Fixed WebUSB on ARM64 macs. #37441 (Also in 23, 24)
Fixed destroyed event not emitted on close for BrowserView.webContents. #37420 (Also in 23, 24)
Fixed a crash on capturing sources when using desktopCapturer API on Wayland. #37511 (Also in 23, 24)
Fixed a crash when BrowserViews are present and a user attempts to prevent beforeunload in the renderer process. #37205 (Also in 22, 23, 24)
Fixed an incorrect result returned when using secure as a cookies filter. #37203 (Also in 22, 23, 24)
Fixed an issue on Linux where menus would not open after resizing/maximizing/unmaximizing a window. #37905
Fixed an issue on macOS where entering fullscreen with the Fn+F system shortcut would fail or create strange window side effects. #37803 (Also in 23, 24)
Fixed an issue where BroadcastChannel did not work correctly when contextIsolation: false. #37421 (Also in 23, 24)
Fixed an issue where minWidth/minHeight and maxWidth/maxHeight would not be enforced if the user set an aspectRatio on macOS. #37306 (Also in 22, 23, 24)
Fixed an issue where calling port.postMessage in MessagePortMain with some invalid parameters could cause a crash. #37585 (Also in 22, 23, 24)
Fixed an issue where certain buttons in the PDF viewer didn't work. #37920 (Also in 24)
Fixed an issue where draggable regions incorrectly captured clicks in framed windows. #37594 (Also in 23, 24)
Fixed an issue where passing both hasReply and actions to a main process Notification on macOS resulted in the first action being obscured and unavailable. #37381 (Also in 22, 23, 24)
Fixed an issue where successfully loaded media documents emitted did-fail-load. #37824
Fixed an issue where unhandled rejections could cause duplicate logs in some cases. #37464 (Also in 22, 23, 24)
Fixed an issue with potential dock icon duplication on macOS. #37599 (Also in 22, 23, 24)
Fixed canceling of bluetooth requests when no devices are returned. #37601 (Also in 23, 24)
Fixed draggable regions not working in Mac App Store builds. #37466 (Also in 23, 24)
Fixed issue with BrowserWindow not updating after call to previewFile. #37530 (Also in 22, 23, 24)
Fixed potential private API usage for MAS builds on macOS. #37309 (Also in 23, 24)
Fixed right-click events not being delivered in frameless window draggable region...

New in Electron 24.1.0 (Apr 11, 2023)

New in Electron 25.0.0 Alpha 1 (Apr 7, 2023)

Features:
Added BrowserWindow.set/getWindowButtonPosition APIs. #37094
Added httpOnly to the cookie filter. #37255 (Also in 24)
Added logUsage to shell.openExternal() options, which allows passing the SEE_MASK_FLAG_LOG_USAGE flag to ShellExecuteEx on Windows. #37139 (Also in 24)
Added net.fetch(). #36733
Added protocol.handle, replacing and deprecating protocol.{register,intercept}{String,Buffer,Stream,Http,File}Protocol. #36674
Added types to webRequest filter. #30914 (Also in 24)
Added a will-frame-navigate event to webContents and the <webview> tag, which fires whenever any frame within the frame hierarchy attempts to navigate. #34418
Added initiator information to navigator events. #37085
Added several standard page size options to webContents.print(). #37159 (Also in 22, 23, 24)
Added the enableLocalEcho flag to the session handler ses.setDisplayMediaRequestHandler() callback for allowing remote audio input to be echoed in the local output stream when audio is a WebFrameMain. #37315 (Also in 23, 24)
Allows an absolute path to be passed to the session.fromPath() API. #37604
Changed net.fetch to support requests to file: URLs and custom protocols registered with protocol.register*Protocol. #36606
Exposes the audio-state-changed event on webContents. #37366
Feat: introduce session.resolveHost for resolving hostnames with Chromium's DNS resolver. #37690 (Also in 24)
Fixes
Corrects an issue with HTML fullscreen when BrowserWindow fullscreening is disabled. #37348 (Also in 23, 24)
Fixed WebUSB on ARM64 macs. #37441 (Also in 23, 24)
Fixed destroyed event not emitted on close for BrowserView.webContents. #37420 (Also in 23, 24)
Fixed a crash on capturing sources when using desktopCapturer API on Wayland. #37511 (Also in 23, 24)
Fixed a crash when BrowserViews are present and a user attempts to prevent beforeunload in the renderer process. #37205 (Also in 22, 23, 24)
Fixed an incorrect result returned when using secure as a cookies filter. #37203 (Also in 22, 23, 24)
Fixed an issue on macOS where entering fullscreen with the Fn+F system shortcut would fail or create strange window side effects. #37803 (Also in 23, 24)
Fixed an issue where BroadcastChannel did not work correctly when contextIsolation: false. #37421 (Also in 23, 24)
Fixed an issue where minWidth/minHeight and maxWidth/maxHeight would not be enforced if the user set an aspectRatio on macOS. #37306 (Also in 22, 23, 24)
Fixed an issue where calling port.postMessage in MessagePortMain with some invalid parameters could cause a crash. #37585 (Also in 22, 23, 24)
Fixed an issue where draggable regions incorrectly captured clicks in framed windows. #37594 (Also in 23, 24)
Fixed an issue where passing both hasReply and actions to a main process Notification on macOS resulted in the first action being obscured and unavailable. #37381 (Also in 22, 23, 24)
Fixed an issue where successfully loaded media documents emitted did-fail-load. #37824
Fixed an issue where unhandled rejections could cause duplicate logs in some cases. #37464 (Also in 22, 23, 24)
Fixed an issue with potential dock icon duplication on macOS. #37599 (Also in 22, 23, 24)
Fixed canceling of bluetooth requests when no devices are returned. #37601 (Also in 23, 24)
Fixed draggable regions not working in Mac App Store builds. #37466 (Also in 23, 24)
Fixed issue with BrowserWindow not updating after call to previewFile. #37530 (Also in 22, 23, 24)
Fixed potential private API usage for MAS builds on macOS. #37309 (Also in 23, 24)
Fixed right-click events not being delivered in frameless window draggable regions. #37386 (Also in 23, 24)
Fixed the active background color for top-level menu items on Windows. #37766 (Also in 23, 24)
Fixed window could not go back to maximized state when restored on Linux. #37346 (Also in 22, 23, 24)
Improved error messages on session.cookies.set failure. #37586 (Also in 22, 23, 24)
Security: Fixed an issue with Content-Security-Policy not being correctly enforced when sandbox: false and contextIsolation: false. (CVE-2023-23623). #37756 (Also in 24)
Setting the about panel's options no longer crashes. #37373 (Also in 24)
app.showAboutPanel() no longer blocks the main thread on Windows or Linux, thus matching macOS. #37440 (Also in 24)
Other Changes
Improved error messages for contents.takeHeapSnapshot. #37434 (Also in 22, 23, 24)
Updated Chromium to 114.0.5694.0. #37820
Updated Node.js to v18.15.0. #37532
nativeImage.createThumbnailFromPath() now takes size instead of maxSize. #37362 (Also in 24)

New in Electron 21.4.4 (Apr 5, 2023)

New in Electron 23.2.2 (Apr 4, 2023)

New in Electron 24.0.0 (Apr 4, 2023)

New in Electron 22.3.5 (Mar 31, 2023)

New in Electron 23.2.1 (Mar 30, 2023)

New in Electron 24.0.0 Beta 6 (Mar 29, 2023)

New in Electron 24.0.0 Beta 5 (Mar 24, 2023)

New in Electron 22.3.4 (Mar 24, 2023)

New in Electron 23.2.0 (Mar 23, 2023)

New in Electron 24.0.0 Beta 4 (Mar 21, 2023)

New in Electron 23.1.4 (Mar 18, 2023)

New in Electron 21.4.3 (Mar 16, 2023)

New in Electron 24.0.0 Beta 3 (Mar 15, 2023)

New in Electron 24.0.0 Beta 2 (Mar 9, 2023)

New in Electron 23.1.3 (Mar 8, 2023)

New in Electron 24.0.0 Beta 1 (Mar 7, 2023)

New in Electron 22.3.2 (Mar 4, 2023)

New in Electron 23.1.2 (Mar 3, 2023)

New in Electron 24.0.0 Alpha 7 (Mar 3, 2023)

New in Electron 22.3.1 (Mar 1, 2023)

New in Electron 24.0.0 Alpha 6 (Feb 28, 2023)

New in Electron 24.0.0 Alpha 5 (Feb 24, 2023)

New in Electron 21.4.2 (Feb 23, 2023)

New in Electron 23.1.1 (Feb 23, 2023)

New in Electron 24.0.0 Alpha 3 (Feb 17, 2023)

Features:
Added label property to Display objects. #36855 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Added a new devtools-open-url event to webContents to allow developers to open new windows with them. #36774
Added several standard page size options to webContents.print(). #37265 (Also in 22, 23)
Allow a application-specific username to be passed to inAppPurchase.purchaseProduct(). #35902
Exposed window.invalidateShadow() to clear residual visual artifacts on macOS. #32452
Whole-program optimization is enabled by default in electron node headers config file. #36937 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
SystemPreferences::CanPromptTouchID (macOS) now supports Apple Watch. #36935
Fixes:
Basic accessibility support is now enabled when macOS Voice Control is activated to allow for full voice control of Electron applications. #37122 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Changed HTML5 Notifications created with the requireInteraction option to not timeout on Linux and Windows. #36477 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
ESM loads of CJS modules that have null exports no longer throw. #37009 (Also in 23)
Enabled support for WebAssembly.{compileStreaming|instantiateStreaming} in Node.js. #36420
Fixed a BrowserWindow maxWidth or maxHeight of 0 causing strange resizing behavior. #36487 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Fixed a crash that could occur when running eval in inline scripts in unsandboxed renderer processes. #36567 (Also in 22, 23)
Fixed a crash when BrowserViews are present and a user attempts to prevent beforeunload in the renderer process. #37268 (Also in 22, 23)
Fixed a potential crash in some types of Worklets. #37050 (Also in 23)
Fixed a printing crash caused by an uninitialized pref. #37052 (Also in 23)
Fixed an RTL issue that could happen in some locales when calling BrowserWindow.setTrafficLightPosition() on macOS. #36839 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Fixed an error when fs.readdir gets null for options. #34764 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Fixed an incorrect result returned when using secure as a cookies filter. #37246 (Also in 22)
Fixed an issue on macOS when trying to switch processes with Cmd+Tab after exiting Kiosk Mode. #36854 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Fixed an issue where <datalist> elements were improperly positioned within the page. #36934 (Also in 23)
Fixed an issue where webViews could have an incorrect initial background color following reloads. #36920 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Fixed an issue where some frameless windows with draggable regions were not resizable on Windows. #37016 (Also in 23)
Fixed an issue where the setPermissionRequestHandler callback would be invoked twice when using navigator.getUserMedia(...). #36787 (Also in 22, 23)
Fixed an issue with incorrect focus ring highlighting when using dialog.showMessageBox(). #36772 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Fixed audio worklet scripts failing to run when nodeIntegrationInWorker: true. #37041 (Also in 22, 23)
Fixed binary stripping for branded release builds on Linux. #36641 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Fixed missing headers in libcxx_headers bundle. #36863
Fixed net.request response headers missing Content-Type. #36666
Fixed tray icon not showing on desktop environments that have no support for app indicator. #36815 (Also in 22, 23)
Fixed warning about duplicate WebSwapCGLLayer symbols when Electron starts on macOS. #35961 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Removed plugin helper checks on macOS gated behind enable_plugins buildflag. #36971 (Also in 22, 23)
Use the process cache to reduce the memory for asar file. #36600 (Also in 21, 22, 23)

New in Electron 22.3.0 (Feb 16, 2023)

New in Electron 23.1.0 (Feb 16, 2023)

New in Electron 24.0.0 Alpha 2 (Feb 16, 2023)

Features:
Added label property to Display objects. #36855 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Added a new devtools-open-url event to webContents to allow developers to open new windows with them. #36774
Added several standard page size options to webContents.print(). #37265 (Also in 22, 23)
Allow a application-specific username to be passed to inAppPurchase.purchaseProduct(). #35902
Exposed window.invalidateShadow() to clear residual visual artifacts on macOS. #32452
Whole-program optimization is enabled by default in electron node headers config file. #36937 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
SystemPreferences::CanPromptTouchID (macOS) now supports Apple Watch. #36935
Fixes:
Basic accessibility support is now enabled when macOS Voice Control is activated to allow for full voice control of Electron applications. #37122 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Changed HTML5 Notifications created with the requireInteraction option to not timeout on Linux and Windows. #36477 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
ESM loads of CJS modules that have null exports no longer throw. #37009 (Also in 23)
Enabled support for WebAssembly.{compileStreaming|instantiateStreaming} in Node.js. #36420
Fixed a BrowserWindow maxWidth or maxHeight of 0 causing strange resizing behavior. #36487 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Fixed a crash that could occur when running eval in inline scripts in unsandboxed renderer processes. #36567 (Also in 22, 23)
Fixed a crash when BrowserViews are present and a user attempts to prevent beforeunload in the renderer process. #37268 (Also in 22, 23)
Fixed a potential crash in some types of Worklets. #37050 (Also in 23)
Fixed a printing crash caused by an uninitialized pref. #37052 (Also in 23)
Fixed an RTL issue that could happen in some locales when calling BrowserWindow.setTrafficLightPosition() on macOS. #36839 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Fixed an error when fs.readdir gets null for options. #34764 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Fixed an incorrect result returned when using secure as a cookies filter. #37246 (Also in 22)
Fixed an issue on macOS when trying to switch processes with Cmd+Tab after exiting Kiosk Mode. #36854 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Fixed an issue where <datalist> elements were improperly positioned within the page. #36934 (Also in 23)
Fixed an issue where webViews could have an incorrect initial background color following reloads. #36920 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Fixed an issue where some frameless windows with draggable regions were not resizable on Windows. #37016 (Also in 23)
Fixed an issue where the setPermissionRequestHandler callback would be invoked twice when using navigator.getUserMedia(...). #36787 (Also in 22, 23)
Fixed an issue with incorrect focus ring highlighting when using dialog.showMessageBox(). #36772 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Fixed audio worklet scripts failing to run when nodeIntegrationInWorker: true. #37041 (Also in 22, 23)
Fixed binary stripping for branded release builds on Linux. #36641 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Fixed missing headers in libcxx_headers bundle. #36863
Fixed net.request response headers missing Content-Type. #36666
Fixed tray icon not showing on desktop environments that have no support for app indicator. #36815 (Also in 22, 23)
Fixed warning about duplicate WebSwapCGLLayer symbols when Electron starts on macOS. #35961 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Removed plugin helper checks on macOS gated behind enable_plugins buildflag. #36971 (Also in 22, 23)
Use the process cache to reduce the memory for asar file. #36600 (Also in 21, 22, 23)

New in Electron 24.0.0 Alpha 1 (Feb 10, 2023)

Features:
Added label property to Display objects. #36855 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Added a new devtools-open-url event to webContents to allow developers to open new windows with them. #36774
Allow a application-specific username to be passed to inAppPurchase.purchaseProduct(). #35902
Exposed window.invalidateShadow() to clear residual visual artifacts on macOS. #32452
Whole-program optimization is enabled by default in electron node headers config file. #36937 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
SystemPreferences::CanPromptTouchID (macOS) now supports Apple Watch. #36935
Fixes:
Basic accessibility support is now enabled when macOS Voice Control is activated to allow for full voice control of Electron applications. #37122 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Changed HTML5 Notifications created with the requireInteraction option to not timeout on Linux and Windows. #36477 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
ESM loads of CJS modules that have null exports no longer throw. #37009 (Also in 23)
Enabled support for WebAssembly.{compileStreaming|instantiateStreaming} in Node.js. #36420
Fixed a BrowserWindow maxWidth or maxHeight of 0 causing strange resizing behavior. #36487 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Fixed a crash that could occur when running eval in inline scripts in unsandboxed renderer processes. #36567 (Also in 22, 23)
Fixed a potential crash in some types of Worklets. #37050
Fixed a printing crash caused by an uninitialized pref. #37052 (Also in 23)
Fixed an RTL issue that could happen in some locales when calling BrowserWindow.setTrafficLightPosition() on macOS. #36839 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Fixed an error when fs.readdir gets null for options. #34764 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Fixed an issue on macOS when trying to switch processes with Cmd+Tab after exiting Kiosk Mode. #36854 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Fixed an issue where <datalist> elements were improperly positioned within the page. #36934 (Also in 23)
Fixed an issue where webViews could have an incorrect initial background color following reloads. #36920 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Fixed an issue where some frameless windows with draggable regions were not resizable on Windows. #37016 (Also in 23)
Fixed an issue where the setPermissionRequestHandler callback would be invoked twice when using navigator.getUserMedia(...). #36787 (Also in 22, 23)
Fixed an issue with incorrect focus ring highlighting when using dialog.showMessageBox(). #36772 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Fixed audio worklet scripts failing to run when nodeIntegrationInWorker: true. #37041 (Also in 22, 23)
Fixed binary stripping for branded release builds on Linux. #36641 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Fixed missing headers in libcxx_headers bundle. #36863
Fixed net.request response headers missing Content-Type. #36666
Fixed tray icon not showing on desktop environments that have no support for app indicator. #36815 (Also in 22, 23)
Fixed warning about duplicate WebSwapCGLLayer symbols when Electron starts on macOS. #35961 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Removed plugin helper checks on macOS gated behind enable_plugins buildflag. #36971 (Also in 22, 23)
Use the process cache to reduce the memory for asar file. #36600 (Also in 21, 22, 23)

New in Electron 20.3.12 (Feb 9, 2023)

New in Electron 22.2.1 (Feb 9, 2023)

New in Electron 23.0.0 (Feb 7, 2023)

New in Electron 23.0.0 Beta 8 (Feb 3, 2023)

New in Electron 22.2.0 (Feb 1, 2023)

New in Electron 23.0.0 Beta 6 (Jan 28, 2023)

New in Electron 21.4.0 (Jan 26, 2023)

New in Electron 22.1.0 (Jan 25, 2023)

New in Electron 23.0.0 Beta 4 (Jan 20, 2023)

New in Electron 22.0.3 (Jan 18, 2023)

New in Electron 23.0.0 Beta 2 (Jan 14, 2023)

New in Electron 22.0.2 (Jan 13, 2023)

New in Electron 20.3.9 (Jan 12, 2023)

New in Electron 21.3.4 (Jan 11, 2023)

New in Electron 23.0.0 Beta 1 (Jan 11, 2023)

New in Electron 22.0.1 (Jan 11, 2023)

New in Electron 23.0.0 Alpha 1 (Dec 6, 2022)

Features:
Added an app.getPreferredSystemLanguages() API to return the user's system languages. #36035 (Also in 21, 22)
Added new UtilityProcess API to launch chromium child process with node integration. #34980 (Also in 22)
Added support for WebUSB. #36289
Added support for serialPort.forget() as well as a new event serial-port-revoked emitted when a given origin is revoked. #35310 (Also in 22)
Adds new setHiddenInMissionControl API to allow developers to opt out of mission control on macOS. #36092
Fixes:
Default margin has been added in the code. #36060 (Also in 21, 22)
Doing require('electron/*') where * is not one of main, common or renderer no longer resolves with the built-in electron module. #35915
Enable crashpad for ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE processes. #36460 (Also in 22)
Fixed click event and tooltip of Tray not working on Linux. #36333 (Also in 22)
Fixed a drag-and-drop issue on macOS where items would be incorrectly moved instead of copied in some contexts. #35963 (Also in 20, 21, 22)
Fixed a potential issue when calling webContents.printToPDF(). #36046 (Also in 21, 22)
Fixed a potential memory leak. #35932 (Also in 21, 22)
Fixed an issue where calling app.dock.setIcon(/path/t/icon) would crash when called before the ready event on app. #36279 (Also in 20, 21, 22)
Fixed an issue where frameless non-resizable windows showed a Windows 7 frame during startup. #35365 (Also in 22)
Fixed an issue where some options were incorrectly ignored when using webContents.printToPDF(). #35975 (Also in 21, 22)
Fixed on-screen-keyboard not hiding on input rendered in webview is blurred. #35921 (Also in 20, 21, 22)
Fixed race condition during update on macOS that could result in TCC and Keychain errors. #36130 (Also in 22)
Fixed spurious promise rejection in webContents.loadURL when navigating to a hash. #36129 (Also in 20, 21, 22)
Fixed v8 flags and desktop name in package.json does not hornored when running local app using electron cli. #35997 (Also in 20, 21, 22)
Removed support for nodeIntegrationInWorker in Service Workers and Shared Workers owing to sandboxing policies. #35919 (Also in 21, 22)
Removed unneeded --turbo-profiling-input argument from mksnapshot_args. #36378 (Also in 22)
The keychain account name for MAS and Darwin builds of the same Electron application now differ. #35864
You can now import the built-in electron module via ESModule loaders, i.e. import('electron') and import 'electron' now work natively. #35930 (Also in 20, 21, 22)
Other Changes:
Enabled out-of-process iframe printing to PDF with webContents.printToPDF().. #36051 (Also in 22)
Removed unneeded --turbo-profiling-input argument from mksnapshot_args for Linux mksnapshot zips. #36534
Updated Chromium to 110.0.5415.0. #36186
Updated Node.js to v18.12.1. #36356
Upgraded Node.js to v18.10.0. #35999
Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 are not supported anymore as Chromium 110 dropped support. #36513
Documentation:
Documentation changes: #35894

New in Electron 22.0.0 (Dec 1, 2022)

Stack Upgrades:
Chromium 108.0.5359.62
Node v16.17.1.
V8 v10.8
Breaking Changes:
Added WebContents input-event event.
Deprecated BrowserWindow scroll-touch-* events. #35531
The deprecated new-window event has been removed. #34526
Features:
Added LoadBrowserProcessSpecificV8Snapshot as a new fuse that will let the main/browser process load its v8 snapshot from a file at browser_v8_context_snapshot.bin. Any other process will use the same path as is used today. #35266 (Also in 20, 21)
Added WebContents.opener to access window opener.
Added webContents.fromFrame(frame) to get the WebContents corresponding to a WebFrameMain instance. #35140 (Also in 21)
Added app.getSystemLocale() method. #35697 (Also in 21)
Added contextBridge.exposeInIsolatedWorld(worldId, key, api) to expose an API to an isolatedWorld within a renderer from a preload script. #34974
Added webContents.close() method. #35509
Added webFrameMain.origin. #35438 (Also in 19, 20, 21)
Added an app.getPreferredSystemLanguages() API to return the user's system languages. #36291 (Also in 21)
Added new UtilityProcess API to launch chromium child process with node integration. #36089
Added new WebContents event content-bounds-updated. #35533
Added new WebContents.ipc and WebFrameMain.ipc APIs. #34959 (Also in 21)
Added support for Web Bluetooth pin pairing on Linux and Windows. #35416 (Also in 21)
Added support for navigator.mediaDevices.getDisplayMedia via a new session handler, ses.setDisplayMediaRequestHandler. #30702
Added support for serialPort.forget() as well as a new event serial-port-revoked emitted when a given origin is revoked. #36062
Fixes:
Added support for Webauthn discoverable keys (aka resident keys), allowing users to authenticate without first having to select or type a username. #35374
Enable crashpad for ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE processes on linux. #36483
Fixed click event and tooltip of Tray not working on Linux. #36472
Fixed an issue where frameless non-resizable windows showed a Windows 7 frame during startup. #36024
Fixed an issue with incomplete EventEmitter object in sandboxed renderer preload script. #35522
Fixed race condition during update on macOS that could result in TCC and Keychain errors. #36362
Removed unneeded --turbo-profiling-input argument from mksnapshot_args. #36463
Also in earlier versions:
Added a background to the WCO container to avoid rendering glitches. #35569 (Also in 19, 20, 21)
Added support for Windows drop-down dialog extensions. #35618 (Also in 18, 19, 20, 21)
Default margin has been added in the code. #36073 (Also in 21)
Enable WCO maximize button when window enters tablet mode and is not already maximized. #35617 (Also in 19, 20, 21)
Fixed uv_os_gethostname failing on Windows 7. #35702 (Also in 19, 20, 21)
Fixed a bug where calling atob in the renderer process could fail under some circumstances. #35415 (Also in 19, 20, 21)
Fixed a crash that occured when loading non-standard schemes from iframes. #35485 (Also in 21)
Fixed a crash when switching origins with emulation settings set. #35466 (Also in 21)
Fixed a drag-and-drop issue on macOS where items would be incorrectly moved instead of copied in some contexts. #35976 (Also in 20, 21)
Fixed a potential crash on WebWorker destruction. #35422 (Also in 19, 20, 21)
Fixed a potential issue when calling webContents.printToPDF(). #36065 (Also in 21)
Fixed a potential memory leak. #35964 (Also in 21)
Fixed an edge case in app.isInApplicationsFolder() which would return false incorrectly in some cases. #35636 (Also in 19, 20, 21)
Fixed an issue where DevTools could not be docked with Windows Control Overlay enabled. #35754 (Also in 19, 20, 21)
Fixed an issue where WCO could occlude DevTools opened in any non-detached mode. #35209 (Also in 18, 19, 20, 21)
Fixed an issue where screen.getCursorScreenPoint() crashed on Wayland when it was called before a BrowserWindow had been created. #35503 (Also in 21)
Fixed an issue where serialPort.open() failed with NetworkError: Failed to open serial port.. #35306 (Also in 21)
Fixed an issue where app.relaunch loses a...

New in Electron 19.1.9 (Dec 1, 2022)

New in Electron 20.3.8 (Nov 30, 2022)

New in Electron 21.3.1 (Nov 23, 2022)

New in Electron 20.3.6 (Nov 23, 2022)

New in Electron 22.0.0 Beta 7 (Nov 22, 2022)

New in Electron 21.3.0 (Nov 17, 2022)

New in Electron 19.1.5 (Nov 14, 2022)

New in Electron 22.0.0 Beta 5 (Nov 14, 2022)

New in Electron 21.2.3 (Nov 9, 2022)

New in Electron 21.2.2 (Nov 3, 2022)

New in Electron 21.2.1 (Nov 1, 2022)

New in Electron 21.2.0 (Oct 20, 2022)

New in Electron 22.0.0 Alpha 6 (Oct 18, 2022)

New in Electron 21.1.1 (Oct 13, 2022)

New in Electron 19.1.3 (Oct 12, 2022)

New in Electron 19.1.2 (Oct 5, 2022)

New in Electron 20.3.1 (Oct 5, 2022)

New in Electron 21.1.0 (Oct 5, 2022)

New in Electron 22.0.0 Alpha 1 (Sep 29, 2022)

Features:
Added WebContents input-event event.
Deprecated BrowserWindow scroll-touch-* events. #35531
Added LoadBrowserProcessSpecificV8Snapshot as a new fuse that will let the main/browser process load its v8 snapshot from a file at browser_v8_context_snapshot.bin. Any other process will use the same path as is used today. #35266 (Also in 20, 21)
Added WebContents.opener to access window opener.
Added webContents.fromFrame(frame) to get the WebContents corresponding to a WebFrameMain instance. #35140 (Also in 21)
Added app.getSystemLocale() method. #35697 (Also in 21)
Added contextBridge.exposeInIsolatedWorld(worldId, key, api) to expose an API to an isolatedWorld within a renderer from a preload script. #34974
Added webContents.close() method. #35509
Added webFrameMain.origin. #35438 (Also in 19, 20, 21)
Added new WebContents event content-bounds-updated. #35533
Added new WebContents.ipc and WebFrameMain.ipc APIs. #34959 (Also in 21)
Added support for Web Bluetooth pin pairing on Linux and Windows. #35416 (Also in 21)
Added support for navigator.mediaDevices.getDisplayMedia via a new session handler, ses.setDisplayMediaRequestHandler. #30702
Fixes:
Added a background to the WCO container to avoid rendering glitches. #35569 (Also in 19, 20, 21)
Added support for Webauthn discoverable keys (aka resident keys), allowing users to authenticate without first having to select or type a username. #35374
Added support for Windows drop-down dialog extensions. #35618 (Also in 18, 19, 20)
Enable WCO maximize button when window enters tablet mode and is not already maximized. #35617 (Also in 19, 20, 21)
Fixed uv_os_gethostname failing on Windows 7. #35702 (Also in 19, 20, 21)
Fixed a bug where calling atob in the renderer process could fail under some circumstances. #35415 (Also in 19, 20, 21)
Fixed a crash that occured when loading non-standard schemes from iframes. #35485 (Also in 21)
Fixed a crash when switching origins with emulation settings set. #35466 (Also in 21)
Fixed a potential crash on WebWorker destruction. #35422 (Also in 19, 20, 21)
Fixed an edge case in app.isInApplicationsFolder() which would return false incorrectly in some cases. #35636 (Also in 19, 20, 21)
Fixed an issue where DevTools could not be docked with Windows Control Overlay enabled. #35754 (Also in 19, 20, 21)
Fixed an issue where WCO could occlude DevTools opened in any non-detached mode. #35209 (Also in 18, 19, 20, 21)
Fixed an issue where screen.getCursorScreenPoint() crashed on Wayland when it was called before a BrowserWindow had been created. #35503 (Also in 21)
Fixed an issue where serialPort.open() failed with NetworkError: Failed to open serial port.. #35306 (Also in 21)
Fixed an issue where app.relaunch loses args when execPath is specified. #35108 (Also in 19, 20, 21)
Fixed an issue where frameless resizable windows showed Window 7 style frames while opening. #35189 (Also in 18, 19, 20, 21)
Fixed an issue where frameless windows with roundedCorners: false couldn't enter fullscreen without crashing. #35421 (Also in 19, 20, 21)
Fixed an issue where part of the BrowserView could be cut off when calling setBounds on some windows. #34713 (Also in 19, 20, 21)
Fixed an issue with incomplete EventEmitter object in sandboxed renderer preload script. #35522
Fixed crash in renderer when resuming system from sleep. #35322 (Also in 18, 19, 20, 21)
Fixed enable promise support with webFrameMain.executeJavaScript. #35292 (Also in 20, 21)
Fixed issue with history.back() in sandboxed iframes affecting parent browsing context. #35420 (Also in 19, 20, 21)
Fixed session.getBlobData never resolves with blob sizes > 65536. #35277 (Also in 19, 20, 21)
Fixed undefined details.requestingUrl from session.setPermissionCheckHandler. #35281 (Also in 20, 21)
Fixed: If a custom Electron build contains an electron.d.ts file, it is now being used. #33979 (Also in 20, 21)
Picture-In-Picture mode no longer becomes a red rectangle on hover. #35034 (Also in 19, 20, 21)
Provided display_id for desktopCapturer on Linux. #33861
Usage of safeStorage now consistently uses the correct service name on macOS regardless of timing with browser window construction. #34683 (Also in 19, 20)
Other Changes:
Bumps the minimum required version of Node.js needed to install Electron to 12.20.55. #35301
Fixed win.getBrowserViews() not being updated when a BrowserView was moved to a different window. #35511
Fixed an issue where some spellcheck functionality would incorrectly throw errors on macOS. #35514 (Also in 21)
Modified the WCO maximized button style to match Windows 11 more closely. #35370
The deprecated new-window event has been removed. #34526
Updated Chromium to 107.0.5286.0. #35590
Updated Node.js to v16.17.1. #35800
Documentation:
Documentation changes: #35283, #35324, #35413, #35525, #35563
Unknown:
Fixed a typo in the section on debugging with VSCode. #35256 (Also in 19, 20, 21)

New in Electron 21.0.0 (Sep 29, 2022)

Stack Upgrades:
Chromium 106.0.5249.51
Node v16.16.0
Breaking Changes:
Enabled the V8 memory cage for external buffers. See https://www.electronjs.org/blog/v8-memory-cage for more details. #34724
Refactored webContents.printToPDF to align with the Chrome Devtools implementation. #33654
Features:
Added LoadBrowserProcessSpecificV8Snapshot as a new fuse that will let the main/browser process load its v8 snapshot from a file at browser_v8_context_snapshot.bin. Any other process will use the same path as is used today. #35695 (Also in 20)
Added app.getSystemLocale() method. #35794
Added webFrameMain.origin. #35534 (Also in 19, 20)
Added deprecation warning for the new-window event. #34528 (Also in 20)
Added immersive dark mode on Windows. #33624 (Also in 20)
Added new WebContents.ipc and WebFrameMain.ipc APIs. #35231
Added support for Web Bluetooth pin pairing on Linux and Windows. #35818
Added support for panel-like behavior. Window can float over full-screened apps. #34388 (Also in 20)
Added support for push notifications from APNs for macOS apps. #33574
Fixes:
Enable missing HKDF support in Node.js crypto. #34767
Fixed a crash that occured when loading non-standard schemes from iframes. #35517
Fixed a crash when switching origins with emulation settings set. #35488
Fixed an issue where screen.getCursorScreenPoint() crashed on Wayland when it was called before a BrowserWindow had been created. #35575
Fixed an issue where serialPort.open() failed with NetworkError: Failed to open serial port.. #35339
Fixed an issue where invalid pageSize values would cause a silent hang and eventual crash. #34893
Fixed an issue where some spellcheck functionality would incorrectly throw errors on macOS. #35679
Fixed the 'length' property in UploadFile objects being ignored. #34657
Also in earlier versions:
Added a background to the WCO container to avoid rendering glitches. #35612 (Also in 19, 20)
Added support for --ozone-platform-hint flag on Linux. #34937 (Also in 19, 20)
Adds a warning for building native modules with node-gyp and electron-rebuild, encouraging users to upgrade to >=8.4.0 for node-gyp and >=3.2.8 for electron-rebuild if using Electron 20 or higher.. #35159 (Also in 20)
Do not exit when logging initialization fails. #35138 (Also in 20)
Enable WCO maximize button when window enters tablet mode and is not already maximized. #35664 (Also in 19, 20)
Ensures that requestMediaKeySystemAccess eventually resolves / rejects. #34886 (Also in 19, 20)
Fixed 20.0.0-beta.8 X11 crash regression. #35075 (Also in 20)
Fixed WCO not responding to touch events on windows. #35117 (Also in 18, 19, 20)
Fixed _dyld_missing_symbol_abort crash on macOS when using c++ native modules. #34932 (Also in 20)
Fixed serial-port-added and serial-port-removed events not firing. #34958 (Also in 20)
Fixed uv_os_gethostname failing on Windows 7. #35704 (Also in 19, 20)
Fixed webContents.getUserAgent() incorrectly returning an empty string unless previously set. #35069 (Also in 18, 19, 20)
Fixed a Windows Control Overlay issue where a window taken directly from minimized to maximized state could have incorrect hover state. #35070 (Also in 19, 20)
Fixed a bug where calling atob in the renderer process could fail under some circumstances. #35443 (Also in 19, 20)
Fixed a crash when calling BrowserWindow.setEnabled(). #34904 (Also in 18, 19, 20)
Fixed a crash when loading a same-origin URL after a render process crash. #34428 (Also in 18, 19, 20)
Fixed a performance problem in crashReporter.start() on macOS. #34609 (Also in 17, 18, 19, 20)
Fixed a potential crash on WebWorker destruction. #35492 (Also in 19, 20)
Fixed a potential crash when changing window settings after initializing WCO with an invalid titleBarStyle. #34833 (Also in 17, 18, 19, 20)
Fixed a potential printing hang. #34892 (Also in 20)
Fixed alwaysOnTop BrowserWindow option for X11 Linux. #34766 (Also in 18, 19, 20)
Fixed an edge case in app.isInApplicationsFolder() which would return false incorrectly in some cases. #35730 (Also in 19, 20)
Fixed an error where setWindowOpenHandler() would crash if the callback threw an error. #34523 (Also in 17, 18, 19, 20)
Fixed an issue in which calling setBounds() after e.preventDefault in a 'will-move' or 'will-resize' event wouldn't change the window's shape until the mouse button was released. #34843 (Also in 19, 20)
Fixed an issue where BrowserViews didn't always visually update after call to setBounds. #34581 (Also in 18, 19, 20)
Fixed an issue where BrowserWindows on macOS were incorrectly marked as resizable. #34379 (Also in 18, 19, 20)
Fixed an issue where DataList bounds had part of the item text cut off vertically. #34759 (Also in 19, 20)
Fixed an issue where DevTools could not be docked with Windows Control Overlay enabled. #35765 (Also in 19, 20)
Fixed an issue where WCO could occlude DevTools opened in any non-detached mode. #35688 (Also in 18, 19, 20)
Fixed an issue where Windows Control Overlay buttons did not respect maximizable/minimizable/closable states of a BrowserWindow. #34677 (Also in 17, 18, 19, 20)
Fixed an issue where app.relaunch loses args when execPath is specified. #35254 (Also in 19, 20)
Fixed an issue where calling BrowserWindow.setRepresentedFilename on macOS with titlebarStyle: 'hiddenInset' or titlebarStyle: 'hidden' inadvertently moves the traffic light location. #34834 (Also in 18, 19, 20)
Fixed an issue where calling w.setWindowButtonVisibility(true) immediately after exiting fullscreen fails to show window buttons. #34530 (Also in 18, 19, 20)
Fixed an issue where draggable regions were not recalculated when BrowserView bounds changed on Windows. #34582 (Also in 18, 19, 20)
Fixed an issue where frameless resizable windows showed Window 7 style frames while opening. #35353 (Also in 18, 19, 20)
Fixed an issue where frameless windows with roundedCorners: false couldn't enter fullscreen without crashing. #35454 (Also in 19, 20)
Fixed an issue where invalid print job settings would correctly call back Invalid print settings as the failure reason, but would then not terminate the print job, leading to an eventual crash on exit. #34894 (Also in 20)
Fixed an issue where media keys would be sent to Electron on Windows no matter which window was in focus. #34594 (Also in 19, 20)
Fixed an issue where normal bounds would not be appropriately updated if the user minimized with the minimize button. #34473 (Also in 18, 19, 20)
Fixed an issue where part of the BrowserView could be cut off when calling setBounds on some windows. #35502 (Also in 19, 20)
Fixed an issue where passing { name: 'All Files', extensions: ['*'] } in the filters param of open or save dialogs on Linux would disallow choosing files without an extension. #34496 (Also in 18, 19, 20)
Fixed an issue where printing with an invalid deviceName on Linux caused silent failures. #34872 (Also in 19, 20)
Fixed an issue where the minimize button with WCO enabled would incorrectly be highlighted in some cases. #34771 (Also in 17, 18, 19, 20)
Fixed an issue where zombie windows can be created if window.close() is called during a fullscreen transition. #34378 (Also in 17, 18, 19, 20)
Fixed an issue with fullscreen transitions when HTML fullscreen is requested. #32905 (Also in 20)
Fixed child about:blank windows from inheriting their parents' preload scripts when sandbox: false and nodeIntegrationInSubFrames: true. #34531 (Also in 20)
Fixed context menu not showing all items on macOS when dock is not hidden. #35194 (Also in 18, 19, 20)
Fixed crash in renderer when resuming system from sleep. #35336 (Also in 18, 19, 20)
Fixed empty app_id when running under wayland. #34855 (Also in 18, 19, 20)
Fixed enable promise support with webFrameMain.executeJavaScript. #35359 (Also in 20)
Fixed issue with history.back() in sandboxed iframes affecting parent browsing context. #35623 (Also in 19, 20)
Fixed linux arm64 builds to not require glibc 2.29+. #34491 (Also in 19, 20)
Fixed missing Sec-CH-UA headers and empty navigator.userAgentData. #34481 (Also in 17, 18, 19, 20)
Fixed native module compilation issues on arm. #34914 (Also in 20)
Fixed potential crash in WebFrameMain when performing a cross-origin navigation. #34411 (Also in 18, 19, 20)
Fixed session.getBlobData never resolves with blob sizes > 65536. #35602 (Also in 19, 20)
Fixed spontaneous crashing in native modules that depended on nan. #34844 (Also in 20)
Fixed support for Wayland client-side decorations. #34955 (Also in 19, 20)
Fixed symbol generation on 32-bit Windows release builds. #35078 (Also in 18, 19, 20)
Fixed undefined details.requestingUrl from session.setPermissionCheckHandler. #35409 (Also in 20)
Picture-In-Picture mode no longer becomes a red rectangle on hover. #35401 (Also in 19, 20)
Removed the skip-taskbar feature on Linux. #35123 (Also in 20)
Updated Windows Control Overlay buttons to look and feel more native on Windows 11. #34790 (Also in 20)
Other Changes:
Backported fix for v8:13055. #34931
Changed release uploads to now upload libcxx objects for MacOS x64 and arm64. #34586
On Linux, changed the libgdk-pixbuf dependency to be dynamically linked rather than statically linked. #34077 (Also in 18, 19, 20)
Security: backported fix for CVE-2022-3075. #35543
The undocumented page-title-set webview event has been removed. #34533
WebContents for <webview> are now only created after the 'will-attach-webview' event is emitted and preventDefault is not called. #32941 (Also in 20)
Documentation:
Documentation changes:
#34451
#35332
#35334
#35648
#35667
#35285
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Node v16.15.0
v16.15.0 release notes
V8 v10.4
Breaking Changes:
Removed the skip-taskbar feature on Linux. #35156
Renderers are now sandboxed by default unless nodeIntegration: true or sandbox: false is specified. #35125
Added safeguards when building native modules with nan. Use node-gyp >=8.4.0 and electron-rebuild >=3.2.9 for when rebuilding native modules. #35160
Features
Additions
Added a warning for building native modules with node-gyp and electron-rebuild, asking users to upgrade to >=8.4.0 for node-gyp and >=3.2.8 for electron-rebuild if using Electron 20 or higher. #35160
Added app.isHidden() to check if the app is hidden (e.g. with Command-H) on macOS. #32155
Added browserData to app.setPath/getPath. #33554
Added immersive dark mode on Windows. #34549
Added support for HIDDevice.forget(). #34210
Added support for panel-like behavior. Window can float over full-screened apps. #34665
Enabled systemPreferences.subscribe{Local|Workspace}Notification to take a null value for the event parameter. #33641 (Also in 18, 19)
Fixed an issue where the PDF Viewer would fail if a user attempted to reload. #33560 (Also in 18, 19)
Fixes
Fixed 20.0.0-beta.8 X11 crash regression. #35092
Fixed _dyld_missing_symbol_abort crash on macOS when using c++ native modules. #34944
Fixed serial-port-added and serial-port-removed events not firing. #35047
Fixed a potential printing hang. #34968
Fixed an issue where invalid print job settings would correctly call back Invalid print settings as the failure reason, but would then not terminate the print job, leading to an eventual crash on exit. #35141
Fixed an issue with fullscreen transitions when HTML fullscreen is requested. #34468
Fixed child about:blank windows from inheriting their parents' preload scripts when sandbox: false and nodeIntegrationInSubFrames: true. #34585
Fixed initialization race when registering partition allocator on macOS. #33832
Fixed native module compilation issues on arm. #35137
Fixed spontaneous crashing in native modules that depended on nan. #34851
Updated Windows Control Overlay buttons to look and feel more native on Windows 11. #34888
Also in earlier versions....
Added support for --ozone-platform-hint flag on Linux. #35014 (Also in 19)
Apply senderFrame details to ipcMain port event. #33756 (Also in 16, 17, 18, 19)
Ensures that requestMediaKeySystemAccess eventually resolves / rejects. #34891 (Also in 19)
Fixed webContents.getUserAgent() incorrectly returning an empty string unless previously set. #35131 (Also in 18, 19)
Fixed a Windows Control Overlay issue where a window taken directly from minimized to maximized state could have incorrect hover state. #35074 (Also in 19)
Fixed a crash in safeStorage on Linux. #33913 (Also in 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
Fixed a crash on Windows when opening apps in multiple, separate user sessions. #34139 (Also in 18, 19)
Fixed a crash when calling BrowserWindow.setEnabled(). #34972 (Also in 18, 19)
Fixed a crash when calling loadExtension on an extension directory that's missing a manifest file. #34168 (Also in 16, 17, 19)
Fixed a crash when loading a same-origin URL after a render process crash. #34432 (Also in 18, 19)
Fixed a performance problem in crashReporter.start() on macOS. #34639 (Also in 17, 18, 19)
Fixed a potential crash when calling webContents.print(). #34271 (Also in 19)
Fixed a potential crash when changing window settings after initializing WCO with an invalid titleBarStyle. #34875 (Also in 17, 18, 19)
Fixed alwaysOnTop BrowserWindow option for X11 Linux. #34913 (Also in 18, 19)
Fixed an OSR crash happening when input select items were rendered. #34069 (Also in 17, 18, 19)
Fixed an error where setWindowOpenHandler() would crash if the callback threw an error. #34547 (Also in 17, 18, 19)
Fixed an issue in which calling setBounds() after e.preventDefault in a 'will-move' or 'will-resize' event wouldn't change the window's shape until the mouse button was released. #35084 (Also in 19)
Fixed an issue where BrowserWindows on macOS were incorrectly marked as resizable. #34433 (Also in 18, 19)
Fixed an issue where DataList bounds had part of the item text cut off vertically. #34786 (Also in 19)
Fixed an issue where Windows Control Overlay buttons did not respect maximizable/minimizable/closable states of a BrowserWindow. #34721 (Also in 17, 18, 19)
Fixed an issue where #ARGB ->#RGBA and #AARRGGBB ->#RRGGBBAA were converted improperly when setting background color. #33707 (Also in 19)
Fixed an issue where BrowserWindow#isFocused() was returning false when blur() was called on macOS. #33734 (Also in 17, 18, 19)
Fixed an issue where Escape keyboard events would not be properly propagated to the parent window after entering fullscreen and then exiting it again on Windows. #33757 (Also in 18, 19)
Fixed an issue where bounds changes were incorrectly delayed in the case where a window was moved or resized and event.preventDefault was called in either will-resize or will-move on Windows. #34204 (Also in 16, 17, 19)
Fixed an issue where calling BrowserWindow.setRepresentedFilename on macOS with titlebarStyle: 'hiddenInset' or titlebarStyle: 'hidden' inadvertently moves the traffic light location. #34849 (Also in 18, 19)
Fixed an issue where calling SetLoginItemSettings() could potentially cause network volumes to be incorrectly mounted. #34068 (Also in 17, 18, 19)
Fixed an issue where calling setTitlebarOverlay with an initially invalid titleBarStyle on Windows would result in a crash. #34140 (Also in 19)
Fixed an issue where calling w.setWindowButtonVisibility(true) immediately after exiting fullscreen fails to show window buttons. #34675 (Also in 18, 19)
Fixed an issue where draggable regions were not recalculated when BrowserView bounds changed on Windows. #34612 (Also in 18, 19)
Fixed an issue where media keys would be sent to Electron on Windows no matter which window was in focus. #34647 (Also in 19)
Fixed an issue where mixed-case extension filters in file dialogs were ignored on Linux. #33918 (Also in 18, 19)
Fixed an issue where normal bounds would not be appropriately updated if the user minimized with the minimize button. #34486 (Also in 18, 19)
Fixed an issue where passing { name: 'All Files', extensions: ['*'] } in the filters param of open or save dialogs on Linux would disallow choosing files without an extension. #34516 (Also in 18, 19)
Fixed an issue where pressing escape would not un-fullscreen on Windows or Linux in some circumstances. #34317 (Also in 18, 19)
Fixed an issue where printing with an invalid deviceName on Linux caused silent failures. #34901 (Also in 19)
Fixed an issue where running second instances of the same application would cause a deadlock on Windows. #34297 (Also in 18, 19)
Fixed an issue where some BrowserWindows opened from new links wouldn't properly load URLs. #34159 (Also in 19)
Fixed an issue where the minimize button with WCO enabled would incorrectly be highlighted in some cases. #34840 (Also in 17, 18, 19)
Fixed an issue where the window bounds would incorrectly change if BrowserWindow.unmaximize was called on a window whose user bounds were maximized. #33480 (Also in 16, 17, 18, 19)
Fixed an issue where tray items wouldn't highlight in some scenarios on macOS. #34173 (Also in 16, 17, 18, 19)
Fixed an issue where zombie windows can be created if window.close() is called during a fullscreen transition. #34393 (Also in 17, 18, 19)
Fixed an issue with the app.requestSingleInstanceLock() API where it would sometimes hang. #33777 (Also in 18, 19)
Fixed behavior of BrowserWindow.maximize on macOS for not shown windows. #32949 (Also in 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
Fixed building node modules with Visual Studio 2017. #34109 (Also in 18, 19)
Fixed building node modules with Visual Studio 2017. #34217 (Also in 19)
Fixed crash on startup due to missing gtk symbol on older distros. #34141 (Also in 18, 19)
Fixed crash when calling navigator.serial.getPorts(). #34280 (Also in 17, 18, 19)
Fixed crash when img without alt is shown with accessibility features enabled. #33840 (Also in 19)
Fixed crash when opening gtk file dialogs due to mismatched versions. #33650 (Also in 18, 19)
Fixed empty app_id when running under wayland. #34879 (Also in 18, 19)
Fixed incorrect return value of app.requestSingleInstanceLock() when setting non-existent user data folder. #33559 (Also in 16, 17, 18, 19)
Fixed issues with frameless window animations and styling. #33599 (Also in 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
Fixed linux arm64 builds to not require glibc 2.29+. #34503 (Also in 19)
Fixed missing Sec-CH-UA headers and empty navigator.userAgentData. #34524 (Also in 17, 18, 19)
Fixed potential crash in WebFrameMain when performing a cross-origin navigation. #34417 (Also in 18, 19)
Fixed potential crash while generating accessibility trees for certain images. #33614 (Also in 18, 19)
Fixed potential crash with WebFrameMain when navigating between cross-origin websites. #33919 (Also in 18, 19)
Fixed service worker registration with custom protocols. #34290 (Also in 18, 19)
Fixed symbol generation on 32-bit Windows release builds. #35091 (Also in 18, 19)
Fixed the initialization of First Party Sets. #33971 (Also in 19)
Fixed the initialization of first party sets in the browser process. #33998 (Also in 19)
[Mac] Fixed Partition Alloc related crash in pre-BigSur (macos <= 10.15). #33704 (Also in 18, 19)
shell.openExternal() now reports more detailed errors on Windows. #33620 (Also in 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
Other Changes:
Added a TRACE call named crash_reporter::Start under the electron category for crash_reporter::Start(). #34268 (Also in 17, 18, 19)
Added deprecation warning for the new-window event. #34593
Added minimum GITHUB_TOKEN permissions. #34298
Fixed an issue where BrowserViews didn't always visually update after call to setBounds. #34643 (Also in 18, 19)
Fixed child_process.spawn ENOENT error with cwd option. #33815 (Also in 16, 17, 18, 19)
Minimum required node version to install the electron npm package is now >10. #34166
On Linux, changed the libgdk-pixbuf dependency to be dynamically linked rather than statically linked. #34635 (Also in 18, 19)
Re-enabled symbol generation on 32-bit Windows. #34162 (Also in 19)
Temporarily disabled symbol generation on 32-bit Windows due to issues with symbol generation on that platform. #33653 (Also in 19)
WebContents for <webview> are now only created after the 'will-attach-webview' event is emitted and preventDefault is not called. #35016

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Node v16.14.2
v16.14.2 release notes
v16.14.1 release notes
v16.14.0 release notes
V8 10.2
Features:
Additions:
Added BrowserWindow method to change the button color, symbol color, and height of a window with WCO enabled. #33066 (Also in 18)
Added nativeTheme.inForcedColorsMode API to allow detecting forced color mode. #32956 (Also in 15, 16, 17, 18)
Added ses.setCodeCachePath() API for setting code cache directory. #31154 (Also in 17, 18)
Added ability to configure if window should close when opener closes. #31314
Added support for more color formats in setBackgroundColor. #31868 (Also in 18)
Added warning that preload scripts will be sandboxed by default beginning in Electron 20. #32868 (Also in 18)
Enabled systemPreferences.subscribe{Local|Workspace}Notification to take a null value for the event parameter. #33770 (Also in 18)
Fixed an issue where calling setTitlebarOverlay with an initially invalid titleBarStyle on Windows would result in a crash. #34302
Fixed an issue where the PDF Viewer would fail if a user attempted to reload. #33712 (Also in 18)
Fixes:
Added support for the --unsafely-treat-insecure-origin-as-secure command-line flag. #33189
Fixed a potential crash when calling webContents.print(). #34299
Fixed an issue where #ARGB ->#RGBA and #AARRGGBB ->#RRGGBBAA were converted improperly when setting background color. #33755
Fixed an issue where some BrowserWindows opened from new links wouldn't properly load URLs. #34189
Fixed an issue with background colors being improperly applied to BrowserViews on Windows. #33435
Fixed crash when img without alt is shown with accessibility features enabled. #33841
Fixed the initialization of First Party Sets on Windows, where First Party Sets would sometimes fail to load. #34138
Fixed the initialization of First Party Sets. #33972
Fixed the initialization of first party sets in the browser process. #34011
Also in earlier versions:
Apply senderFrame details to ipcMain port event. #33783 (Also in 16, 17, 18)
Fire 'show' event when a BrowserWindow is shown via maximize(). #32979 (Also in 16, 17, 18)
Fix: initialize asar support in worker threads. #33216 (Also in 18)
Fixed BrowserWindow.showInactive restoring a maximized window to non-maximized on Windows. #32870 (Also in 16, 17, 18)
Fixed a V8 crash that could happen randomly in non-sandboxed renderer processes. #33252 (Also in 18)
Fixed a bug where BrowserWindow.fromWebContents would return undefined during the browser-window-created event. #33257 (Also in 18)
Fixed a crash in safeStorage on Linux. #34147 (Also in 15, 16, 17, 18)
Fixed a crash on Windows when opening apps in multiple, separate user sessions. #34160 (Also in 18)
Fixed a crash when calling loadExtension on an extension directory that's missing a manifest file. #34303 (Also in 16, 17)
Fixed a network service crash that could occur when using setCertificateVerifyProc. #33204 (Also in 17, 18)
Fixed a potential crash in Browser.getFocusedWindow() when child windows are closed. #33404 (Also in 16, 17, 18)
Fixed an OSR crash happening when input select items were rendered. #34093 (Also in 17, 18)
Fixed an issue where BrowserView layout bounds where limited to it's visible bounds. #32747 (Also in 17, 18)
Fixed an issue where Chrom DevTools settings didn't persist between loads. #33120 (Also in 17, 18)
Fixed an issue where First Party Sets were not correctly loaded on app launch. #33339 (Also in 18)
Fixed an issue where Pointer Lock behavior could not be properly exited. #32369 (Also in 18)
Fixed an issue where BrowserWindow#isFocused() was returning false when blur() was called on macOS. #34031 (Also in 17, 18)
Fixed an issue where Escape keyboard events would not be properly propagated to the parent window after entering fullscreen and then exiting it again on Windows. #33788 (Also in 18)
Fixed an issue where alternateImages did not work properly on macOS. #33026 (Also in 15, 16, 17, 18)
Fixed an issue where webContents.openDevTools({ mode }) did not work for certain dock positions. #32829 (Also in 17, 18)
Fixed an issue where webContents.savePage failed when passing a relative path instead of an absolute one. #32728 (Also in 15, 16, 17, 18)
Fixed an issue where bounds changes were incorrectly delayed in the case where a window was moved or resized and event.preventDefault was called in either will-resize or will-move on Windows. #34285 (Also in 16, 17)
Fixed an issue where calling SetLoginItemSettings() could potentially cause network volumes to be incorrectly mounted. #34108 (Also in 17, 18)
Fixed an issue where clicking "Open in Containing Folder" in the Sources tab in Devtools caused a crash. #33024 (Also in 16, 17, 18)
Fixed an issue where frameless windows on Windows would incorrectly show a small frame during the loading process. #32692 (Also in 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
Fixed an issue where mixed-case extension filters in file dialogs were ignored on Linux. #34015 (Also in 18)
Fixed an issue where new bounds set via setBounds was not correctly applied if the user was moving or resizing the window concurrently on Windows. #33288 (Also in 18)
Fixed an issue where pages would not properly print on macOS due to a rendering failure. #32767 (Also in 18)
Fixed an issue where setting window maxHeight or maxWidth made it so the width and height could no longer be resized. #33025 (Also in 17, 18)
Fixed an issue where the Tray could get garbage collected incorrectly under some circumstances. #33040 (Also in 15, 16, 17, 18)
Fixed an issue where the the window bounds would incorrectly change if BrowserWindow.unmaximize was called on a window whose user bounds were maximized. #33549 (Also in 16, 17, 18)
Fixed an issue where tray items wouldn't highlight in some scenarios on macOS. #34208 (Also in 16, 17, 18)
Fixed an issue with the app.requestSingleInstanceLock() API where it would sometimes hang. #34071 (Also in 18)
Fixed an occasional crash on Mac when spawning a child process. #33114 (Also in 17, 18)
Fixed broken event loop in renderer process when process reuse is enabled on windows platform. #33207 (Also in 16, 17, 18)
Fixed broken transparency option in offscreen window rendering. #32885 (Also in 16, 17, 18)
Fixed building node modules with Visual Studio 2017. #34164 (Also in 18)
Fixed command string registered via setAsDefaultProtocolClient on windows. #32953 (Also in 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
Fixed crash in the render process on reload with pending node fs.promises. #33280 (Also in 15, 16, 17, 18)
Fixed crash on startup due to missing gtk symbol on older distros. #34151 (Also in 18)
Fixed crash when WindowButtonsProxy references cleared NSWindow. #33069 (Also in 15, 16, 17, 18)
Fixed crash when opening gtk file dialogs due to mismatched versions. #33813 (Also in 18)
Fixed drag regions on WCO windows on Windows. #32871 (Also in 15, 16, 17, 18)
Fixed effect when hovering over window controls on Windows in a WCO-enabled window. #32672 (Also in 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
Fixed incorrect external memory allocation tracking in nativeImage module. #33266 (Also in 15, 16, 17, 18)
Fixed incorrect return value of app.requestSingleInstanceLock() when setting non-existent user data folder. #33593 (Also in 16, 17, 18)
Fixed issues with frameless window animations and styling. #33609 (Also in 15, 16, 17, 18)
Fixed maximizing frameless windows by double-clicking on a draggable (title bar) region. #33438 (Also in 15, 16, 17, 18)
Fixed multiple issues when running under Wayland caused by calling X11 functions. #33355 (Also in 17, 18)
Fixed possible race conditions between frame state and electron ipc. #32734 (Also in 17)
Fixed potential crash while generating accessibility trees for certain images. #33617 (Also in 18)
Fixed potential crash with WebFrameMain when navigating between cross-origin websites. #34294 (Also in 18)
Fixed slowness when using child_process.spawn and related methods on macOS Big Sur and newer. #33337 (Also in 16, 17, 18)
Fixed stale renderer process when application is quit while renderer is busy. #32888 (Also in 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
Fixed the IncrementCapturerCount regression introduced by 13.0.0-beta.21. #32973 (Also in 18)
SIGUSR1 is no longer handled when the node_cli_inspect fuse is disabled. #33188 (Also in 16, 17, 18)
Strip crashpad_handler binary on Linux, reducing bundle size. #33126 (Also in 15, 16, 17, 18)
Theoretical fix for a crash we're seeing when closing multiple child windows at the same time on macOS. #33063 (Also in 17, 18)
[Mac] Fixed Partition Alloc related crash in pre-BigSur (macos <= 10.15). #33966 (Also in 18)
shell.openExternal() now reports more detailed errors on Windows. #33660 (Also in 15, 16, 17, 18)
Other Changes:
Chore: backport EPROTOTYPE fixes from libuv. #32856 (Also in 16, 17, 18)
Fixed an issue where adding/removing display changes the BrowserWindow size. #33109 (Also in 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
Fixed child_process.spawn ENOENT error with cwd option. #33872 (Also in 16, 17, 18)
Re-enabled symbol generation on 32-bit Windows. #34179
Removed the semi-documented preloadURL property from WebPreferences. #33228
Temporarily disabled symbol generation on 32-bit Windows due to issues with symbol generation on that platform. #33689
Updated node types version. #33452 (Also in 18)

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New in Electron 18.1.0 (Apr 21, 2022)

New in Electron 16.2.3 (Apr 20, 2022)

New in Electron 19.0.0 Alpha 3 (Apr 19, 2022)

New in Electron 19.0.0 Alpha 2 (Apr 15, 2022)

New in Electron 18.0.4 (Apr 15, 2022)

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New in Electron 16.2.2 (Apr 6, 2022)

New in Electron 18.0.2 (Apr 6, 2022)

New in Electron 17.3.1 (Apr 2, 2022)

New in Electron 18.0.1 (Mar 31, 2022)

New in Electron 19.0.0 Alpha 1 (Mar 30, 2022)

Breaking Changes:
Marked .skipTaskbar as unsupported on Linux. #33226
Features:
Added BrowserWindow method to change the button color, symbol color, and height of a window with WCO enabled. #33066 (Also in 18)
Added nativeTheme.inForcedColorsMode API to allow detecting forced color mode. #32956 (Also in 15, 16, 17, 18)
Added ses.setCodeCachePath() API for setting code cache directory. #31154 (Also in 17, 18)
Added ability to configure if window should close when opener closes. #31314
Added support for more color formats in setBackgroundColor. #31868 (Also in 18)
Added warning that preload scripts will be sandboxed by default beginning in Electron 20. #32868 (Also in 18)
Fixes:
Added support for the --unsafely-treat-insecure-origin-as-secure command-line flag. #33189
Fire 'show' event when a BrowserWindow is shown via maximize(). #32979 (Also in 16, 17, 18)
Fix: initialize asar support in worker threads. #33216 (Also in 18)
Fixed BrowserWindow.showInactive restoring a maximized window to non-maximized on Windows. #32870 (Also in 16, 17, 18)
Fixed a V8 crash that could happen randomly in non-sandboxed renderer processes. #33252 (Also in 18)
Fixed a bug where BrowserWindow.fromWebContents would return undefined during the browser-window-created event. #33257 (Also in 18)
Fixed a network service crash that could occur when using setCertificateVerifyProc. #33204 (Also in 17, 18)
Fixed a potential crash in Browser.getFocusedWindow() when child windows are closed. #33404
Fixed an issue where BrowserView layout bounds where limited to it's visible bounds. #32747 (Also in 17, 18)
Fixed an issue where Chrom DevTools settings didn't persist between loads. #33120 (Also in 17, 18)
Fixed an issue where First Party Sets were not correctly loaded on app launch. #33339 (Also in 18)
Fixed an issue where Pointer Lock behavior could not be properly exited. #32369
Fixed an issue where alternateImages did not work properly on macOS. #33026 (Also in 15, 16, 17, 18)
Fixed an issue where webContents.openDevTools({ mode }) did not work for certain dock positions. #32829 (Also in 17, 18)
Fixed an issue where webContents.savePage failed when passing a relative path instead of an absolute one. #32728 (Also in 15, 16, 17, 18)
Fixed an issue where clicking "Open in Containing Folder" in the Sources tab in Devtools caused a crash. #33024 (Also in 16, 17, 18)
Fixed an issue where frameless windows on Windows would incorrectly show a small frame during the loading process. #32692 (Also in 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
Fixed an issue where new bounds set via setBounds was not correctly applied if the user was moving or resizing the window concurrently on Windows. #33288 (Also in 18)
Fixed an issue where pages would not properly print on macOS due to a rendering failure. #32767 (Also in 18)
Fixed an issue where setting window maxHeight or maxWidth made it so the width and height could no longer be resized. #33025 (Also in 17, 18)
Fixed an issue where the Tray could get garbage collected incorrectly under some circumstances. #33040 (Also in 15, 16, 17, 18)
Fixed an issue with background colors being improperly applied to BrowserViews on Windows. #33435
Fixed an occasional crash on Mac when spawning a child process. #33114 (Also in 17, 18)
Fixed broken event loop in renderer process when process reuse is enabled on windows platform. #33207 (Also in 16, 17, 18)
Fixed broken transparency option in offscreen window rendering. #32885 (Also in 16, 17, 18)
Fixed command string registered via setAsDefaultProtocolClient on windows. #32953 (Also in 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
Fixed crash in the render process on reload with pending node fs.promises. #33280 (Also in 15, 16, 17, 18)
Fixed crash when WindowButtonsProxy references cleared NSWindow. #33069 (Also in 16, 17, 18)
Fixed drag regions on WCO windows on Windows. #32871 (Also in 15, 16, 17, 18)
Fixed effect when hovering over window controls on Windows in a WCO-enabled window. #32672 (Also in 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
Fixed incorrect external memory allocation tracking in nativeImage module. #33266 (Also in 15, 16, 17, 18)
Fixed maximizing frameless windows by double-clicking on a draggable (title bar) region. #33438 (Also in 15, 16, 17, 18)
Fixed multiple issues when running under Wayland caused by calling X11 functions. #33355 (Also in 18)
Fixed possible race conditions between frame state and electron ipc. #32734 (Also in 17)
Fixed slowness when using child_process.spawn and related methods on macOS Big Sur and newer. #33337 (Also in 16, 17, 18)
Fixed stale renderer process when application is quit while renderer is busy. #32888 (Also in 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
Fixed the IncrementCapturerCount regression introduced by 13.0.0-beta.21. #32973 (Also in 17, 18)
SIGUSR1 is no longer handled when the node_cli_inspect fuse is disabled. #33188
Strip crashpad_handler binary on Linux, reducing bundle size. #33126 (Also in 15, 16, 17, 18)
Theoretical fix for a crash we're seeing when closing multiple child windows at the same time on macOS. #33063 (Also in 17, 18)
Other Changes:
Chore: backport EPROTOTYPE fixes from libuv. #32856 (Also in 16, 17, 18)
Fixed an issue where adding/removing display changes the BrowserWindow size. #33109 (Also in 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
None. #32731
Removed the semi-documented preloadURL property from WebPreferences. #33228
Updated Chromium to 102.0.4962.3. #33447
Updated Node.js to v16.14.2. #32833
Updated node types version. #33452 (Also in 18)

New in Electron 18.0.0 (Mar 29, 2022)

New in Electron 17.3.0 (Mar 29, 2022)

New in Electron 17.2.0 (Mar 24, 2022)

New in Electron 14.2.8 (Mar 24, 2022)

New in Electron 16.1.1 (Mar 24, 2022)

New in Electron 18.0.0 Beta 4 (Mar 18, 2022)

New in Electron 18.0.0 Beta 2 (Mar 11, 2022)

New in Electron 14.2.7 (Mar 9, 2022)

New in Electron 15.4.1 (Mar 9, 2022)

New in Electron 17.1.2 (Mar 9, 2022)

New in Electron 17.1.1 (Mar 8, 2022)

New in Electron 15.4.0 (Mar 1, 2022)

New in Electron 18.0.0 Alpha 4 (Feb 25, 2022)

New in Electron 16.0.10 (Feb 24, 2022)

New in Electron 17.1.0 (Feb 23, 2022)

New in Electron 14.2.6 (Feb 15, 2022)

New in Electron 15.3.7 (Feb 15, 2022)

New in Electron 17.0.1 (Feb 15, 2022)

New in Electron 16.0.9 (Feb 15, 2022)

New in Electron 18.0.0 Alpha 3 (Feb 15, 2022)

New in Electron 18.0.0 Alpha 2 (Feb 9, 2022)

New in Electron 18.0.0 Alpha 1 (Feb 3, 2022)

Features:
Added 'focus' and 'blur' events to WebContents. #25873
Added Substitutions menu roles on macOS: showSubstitutions, toggleSmartQuotes, toggleSmartDashes, toggleTextReplacement. #32024
Added first-instance-ack event to the app.requestSingleInstanceLock() flow, so that users can pass some data back from the second instance to the first instance. #31460
Added height option for Windows Control Overlay. #31222
Added rawHeaders to IncomingMessage. #31853
Removed the old BrowserWindowProxy-based implementation of window.open. This also removes the nativeWindowOpen option from webPreferences. #29405
Support obsolete blowfish ciphers bf-{cbc,cfb,ecb} through the Node.js crypto API. #32356 (Also in 17)
Fixes:
Allowed specifying x64 arch on Mac Rosetta via npm_config_arch. #32266 (Also in 15, 16, 17)
Assertion failure happening in the showSaveDialogSync() code path has been fixed. (Fixes #31997). #32049 (Also in 14, 15, 16, 17)
Bug fixed for registering protocol in windows which used to set invalid command if the execution path included space. #32220 (Also in 14, 15, 16, 17)
Fixed VoiceOver not reading typed words correctly in MAS builds. #32543 (Also in 17)
Fixed maxWidth not working in BrowserWindow constructor options. #32628 (Also in 17)
Fixed window.open not overriding parent's webPreferences. #32057 (Also in 15, 16, 17)
Fixed a crash caused by app.getLocaleCountryCode(). #32256 (Also in 15, 16, 17)
Fixed a crash that occurred when a user attempted to print a document either with window.print(), the print button in the PDF viewer, or with BrowserWindow.webContents() and clicked cancel in the resulting print dialog. #32632
Fixed a crash that occurred when user attempted to download an edited PDF. #32512 (Also in 15, 16, 17)
Fixed a crash when starting VoiceOver on macOS. #32564 (Also in 17)
Fixed a potential crash in v8 by using allocation type: kOld in v8 ScriptOrModule legacy lifetime. #32339 (Also in 17)
Fixed a potential crash when importing media files or custom file types. #31881 (Also in 16, 17)
Fixed a potential issue when setting backgroundColor on BrowserViews. #31863 (Also in 14, 15, 16, 17)
Fixed an issue that the alert() dialog title is corrupted. #32434 (Also in 14, 15, 16, 17)
Fixed an issue where ipcRenderer.postMessage would throw errors when the transfer argument was not passed. #32433 (Also in 14, 15, 16, 17)
Fixed an issue where calling screen capture on macOS does not properly release underlying OS capture mechanisms. #32435 (Also in 17)
Fixed an issue where frameless vibrant windows would not show transparency correctly on macOS. #32593 (Also in 16, 17)
Fixed an issue where if backgroundColor was set to undefined, vibrancy failed to work and the backgroundColor would show up as white. #32517 (Also in 16, 17)
Fixed an issue where the 'maximize' and 'unmaximize' events didn't fire properly on linux. #32441 (Also in 14, 15, 16, 17)
Fixed an issue with transparent windows failing to fire the maximize and unmaximize events on Windows. #32643 (Also in 15, 16, 17)
Fixed aspect ratio resize for frameless windows on macOS. #32287 (Also in 15, 16, 17)
Fixed console windows from ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE instances. #31963 (Also in 16, 17)
Fixed crash when calling webContents.setZoomFactor(1.0). #32604 (Also in 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
Fixed crash when playing media files on Windows 7/8 or macOS 10.11/10.12. #32046 (Also in 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
Fixed incorrect skipTransformProcessType option parsing in win.setVisibleOnAllWorkspaces(). #32364 (Also in 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
Fixed issue where not all serial devices were exposed to the handler specified by session.setDevicePermissionHandler. #32651 (Also in 15, 16, 17)
Fixed minimized BrowserWindow being restored by BrowserWindow.unmaximize(). #32438 (Also in 14, 15, 16, 17)
Fixed potential crash on Windows and Linux when using desktopCapturer.getSources. #32052 (Also in 16, 17)
Fixed regression where console windows would open for execSync and some spawnSync calls for Windows users. #32340 (Also in 16, 17)
Fixed respecting aspect ratio when maximum size is set on BrowserWindow. #29101 (Also in 14, 15, 16, 17)
Fixed windows with roundedCorners: false unable to be closed. #32597 (Also in 15, 16, 17)
No Notes. #32178 (Also in 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
No Notes. #32240 (Also in 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
Strip symbols from crashpad_handler binary on Linux, reducing bundle size. #32540 (Also in 15, 16, 17)
The <webview> implementation was made more robust, it no longer breaks when will-attach-webview handler modifies the internal params.instanceId. #32386 (Also in 16, 17)
Other Changes:
Updated Chromium to 99.0.4767.0. #31986
Updated Node.js to v16.13.2. #32418
Documentation:
Documentation changes: #31991, #32422, #32533

New in Electron 17.0.0 (Feb 1, 2022)

New in Electron 17.0.0 Beta 9 (Jan 31, 2022)

New in Electron 14.2.5 (Jan 28, 2022)

New in Electron 16.0.8 (Jan 28, 2022)

New in Electron 17.0.0 Beta 8 (Jan 27, 2022)

New in Electron 17.0.0 Beta 6 (Jan 24, 2022)

New in Electron 17.0.0 Beta 5 (Jan 17, 2022)

New in Electron 17.0.0 Beta 4 (Jan 14, 2022)

New in Electron 17.0.0 Beta 3 (Jan 11, 2022)

New in Electron 16.0.7 (Jan 11, 2022)

New in Electron 17.0.0 Beta 1 (Jan 6, 2022)

New in Electron 13.6.6 (Jan 4, 2022)

New in Electron 17.0.0 Alpha 6 (Jan 4, 2022)

New in Electron 16.0.6 (Jan 3, 2022)

New in Electron 16.0.5 (Dec 17, 2021)

New in Electron 17.0.0 Alpha 5 (Dec 16, 2021)

New in Electron 16.0.4 (Dec 3, 2021)

New in Electron 13.6.3 (Dec 2, 2021)

New in Electron 14.2.2 (Dec 1, 2021)

New in Electron 15.3.3 (Dec 1, 2021)

New in Electron 16.0.3 (Dec 1, 2021)

New in Electron 17.0.0 Alpha 4 (Nov 26, 2021)

New in Electron 16.0.2 (Nov 25, 2021)

New in Electron 17.0.0 Alpha 2 (Nov 19, 2021)

New in Electron 16.0.1 (Nov 19, 2021)

New in Electron 17.0.0 Alpha 1 (Nov 18, 2021)

Features:
Added WebHID support. #30213 (Also in 15, 16)
Added commandLine.removeSwitch to allow apps to remove command line switches from Chromiums internal command line representation. #30933 (Also in 15, 16)
Added textWidth option to dialog.showMessageBox() / dialog.showMessageBoxSync(). #30474 (Also in 15, 16)
Added webContents.getMediaSourceId(), can be used with getUserMedia to get a stream for a WebContents. #31204
Added new data parameter to app.requestSingleInstanceLock(). #30891 (Also in 16)
Added warning when ipcRenderer.sendSync() is called with no listeners for channel on ipcMain. #31344 (Also in 13, 14, 15, 16)
Began passing securityOrigin in details for permission request handlers for media requests in addition to permission check handlers. #31357 (Also in 13, 14, 15, 16)
Deprecates webContents.getPrinters() and introduces webContents.getPrintersAsync(). #31023
desktopCapturer.getSources is now only available in the main process. #30720
Fixes:
Changed WebHID to use disable-hid-blocklist flag to enable FIDO devices. #31626 (Also in 15, 16)
Enables support for navigator.keyboard.lock(). #31572 (Also in 16)
Fixed "Failed to serialize arguments" error when emitting 'context-menu' event for webview. #31259 (Also in 15, 16)
Fixed Let's Encrypt DST Root CA X3 certificate expiration. #31213 (Also in 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
Fixed <webview> background transparency regression. #31722 (Also in 16)
Fixed BrowserView.setBackgroundColor() not working correctly. #31746 (Also in 14, 15, 16)
Fixed clipboard.writeBuffer(), clipboard.readBuffer() and clipboard.read()'s ability to manipulate platform-specific clipboard formats. #31116 (Also in 15, 16)
Fixed a JavaScript exception from webContents if render frame was disposed in WebFrameMain, resets the value of render_frame_disposed_ after updating render frame host. #31401 (Also in 14, 15, 16)
Fixed a crash when a BrowserWindow is closed subsequent to its webContents being destroyed. #31620 (Also in 14, 15, 16)
Fixed a potential crash when setting nativeTheme.themeSource on macOS. #31329 (Also in 14, 15, 16)
Fixed a tracing agent-related crash when initializing Node.js in service workers. #31459 (Also in 14, 15, 16)
Fixed an issue where BrowserView dragging behavior was inconsistent with MacOS window dragging. #31114 (Also in 13, 14, 15, 16)
Fixed an issue where BrowserView may sometimes crash on browserView.webContents.destroy(). #31796 (Also in 14, 15, 16)
Fixed an issue where BrowserViews crashed if view.webContents.destroy() is called after loading a URL. #31794 (Also in 14, 15, 16)
Fixed an issue where Content-Disposition filenames would be incorrectly truncated at the first comma for a filename attachment which contained one. #31669 (Also in 13, 14, 15, 16)
Fixed an issue where MediaMetadata did not work properly. #31492 (Also in 13, 14, 15, 16)
Fixed an issue where app.getPath('crashDumps') returned an incorrect path for Linux. #31668 (Also in 15, 16)
Fixed an issue where clipboard.read() could cause crashes with custom clipboard formats. #31566 (Also in 15, 16)
Fixed an issue where button labels in file choosers were improperly localized on Linux. #30888 (Also in 14, 15, 16)
Fixed an issue where changes to draggable regions in a BrowserWindow incorrectly affected those in an attached BrowserView. #31085 (Also in 13, 14, 15, 16)
Fixed an issue where out-of-focus BrowserViews could not be immediately dragged. #31062 (Also in 13, 14, 15, 16)
Fixed an issue where playing media would open Accessibility permissions dialog on macOS. #31805 (Also in 15, 16)
Fixed an issue where some calls to crypto.createPrivateKey made with algorithms unsupported by BoringSSL cause a crash when invoking methods on their return values. #31087 (Also in 15, 16)
Fixed an issue where transparency was not always set correctly on webContents. #31685 (Also in 16)
Fixed an issue where windows with vibrancy types set on them would incorrectly have a white instead of transparent background. #31493 (Also in 16)
Fixed an issue which caused print settings to not work properly when printing silently. #31489 (Also in 13, 14, 15, 16)
Fixed an potential crash in WebContents::MessageTo when a render frame has been destroyed. #31289 (Also in 13, 14, 15, 16)
Fixed behaviour on posix when passing lists into app.requestSingleInstanceLock(additionalData) API. #31661 (Also in 16)
Fixed black border around the page after resizing is disabled. #31021 (Also in 13, 14, 15, 16)
Fixed black window when screen capturing a content-protected BrowserWindow on Windows 10. #31340 (Also in 13, 14, 15, 16)
Fixed clipboard.read to once again work like clipboard.readBuffer. #31623 (Also in 15, 16)
Fixed crash caused by GetHostNameW on Windows 7. #31804 (Also in 16)
Fixed crash caused by double free when destroying WebContents. #31104 (Also in 14, 15, 16)
Fixed crash in GTK open dialog when trying to preview huge image files. #31799 (Also in 14, 15, 16)
Fixed crash in v8 due to (Check failed: !regexp_stack_->is_in_use()). #31102 (Also in 13, 14, 15, 16)
Fixed crash when changing zoom level for webview. #31350 (Also in 14, 15, 16)
Fixed crash when using singleton api with packaged apps on macOS. #31608 (Also in 16)
Fixed crash when using sync dialog APIs immediately after async dialog APIs. #31606 (Also in 15, 16)
Fixed default label text in GTK dialogs. #31798 (Also in 14, 15, 16)
Fixed default setting used when setting an insecure cookie on a secure site. #31800 (Also in 16)
Fixed event with invalid timestamp in trace log. #31349 (Also in 14, 15, 16)
Fixed issue where non-resizable frameless windows aren't draggable. #30925 (Also in 13, 14, 15, 16)
Fixed possible 'Object has been destroyed' error when calling window.open with a frame name and using setWindowOpenHandler. #31208 (Also in 14, 15, 16)
Fixed window frame glitch when calling setContentProtection. #31768 (Also in 13, 14, 15, 16)
Generate valid config.gypi file in Node.js headers. #31404 (Also in 14, 15, 16)
Having a secure CSP will no longer cause a CSP violation warning to appear in console. #30991 (Also in 16)
None. #31470 (Also in 15, 16)
None. #31757
Removes several Chromium private enterprise APIs from Mac Apple Store builds. #31482 (Also in 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
~/.config/{App Name} will no longer be incorrectly deleted if it is a symlink on unix systems. #31777 (Also in 16)
Other Changes:
Changed Web Serial to use ses.setDevicePermissionHandler to allow developers more control over Web Serial permissioning. #31181 (Also in 15, 16)
Updated Chromium to 96.0.4664.4. #31317 (Also in 16)
Updated Node.js to v16.13.0. #31607

New in Electron 13.6.2 (Nov 17, 2021)

New in Electron 16.0.0 (Nov 16, 2021)

Additions:
Added 'dom-ready' event to WebFrameMain which emits when the frame's document is ready.
Added 'frame-created' event to WebContents which emits when a frame is created in the page. #29290 (Also in 15)
Added WebHID support. #31090 (Also in 15)
Added <webview>.sendToFrame() / frameId to 'ipc-message' event. #30451 (Also in 15)
Added <webview> 'did-redirect-navigation' event. #30457 (Also in 15)
Added app.configureHostResolver API for configuring DNS-over-HTTPS. #30576 (Also in 15)
Added commandLine.removeSwitch to allow apps to remove command line switches from Chromiums internal command line representation. #31327 (Also in 15)
Added frame property to the params object of the 'context-menu' event. #30831 (Also in 15)
Added isIssuedByKnownRoot to ses.setCertificateVerifyProc callback. #30174
Added isMainFrame argument to 'certificate-error' event. #30879 (Also in 15)
Added safeStorage string encryption API. #30020 (Also in 15)
Added textWidth option to dialog.showMessageBox() / dialog.showMessageBoxSync(). #31089 (Also in 15)
Added webContents.fromDevToolsTargetId(targetId) to lookup a WebContents instance from an associated Chrome DevTools Protocol TargetID. #29399 (Also in 14)
Added an Electron Fuse for enforcing code signatures on the app.asar file your application loads. Requires the latest asar module. #30667 (Also in 15)
Added fuses to disable NODE_OPTIONS and --inspect debug arguments in packaged apps. #30190 (Also in 15)
Added new data parameter to app.requestSingleInstanceLock(). #31444
Added support for Windows Control Overlay on Windows. #29600 (Also in 14, 15)
Added support for the U2F Web API. #30438
Added warning when ipcRenderer.sendSync() is called with no listeners for channel on ipcMain. #31435 (Also in 13, 14, 15)
Improvements:
Began passing securityOrigin in details for permission request handlers for media requests in addition to permission check handlers. #31416 (Also in 13, 14, 15)
Clicking a hyperlink in a PDF now does what you'd expect. #30069
Emit a warning when setting a crash key name longer than the maximum allowed length. #30742
Enabled sandboxing by default on WebContents which do not use Node or preloads. #30197
NativeImage objects are now serializable over IPC. #30729
The crashReporter API is now powered by Crashpad on Linux. #30278
Removed/Deprecated
Usage of the desktopCapturer.getSources API from the renderer process has been deprecated and will be removed. #30721
Fixes:
Enables support for navigator.keyboard.lock(). #31621
Fixed <webview> background transparency regression. #31728
Fixed BrowserView.setBackgroundColor() not working correctly. #31772
Fixed an issue where some transparent windows would show with a white background. #31003
Fixed an issue where transparency was not always set correctly on webContents. #31700
Fixed an issue where windows with vibrancy types set on them would incorrectly have a white instead of transparent background. #31537
Fixed behaviour on posix when passing lists into app.requestSingleInstanceLock(additionalData) API. #31708
Fixed crash in webview creation caused by UAF in the browser process. #24344
Fixed crash when using singleton api with packaged apps on macOS. #31612
Fixed detached DevTools window not closing when a menu item with the toggleDevTools role was triggered. #29922
Fixed imageAnimationPolicy not being respected. #30403
Having a secure CSP will no longer cause a CSP violation warning to appear in console. #31589
~/.config/{App Name} will no longer be incorrectly deleted if it is a symlink on unix systems. #31852
Also in earlier versions....
Changed WebHID to use disable-hid-blocklist flag to enable FIDO devices. #31650 (Also in 15)
Fixed "Failed to serialize arguments" error when emitting 'context-menu' event for webview. #31278 (Also in 15)
Fixed Let's Encrypt DST Root CA X3 certificate expiration. #31217 (Also in 12, 13, 14, 15)
Fixed clipboard.writeBuffer(), clipboard.readBuffer() and clipboard.read()'s ability to manipulate platform-specific clipboard formats. #31719 (Also in 15)
Fixed documentEdited status not updating close button for frameless window on macOS. #30322 (Also in 13, 14, 15)
Fixed a JavaScript exception from webContents if render frame was disposed in WebFrameMain, resets the value of render_frame_disposed_ after updating render frame host. #31427 (Also in 14, 15)
Fixed a crash in navigator.fonts.query(). #30930 (Also in 14, 15)
Fixed a crash in the repl when SharedArrayBuffer is disabled. #30456 (Also in 14)
Fixed a crash when process.exit is called and nativeWindowOpen is enabled. #30218 (Also in 14, 15)
Fixed a crash when a BrowserWindow is closed subsequent to its webContents being destroyed. #31646 (Also in 14, 15)
Fixed a crash when selecting files in a native file dialog on Windows and Linux. #30916 (Also in 15)
Fixed a potential crash that would occur with draggable regions on Windows. #30304 (Also in 13, 14, 15)
Fixed a potential crash when setting nativeTheme.themeSource on macOS. #31430 (Also in 14, 15)
Fixed a tracing agent-related crash when initializing Node.js in service workers. #31477 (Also in 14, 15)
Fixed an issue on Mac where an application could not capture its own window using the desktop capture or getMediaSourceId APIs. #30507 (Also in 13, 14, 15)
Fixed an issue on Windows where empty console windows were appearing when --enable-logging was present. #30375 (Also in 14, 15)
Fixed an issue present in webView where the leave-html-full-screen event is not emitted if the user exits fullscreen with esc instead of by clicking into the webView. #30537 (Also in 12, 13, 14, 15)
Fixed an issue where BrowserView dragging behavior was inconsistent with MacOS window dragging. #31178 (Also in 13, 14, 15)
Fixed an issue where BrowserView webContents would appear not to load in some circumstances. #29919 (Also in 14, 15)
Fixed an issue where Content-Disposition filenames would be incorrectly truncated at the first comma for a filename attachment which contained one. #31694 (Also in 13, 14, 15)
Fixed an issue where MediaMetadata did not work properly. #31535 (Also in 13, 14, 15)
Fixed an issue where app.getPath('crashDumps') returned an incorrect path for Linux. #31711 (Also in 15)
Fixed an issue where clipboard.read() could cause crashes with custom clipboard formats. #31592 (Also in 15)
Fixed an issue where a specified aspect ratio could become incorrect when maximizing a window on macOS. #30305 (Also in 12, 13, 14, 15)
Fixed an issue where background color would not be correctly applied to BrowserViews on Windows when either the x or y coordinate is negative (off-screen). #30510 (Also in 13, 14, 15)
Fixed an issue where button labels in file choosers were improperly localized on Linux. #31067 (Also in 14, 15)
Fixed an issue where changes to draggable regions in a BrowserWindow incorrectly affected those in an attached BrowserView. #31199 (Also in 13, 14, 15)
Fixed an issue where multiple calls toBrowserWindow.setResizable() can cause the zoom button to incorrectly be disabled on macOS. #30999 (Also in 14, 15)
Fixed an issue where non-resizable non-fullscreenable windows with aspect ratios set could return incorrect results for isMaximized(). #30989 (Also in 13, 14, 15)
Fixed an issue where out-of-focus BrowserViews could not be immediately dragged. #31101 (Also in 13, 14, 15)
Fixed an issue where some calls to crypto.createPrivateKey made with algorithms unsupported by BoringSSL cause a crash when invoking methods on their return values. #31136 (Also in 15)
Fixed an issue where the TouchBarScrubber crashes when showArrowButtons is enabled if items is an empty array. #30661 (Also in 13, 14, 15)
Fixed an issue where toggling documentEdited status on macOS with titlebarStyle: 'hiddenInset' inadvertently moves the traffic light location. #30565 (Also in 13, 14, 15)
Fixed an issue where undocked devtools was not resizable on Windows. #30823 (Also in 14, 15)
Fixed an issue which caused print settings to not work properly when printing silently. #31615 (Also in 13, 14, 15)
Fixed an potential crash in WebContents::MessageTo when a render frame has been destroyed. #31336 (Also in 13, 14, 15)
Fixed beta-only bug that caused mouse clicks to not be processed in frameless windows. #30447 (Also in 14, 15)
Fixed black border around the page after resizing is disabled. #31080 (Also in 13, 14, 15)
Fixed black window when screen capturing a content-protected BrowserWindow on Windows 10. #31386 (Also in 13, 14, 15)
Fixed child windows not inheriting the correct transparency and background color settings. #31031 (Also in 14, 15)
Fixed clipboard.read to once again work like clipboard.readBuffer. #31652 (Also in 15)
Fixed crash caused by double free when destroying WebContents. #31132 (Also in 14, 15)
Fixed crash in GTK open dialog when trying to preview huge image files. #31821 (Also in 14, 15)
Fixed crash caused by GetHostNameW on Windows 7. #31814
Fixed crash in v8 due to (Check failed: !regexp_stack_->is_in_use()). #31145 (Also in 13, 14, 15)
Fixed crash when changing zoom level for webview. #31375 (Also in 14, 15)
Fixed crash when using sync dialog APIs immediately after async dialog APIs. #31657 (Also in 15)
Fixed default label text in GTK dialogs. #31824 (Also in 14, 15)
Fixed default setting used when setting an insecure cookie on a secure site. #31839
Fixed event with invalid timestamp in trace log. #31423 (Also in 14, 15)
Fixed frameless window having wrong traffic lights position on macOS 11. #30263 (Also in 13, 14, 15)
Fixed issue where non-resizable frameless windows aren't draggable. #31300 (Also in 13, 14, 15)
Fixed media key globalShortcuts on macOS. #30552 (Also in 14, 15)
Fixed navigator.serial.getPorts() to return previously selected ports. #30209 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed possible 'Object has been destroyed' error when calling window.open with a frame name and using setWindowOpenHandler. #31469 (Also in 14, 15)
Fixed potential crash when programatically closing a draggable frameless child window. #30571 (Also in 15)
Fixed rare crash in UpdateDraggableRegions. #30556 (Also in 13, 14, 15)
Fixed some console messages still being printed to logs when the LogJsConsoleMessages feature was disabled. #30312 (Also in 14, 15)
Fixed stack overflow crash in v8 on windows 32-bit builds. #29474 (Also in 12, 13, 14, 15)
Fixed titlebar showing under simple fullscreen mode. #30671 (Also in 13, 14, 15)
Fixed transparent frameless windows having an opaque background when opened in a maximized state. #30804 (Also in 12, 13, 14, 15)
Fixed window frame glitch when calling setContentProtection. #31832 (Also in 14)
Generate valid config.gypi file in Node.js headers. #31441 (Also in 14, 15)
Fixed a crash when selecting and opening files in a native file dialog on Mac. #30935 (Also in 15)
Removes several Chromium private enterprise APIs from Mac Apple Store builds. #31488 (Also in 12, 13, 14, 15)
Other Changes:
Backported fix for 1251688, 1219656. #31331
Changed Web Serial to use ses.setDevicePermissionHandler to allow developers more control over Web Serial permissioning. #31324 (Also in 15)
Web Serial API is no longer experimental. #30237 (Also in 14, 15)

New in Electron 14.2.1 (Nov 9, 2021)

New in Electron 15.3.1 (Nov 8, 2021)

New in Electron 13.6.1 (Oct 28, 2021)

New in Electron 16.0.0 Beta 4 (Oct 28, 2021)

New in Electron 16.0.0 Beta 3 (Oct 26, 2021)

New in Electron 16.0.0 Beta 2 (Oct 22, 2021)

New in Electron 13.6.0 (Oct 21, 2021)

New in Electron 15.3.0 (Oct 21, 2021)

New in Electron 16.0.0 Beta 1 (Oct 21, 2021)

New in Electron 16.0.0 Alpha 9 (Oct 18, 2021)

New in Electron 16.0.0 Alpha 8 (Oct 15, 2021)

New in Electron 15.2.0 (Oct 14, 2021)

New in Electron 12.2.2 (Oct 12, 2021)

New in Electron 13.5.2 (Oct 12, 2021)

New in Electron 14.1.1 (Oct 9, 2021)

New in Electron 15.1.2 (Oct 8, 2021)

New in Electron 15.1.1 (Oct 4, 2021)

New in Electron 15.1.0 (Oct 2, 2021)

New in Electron 16.0.0 Alpha 3 (Oct 1, 2021)

New in Electron 14.0.2 (Sep 29, 2021)

New in Electron 12.2.0 (Sep 28, 2021)

New in Electron 13.5.0 (Sep 27, 2021)

New in Electron 16.0.0 Alpha 1 (Sep 23, 2021)

Features:
Added 'dom-ready' event to WebFrameMain which emits when the frame's document is ready.
Added 'frame-created' event to WebContents which emits when a frame is created in the page. #29290 (Also in 15)
Added .sendToFrame() / frameId to 'ipc-message' event. #30451 (Also in 15)
Added 'did-redirect-navigation' event. #30457 (Also in 15)
Added app.configureHostResolver API for configuring DNS-over-HTTPS. #30576 (Also in 15)
Added frame property to the params object of the 'context-menu' event. #30831 (Also in 15)
Added isIssuedByKnownRoot to ses.setCertificateVerifyProc callback. #30174
Added isMainFrame argument to 'certificate-error' event. #30879
Added safeStorage string encryption API. #30020 (Also in 15)
Added webContents.fromDevToolsTargetId(targetId) to lookup a WebContents instance from an associated Chrome DevTools Protocol TargetID. #29399 (Also in 12, 13, 14, 15)
Added an Electron Fuse for enforcing code signatures on the app.asar file your application loads. Requires the latest asar module. #30667 (Also in 15)
Added fuses to disable NODE_OPTIONS and --inspect debug arguments in packaged apps. #30190 (Also in 15)
Added support for Windows Control Overlay on Windows. #29600 (Also in 14, 15)
Added support for the U2F Web API. #30438
Clicking a hyperlink in a PDF now does what you'd expect. #30069
Emit a warning when setting a crash key name longer than the maximum allowed length. #30742
Enabled sandboxing by default on WebContents which do not use Node or preloads. #30197
NativeImage objects are now serializable over IPC. #30729
The crashReporter API is now powered by Crashpad on Linux. #30278
Usage of the desktopCapturer.getSources API from the renderer process has been deprecated and will be removed. #30721
Fixes:
Fixed documentEdited status not updating close button for frameless window on macOS. #30322 (Also in 13, 14, 15)
Fixed a crash in navigator.fonts.query(). #30930 (Also in 14, 15)
Fixed a crash in the repl when SharedArrayBuffer is disabled. #30456 (Also in 14, 15)
Fixed a crash when process.exit is called and nativeWindowOpen is enabled. #30218 (Also in 14, 15)
Fixed a crash when selecting files in a native file dialog on Windows and Linux. #30916 (Also in 15)
Fixed a potential crash that would occur with draggable regions on Windows. #30304 (Also in 13, 14, 15)
Fixed an issue on Mac where an application could not capture its own window using the desktop capture or getMediaSourceId APIs. #30507 (Also in 13, 14, 15)
Fixed an issue on Windows where empty console windows were appearing when --enable-logging was present. #30375 (Also in 14, 15)
Fixed an issue present in webView where the leave-html-full-screen event is not emitted if the user exits fullscreen with esc instead of by clicking into the webView. #30537 (Also in 12, 13, 14, 15)
Fixed an issue where BrowserView webContents would appear not to load in some circumstances. #29919 (Also in 13, 14, 15)
Fixed an issue where a specified aspect ratio could become incorrect when maximizing a window on macOS. #30305 (Also in 12, 13, 14, 15)
Fixed an issue where background color would not be correctly applied to BrowserViews on Windows when either the x or y coordinate is negative (off-screen). #30510 (Also in 13, 14, 15)
Fixed an issue where button labels in file choosers were improperly localized on Linux. #31067
Fixed an issue where multiple calls toBrowserWindow.setResizable() can cause the zoom button to incorrectly be disabled on macOS. #30999 (Also in 14, 15)
Fixed an issue where non-resizable non-fullscreenable windows with aspect ratios set could return incorrect results for isMaximized(). #30989 (Also in 13, 14, 15)
Fixed an issue where some transparent windows would show with a white background. #31003
Fixed an issue where the TouchBarScrubber crashes when showArrowButtons is enabled if items is an empty array. #30661 (Also in 13, 14, 15)
Fixed an issue where toggling documentEdited status on macOS with titlebarStyle: 'hiddenInset' inadvertently moves the traffic light location. #30565 (Also in 13, 14, 15)
Fixed an issue where undocked devtools was not resizable on Windows. #30823 (Also in 14, 15)
Fixed beta-only bug that caused mouse clicks to not be processed in frameless windows. #30447 (Also in 14, 15)
Fixed child windows not inheriting the correct transparency and background color settings. #31031 (Also in 14, 15)
Fixed crash in webview creation casued by UAF in the browser process. #24344
Fixed detached DevTools window not closing when a menu item with the toggleDevTools role was triggered. #29922
Fixed frameless window having wrong traffic lights position on macOS 11. #30263 (Also in 13, 14, 15)
Fixed imageAnimationPolicy not being respected. #30403
Fixed media key globalShortcuts on macOS. #30552 (Also in 14, 15)
Fixed navigator.serial.getPorts() to return previously selected ports. #30209
Fixed potential crash when programatically closing a draggable frameless child window. #30571 (Also in 15)
Fixed rare crash in UpdateDraggableRegions. #30556 (Also in 13, 14, 15)
Fixed some console messages still being printed to logs when the LogJsConsoleMessages feature was disabled. #30312 (Also in 14, 15)
Fixed stack overflow crash in v8 on windows 32-bit builds. #29474 (Also in 12, 13, 14, 15)
Fixed titlebar showing under simple fullscreen mode. #30671 (Also in 13, 14, 15)
Fixed transparent frameless windows having an opaque background when opened in a maximized state. #30804 (Also in 12, 13, 14, 15)
None. #30938 (Also in 14, 15)
Notes: Fixed a crash when selecting and opening files in a native file dialog on Mac. #30935 (Also in 15)
Other Changes:
Notes. #30838
Updated Chromium to 95.0.4629.0. #30676
Updated Node.js to v16.9.1. #30919
Web Serial API is no longer experimental. #30237 (Also in 14, 15)
WebContents for are now only created after the 'will-attach-webview' event is emitted and preventDefault is not called. #30311

New in Electron 15.0.0 (Sep 23, 2021)

Stack Upgrades:
Chromium 94.0.4606.51.
Node v16.5.0.
V8 v9.4
Breaking Changes:
nativeWindowOpen: true is now the default. #28552
Features:
Additions:
Added 'dom-ready' event to WebFrameMain which emits when the frame's document is ready.
Added 'frame-created' event to WebContents which emits when a frame is created in the page. #30801
Added <webview>.sendToFrame() / frameId to 'ipc-message' event. #30704
Added <webview> 'did-redirect-navigation' event. #30664
Added app.configureHostResolver API for configuring DNS-over-HTTPS. #30775
Added location and modifiers to the event properties provided in the 'before-input-event' WebContents event. #29850
Added safeStorage string encryption API. #30430
Added signal option to dialog.showMessageBox. #26102
Added webContents.fromDevToolsTargetId(targetId) to lookup a WebContents instance from an associated Chrome DevTools Protocol TargetID. #30733 (Also in 14)
Added an Electron Fuse for enforcing code signatures on the app.asar file your application loads. Requires the latest asar module. #30900
Added experimental cookie encryption support behind an Electron Fuse. #27524 (Also in 13, 14)
Added fuses to disable NODE_OPTIONS and --inspect debug arguments in packaged apps. #30420
Added missing resourceType conversions for webRequest listener details: font, ping, cspReport, media, webSocket. #29902 (Also in 14)
Added new MenuItem.userAccelerator property to read user-assigned macOS accelerator overrides. #26682
Added new app.runningUnderARM64Translation property to detect when running under Rosetta on Apple Silicon, or WOW on Windows for ARM. #29168
Added new imageAnimationPolicy web preference to control how images are animated. #29095
Added resize edge info to BrowserWindow's will-resize event. #29199
Added support for Windows Control Overlay on Windows. #30497 (Also in 14)
Added support for Windows Control Overlay on macOS. #29253 (Also in 14)
Added support for debug URLs such as chrome://gpucrash. #29404 (Also in 13, 14)
Added support for directing Chromium logging to a file with --log-file=.../path/to/file.log. Also, it's now possible to enable logging from JavaScript by appending command-line switches during the first JS tick. #25089 (Also in 14)
Added support for sending Blobs over the context bridge. #29247
Improvements:
Extended continue-activity event API to support webpageURL property from NSUserActivity. #30042
Fixes:
Fixed a crash when selecting and opening files in a native file dialog on Mac. #30936
Fixed a crash when selecting files in a native file dialog on Windows and Linux. #30927
Fixed an issue where GDK_BACKEND was being propagated to subprocesses on Linux. #28898
Fixed potential crash when programmatically closing a draggable frameless child window. #31027
Fixed typescript export definitions such that not-exported values are not declared in the exports interface. #28712
Installing the electron package on an M1 macbook while using an x64 version of node will now automatically download the arm64 version of Electron instead of the x64 version. #29953
Also in earlier versions:
Electron Fuses are now in a consistent order across platforms. #29599 (Also in 13, 14)
Fixed an issue where fs.promises.readFile would improperly error when passing a FileHandle to the path argument. #29528 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed BrowserWindow's backgroundColor option not having an effect. #30777 (Also in 14)
Fixed CORS preflight request always being cancelled when connecting via proxy requiring authentication for apps that had registered WebRequest listeners. #29266 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed documentEdited status not updating close button for frameless window on macOS. #30392 (Also in 13, 14)
Fixed requestFullscreen inside webview does not make the element take fullscreen. #29952 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed select-bluetooth-device firing on Windows. #29591 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed a crash in the repl when SharedArrayBuffer is disabled. #30483 (Also in 14)
Fixed a crash when process.exit is called and nativeWindowOpen is enabled. #30238 (Also in 14)
Fixed a crash when calling the webContents.on('login') callback synchronously. #30068 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed a hang when denying a window.open using setWindowOpenHandler when nativeWindowOpen: false. #29851 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed a potential crash that would occur with draggable regions on Windows. #30328 (Also in 13, 14)
Fixed a potential crash when calling app.quit() on macOS. #29941 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed a potential crash when setting vibrancy on macOS. #29677 (Also in 13, 14)
Fixed an issue on Mac where an application could not capture its own window using the desktop capture or getMediaSourceId APIs. #30525 (Also in 13, 14)
Fixed an issue on Windows where empty console windows were appearing when --enable-logging was present. #30386 (Also in 14)
Fixed an issue present in webView where the leave-html-full-screen event is not emitted if the user exits fullscreen with esc instead of by clicking into the webView. #30562 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed an issue where BrowserWindows would not properly honor transparency: true or a backgroundColor being set in their constructor options. #30136 (Also in 14)
Fixed an issue where Electron would sometimes not honor the user-defined Downloads directory. #29938 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed an issue where BrowserView webContents would appear not to load in some circumstances. #30336 (Also in 14)
Fixed an issue where self.module.paths wouldn't work in Workers. #29955 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed an issue where a specified aspect ratio could become incorrect when maximizing a window on macOS. #30332 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed an issue where background color would not be correctly applied to BrowserViews on Windows when either the x or y coordinate is negative (off-screen). #30542 (Also in 13, 14)
Fixed an issue where custom traffic lights could be covered by BrowserViews on macOS. #29595 (Also in 13, 14)
Fixed an issue where draggable regions sometimes did not work properly when DevTools is open. #29696 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed an issue where dropdown menus did not work in DevTools when contextIsolation was enabled. #29841 (Also in 13, 14)
Fixed an issue where multiple calls toBrowserWindow.setResizable() can cause the zoom button to incorrectly be disabled on macOS. #31014 (Also in 14)
Fixed an issue where request headers were cleared if the optional "requestHeaders" parameter was not included in the webRequest.onBeforeSendHeaders callback response object. #29798 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed an issue where right-clicking in the devtools console throws an error. #29436 (Also in 14)
Fixed an issue where the TouchBarScrubber crashes when showArrowButtons is enabled if items is an empty array. #30681 (Also in 13, 14)
Fixed an issue where the setAlwaysOnTop value would sometimes not be preserved for child windows on macOS. #29813 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed an issue where the traffic lights would get double-drawn when exiting fullscreen and adding a BrowserView on macOS. #30114 (Also in 13, 14)
Fixed an issue where the user-data directory was incorrect in unpackaged apps. #30113 (Also in 14)
Fixed an issue where toggling documentEdited status on macOS with titlebarStyle: 'hiddenInset' inadvertently moves the traffic light location. #30604 (Also in 13, 14)
Fixed an issue where undocked devtools was not resizable on Windows. #30848 (Also in 14)
Fixed an issue with PDF loading on Windows, where metadata was not loading correctly and causing the PDF to load as a blank page. #29827 (Also in 13, 14)
Fixed beta-only bug that caused mouse clicks to not be processed in frameless windows. #30460 (Also in 14)
Fixed crash when clicking links with target=_blank from webview. #29874 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed crashes in debug builds caused by microtasks policy mismatch. #29531 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed crashes on latest gen Intel and Ryzen processors. #29689 (Also in 14)
Fixed crashes on macOS when Geolocation was used. #29913 (Also in 13, 14)
Fixed frameless window having wrong traffic lights position on macOS 11. #30270 (Also in 13, 14)
Fixed hover state not clear bug when BrowserWindow is not resizable. #29721 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed issue where the update permission prompt would cause 100% CPU spin while the prompt was open. #29791 (Also in 13, 14)
Fixed key window status on mac when opening panels or using custom window switchers. #29857 (Also in 12, 14)
Fixed media key globalShortcuts on macOS. #30570 (Also in 14)
Fixed memory leak when creating notification on macOS. #29990 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed memory leak when requesting files in ASAR archive from renderer. #29293 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed missing 'fetch' event in service workers for requests using a registered protocol. #29425 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed page title not being updated on child windows without navigation entries under nativeWindowOpen. #29946 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed potential corruption of piped response data when using interceptHttpProtocol/registerHttpProtocol. #29567 (Also in 11, 12, 13, 14)
Fixed pressing Alt with mouse click results in toggling menu bar. #29318 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed pressing ESC not exiting fullscreen from webview. #30063 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed pressing Alt+Shift and Alt+Ctrl toggling menu bar on KDE. #29328 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed rare crash in UpdateDraggableRegions. #30558 (Also in 13, 14)
Fixed redirects between locations in custom protocols. #29796 (Also in 14)
Fixed sending intermediate certificates with 'select-client-certificate' event callback. #29552 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed shifted character getting changed in menu accelerator. #29202 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed some console messages still being printed to logs when the LogJsConsoleMessages feature was disabled. #30356 (Also in 14)
Fixed stack overflow crash in v8 on windows 32-bit builds. #30243 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed systemPreferences.getSystemColor returning colors missing alpha values. #30055 (Also in 13, 14)
Fixed the 'did-fail-load' event not being emitted when the 'certificate-error' handler allowed an error through. #29826 (Also in 14)
Fixed the <select> element dropdown not appearing on Windows or Linux. #29742 (Also in 14)
Fixed the color select eyedropper not working within DevTools. #29729 (Also in 13, 14)
Fixed the spelling of 'attachment' in 'Content-Disposition' header when using the webRequest module. #29621 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed titlebar showing under simple fullscreen mode. #30708 (Also in 13, 14)
Fixed transparent frameless windows having an opaque background when opened in a maximized state. #30865 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed tray.setTitle not respecting ANSI colors if a font type was specified. #30146 (Also in 13, 14)
Other Changes:
Backported fix for 1216190. #30084 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed app.getPath('logs') returning the wrong path on Linux and Windows. #29649 (Also in 14)
Fixed a feature flag issue where spellchecker methods returned empty suggestion lists on Windows. #29690 (Also in 13, 14)
Web Serial API is no longer experimental. #30334 (Also in 14)
Documentation:
Documentation changes:
#29342 - development/build-instructions-windows
#29380 - tutorial/launch-app-from-url-in-another-app
#29384 - introduction
#29385 - tutorial/tray
#29426
#29551 - api/window-open
#30121 - tutorial/support
#30851 - api/webview-tag
Continuing Support for 12.x.y:
As per Electron's new 8-week cadence, we will be extending our supported version policy from the latest three versions to the latest four versions of Electron until May 2022, with the release of Electron 19. After Electron 19 is released, we'll return to supporting the latest three major versions, as well as the beta and nightly releases.

New in Electron 12.1.2 (Sep 21, 2021)

New in Electron 15.0.0 Beta 7 (Sep 16, 2021)

New in Electron 15.0.0 Beta 6 (Sep 15, 2021)

New in Electron 12.1.1 (Sep 14, 2021)

New in Electron 13.4.0 (Sep 13, 2021)

New in Electron 14.0.1 (Sep 13, 2021)

New in Electron 15.0.0 Beta 5 (Sep 13, 2021)

New in Electron 15.0.0 Beta 2 (Sep 3, 2021)

New in Electron 15.0.0 Beta 1 (Sep 1, 2021)

New in Electron 14.0.0 (Sep 1, 2021)

Stack Upgrades:
Chromium 93.0.4577.58.
New in 93
New in 92
Node v14.17.0.
v14.17.0 release notes
v9.3 blog post
v9.2 blog post
Breaking Changes:
Child windows no longer inherit BrowserWindow construction options from their parents. #28550
Deprecated worldSafeExecuteJavaScript option was removed from webPreferences. #28456
Removed deprecated additionalFeatures property from new-window and did-create-window WebContents events. #28548
Removed the deprecated app.allowRendererProcessReuse and BrowserWindow affinity options. #26874
Features:
Additions:
Added BrowserWindow.isFocusable() to determine whether a window is focusable. #28642
Added WebFrameMain.visibilityState instance property. #28706
Added disposition, referrer and postBody to the details object passed to the window open handler registered with setWindowOpenHandler. #28518 (Also in 13)
Added process.contextId used by @electron/remote. #28007 (Also in 13)
Added experimental cookie encryption support behind an Electron Fuse. #29492 (Also in 13)
Added missing resourceType conversions for webRequest listener details: font, ping, cspReport, media, webSocket. #30050
Added new session.storagePath API to get the path on disk for session-specific data. #28665 (Also in 13)
Added webContents.fromDevToolsTargetId(targetId) to lookup a WebContents instance from an associated Chrome DevTools Protocol TargetID. #30732
Added support for Windows Control Overlay on macOS. #29986
Added support for Windows Control Overlay on Windows. #30678 (Also in 15)
Added support for debug URLs such as chrome://gpucrash. #29466 (Also in 13)
Added support for directing Chromium logging to a file with --log-file=.../path/to/file.log. Also, it's now possible to enable logging from JavaScript by appending command-line switches during the first JS tick. #29963
Added support for the des-ede3 cipher in node crypto. #27897 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Adding ContextBridgeMutability feature that skips context bridge DeepFreeze and SetReadOnlyNonConfigurable when exposing a value. #27348
Improvements:
Improved performance characteristics of functions being sent back and forth over the contextBridge. #28285
Improved performance of napi_threadsafe_function. #29021 (Also in 12, 13)
Removed/Deprecated:
The submitURL option for crashReporter.start is no longer a required argument when uploadToServer is false. #28105 (Also in 13)
Fixes:
Allow Node.js to manage microtasks queue by using explicit microtasks policy before calling uv_run(). #28957 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Allow loading source maps from custom protocols and asar bundles. #28573 (Also in 12, 13)
Child windows with specified background colors or transpency now work as intended. #28054 (Also in 12, 13)
Colors returned from systemPreferences.getAccentColor(), getSystemColor and getColor are now correctly converted into the devices color space. Previously the color would have been subtly incorrect. #28121 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Electron Fuses are now in a consistent order across platforms. #29616 (Also in 13)
Fixed an issue where fs.promises.readFile would improperly error when passing a FileHandle to the path argument. #29577 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed CORS preflight request always being cancelled when connecting via proxy requiring authentication for apps that had registered WebRequest listeners. #29812 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed <webview> focus / blur events not working with contextIsolation enabled. #29004 (Also in 10, 11, 12, 13)
Fixed desktopCapturer.getSources() promise result sometimes never resolving. #28273 (Also in 10, 11, 12, 13)
Fixed documentEdited status not updating close button for frameless window on macOS. #30391 (Also in 13, 15)
Fixed postData parameter missing from new-window event. #28513 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed requestFullscreen inside webview does not make the element take fullscreen. #29989 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed select-bluetooth-device firing on Windows. #29613 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed webFrame spell checker APIs crashing when called in sandboxed renderer. #29053 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed will-resize and will-move events not scaling the emitted newBounds rectangle to the appropriate Windows display scale factor. #29162 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed a bug where, when a JumpList task description exceeded 260 characters, the JumpList was empty, despite valid entries. #28485 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed a crash in the repl when SharedArrayBuffer is disabled. #30484
Fixed a crash when process.exit is called and nativeWindowOpen is enabled. #30235 (Also in 15)
Fixed a crash when calling shell.trashItem() from the renderer process. #28748 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed a crash when calling the webContents.on('login') callback synchronously. #30090 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed a feature flag issue where spellchecker methods returned empty suggestion lists on Windows. #29705 (Also in 13)
Fixed a hang when denying a window.open using setWindowOpenHandler when nativeWindowOpen: false. #29883 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed a network process crash that could happen when using setCertificateVerifyProc with many concurrent verification requests. #28358 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed a potential crash that would occur with draggable regions on Windows. #30327 (Also in 13, 15)
Fixed a potential crash when calling app.quit() on macOS. #29962 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed a potential crash when setting vibrancy on macOS. #29723 (Also in 13)
Fixed an issue on Mac where an application could not capture its own window using the desktop capture or getMediaSourceId APIs. #30524 (Also in 13, 15)
Fixed an issue on Windows where empty console windows were appearing when --enable-logging was present. #30385 (Also in 15)
Fixed an issue present in webView where the leave-html-full-screen event is not emitted if the user exits fullscreen with esc instead of by clicking into the webView. #30561 (Also in 12, 13, 15)
Fixed an issue where background color would not be correctly applied to BrowserViews on Windows when either the x or y coordinate is negative (off-screen). #30541 (Also in 13, 15)
Fixed an issue where BrowserWindows would not properly honor transparency: true or a backgroundColor being set in their constructor options. #30159
Fixed an issue where Electron would sometimes not honor the user-defined Downloads directory. #29967 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed an issue where BrowserView webContents would appear not to load in some circumstances. #30335 (Also in 15)
Fixed an issue where beforeunload and unload weren't firing properly in BrowserViews. #28382
Fixed an issue where illegal access error could be thrown when nodeIntegrationInSubFrames is enabled. #29093 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed an issue where select-serial-port callback crashes when called with an invalid serial port ID. #28602 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed an issue where self.module.paths wouldn't work in Workers. #30014 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed an issue where the TouchBarScrubber crashes when showArrowButtons is enabled if items is an empty array. #30679 (Also in 13, 15)
Fixed an issue where toggling documentEdited status on macOS with titlebarStyle: 'hiddenInset' inadvertently moves the traffic light location. #30605 (Also in 13, 15)
Fixed an issue where win.capturePage() never called back after calling hide() for a hidden window on some platforms. #27883 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed an issue where window.print() did not work properly when printing a pdf from the pdf plugin. #28328 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed an issue where a specified aspect ratio could become incorrect when maximizing a window on macOS. #30331 (Also in 12, 13, 15)
Fixed an issue where custom traffic lights could be covered by BrowserViews on macOS. #29628 (Also in 13)
Fixed an issue where drag regions on macOS would be offset incorrectly when no drag regions were set,. #28984 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed an issue where draggable regions sometimes did not work properly when DevTools is open. #29735 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed an issue where dropdown menus did not work in DevTools when contextIsolation was enabled. #29886 (Also in 13)
Fixed an issue where errors thrown in functions passed over the contextBridge could be displayed incorrectly. #28346 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed an issue where extensions without a background page might not have file access. #29123 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed an issue where multiple calls to window.setFullScreen could cause problems. #25470 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed an issue where request headers were cleared if the optional "requestHeaders" parameter was not included in the webRequest.onBeforeSendHeaders callback response object. #29835 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed an issue where right-clicking in the devtools console throws an error. #29472
Fixed an issue where some Node.js modules would hang on page reload on Windows. #28175 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed an issue where some dialogs would stop working on macOS if window.hide() was called while they were open. #28671 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed an issue where the setAlwaysOnTop value would sometimes not be preserved for child windows on macOS. #29855 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed an issue where the drag regions in BrowserViews on macOS could be off in their y-axis. #28268 (Also in 10, 11, 12, 13)
Fixed an issue where the thumbar disappeared after win.hide() on Windows. #28366 (Also in 10, 11, 12, 13)
Fixed an issue where the traffic lights would get double-drawn when exiting fullscreen and adding a BrowserView on macOS. #30150 (Also in 13)
Fixed an issue where the user-data directory was incorrect in unpackaged apps. #30142
Fixed an issue where the void function Menu.setApplicationMenu would return a value on some platforms. #29118 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed an issue where the window couldn't be closed if a user tried to quit with a message box showing. #28967 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed an issue where windows in simpleFullscreen mode were not properly resizing when display metrics changed. #28150 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed an issue with PDF loading on Windows, where metadata was not loading correctly and causing the PDF to load as a blank page. #29831 (Also in 13)
Fixed app.getPath('logs') returning the wrong path on Linux and Windows. #29865
Fixed beta-only bug that caused mouse clicks to not be processed in frameless windows. #30459 (Also in 15)
Fixed context menus not being positioned correctly when near the edge of the screen. #28224 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed corner radius for vibrancy view in macOS 11. #28655 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed crash when an exception occurs within the event emitter. #28971 (Also in 13)
Fixed crash when calling getBackgroundColor on a transparent window with no assigned background color. #28120 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed crash when clicking links with target=_blank from webview. #29949 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed crashes in debug builds caused by microtasks policy mismatch. #29809 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed crashes on latest gen Intel and Ryzen processors. #29688
Fixed crashes on macOS when Geolocation was used. #29914 (Also in 13)
Fixed failing to request file:// resources when web security is disabled. #28489 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed frameless window having wrong traffic lights position on macOS 11. #30269 (Also in 13, 15)
Fixed hover state not clear bug when BrowserWindow is not resizable. #29801 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed incorrect value of document.focus when opening multiple windows on macOS. #29204 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed intensive I/O from asar files causing ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND after a while. #28137 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed issue where the update permission prompt would cause 100% CPU spin while the prompt was open. #29806 (Also in 13)
Fixed key window status on mac when opening panels or using custom window switchers. #30066 (Also in 12)
Fixed media key globalShortcuts on macOS. #30569 (Also in 15)
Fixed memory leak when creating notification on macOS. #30008 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed memory leak when requesting files in ASAR archive from renderer. #29536 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed missing 'fetch' event in service workers for requests using a registered protocol. #29440 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed native module compilation with AsyncCleanupHooks on windows. #28067 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed page title not being updated on child windows without navigation entries under nativeWindowOpen. #29959 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed permissions issue that was preventing the PDF viewer from displaying. #29210 (Also in 13)
Fixed potential corruption of piped response data when using interceptHttpProtocol/registerHttpProtocol. #29670 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed pressing Alt with mouse click results in toggling menu bar. #29452 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed pressing ESC not exiting fullscreen from webview. #30127 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed pressing Alt+Shift and Alt+Ctrl toggling menu bar on KDE. #29444 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed rare crash in UpdateDraggableRegions. #30559 (Also in 13, 15)
Fixed rare crash when initializing the internal PDF extension. #28432 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed redirects between locations in custom protocols. #30156
Fixed sending intermediate certificates with 'select-client-certificate' event callback. #29570 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed service worker not working with custom protocol. #28326 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed shifted character getting changed in menu accelerator. #29481 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed some console messages still being printed to logs when the LogJsConsoleMessages feature was disabled. #30355 (Also in 15)
Fixed stack overflow crash in v8 on windows 32-bit builds. #30242 (Also in 12, 13, 15)
Fixed systemPreferences.getSystemColor returning colors missing alpha values. #30087 (Also in 13)
Fixed the 'did-fail-load' event not being emitted when the 'certificate-error' handler allowed an error through. #29870
Fixed the <select> element dropdown not appearing on Windows or Linux. #29771
Fixed the color select eyedropper not working within DevTools. #29752 (Also in 13)
Fixed the handler set with setWindowOpenHandler not being invoked when a link was middle-clicked or shift-clicked. #28498 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed the possibility for incorrect visual artifacts when using vibrancy and making frameless windows fullscreen on macOS. #29084 (Also in 13)
Fixed the spelling of 'attachment' in 'Content-Disposition' header when using the webRequest module. #29673 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed the window-all-closed event being emitted while the last BrowserWindow was still in the process of being closed. #28867 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed titlebar showing under simple fullscreen mode. #30707 (Also in 13, 15)
Fixed tray.setTitle not respecting ANSI colors if a font type was specified. #30164 (Also in 13)
Fixed using custom v8 snapshots on Apple Silicon. #29338 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed using navigator.setAppBadge and navigator.clearAppBadge from a service worker in Electron. #27950 (Also in 12)
Fixed using vibrancy with titleBarStyle together resulting in weird window shadow on macOS. #29114 (Also in 13)
No longer set backgroundColor in default-app when opening custom files / URLs. #28792 (Also in 10, 11, 12, 13)
Restored cross-platform noop implementation of app.setAppUserModelId. #28915 (Also in 13)
Support wasm-eval csp behind WebAssemblyCSP flag. #28535 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Transparent windows cannot be maximized using the Windows system menu or by double clicking the title bar. #28207 (Also in 12, 13)
URLS passed to shell.openExternal on windows are now correctly URI encoded. This was already occurring on macOS and Linux. #28334 (Also in 10, 11, 12, 13)
Other Changes:
Backported fix for 1216190. #30101 (Also in 12, 13)
Refactored <webview> using contextBridge to make it safer to use when contextIsolation is enabled. #29037
Updated community discussions link in default Electron menu. #28449 (Also in 12, 13)
Web Serial API is no longer experimental. #30333 (Also in 15)
Documentation:
Documentation changes:
#27888 - api/auto-updater
#27958 - api/power-monitor
#28189 - api/browser-window
#28315 - docs
#29073
#29295 - tutorial/support
#29429 - tutorial/introduction
#29727 - api/window-open
#30058
End of Support for 11.x.y:
Electron 11.x.y has reached end-of-support as per the project's support policy. Developers and applications are encouraged to upgrade to a newer version of Electron.

New in Electron 13.2.3 (Aug 28, 2021)

New in Electron 14.0.0 Beta 24 (Aug 26, 2021)

New in Electron 15.0.0 Alpha 9 (Aug 24, 2021)

New in Electron 13.2.2 (Aug 24, 2021)

New in Electron 15.0.0 Alpha 8 (Aug 20, 2021)

New in Electron 14.0.0 Beta 23 (Aug 20, 2021)

New in Electron 13.2.1 (Aug 18, 2021)

New in Electron 14.0.0 Beta 22 (Aug 18, 2021)

New in Electron 15.0.0 Alpha 6 (Aug 17, 2021)

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New in Electron 14.0.0 Beta 19 (Aug 6, 2021)

New in Electron 15.0.0 Alpha 4 (Aug 6, 2021)

New in Electron 13.1.8 (Aug 4, 2021)

New in Electron 15.0.0 Alpha 3 (Aug 2, 2021)

New in Electron 15.0.0 Alpha 2 (Jul 26, 2021)

New in Electron 14.0.0 Beta 17 (Jul 26, 2021)

New in Electron 15.0.0 Alpha 1 (Jul 22, 2021)

Features:
Added BrowserWindow.isFocusable() to determine whether a window is focusable. #28642
Added WebFrameMain.visibilityState instance property. #28706
Added disposition, referrer and postBody to the details object passed to the window open handler registered with setWindowOpenHandler. #28518 (Also in 13)
Added location and modifiers to the event properties provided in the 'before-input-event' WebContents event. #29850
Added process.contextId used by @electron/remote. #28007 (Also in 13)
Added signal option to dialog.showMessageBox. #26102
Added experimental cookie encryption support behind an Electron Fuse. #27524 (Also in 13, 14)
Added missing resourceType conversions for webRequest listener details: font, ping, cspReport, media, webSocket. #29902 (Also in 14)
Added new MenuItem.userAccelerator property to read user-assigned macOS accelerator overrides. #26682
Added new app.runningUnderARM64Translation property to detect when running under Rosetta on Apple Silicon, or WOW on Windows for ARM. #29168
Added new imageAnimationPolicy web preference to control how images are animated. #29095
Added new session.storagePath API to get the path on disk for session-specific data. #28665 (Also in 13)
Added resize edge info to BrowserWindow's will-resize event. #29199
Added support for Windows Control Overlay on macOS. #29253 (Also in 14)
Added support for debug URLs such as chrome://gpucrash. #29404 (Also in 13, 14)
Added support for directing Chromium logging to a file with --log-file=.../path/to/file.log. Also, it's now possible to enable logging from JavaScript by appending command-line switches during the first JS tick. #25089 (Also in 14)
Added support for sending Blobs over the context bridge. #29247
Added support for the des-ede3 cipher in node crypto. #27897 (Also in 11, 12)
Adding ContextBridgeMutability feature that skips context bridge DeepFreeze and SetReadOnlyNonConfigurable when exposing a value. #27348
Child windows no longer inherit BrowserWindow construction options from their parents. #28550
Extended continue-activity event API to support webpageURL property from NSUserActivity. #30042
Removed deprecated additionalFeatures property from new-window and did-create-window WebContents events. #28548
The submitURL option for crashReporter.start is no longer a required argument when uploadToServer is false. #28105 (Also in 13)
nativeWindowOpen: true is now the default. #28552
Fixes:
Allow Node.js to manage microtasks queue by using explicit microtasks policy before calling uv_run(). #28957 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Allow loading source maps from custom protocols and asar bundles. #28573 (Also in 12, 13)
Child windows with specified background colors or transpency now work as intended. #28054 (Also in 12, 13)
Colors returned from systemPreferences.getAccentColor(), getSystemColor and getColor are now correctly converted into the devices color space. Previously the color would have been subtly incorrect. #28121 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Electron Fuses are now in a consistent order across platforms. #29599 (Also in 13, 14)
Fixd an issue where fs.promises.readFile would improperly error when passing a FileHandle to the path argument. #29528 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed CORS preflight request always being cancelled when connecting via proxy requiring authentication for apps that had registered WebRequest listeners. #29266 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed focus / blur events not working with contextIsolation enabled. #29004 (Also in 10, 11, 12, 13)
Fixed desktopCapturer.getSources() promise result sometimes never resolving. #28273 (Also in 10, 11, 12, 13)
Fixed postData parameter missing from new-window event. #28513 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed requestFullscreen inside webview does not make the element take fullscreen. #29952 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed select-bluetooth-device firing on Windows. #29591 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed webFrame spell checker APIs crashing when called in sandboxed renderer. #29053 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed will-resize and will-move events not scaling the emitted newBounds rectangle to the appropriate Windows display scale factor. #29162 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed a bug where, when a JumpList task description exceeded 260 characters, the JumpList was empty, despite valid entries. #28485 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed a crash when calling shell.trashItem() from the renderer process. #28748 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed a crash when calling the webContents.on('login') callback synchronously. #30068 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed a hang when denying a window.open using setWindowOpenHandler when nativeWindowOpen: false. #29851 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed a network process crash that could happen when using setCertificateVerifyProc with many concurrent verification requests. #28358 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed a potential crash when calling app.quit() on macOS. #29941 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed a potential crash when setting vibrancy on macOS. #29677 (Also in 13, 14)
Fixed an issue where BrowserWindows would not properly honor transparency: true or a backgroundColor being set in their constructor options. #30136 (Also in 14)
Fixed an issue where Electron would sometimes not honor the user-defined Downloads directory. #29938 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed an issue where GDK_BACKEND was being propagated to subprocesses on Linux. #28898
Fixed an issue where beforeunload and unload weren't firing properly in BrowserViews. #28382
Fixed an issue where illegal access error could be thrown when nodeIntegrationInSubFrames is enabled. #29093 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed an issue where select-serial-port callback crashes when called with an invalid serial port ID. #28602 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed an issue where self.module.paths wouldn't work in Workers. #29955 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed an issue where win.capturePage() never called back after calling hide() for a hidden window on some platforms. #27883 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed an issue where window.print() did not work properly when printing a pdf from the pdf plugin. #28328 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed an issue where custom traffic lights could be covered by BrowserViews on macOS. #29595 (Also in 13, 14)
Fixed an issue where drag regions on macOS would be offset incorrectly when no drag regions were set,. #28984 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed an issue where draggable regions sometimes did not work properly when DevTools is open. #29696 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed an issue where dropdown menus did not work in DevTools when contextIsolation was enabled. #29841 (Also in 13, 14)
Fixed an issue where errors thrown in functions passed over the contextBridge could be displayed incorrectly. #28346 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed an issue where extensions without a background page might not have file access. #29123 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed an issue where multiple calls to window.setFullScreen could cause problems. #25470 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed an issue where request headers were cleared if the optional "requestHeaders" parameter was not included in the webRequest.onBeforeSendHeaders callback response object. #29798 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed an issue where right-clicking in the devtools console throws an error. #29436 (Also in 14)
Fixed an issue where some Node.js modules would hang on page reload on Windows. #28175 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed an issue where some dialogs would stop working on macOS if window.hide() was called while they were open. #28671 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed an issue where the setAlwaysOnTop value would sometimes not be preserved for child windows on macOS. #29813 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed an issue where the drag regions in BrowserViews on macOS could be off in their y-axis. #28268 (Also in 10, 11, 12, 13)
Fixed an issue where the thumbar disappeared after win.hide() on Windows. #28366 (Also in 10, 11, 12, 13)
Fixed an issue where the traffic lights would get double-drawn when exiting fullscreen and adding a BrowserView on macOS. #30114 (Also in 13, 14)
Fixed an issue where the user-data directory was incorrect in unpackaged apps. #30113 (Also in 14)
Fixed an issue where the void function Menu.setApplicationMenu would return a value on some platforms. #29118 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed an issue where the window couldn't be closed if a user tried to quit with a message box showing. #28967 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed an issue where windows in simpleFullscreen mode were not properly resizing when display metrics changed. #28150 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed an issue with PDF loading on Windows, where metadata was not loading correctly and causing the PDF to load as a blank page. #29827 (Also in 13, 14)
Fixed context menus not being positioned correctly when near the edge of the screen. #28224 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed corner radius for vibrancy view in macOS 11. #28655 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed crash when an exception occurs within the event emitter. #28971 (Also in 13)
Fixed crash when calling getBackgroundColor on a transparent window with no assigned background color. #28120 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed crash when clicking links with target=_blank from webview. #29874 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed crashes in debug builds caused by microtasks policy mismatch. #29531 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed crashes on latest gen Intel and Ryzen processors. #29689 (Also in 14)
Fixed crashes on macOS when Geolocation was used. #29913 (Also in 13, 14)
Fixed failing to request file:// resources when web security is disabled. #28489 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed hover state not clear bug when BrowserWindow is not resizable. #29721 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed incorrect value of document.focus when opening multiple windows on macOS. #29204 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed intensive I/O from asar files causing ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND after a while. #28137 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed issue where the update permission prompt would cause 100% CPU spin while the prompt was open. #29791 (Also in 13, 14)
Fixed key window status on mac when opening panels or using custom window switchers. #29857 (Also in 12, 14)
Fixed memory leak when creating notification on macOS. #29990 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed memory leak when requesting files in ASAR archive from renderer. #29293 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed missing 'fetch' event in service workers for requests using a registered protocol. #29425 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed page title not being updated on child windows without navigation entries under nativeWindowOpen. #29946 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed permissions issue that was preventing the PDF viewer from displaying. #29210 (Also in 13)
Fixed potential corruption of piped response data when using interceptHttpProtocol/registerHttpProtocol. #29567 (Also in 11, 12, 13, 14)
Fixed pressing Alt with mouse click results in toggling menu bar. #29318 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed pressing ESC not exiting fullscreen from webview. #30063 (Also in 12, 14)
Fixed pressing Alt+Shift and Alt+Ctrl toggling menu bar on KDE. #29328 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed rare crash when initializing the internal PDF extension. #28432 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed redirects between locations in custom protocols. #29796
Fixed sending intermediate certificates with 'select-client-certificate' event callback. #29552 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed service worker not working with custom protocol. #28326 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed shifted character getting changed in menu accelerator. #29202 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed systemPreferences.getSystemColor returning colors missing alpha values. #30055 (Also in 13, 14)
Fixed the 'did-fail-load' event not being emitted when the 'certificate-error' handler allowed an error through. #29826 (Also in 14)
Fixed the element dropdown not appearing on Windows or Linux. #29742 (Also in 14)
Fixed the color select eyedropper not working within DevTools. #29729 (Also in 13, 14)
Fixed the handler set with setWindowOpenHandler not being invoked when a link was middle-clicked or shift-clicked. #28498 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed the possibility for incorrect visual artifacts when using vibrancy and making frameless windows fullscreen on macOS. #29084 (Also in 13)
Fixed the spelling of 'attachment' in 'Content-Disposition' header when using the webRequest module. #29621 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Fixed the window-all-closed event being emitted while the last BrowserWindow was still in the process of being closed. #28867 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed tray.setTitle not respecting ANSI colors if a font type was specified. #30146
Fixed typescript export definitions such that not-exported values are not declared in the exports interface. #28712
Fixed using navigator.setAppBadge and navigator.clearAppBadge from a service worker in Electron. #27950 (Also in 12)
Fixed using vibrancy with titleBarStyle together resulting in weird window shadow on macOS. #29114 (Also in 13)
Installing the electron package on an M1 macbook while using an x64 version of node will now automatically download the arm64 version of Electron instead of the x64 version. #29953
No longer set backgroundColor in default-app when opening custom files / URLs. #28792 (Also in 10, 11, 12, 13)
Restored cross-platform noop implementation of app.setAppUserModelId. #28915 (Also in 13)
Support wasm-eval csp behind WebAssemblyCSP flag. #28535 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Transparent windows cannot be maximized using the Windows system menu or by double clicking the title bar. #28207 (Also in 12, 13)
URLS passed to shell.openExternal on windows are now correctly URI encoded. This was already occurring on macOS and Linux. #28334 (Also in 10, 11, 12, 13)
Other Changes:
: Updated Node.js to v16.2.0. #29244
Adds an additional crash key to gin::wrappable. #30161
Backported fix for 1216190. #30084 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
Deprecated worldSafeExecuteJavaScript option was removed from webPreferences. #28456
Fixed app.getPath('logs') returning the wrong path on Linux and Windows. #29649 (Also in 14)
Fixed a feature flag issue where spellchecker methods returned empty suggestion lists on Windows. #29690 (Also in 13, 14)
Fixed native module compilation with AsyncCleanupHooks on windows. #28067 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed using custom v8 snapshots on Apple Silicon. #29338 (Also in 12, 13)
Improved performance characteristics of functions being sent back and forth over the contextBridge. #28285
Improved performance of napi_threadsafe_function. #29021 (Also in 12, 13)
Refactored using contextBridge to make it safer to use when contextIsolation is enabled. #29037
Removed the deprecated app.allowRendererProcessReuse and BrowserWindow affinity options. #26874
Updated Chromium to 93.0.4566.0. #29980
Updated Node.js to v16.5.0. #30031
Updated community discussions link in default Electron menu. #28449 (Also in 12, 13)
Documentation:
Documentation changes: #27888, #27958, #28189, #28315, #29073, #29295, #29342, #29380, #29384, #29385, #29426, #29551, #30121

New in Electron 14.0.0 Beta 15 (Jul 20, 2021)

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New in Electron 13.1.6 (Jul 6, 2021)

New in Electron 14.0.0 Beta 12 (Jul 6, 2021)

New in Electron 13.1.5 (Jul 1, 2021)

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New in Electron 14.0.0 Beta 9 (Jun 25, 2021)

New in Electron 13.1.4 (Jun 23, 2021)

New in Electron 14.0.0 Beta 8 (Jun 21, 2021)

New in Electron 14.0.0 Beta 7 (Jun 17, 2021)

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New in Electron 14.0.0 Beta 5 (Jun 10, 2021)

New in Electron 12.0.11 (Jun 9, 2021)

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New in Electron 13.1.1 (Jun 5, 2021)

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New in Electron 11.4.8 (Jun 3, 2021)

New in Electron 13.1.0 (Jun 3, 2021)

New in Electron 14.0.0 Beta 1 (May 27, 2021)

FEATURES:
Added BrowserWindow.isFocusable() to determine whether a window is focusable. #28642
Added WebFrameMain.visibilityState instance property. #28706
Added disposition, referrer and postBody to the details object passed to the window open handler registered with setWindowOpenHandler. #28518 (Also in 13)
Added process.contextId used by @electron/remote. #28007 (Also in 13)
Added new session.storagePath API to get the path on disk for session-specific data. #28665 (Also in 13)
Added support for the des-ede3 cipher in node crypto. #27897 (Also in 11, 12)
Adding ContextBridgeMutability feature that skips context bridge DeepFreeze and SetReadOnlyNonConfigurable when exposing a value. #27348
Child windows no longer inherit BrowserWindow construction options from their parents. #28550
Removed deprecated additionalFeatures property from new-window and did-create-window WebContents events. #28548
The submitURL option for crashReporter.start is no longer a required argument when uploadToServer is false. #28105 (Also in 13)
nativeWindowOpen: true is now the default. #28552
FIXES:
Allow Node.js to manage microtasks queue by using explicit microtasks policy before calling uv_run(). #28957 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Allow loading source maps from custom protocols and asar bundles. #28573 (Also in 12, 13)
Child windows with specified background colors or transpency now work as intended. #28054 (Also in 12, 13)
Colors returned from systemPreferences.getAccentColor(), getSystemColor and getColor are now correctly converted into the devices color space. Previously the color would have been subtly incorrect. #28121 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed focus / blur events not working with contextIsolation enabled. #29004 (Also in 10, 11, 12, 13)
Fixed desktopCapturer.getSources() promise result sometimes never resolving. #28273 (Also in 10, 11, 12, 13)
Fixed postData parameter missing from new-window event. #28513 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed webFrame spell checker APIs crashing when called in sandboxed renderer. #29053 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed will-resize and will-move events not scaling the emitted newBounds rectangle to the appropriate Windows display scale factor. #29162 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed a bug where, when a JumpList task description exceeded 260 characters, the JumpList was empty, despite valid entries. #28485 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed a crash when calling shell.trashItem() from the renderer process. #28748 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed a network process crash that could happen when using setCertificateVerifyProc with many concurrent verification requests. #28358 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed an issue where beforeunload and unload weren't firing properly in BrowserViews. #28382
Fixed an issue where illegal access error could be thrown when nodeIntegrationInSubFrames is enabled. #29093 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed an issue where select-serial-port callback crashes when called with an invalid serial port ID. #28602 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed an issue where win.capturePage() never called back after calling hide() for a hidden window on some platforms. #27883 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed an issue where window.print() did not work properly when printing a pdf from the pdf plugin. #28328 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed an issue where drag regions on macOS would be offset incorrectly when no drag regions were set,. #28984 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed an issue where errors thrown in functions passed over the contextBridge could be displayed incorrectly. #28346 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed an issue where extensions without a background page might not have file access. #29123 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed an issue where multiple calls to window.setFullScreen could cause problems. #25470 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed an issue where some Node.js modules would hang on page reload on Windows. #28175 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed an issue where some dialogs would stop working on macOS if window.hide() was called while they were open. #28671 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed an issue where the drag regions in BrowserViews on macOS could be off in their y-axis. #28268 (Also in 10, 11, 12, 13)
Fixed an issue where the thumbar disappeared after win.hide() on Windows. #28366 (Also in 10, 11, 12, 13)
Fixed an issue where the void function Menu.setApplicationMenu would return a value on some platforms. #29118 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed an issue where the window couldn't be closed if a user tried to quit with a message box showing. #28967 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed an issue where windows in simpleFullscreen mode were not properly resizing when display metrics changed. #28150 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed context menus not being positioned correctly when near the edge of the screen. #28224 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed corner radius for vibrancy view in macOS 11. #28655 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed crash when an exception occurs within the event emitter. #28971 (Also in 13)
Fixed crash when calling getBackgroundColor on a transparent window with no assigned background color. #28120 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed failing to request file:// resources when web security is disabled. #28489 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed incorrect value of document.focus when opening multiple windows on macOS. #29204 (Also in 12)
Fixed intensive I/O from asar files causing ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND after a while. #28137 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed permissions issue that was preventing the PDF viewer from displaying. #29210 (Also in 13)
Fixed rare crash when initializing the internal PDF extension. #28432 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed service worker not working with custom protocol. #28326 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed the handler set with setWindowOpenHandler not being invoked when a link was middle-clicked or shift-clicked. #28498 (Also in 12, 13)
Fixed the possibility for incorrect visual artifacts when using vibrancy and making frameless windows fullscreen on macOS. #29084 (Also in 13)
Fixed the window-all-closed event being emitted while the last BrowserWindow was still in the process of being closed. #28867 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed using navigator.setAppBadge and navigator.clearAppBadge from a service worker in Electron. #27950 (Also in 12)
Fixed using vibrancy with titleBarStyle together resulting in weird window shadow on macOS. #29114 (Also in 13)
No longer set backgroundColor in default-app when opening custom files / URLs. #28792 (Also in 10, 11, 12, 13)
Restored cross-platform noop implementation of app.setAppUserModelId. #28915 (Also in 13)
Support wasm-eval csp behind WebAssemblyCSP flag. #28535 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Transparent windows cannot be maximized using the Windows system menu or by double clicking the title bar. #28207 (Also in 12, 13)
URLS passed to shell.openExternal on windows are now correctly URI encoded. This was already occurring on macOS and Linux. #28334 (Also in 10, 11, 12, 13)
OTHER CHANGES:
Deprecated worldSafeExecuteJavaScript option was removed from webPreferences. #28456
Fixed native module compilation with AsyncCleanupHooks on windows. #28067 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
Fixed using custom v8 snapshots on Apple Silicon. #29338
Improved performance characteristics of functions being sent back and forth over the contextBridge. #28285
Improved performance of napi_threadsafe_function. #29021 (Also in 12, 13)
Refactored using contextBridge to make it safer to use when contextIsolation is enabled. #29037
Removed the deprecated app.allowRendererProcessReuse and BrowserWindow affinity options. #26874
Updated Chromium to 92.0.4511.0. #29173
Updated Node.js to v14.17.0. #29151
Updated community discussions link in default Electron menu. #28449 (Also in 12, 13)

New in Electron 13.0.0 (May 25, 2021)

Stack Upgrades:
Chromium 91.0.4472.69.
Node v14.17.0
V8 v9.1
Breaking Changes:
Fixed so window.open() parameter frameName is no longer set as window title. #27481
Changed session.setPermissionCheckHandler(handler) to allow for handler's first parameter, webContents to be null. #19903
Features:
Additions:
Added process.contextId used by @electron/remote. #28251
Added process.contextIsolated property that indicates whether the current renderer context has contextIsolation enabled. #28252
Added process.uptime() to sandboxed renderers. #26684
Added roundedCorners option for BrowserWindow. #27572
Added missing fields to the parameters emitted as part of the context-menu event. #26788
Added new session.storagePath API to get the path on disk for session-specific data. #28866
Added support for passing DOM elements over the context bridge. #26776
Added support for registering Manifest V3 extension service workers.
Added 'registration-completed' event to ServiceWorkers. #27562
Added disposition, referrer and postBody to the details object passed to the window open handler registered with setWindowOpenHandler. #29277
Improvements:
Additional permission checks are now routed through session.setPermissionCheckHandler. These include Notification.permission, and permission.query. Please note that the webContents parameter to the check handler can now be null. #19903
Allowed skipping process type transformation in win.SetVisibleOnAllWorkspaces on macOS. #27200
Reverted WebFrameMain.executeJavaScriptInIsolatedWorld(). #27926
Made trafficLightPosition option work for customButtonOnHover window. #26789
The submitURL option for crashReporter.start is no longer a required argument when uploadToServer is false. #28283
Improved performance of napi_threadsafe_function. #29048 (Also in 12)
Removed/Deprecated:
Removed deprecated BrowserWindow extension APIs. #26696
Removed deprecated shell.moveItemToTrash(). #26723
Removed deprecated systemPreferences methods. #26849
Fixes:
Fixed hiddenInset titleBarStyle's abnormal fullscreen titlebar. Fix hiddenInset titleBarStyle not working with trafficLightPosition option. #27489
Fixed a use-after-free bug during shutdown when using off-the-record sessions. #26680
Fixed an issue where contextBridge might incorrectly try to serialize some WebAssembly objects. #27518
Fixed behavior of 302/303/307 redirect responses in the protocol module. #26297
Made BrowserWindow.setWindowButtonVisibility work for window with customButtonsOnHover titlebar style. #27073
Fixed a rare crash on boot. #29109
Fixed permissions issue that was preventing the PDF viewer from displaying. #29252
Fixed the possibility for incorrect visual artifacts when using vibrancy and making frameless windows fullscreen on macOS. #29099
Fixed using vibrancy with titleBarStyle together resulting in weird window shadow on macOS. #29165
Restored cross-platform noop implementation of app.setAppUserModelId. #28921
Security: backported fix for chromium:1196683. #28637
Also in earlier versions:
Allow Node.js to manage microtasks queue by using explicit microtasks policy before calling uv_run(). #28973 (Also in 11, 12)
Allow loading source maps from custom protocols and asar bundles. #28615 (Also in 12)
Child windows with specified background colors or transpency now work as intended. #28112 (Also in 12)
Colors returned from systemPreferences.getAccentColor(), getSystemColor and getColor are now correctly converted into the devices color space. Previously the color would have been subtly incorrect. #28173 (Also in 11, 12)
Fixed ECDH.setPrivateKey() not updating the key. #27688 (Also in 12)
Fixed focus / blur events not working with contextIsolation enabled. #29025 (Also in 10, 11, 12)
Fixed desktopCapturer.getSources() promise result sometimes never resolving. #28280 (Also in 10, 11, 12)
Fixed postData parameter missing from new-window event. #28542 (Also in 12)
Fixed webFrame spell checker APIs crashing when called in sandboxed renderer. #29087 (Also in 12)
Fixed a bug where, when a JumpList task description exceeded 260 characters, the JumpList was empty, despite valid entries. #28526 (Also in 11, 12)
Fixed a crash when calling shell.trashItem() from the renderer process. #28788 (Also in 12)
Fixed a crash when loading pepper plugins. #28372 (Also in 12)
Fixed a network process crash that could happen when using setCertificateVerifyProc with many concurrent verification requests. #28433 (Also in 11, 12)
Fixed a potential crash when resetting BrowserViews. #27786 (Also in 12)
Fixed a rare crash on Windows that could occur when emitting certain Tray events. #26668 (Also in 12)
Fixed an issue where BrowserViews could have mismatched draggable regions to their bounds. #27952 (Also in 10, 11, 12)
Fixed an issue where illegal access error could be thrown when nodeIntegrationInSubFrames is enabled. #29170 (Also in 12)
Fixed an issue where select-serial-port callback crashes when called with an invalid serial port ID. #28619 (Also in 12)
Fixed an issue where win.capturePage() never called back after calling hide() for a hidden window on some platforms. #28076 (Also in 11, 12)
Fixed an issue where window.print() did not work properly when printing a pdf from the pdf plugin. #28351 (Also in 12)
Fixed an issue where drag regions on macOS would be offset incorrectly when no drag regions were set,. #29017 (Also in 11, 12)
Fixed an issue where errors thrown in functions passed over the contextBridge could be displayed incorrectly. #28446 (Also in 12)
Fixed an issue where extensions without a background page might not have file access. #29171 (Also in 12)
Fixed an issue where libuv might hang with multiple subframes when nodeIntegrationInSubframes is enabled. #27582 (Also in 10, 11, 12)
Fixed an issue where multiple calls to window.setFullScreen could cause problems. #28763 (Also in 11, 12)
Fixed an issue where some Node.js modules would hang on page reload on Windows. #28335 (Also in 11, 12)
Fixed an issue where some dialogs would stop working on macOS if window.hide() was called while they were open. #28694 (Also in 11, 12)
Fixed an issue where the drag regions in BrowserViews on macOS could be off in their y-axis. #28298 (Also in 10, 11, 12)
Fixed an issue where the thumbar disappeared after win.hide() on Windows. #28390 (Also in 10, 11, 12)
Fixed an issue where the void function Menu.setApplicationMenu would return a value on some platforms. #29129 (Also in 12)
Fixed an issue where the window couldn't be closed if a user tried to quit with a message box showing. #28988 (Also in 12)
Fixed an issue where windows in simpleFullscreen mode were not properly resizing when display metrics changed. #28216 (Also in 11, 12)
Fixed an out-of-bounds access in WebContents.sendInputEvent. #27827 (Also in 10, 11, 12)
Fixed background color not being applied for child windows created by native window.open path. #27593 (Also in 10, 11, 12)
Fixed bug where TouchBarPopover and TouchBarGroup were no longer rendering. #27901 (Also in 11, 12)
Fixed context menus not being positioned correctly when near the edge of the screen. #28276 (Also in 11, 12)
Fixed corner radius for vibrancy view in macOS 11. #28679 (Also in 11, 12)
Fixed crash when an exception occurs within the event emitter. #29106
Fixed crash when calling getBackgroundColor on a transparent window with no assigned background color. #28187 (Also in 11, 12)
Fixed failing to request file:// resources when web security is disabled. #28557 (Also in 11, 12)
Fixed intensive I/O from asar files causing ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND after a while. #28203 (Also in 11, 12)
Fixed issue where window.open() would not return an object with a location.href setter when contextIsolation is enabled and nativeWindowOpen is disabled. #27899 (Also in 12)
Fixed navigator.bluetooth.requestDevice. #27902 (Also in 11, 12)
Fixed rare crash when initializing the internal PDF extension. #28453 (Also in 12)
Fixed service worker not working with custom protocol. #28354 (Also in 11, 12)
Fixed the handler set with setWindowOpenHandler not being invoked when a link was middle-clicked or shift-clicked. #28536 (Also in 12)
Fixed the window-all-closed event being emitted while the last BrowserWindow was still in the process of being closed. #28914 (Also in 11, 12)
Fixed warning when worldSafeExecuteJavaScript is disabled. #27928 (Also in 10, 11, 12)
No longer set backgroundColor in default-app when opening custom files / URLs. #28842 (Also in 10, 11, 12)
Support wasm-eval csp behind WebAssemblyCSP flag. #28569 (Also in 11, 12)
Transparent windows cannot be maximized using the Windows system menu or by double clicking the title bar. #28527 (Also in 12)
URLS passed to shell.openExternal on windows are now correctly URI encoded. This was already occurring on macOS and Linux. #28342 (Also in 10, 11, 12)
Fixed native module compilation with AsyncCleanupHooks on windows. #28110 (Also in 11, 12)
Fixed will-resize and will-move events not scaling the emitted newBounds rectangle to the appropriate Windows display scale factor. #29227 (Also in 11, 12)
Fixed drag and drop not working correctly for some x11 window managers. #29233 (Also in 11, 12)
Other Changes:
Non-functional change; updates repository's issue template file. #27825
Updated community discussions link in default Electron menu. #28459 (Also in 12)
Documentation:
Documentation changes:
#26239
tutorial/application-distribution
tutorial/application-packaging (Removed)
#26501
#26542 - tutorial/offscreen-rendering
#27387 - tutorial/native-file-drag-drop
#27486 - tutorial/support
#27770 - api/menu
#28213 - api/browser-window
#28365
#29149

New in Electron 10.4.7 (May 24, 2021)

New in Electron 12.0.9 (May 19, 2021)

New in Electron 12.0.8 (May 17, 2021)

New in Electron 13.0.0 Beta 26 (May 14, 2021)

New in Electron 11.4.6 (May 8, 2021)

New in Electron 12.0.7 (May 7, 2021)

New in Electron 13.0.0 Beta 22 (May 6, 2021)

New in Electron 13.0.0 Beta 21 (May 6, 2021)

New in Electron 11.4.5 (May 5, 2021)

New in Electron 12.0.6 (May 1, 2021)

New in Electron 10.4.4 (Apr 30, 2021)

New in Electron 12.0.5 (Apr 21, 2021)

New in Electron 12.0.4 (Apr 14, 2021)

New in Electron 12.0.3 (Apr 14, 2021)

New in Electron 13.0.0 Beta 12 (Apr 8, 2021)

New in Electron 11.4.2 (Apr 3, 2021)

New in Electron 13.0.0 Beta 9 (Mar 29, 2021)

New in Electron 13.0.0 Beta 8 (Mar 26, 2021)

New in Electron 12.0.2 (Mar 24, 2021)

New in Electron 13.0.0 Beta 7 (Mar 23, 2021)

New in Electron 13.0.0 Beta 6 (Mar 19, 2021)

New in Electron 10.4.1 (Mar 16, 2021)

New in Electron 13.0.0 Beta 5 (Mar 16, 2021)

New in Electron 13.0.0 Beta 4 (Mar 12, 2021)

New in Electron 12.0.1 (Mar 11, 2021)

New in Electron 9.4.4 (Mar 4, 2021)

New in Electron 12.0.0 (Mar 2, 2021)

New in Electron 12.0.0 Beta 30 (Feb 25, 2021)

New in Electron 11.3.0 (Feb 20, 2021)

Features:
Added allowFileAccess option to loadExtension() API. #27703 (Also in 12)
Added win.setTopBrowserView() so that BrowserViews can be raised. #27712 (Also in 10, 12)
Fixes:
Backported fix for https://crbug.com/1125165. #27558
Fixed OS-level shortcuts on macOS (e.g. Ctrl + F2, ⌘ + ~). #27787 (Also in 12)
Fixed SVG content with filter sometimes not being rendered. #27699
Fixed a crash when calling crypto.createDiffieHellman() with certain parameters. #27766 (Also in 12)
Fixed a memory leak when creating BrowserWindows. #27640 (Also in 12)
Fixed an erroneous enableBlinkFeatures warning shown webviews which enabled no Blink features. #27789 (Also in 10, 12)
Fixed an issue where deleted download directories would be sometimes recreated by the operating system. #27808 (Also in 10, 12)
Fixed an occasional white flicker present when rendering BrowserViews in close succession. #27659 (Also in 10, 12)
Fixed crash when destroying WebContents in the crashed event. #27757 (Also in 10, 12)
Fixed memory leak when sending non-primitives over the context bridge. #27638 (Also in 10, 12)
Fixed native window freeze on Windows when Electron app is sent to tray and external display changes. #27669 (Also in 12)
Fixed svg with filter content not being rendered. #27635
Other Changes:
Fixed crash when loading wasm modules in child node process with mac arm64 > 11.2. #27684 (Also in 12)
Fixed slow child process spawning on macOS Big Sur. #27654 (Also in 10, 12)
Reverted posix_spawn change in libuv that affected child process spawning on macOS Big Sur. #27809 (Also in 10, 12)
Security: backported fix for 1138143. #27780
Security: backported fix for 1155974. #27779
Security: backported fix for 1166504. #27778
Security: backported fix for 1170657. #27781
Security: backported fix for 1171954. #27777
Security: backported fix for 1172192. #27776
Security: backported fix for 1177341. #27750
Security: backported fix for chromium:1162942. #27614
Security: backported fix for https://crbug.com/1161705. #27609

New in Electron 12.0.0 Beta 26 (Feb 18, 2021)

New in Electron 12.0.0 Beta 25 (Feb 12, 2021)

New in Electron 12.0.0 Beta 24 (Feb 10, 2021)

New in Electron 12.0.0 Beta 23 (Feb 9, 2021)

New in Electron 10.3.2 (Feb 8, 2021)

New in Electron 11.2.3 (Feb 7, 2021)

New in Electron 12.0.0 Beta 22 (Feb 4, 2021)

New in Electron 11.2.2 (Feb 3, 2021)

New in Electron 12.0.0 Beta 20 (Feb 2, 2021)

New in Electron 12.0.0 Beta 19 (Jan 28, 2021)

New in Electron 10.3.1 (Jan 28, 2021)

New in Electron 9.4.2 (Jan 28, 2021)

New in Electron 12.0.0 Beta 18 (Jan 26, 2021)

New in Electron 11.2.1 (Jan 23, 2021)

New in Electron 12.0.0 Beta 16 (Jan 18, 2021)

New in Electron 10.3.0 (Jan 16, 2021)

New in Electron 9.4.1 (Jan 14, 2021)

New in Electron 11.1.1 (Dec 21, 2020)

New in Electron 12.0.0 Beta 11 (Dec 17, 2020)

New in Electron 11.1.0 (Dec 12, 2020)

New in Electron 11.0.5 (Dec 12, 2020)

New in Electron 11.0.4 (Dec 8, 2020)

New in Electron 12.0.0 Beta 6 (Dec 4, 2020)

New in Electron 12.0.0 Beta 5 (Dec 1, 2020)

New in Electron 12.0.0 Beta 4 (Nov 27, 2020)

New in Electron 11.0.3 (Nov 24, 2020)

New in Electron 10.1.6 (Nov 19, 2020)

New in Electron 11.0.1 (Nov 19, 2020)

New in Electron 8.5.5 (Nov 19, 2020)

New in Electron 8.5.4 (Nov 19, 2020)

New in Electron 11.0.0 (Nov 19, 2020)

Breaking Changes:
Removed experimental APIs: BrowserView.{destroy, fromId, fromWebContents, getAllViews} and the id property of BrowserView. #23578
Features:
Additions:
Added new experimental apple silicon (darwin arm64) builds. #24545
Added new app.runningUnderRosettaTranslation property to detect when running under rosetta on Apple silicon. #26492
Added V8 crash message and location information to crashReport parameters. #24771 (Also in 10)
Added a small console hint to console to help debug renderer crashes. #25474 (Also in 9, 10)
Added new system-context-menu event to allow preventing and overriding the system context menu. #25835
Added webContents.forcefullyCrashRenderer() to forcefully terminate a renderer process to assist with recovering a hung renderer. #25756
Added app.getApplicationInfoForProtocol() API that returns detailed information about the app that handles a certain protocol. #24112
Added name to app.getAppMetrics() output. #24359
Added utility-process-gone event to app. #24367
Added visualEffectState option to BrowserWindows to allow customization of vibrancy effect state on macOS. #25083
Added app.createThumbnailFromPath() API that returns a preview image of a file given its file path and a maximum thumbnail size. #24802
Added back a previously broken visibleOnFullScreen option for setVisibleOnAllWorkspaces. #24956
Added desktopCapturer.getMediaSourceIdForWebContents(), can be used with getUserMedia to get a stream for a WebContent. #22701
Added did-become-active event on Mac for observing any application activation. #23872
Added new worldSafeExecuteJavaScript webPreference to ensure that the return values from webFrame.executeJavaScript are world safe when context isolation is enabled. #24114 (Also in 9, 10)
Added optional parameter to specify monospaced font types for macOS tray titles. #25059
Added support for suspend and resume events to Windows. #24251 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Added support for suspend and resume events to macOS. #24254 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Added the currencyCode field that Apple's StoreKit in-app-purchasing library provides but has not been added to the Product object that inAppPurchase.getProducts returns. #25058
Added 'resized' (Windows/macOS) and 'moved' (Windows) events to BrowserWindow. #26454
Improvements:
Improved the performance of sending JS primitives over the context bridge. #24531 (Also in 9, 10)
Improved the performance of sending wide objects over the context bridge. #24671
Improved the default REPL experience when running Electron with the --interactive flag. #24204
Improved performance of takeHeapSnapshot(). #26230
Changed app.getLoginItemSettings() and app.setLoginItemSettings() API to factor in startup approval keys when determining whether an application is able to launch on login. #24494
Expose sessionId associated with a target from debugger module. #24170 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Implemented systemPreferences.getMediaAccessStatus() on Windows. #24275 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
V8CacheOptions is a new webpreference option to enforce code caching policy. #23842 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
When the disabled-by-default-v8.cpu_profiler tracing category is enabled, cpu samples will now be collected from the main process as well as the renderer. #24819
Removed/Deprecated:
Removed experimental APIs: BrowserView.{destroy, fromId, fromWebContents, getAllViews} and the id property of BrowserView. #23578
Fixes:
Fixed an issue where pageRanges was not properly honored when printing. #25600 (Also in 10)
Fixed an issue whereby a corrupted async_hooks stack would crash the renderer when throwing some errors in the renderer process. #26424
Fixed draggable regions stops working when devtools is opened on macOS. #26395
Fixed window.open not accepting size values with "px" at the end. #26334 (Also in 10)
Fixed an issue where draggable regions were not properly updated on BrowserViews when a containing BrowserWindow was resized. #26320 (Also in 9, 10)
Fixed an issue where Hover Text on macOS Catalina did not work without VoiceOver also being enabled. #26246 (Also in 9, 10)
Fixed an issue where draggable regions did not work exclusively on BrowserViews. #26259 (Also in 9, 10)
Fixed debug.log files being created under working directory on windows. #26250
Fixed a rare crash on Windows that could occur when emitting certain powerMonitor events. #26181 (Also in 10)
Fixed an issue where packages could not be selected with <input file="type"> on macOS. #26217
Fixed calling app.commandLine.appendSwitch('lang') not changing app's locale. #26226 (Also in 9, 10)
Fixed a crash in printing on Windows. #26062 (Also in 9, 10)
Fixed an issue where WASM code generation erroneously showed as being disallowed by embedder when contextIsolation was enabled. #25829 (Also in 10)
Fixed an issue where frameless windows showed window controls after being in simple fullscreen mode on macOS. #26127 (Also in 9, 10)
Fixed issue where setting the spellchecker languages to an empty array would permanently disable the spellchecker till the end of time. #26129
Fixed memory leak on macOS when using dialog.showMessageBox API. #26099 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Backported fix for https://crbug.com/1115267. #26036
Fixed issue where clicking notifications would no longer dismiss them as expected. #26131 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed NativeImage.getScaleFactors() always returning the same value. #25903 (Also in 9, 10)
Fixed an issue where Windows notifications with timeoutType of 'never' did not work properly. #25902 (Also in 9, 10)
Fixed an issue where some Node.js module API calls hung in the renderer process after reloads when render process reuse was enabled. #25922 (Also in 9, 10)
Fixed bug that meant require.resolve paths option was ignored. #25945 (Also in 10)
Fixed NativeImage.crop().toBitmap() returning incorrect data. #25774 (Also in 10)
Fixed window.open called from child window. #25816
Suppressed a spurious warning about executeJavaScript being called without worldSafeExecuteJavaScript being enabled in apps that do not call executeJavaScript. #25828 (Also in 10)
Fix: gdi printing in silent printing mode. #25744 (Also in 10)
Fixed crash when application launched from UNUserNotificationCenter notification (via a native node module). #25738 (Also in 9, 10)
Fixed resource leak in worker threads. #25661 (Also in 9, 10)
Added missing module delay loads on windows to reduce per process reference set impact. #25436 (Also in 9, 10)
Excess menu item separators are now only removed after item re-ordering is done to avoid accidental removal of needed separators. #25599
Fixed CORS not being disabled by webSecurity: false. #25504 (Also in 9, 10)
Fixed ready-to-show event not emitted on some machines. #25471 (Also in 10)
Fixed a crash in app.importCertificate() on Linux. #25537 (Also in 9, 10)
Fixed a crash that could happen when a window was closed while a webview was in the process of being attached. #25598
Fixed a crash when closing window in an event listener after exiting fullscreen on macOS. #25524 (Also in 10)
Fixed an issue that could cause a normally-exiting process to fail with an "illegal access" message and exit code 7. #25459 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed an issue where an error would be displayed when using webContents.print() if no default was set and no device name provided. #25562 (Also in 9, 10)
Fixed crashes caused by attempting to modify destroyed views. #25509
Fixed the remote-debugging-port discovery page showing garbled text. #25602 (Also in 10)
Fixed unsubscribe from observers when window is closing. #25585 (Also in 9, 10)
Updated Node root certs to use NSS 3.56. #25362 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed crashes using nativeImage on Windows on ARM. #25410
Fixed a crash in the renderer process when invoking the Badging API. #25370 (Also in 9, 10)
Fixed an issue where document.hasFocus and document.activeElement would be inconsistent upon showing a window that was initially created with show: false. #25323
Fixed client_id file being generated in the working directory for node child process. #25310 (Also in 9)
Fixed multiple dock icons being left in system when calling dock.show/hide on macOS. #25300 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixes the following issues for frameless when maximized on Windows:
Fix unreachable task bar when auto hidden with position top
Fix 1px extending to secondary monitor
Fix 1px overflowing into taskbar at certain resolutions
Fix white line on top of window under 4k resolutions. #25217 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed Electron not working on Windows 7 after #25076. #25168 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed an issue where filters set in dialogs on macOS would have nondeterministic ordering. #25193 (Also in 9, 10)
Fixed network permission error when there are multiple WebContents sharing same session are created with web security disabled. #25180 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed shell.moveItemToTrash on Windows so that it returns false when move was unsuccessful. #25171 (Also in 9, 10)
Fix loading shared worker scripts over custom protocol * fix crash when loading worker scripts with nodeIntegration enabled. #20625 (Also in 9, 10)
Added missing support for isComposing KeyboardEvent property. #23971 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Added {stream:} option to registerSchemeAsPrivileged to enable custom protocols to stream video and audio. #22955
Enable NTLM v2 for POSIX platforms and added --disable-ntlm-v2 switch to disable it. #23846 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9, 10)
Fix: Allow windows behind macOS elements if "frame" is false. #23976 (Also in 9, 10)
Fix: remove unnecessary corner mask overriding to increase window resize performance. #24642 (Also in 9, 10)
Fixed "Paste and Match Style" shortcut on macOS to match OS's "Option-Shift-Command-V". #24153 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed "null path-to-app" in test-app when Electron's path contains spaces or special characters. #24214 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed GTK dark theme setting not respected in Electron on Linux. #23678 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9, 10)
Fixed chrome://accessibility access in Electron. #24437
Fixed chrome://media-internals and chrome://webrtc-internals pages not loading. #24010 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed powerMonitor not emitting suspend/resume events on some Windows machines. #25076 (Also in 10)
Fixed process.windowsStore returning undefined in AppX packages. #23785 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9, 10)
Fixed a 10.0.0-beta.1 issue that broke dark mode window titlebars on Linux. #25055 (Also in 10)
Fixed a bezeling issue on vibrant non-frameless BrowserWindows. #23779 (Also in 9, 10)
Fixed a crash in TouchBar for certain methods. #23936 (Also in 10)
Fixed a crash that could happen when using hookWindowMessage on Windows. #24716 (Also in 9, 10)
Fixed a crash that could occur when using in-memory sessions. #24964 (Also in 9, 10)
Fixed a crash that could occur when using the ipcRenderer module after blink had released the context. Instead, a JS exception will be thrown. #23917 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed a termination crash on Web Workers with Node.js integration enabled. #24436 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed an error when calling dialog.showCertificateTrustDialog with no BrowserWindow. #24091 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9, 10)
Fixed an intermittent high-CPU usage problem caused a system clock issue during sleep. #24394 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed an issue where VoiceOver was unable to navigate from the top-level window back into the web contents. #24655 (Also in 9, 10)
Fixed an issue where rmdir and rmdirSync work with original-fs in an asar context. #23890 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed an issue where shutdown would be emitted both on app and system shutdown on macOS. #24111 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed an issue where webContents.print() would sometimes hang with invalid settings. #24476 (Also in 9, 10)
Fixed an issue where window.location properties would throw an error for windows opened with window.open. #23776 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed an issue where withFileTypes was not supported as an option to fs.readdir or fs.readdirSync under asar. #24062 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed an issue where cpu and heap profiling in Node.js did not work properly with --cpu-prof, --heap-prof, and related CLI flags. #24528 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed an issue where errors were seen for nonexistent asar files. #24890
Fixed an issue where frameless modal windows with a vibrancy setting had bezeled corners. #24250 (Also in 9, 10)
Fixed an issue where macOS window vibrancy active state did not always match the active state of the window. #24471 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed an issue where many uses of the Node.js assert module would throw in both the browser and renderer processes. #24579
Fixed an issue where notifications with a reply button could potentially be destroyed too early when a user clicked on the notification body before replying. #25086 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed an issue where some Node.js methods would not work with URL instances constructed in the renderer process. #24831 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed an issue where some apps might be rejected from the Mac App Store owing to a private font-related API added in Chromium. #25117 (Also in 10)
Fixed an issue where some old notifications were not properly removed from the Notification Center on macOS. #24302 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed an issue where suspend/resume were emitted twice on macOS. #24818 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed an issue where the 'about' role had on effect on Windows menus. #23687 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9, 10)
Fixed an issue where the Save button did not function in PDF previews. #24946 (Also in 9, 10)
Fixed an issue which would cause streaming protocol responses to stall in some cases. #24022 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed an issue with click events not being emitted on macOS for Trays with context menus set. #24200 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed an issue with volume-related globalShortcut registration. #23782 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed an occasional menu crash on macOS Catalina when menu is closing. #23778 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed broken --trace-sync-io flag in Node.js. #24529 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed broken toolbar text in the PDF viewer. #24913 (Also in 10)
Fixed bug on macOS where the main window could be targeted for a focus event when it was disabled behind a modal. #24286 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed clipboard.readBuffer returning incorrect value. #24454 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed crash that could occur when passing a non-absolute path to session.loadExtension. #25068 (Also in 10)
Fixed crash when navigating between origins in a child window with nativeWindowOpen and contextIsolation enabled. #23684 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed crash when navigating from a page with webview that has inherited zoom level. #24757 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed crash when opening offscreen transparent windows with gpu acceleration off. #24390
Fixed crash when using client certificate. #24868 (Also in 10)
Fixed delayed execution of some Node.js callbacks in the main process. #24131 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed disabling color correct rendering with --disable-color-correct-rendering. #23787 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed executeJavaScriptInIsolatedWorld not respecting hasUserGesture argument. #24396
Fixed frameless window's size being changed when restored from minimized state. #25014 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed inactive windows having active titlebar on Windows. #24847 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed intercepted protocols not raising Redirect information back to Chromium. #23742 (Also in 7.3)
Fixed issued where voice over would not read words as you typed them. #24801 (Also in 10)
Fixed media keys working unilaterally when registered with globalShortcut. #24145
Fixed missing guid parameter in Linux crash reports. #24881 (Also in 9, 10)
Fixed no session in webContents of type remote. #23989 (Also in 9, 10)
Fixed node's TLS stack not allowing renegotiation. #25022 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed potentially invalid duplex mode settings on Linux. #24489 (Also in 9, 10)
Fixed serialization of nativeImages over remote when moving from the main process to the renderer process. #23759 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9, 10)
Fixed the acceptLanguages argument being ignored in session.setUserAgent(). #23944 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9, 10)
Fixed tray menu on Windows not keyboard navigable. #23843 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed tray menu showing in taskbar on Windows. #24097 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed undefined symbol error when loading native modules that uses uv_dlopen. #24659
Fixed window size being changed after unmaximizing. #25051 (Also in 9, 10)
Fixed window titlebar not responding to pen on Windows 10. #24042 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9, 10)
Fixed: On some Windows machines, especially Windows Insider builds, Electron would crash silently during startup. #24030 (Also in 9, 10)
Increased maximum length for crash keys from 127B to 20KB. #24782 (Also in 9, 10)
Protocol response streams are now destroyed if the request is aborted. #24014 (Also in 9, 10)
Resolve app-scoped bookmarks without mounting network drives. #24708
Restored old implementation of Linux Tray icons to fix a collection of issues where the tray icon wouldn't appear, would be the wrong size or would randomly disappear. #23674 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Save crash reports locally when uploadToServer: false on linux. #24778 (Also in 9, 10)
The element highlighter in devtools works again. #24921 (Also in 10)
shell.showItemInFolder uses the FileManager DBUS API on Linux, only falling back to xdg-open if that fails. #25087
Fixed issues with CORS when making requests from extensions. #24483 (Also in 9, 10)
Fixed not working WebSQLDatabase in extension background pages. #24798 (Also in 9, 10)
Fixed an issue with a consistent unwanted exception appearing during a debugging session with the VSCode debugger. #24191
Fixed mac app store rejection notice for invalid symbolic link in bundle. #23831
Fixed mac app store rejection notice for invalid symbolic link in bundle. #24158 (Also in 9, 10)
End of Support for 8.x.y:
Electron 8.x.y has reached end-of-support as per the project's support policy. Developers and applications are encouraged to upgrade to a newer version of Electron.

New in Electron 11.0.0 Beta 20 (Nov 8, 2020)

New in Electron 11.0.0 Beta 18 (Oct 30, 2020)

New in Electron 11.0.0 Beta 17 (Oct 26, 2020)

New in Electron 9.3.3 (Oct 26, 2020)

New in Electron 10.1.5 (Oct 26, 2020)

New in Electron 11.0.0 Beta 16 (Oct 24, 2020)

New in Electron 10.1.4 (Oct 20, 2020)

Fixes:
Browser views will properly resize within windows. #26033 (Also in 9, 10, 11)
Excess menu item separators are now only removed after item re-ordering is done to avoid accidental removal of needed separators. #25931 (Also in 10, 11)
Fix: gdi printing in silent printing mode. #25740 (Also in 9, 10, 11)
Fixed NativeImage.crop().toBitmap() returning incorrect data. #25773 (Also in 10, 11)
Fixed NativeImage.getScaleFactors() always returning the same value. #25905 (Also in 9, 10, 11)
Fixed session argument of app 'session-created' event. #25798
Fixed an issue where Windows notifications with timeoutType of 'never' did not work properly. #25926 (Also in 9, 10, 11)
Fixed an issue where Save as PDF from PDF Viewer Print dialog failed and sometimes crashed. #26013 (Also in 10)
Fixed an issue where some Node.js module API calls hung in the renderer process after reloads when render process reuse was enabled. #25923 (Also in 9, 10, 11)
Fixed bug that meant require.resolve paths option was ignored. #25944 (Also in 9, 10, 11)
Fixed crash when application launched from UNUserNotificationCenter notification (via a native node module). #25737 (Also in 9, 10, 11)
Fixed maximized frameless window bleeding to other monitors. #25977 (Also in 8, 9, 10, 11)
Fixed memory leak when creating "Services" menu. #25687 (Also in 9, 10, 11)
Fixed ready-to-show event not emitted on some machines. #25932 (Also in 10, 11)
Suppressed a spurious warning about executeJavaScript being called without worldSafeExecuteJavaScript being enabled in apps that do not call executeJavaScript. #25827 (Also in 10, 11)
Other Changes:
Backported the fix to CVE-2020-15968: Use after free in Blink. #25852
Backported the fix to CVE-2020-15969: Use after free in WebRTC. #25853
Backported the fix to a heap-use-after-free in content::WebContentsImpl::SetNotWaitingForResponse. #25893
Fixed an issue where netLog.startLogging and netLog.stopLogging were undefined. #25670 (Also in 10)
Security: backported fix for 1125635, 1115901. #25856

New in Electron 11.0.0 Beta 13 (Oct 16, 2020)

New in Electron 11.0.0 Beta 12 (Oct 14, 2020)

New in Electron 11.0.0 Beta 11 (Oct 6, 2020)

New in Electron 9.3.2 (Oct 5, 2020)

New in Electron 10.1.3 (Sep 29, 2020)

New in Electron 11.0.0 Beta 9 (Sep 28, 2020)

New in Electron 11.0.0 Beta 8 (Sep 28, 2020)

New in Electron 11.0.0 Beta 7 (Sep 15, 2020)

New in Electron 10.1.2 (Sep 15, 2020)

New in Electron 11.0.0 Beta 6 (Sep 11, 2020)

New in Electron 11.0.0 Beta 5 (Sep 8, 2020)

New in Electron 11.0.0 Beta 3 (Sep 1, 2020)

New in Electron 10.1.1 (Sep 1, 2020)

New in Electron 10.1.0 (Aug 28, 2020)

New in Electron 10.0.1 (Aug 28, 2020)

New in Electron 11.0.0 Beta 1 (Aug 27, 2020)

Features:
Added app.getApplicationInfoForProtocol() API that returns detailed information about the app that handles a certain protocol. #24112
Added name to app.getAppMetrics() output. #24359
Added utility-process-gone event to app. #24367
Added visualEffectState option to BrowserWindows to allow customization of vibrancy effect state on macOS. #25083
Added app.createThumbnailFromPath() API that returns a preview image of a file given its file path and a maximum thumbnail size. #24802
Added back a previously broken visibleOnFullScreen option for setVisibleOnAllWorkspaces. #24956
Added desktopCapturer.getMediaSourceIdForWebContents(), can be used with getUserMedia to get a stream for a WebContent. #22701
Added did-become-active event on Mac for observing any application activation. #23872
Added new worldSafeExecuteJavaScript webPreference to ensure that the return values from webFrame.executeJavaScript are world safe when context isolation is enabled. #24114 (Also in 9, 10)
Added optional parameter to specify monospaced font types for macOS tray titles. #25059
Added support for suspend and resume events to Windows. #24251 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Added support for suspend and resume events to macOS. #24254 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Added the currencyCode field that Apple's StoreKit in-app-purchasing library provides but has not been added to the Product object that inAppPurchase.getProducts returns. #25058
Changed app.getLoginItemSettings() and app.setLoginItemSettings() API to factor in startup approval keys when determining whether an application is able to launch on login. #24494
Expose sessionId associated with a target from debugger module. #24170 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Implemented systemPreferences.getMediaAccessStatus() on Windows. #24275 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
V8CacheOptions is a new webpreference option to enforce code caching policy. #23842 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
When the disabled-by-default-v8.cpu_profiler tracing category is enabled, cpu samples will now be collected from the main process as well as the renderer. #24819
Fixes:
fix loading shared worker scripts over custom protocol * fix crash when loading worker scripts with nodeIntegration enabled. #20625 (Also in 9, 10)
Added missing support for isComposing KeyboardEvent property. #23971 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Added {stream:} option to registerSchemeAsPrivileged to enable custom protocols to stream video and audio. #22955
Enable NTLM v2 for POSIX platforms and added --disable-ntlm-v2 switch to disable it. #23846 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9, 10)
Fix: Allow windows behind macOS elements if "frame" is false. #23976 (Also in 9, 10)
Fix: remove unnecessary corner mask overriding to increase window resize performance. #24642 (Also in 9, 10)
Fixed "Paste and Match Style" shortcut on macOS to match OS's "Option-Shift-Command-V". #24153 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed "null path-to-app" in test-app when Electron's path contains spaces or special characters. #24214 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed GTK dark theme setting not respected in Electron on Linux. #23678 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9, 10)
Fixed chrome://accessibility access in Electron. #24437
Fixed chrome://media-internals and chrome://webrtc-internals pages not loading. #24010 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed powerMonitor not emitting suspend/resume events on some Windows machines. #25076 (Also in 10)
Fixed process.windowsStore returning undefined in AppX packages. #23785 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9, 10)
Fixed a 10.0.0-beta.1 issue that broke dark mode window titlebars on Linux. #25055 (Also in 10)
Fixed a bezeling issue on vibrant non-frameless BrowserWindows. #23779 (Also in 9, 10)
Fixed a crash in TouchBar for certain methods. #23936 (Also in 10)
Fixed a crash that could happen when using hookWindowMessage on Windows. #24716 (Also in 9, 10)
Fixed a crash that could occur when using in-memory sessions. #24964 (Also in 9, 10)
Fixed a crash that could occur when using the ipcRenderer module after blink had released the context. Instead, a JS exception will be thrown. #23917 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed a termination crash on Web Workers with Node.js integration enabled. #24436 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed an error when calling dialog.showCertificateTrustDialog with no BrowserWindow. #24091 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9, 10)
Fixed an intermittent high-CPU usage problem caused a system clock issue during sleep. #24394 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed an issue where VoiceOver was unable to navigate from the top-level window back into the web contents. #24655 (Also in 9, 10)
Fixed an issue where rmdir and rmdirSync work with original-fs in an asar context. #23890 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed an issue where shutdown would be emitted both on app and system shutdown on macOS. #24111 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed an issue where webContents.print() would sometimes hang with invalid settings. #24476 (Also in 9, 10)
Fixed an issue where window.location properties would throw an error for windows opened with window.open. #23776 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed an issue where withFileTypes was not supported as an option to fs.readdir or fs.readdirSync under asar. #24062 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed an issue where cpu and heap profiling in Node.js did not work properly with --cpu-prof, --heap-prof, and related CLI flags. #24528 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed an issue where errors were seen for nonexistent asar files. #24890
Fixed an issue where frameless modal windows with a vibrancy setting had bezeled corners. #24250 (Also in 9, 10)
Fixed an issue where macOS window vibrancy active state did not always match the active state of the window. #24471 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed an issue where many uses of the Node.js assert module would throw in both the browser and renderer processes. #24579
Fixed an issue where notifications with a reply button could potentially be destroyed too early when a user clicked on the notification body before replying. #25086 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed an issue where some Node.js methods would not work with URL instances constructed in the renderer process. #24831 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed an issue where some apps might be rejected from the Mac App Store owing to a private font-related API added in Chromium. #25117 (Also in 10)
Fixed an issue where some old notifications were not properly removed from the Notification Center on macOS. #24302 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed an issue where suspend/resume were emitted twice on macOS. #24818 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed an issue where the 'about' role had on effect on Windows menus. #23687 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9, 10)
Fixed an issue where the Save button did not function in PDF previews. #24946 (Also in 9, 10)
Fixed an issue which would cause streaming protocol responses to stall in some cases. #24022 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed an issue with click events not being emitted on macOS for Trays with context menus set. #24200 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed an issue with volume-related globalShortcut registration. #23782 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed an occasional menu crash on macOS Catalina when menu is closing. #23778 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed broken --trace-sync-io flag in Node.js. #24529 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed broken toolbar text in the PDF viewer. #24913 (Also in 10)
Fixed bug on macOS where the main window could be targeted for a focus event when it was disabled behind a modal. #24286 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed clipboard.readBuffer returning incorrect value. #24454 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed crash that could occur when passing a non-absolute path to session.loadExtension. #25068 (Also in 10)
Fixed crash when navigating between origins in a child window with nativeWindowOpen and contextIsolation enabled. #23684 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed crash when navigating from a page with webview that has inherited zoom level. #24757 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed crash when opening offscreen transparent windows with gpu acceleration off. #24390
Fixed crash when using client certificate. #24868 (Also in 10)
Fixed delayed execution of some Node.js callbacks in the main process. #24131 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed disabling color correct rendering with --disable-color-correct-rendering. #23787 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed executeJavaScriptInIsolatedWorld not respecting hasUserGesture argument. #24396
Fixed frameless window's size being changed when restored from minimized state. #25014 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed inactive windows having active titlebar on Windows. #24847 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed intercepted protocols not raising Redirect information back to Chromium. #23742 (Also in 7.3)
Fixed issued where voice over would not read words as you typed them. #24801 (Also in 10)
Fixed media keys working unilaterally when registered with globalShortcut. #24145
Fixed missing guid parameter in Linux crash reports. #24881 (Also in 9, 10)
Fixed no session in webContents of type remote. #23989 (Also in 9, 10)
Fixed node's TLS stack not allowing renegotiation. #25022 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed potentially invalid duplex mode settings on Linux. #24489 (Also in 9, 10)
Fixed serialization of nativeImages over remote when moving from the main process to the renderer process. #23759 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9, 10)
Fixed the acceptLanguages argument being ignored in session.setUserAgent(). #23944 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9, 10)
Fixed tray menu on Windows not keyboard navigable. #23843 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed tray menu showing in taskbar on Windows. #24097 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Fixed undefined symbol error when loading native modules that uses uv_dlopen. #24659
Fixed window size being changed after unmaximizing. #25051 (Also in 9, 10)
Fixed window titlebar not responding to pen on Windows 10. #24042 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9, 10)
Fixed: On some Windows machines, especially Windows Insider builds, Electron would crash silently during startup. #24030 (Also in 9, 10)
Increased maximum length for crash keys from 127B to 20KB. #24782 (Also in 9, 10)
None. #24240 (Also in 9)
None. #25112
Protocol response streams are now destroyed if the request is aborted. #24014 (Also in 9, 10)
Resolve app-scoped bookmarks without mounting network drives. #24708
Restored old implementation of Linux Tray icons to fix a collection of issues where the tray icon wouldn't appear, would be the wrong size or would randomly disappear. #23674 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
Save crash reports locally when uploadToServer: false on linux. #24778 (Also in 9, 10)
The element highlighter in devtools works again. #24921 (Also in 10)
shell.showItemInFolder uses the FileManager DBUS API on Linux, only falling back to xdg-open if that fails. #25087
Other Changes:
Added V8 crash message and location information to crashReport parameters. #24771 (Also in 10)
Added new experimental apple silicon (darwin arm64) builds. #24545
Deprecated the default of contextIsolation, it will change from false to true in a future Electron release. #23507
Fixed an issue with a consistent unwanted exception appearing during a debugging session with the VSCode debugger. #24191
Fixed mac app store rejection notice for invalid symbolic link in bundle. #23831
Fixed mac app store rejection notice for invalid symbolic link in bundle. #24158 (Also in 9, 10)
Improved the default REPL experience when running Electron with the --interactive flag. #24204
Improved the performance of sending JS primitives over the context bridge. #24531 (Also in 9, 10)
Improved the performance of sending wide objects over the context bridge. #24671
None. #24987
Removed experimental APIs: BrowserView.{fromId, fromWebContents, getAllViews} and the id property of BrowserView. #23578
Updated Node.js to v12.18.3. #24707
Documentation:
Documentation changes: #24147, #24374, #24473, #25073
Unknown:
Fixed issues with CORS when making requests from extensions. #24483 (Also in 9, 10)
Fixed not working WebSQLDatabase in extension background pages. #24798 (Also in 9, 10)

New in Electron 10.0.0 (Aug 24, 2020)

Breaking Changes:
Changed the default value of 'enableRemoteModule' to false. #22091
Changed the default value of app.allowRendererProcessReuse to true, this will prevent loading of non-context-aware native modules in renderer processes. See #18397 for more information on this change. #22336
Fixed the positioning of window buttons on MacOS when the OS locale is set to an RTL language (like Arabic or Hebrew). Frameless window apps may have to account for this change while styling their windows. #22016
Features:
Added contents.getBackgroundThrottling() method and contents.backgroundThrottling property. #21036
Added a sameSite property to the Cookie structure allowing you to get and set the same site policy for cookies. #22789
Added new render-process-gone event on app to replace the renderer-process-crashed event. #23560
Added new render-process-gone event to replace the crashed event. #23096
Added new useSessionCookies flag to net requests to allow them to use the session cookie store. #22704
Added support for MessagePort in the main process. #22404
Added support for the 'compress' option of crashReporter on Linux. #23597
Added the 'onclose' event to MessagePort and MessagePortMain. #22532
Added the ability to get the "Recent" folder on Windows with app.getPath('recent'). #23381
BrowserWindow darkTheme option now defaults to nativeTheme.shouldUseDarkColors. #20138
Can now check if a given session is persistent by calling the ses.isPersistent() API. #22622
Deprecated uncompressed crash uploads in crashReporter. #23598
Enable native Electron handling and passing of Node.js cli options. #21110
Enhanced window.open functionality with the ability to handle POST data in the new-window event. #19703
Exposed the desktopCapturer module in the main process. #23548
The position of nested touch bars inherited from Chromium can now be customized (macOS). #22270
Added V8 crash message and location information to crashReport parameters. #24866
Removed the deprecated currentlyLoggingPath property of netLog. Additionally, netLog.stopLogging no longer returns the path to the recorded log. #22732
Added disableDialogs option to WebPreferences. #22395 (Also in 8, 9)
Added fullScreen property support for BrowserWindows. #23145 (Also in 9)
Added rateLimit and compress options to crashReporter. #23062
Added session.listWordsFromSpellCheckerDictionary API to list custom words in the dictionary. #22101 (Also in 9)
Added session.removeWordFromSpellCheckerDictionary API to remove custom words in the dictionary. #22039 (Also in 9)
Added session.serviceWorkerContext API to access basic service worker info and receive console logs from service workers. #20624 (Also in 9)
Added a new force parameter to app.focus() on macOS to allow apps to forcefully take focus. #22612 (Also in 8, 9)
Added ability to set and get title bar traffic light position on the fly (macOS). #22533 (Also in 8, 9)
Added new spellcheck-dictionary-* events on the session module to help track and debug dictionary initialization. #22449 (Also in 8, 9)
Added new worldSafeExecuteJavaScript webPreference to ensure that the return values from webFrame.executeJavaScript are world safe when context isolation is enabled. #24711 (Also in 9)
Added support for property access to some getter/setter pairs on BrowserWindow. #22771 (Also in 9)
Added support for suspend and resume events to Windows. #24281 (Also in 8, 9)
Added support for suspend and resume events to macOS. #24293 (Also in 8, 9)
Allow an optional callback parameter for WebFrame.executeJavaScript* methods, which is called synchronously unless the target context is paused. #21423 (Also in 9)
EnableWebSQL is a new webpreference option to enable/disable websql api. #23311 (Also in 7.2, 8, 9)
Expose sessionId associated with a target from debugger module. #24397 (Also in 8, 9)
Implemented systemPreferences.getMediaAccessStatus() on Windows. #24311 (Also in 8, 9)
Restored support for pdfium-based PDF viewer. #21794 (Also in 9)
V8CacheOptions is a new webpreference option to enforce code caching policy. #23867 (Also in 8, 9)
Ensured proper nativeImage serialization between renderer and browser processes via remote. #23794 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9)
Improved error logging on moveItemToTrash failures on macOS. #23589 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixes:
Fixed BrowserWindow.moveAbove on Windows. #23161
Fixed WebContents.focus not focusing window on macOS and Linux. #22323
Fixed a crash that could happen when a warning was emitted when loading an extension. #23667
Fixed a crash when closing GTK file open/save dialogs. #23109
Fixed a crash when using <input type="file" />. #22843
Fixed a potential crash when menu is created from an empty template. #23308
Fixed an issue that could cause exceptions in the 'remote' module when accessing objects without constructors. #22820
Fixed an issue where startDrag could crash if some specific strings were passed into nativeImage.createFromImage to create the icon. #23467
Fixed an issue where diagnostic error reporting wasn't available in Node.js processes. #23126
Fixed an issue where undo and redo shortcuts did not work in webviews. #22911
Fixed crash when using client certificate. #25019
Fixed issues with CORS when making requests from extensions. #24822 (Also in 9)
Fixed loading shared worker scripts over custom protocol * fix crash when loading worker scripts with nodeIntegration enabled. #24749 (Also in 9)
Accessing the screen module before the ready event no longer makes it impossible to access the screen module. #22895 (Also in 8, 9)
Added missing support for isComposing KeyboardEvent property. #23995 (Also in 8, 9)
Added workaround for nativeWindowOpen hang. #22825 (Also in 8, 9)
DeviceId from navigator.mediaDevices.enumerateDevices is now consistent across reloads. #22386 (Also in 8, 9)
Don't allow window to go behind menu bar on mac. #22770 (Also in 9)
Don't ignore the referrer header in net.request. #23386 (Also in 8, 9)
Enable NTLM v2 for POSIX platforms and added --disable-ntlm-v2 switch to disable it. #23916 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9)
Enable offscreen rendering. #22160 (Also in 8, 9)
Ensured that exit callbacks are run for Node.js in the renderer process. #23419 (Also in 7.2, 8, 9)
Fix: Allow windows behind macOS elements if "frame" is false. #24032 (Also in 9)
Fixed "Paste and Match Style" shortcut on macOS to match OS's "Option-Shift-Command-V". #24182 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed "null path-to-app" in test-app when Electron's path contains spaces or special characters. #24230 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed "will-navigate" event not being emitted for sandboxed contents. #22188 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed ARIA role="tree" for macOS VoiceOver. #22367 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed Electron apps getting rejected to Mac App Store. #20965 (Also in 6.1, 8, 9)
Fixed GTK dark theme setting not respected in Electron on Linux. #23711 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9)
Fixed Promise timeout issue when running Electron as Node. #23153 (Also in 7.2, 9)
Fixed chrome://media-internals and chrome://webrtc-internals pages not loading. #24057 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed process.windowsStore returning undefined in AppX packages. #23798 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9)
Fixed session.setSpellCheckerDictionaryDownloadURL to append the dictionary name at the end of requests instead of requesting the same URL for all dictionaries. #22382 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed webRequest API not working with WebSockets. #22040 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed webRequest module not working with file:// protocol. #22903 (Also in 9)
Fixed webRequest not working for CORS requests. #22407 (Also in 9)
Fixed win.setMenuBarVisibility(false) not hiding menu bar. #23214 (Also in 9)
Fixed a bezeling issue on vibrant non-frameless BrowserWindows. #23809 (Also in 9)
Fixed a crash in TouchBar for certain methods. #23970
Fixed a crash in webContents.print() with custom print margins. #22164 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed a crash that could happen when attempting to access a session during shutdown. #23039 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed a crash that could happen when using hookWindowMessage on Windows. #24768 (Also in 9)
Fixed a crash that could occur when sending arrays over IPC. #22753 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed a crash that could occur when using in-memory sessions. #25001 (Also in 9)
Fixed a crash that could occur when using the ipcRenderer module after blink had released the context. Instead, a JS exception will be thrown. #23977 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed a crash which could occur during page navigations. #23271 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed a potential crash on devices which had not connected any printers to their network. #22418 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed a potential crash on invalid zoomFactor values when setting the zoom factor of a webpage. #22673 (Also in 7.2, 8, 9)
Fixed a termination crash on Web Workers with Node.js integration enabled. #24462 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed a use-after-free error that could happen if a Tray was destroyed while showing a custom context menu. #22842 (Also in 7.2, 8, 9)
Fixed an error when calling dialog.showCertificateTrustDialog with no BrowserWindow. #24118 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9)
Fixed an intermittent high-CPU usage problem caused a system clock issue during sleep. #24413 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed an issue where TypeError occurred on initializing CrashReporter. #22274 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed an issue where VoiceOver was unable to navigate from the top-level window back into the web contents. #24698 (Also in 9)
Fixed an issue where nativeImages might throw conversion errors in the renderer process. #23543 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9)
Fixed an issue where rmdir and rmdirSync work with original-fs in an asar context. #23951 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed an issue where shutdown would be emitted both on app and system shutdown on macOS. #24139 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed an issue where undefined was printed from console.log on Window when no arguments were passed. #22165 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed an issue where webContents.print() would sometimes hang with invalid settings. #24507 (Also in 9)
Fixed an issue where window.location properties would throw an error for windows opened with window.open. #23804 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed an issue where withFileTypes was not supported as an option to fs.readdir or fs.readdirSync under asar. #24106 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed an issue where changing theme on macOS would break window maximizability state. #22677 (Also in 9)
Fixed an issue where cpu and heap profiling in Node.js did not work properly with --cpu-prof, --heap-prof, and related CLI flags. #24540 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed an issue where frameless modal windows with a vibrancy setting had bezeled corners. #24284 (Also in 9)
Fixed an issue where macOS window vibrancy active state did not always match the active state of the window. #24532 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed an issue where native macOS dialogs sometimes failed to show after modal close. #22858 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed an issue where some Node.js methods would not work with URL instances constructed in the renderer process. #24860 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed an issue where some logging would double-print. #22342 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed an issue where some old notifications were not properly removed from the Notification Center on macOS. #24404 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed an issue where suspend/resume were emitted twice on macOS. #24843 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed an issue where the 'about' role had on effect on Windows menus. #23717 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9)
Fixed an issue where the Save button did not function in PDF previews. #24995 (Also in 9)
Fixed an issue whereby macOS would fail to allow file extensions containing periods. #23409 (Also in 7.2, 8, 9)
Fixed an issue which would cause streaming protocol responses to stall in some cases. #24081 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed an issue with maximizable state persistence of BrowserWindows on macOS. #22988 (Also in 7.2, 8, 9)
Fixed an issue with navigator.languages and Accept-Language did not fully respect users' language preferences on Windows and macOS. This also improved fallback font selection for CJK texts on Windows. #23247 (Also in 7.2, 8, 9)
Fixed an issue with safeDialog preferences not being passed properly. #22353 (Also in 8)
Fixed an issue with click events not being emitted on macOS for Trays with context menus set. #24235 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed an issue with possible creation of a messageBox which cannot be dismissed on macOS. #22672 (Also in 7.2, 8, 9)
Fixed an issue with volume-related globalShortcut registration. #23823 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed an occasional crash when closing all BrowserWindows. #22948 (Also in 7.2, 8, 9)
Fixed an occasional menu crash on macOS Catalina when menu is closing. #23806 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed an occasional segfault with modal windows being closed or destroyed. #22410 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed broken --trace-sync-io flag in Node.js. #24544 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed broken use of contextCodeGeneration parameter to Node.js' script.runInNewContext(). #23129 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed bug on macOS where the main window could be targeted for a focus event when it was disabled behind a modal. #24352 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed bug that occurred when using trafficLightPosition API in RTL mode. #22132 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed clipboard.readBuffer returning incorrect value. #24467 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed crash in network service process when using protocol.registerSchemeAsPrivileged api. #22867 (Also in 9)
Fixed crash that could occur when calling session.fromPartition inside the ready event. #22772 (Also in 9)
Fixed crash when navigating between origins in a child window with nativeWindowOpen and contextIsolation enabled. #23896 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed crash when navigating from a page with webview that has inherited zoom level. #24763 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed crash with webview during some window management events like resize, scroll etc. #23342 (Also in 7.2, 8, 9)
Fixed crash-on-exit that could happen during node platform deinitialization. #23116
Fixed delayed execution of some Node.js callbacks in the main process. #24174 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed disabling color correct rendering with --disable-color-correct-rendering. #23899 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed flash plugin not working. #22072 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed inactive windows having active titlebar on Windows. #24874 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed incorrect hit testing on top of ::after element with layoutNG. #23179 (Also in 9)
Fixed issue where SameSite cookies would not be attached to outgoing requests from the net module. #22788
Fixed issue where prefers-color-scheme would not be updated / set correctly when your OS was in dark mode. #22896 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed issue where dictionary files for the spellchecker would be downloaded to the app install directory instead of the user data directory. #22444 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed issue where mutating the global Object prototype could cause internal Electron logic to throw errors. #22616 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed issue where navigating with the mouse buttons 4/5 would result in full page loads instead of in-page popstate navigations. #22202 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed issue where renderers could crash during GC when using the contextBridge module. #22056 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed issue where repositioned traffic lights would be in the wrong position after the user switches OS theme. #22534 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed issued where voice over would not read words as you typed them. #24838
Fixed memory leak when using contextBridge with sandbox=true. #23207 (Also in 7.2, 8, 9)
Fixed memory leaks in sandbox mode when using contextBridge with promises or ipcRenderer.invoke. #23321 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed missing guid parameter in Linux crash reports. #24897 (Also in 9)
Fixed missing debug symbols for crashpad handler on macOS. #23537 (Also in 9)
Fixed no session in webContents of type remote. #24064 (Also in 9)
Fixed occasional WebFrame crashes caused by removed iframes. #22925 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed possible freeze on window with disabled background throttling. #22832 (Also in 9)
Fixed potentially invalid duplex mode settings on Linux. #24527 (Also in 9)
Fixed several memory leaks related to V8 handles not being properly scoped. #22531
Fixed some Wasm and diagnostics issues in main and renderer process execution of Node.js. #23261
Fixed some event listener crashes in Tray. #23140
Fixed some properties not working in webview tags. #22485 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed the JavaScript object of BrowserWindow not garbage collected when window is closed. #22006
Fixed the acceptLanguages argument being ignored in session.setUserAgent(). #23961 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9)
Fixed the print button functionality in the PDF viewer extension. #22760 (Also in 9)
Fixed tray menu on Windows not keyboard navigable. #23879 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed tray menu showing in taskbar on Windows. #24192 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed window titlebar not responding to pen on Windows 10. #24102 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9)
Fixed: On some Windows machines, especially Windows Insider builds, Electron would crash silently during startup. #24038 (Also in 9)
Increased maximum length for crash keys from 127B to 20KB. #24853 (Also in 9)
Limited manipulation of custom spellchecker dictionary words to persistent sessions. #22157 (Also in 9)
MacOS VoiceOver is now able to find its way back into web contents after it navigated "out" of an application. #22399 (Also in 7.2, 8, 9)
Protocol response streams are now destroyed if the request is aborted. #24656 (Also in 9)
Removed assurance of object identity equality from the contextBridge as it is incapable of handling mutations. #21803 (Also in 8, 9)
Removed extraneous crashpad_handler binary from the Linux distribution files. #23538 (Also in 9)
Removed unneccessary breakpad_symbols directory from the dsym zip file. #22191 (Also in 6.1, 8, 9)
Restored old implementation of Linux Tray icons to fix a collection of issues where the tray icon wouldn't appear, would be the wrong size or would randomly disappear. #23925 (Also in 8, 9)
Returns a more graceful error when adding duplicate items to a single TouchBar instance. #22272 (Also in 8, 9)
Reverted a change to the name of the NSPrincipalClass, which could cause issues with protocol handlers on macOS (e.g. my-app://). #22206 (Also in 8, 9)
Save crash reports locally when uploadToServer: false on linux. #24787 (Also in 9)
The element highlighter in devtools works again. #24929
Updated Node root certs to use NSS 3.53. #24266
Updating the document title while in fullscreen with custom traffic light positions no longer makes the traffic lights invisible. #22492 (Also in 8, 9)
[a11y] fix an issue where voiceover doesn't read the first item selected from a ARIA combobox. #25003 (Also in 9)
crashReporter is now explicitly initialized only in the main process, and implicitly initialized in other child processes. This fixes an issue preventing the crash reporter from functioning in sandboxed renderers on Linux. #23265 (Also in 9)
Fixed broken Views API builds. #22621 (Also in 9)
Fixed feature string parsing type coercion for window.open. #23130
Fixed issues where objects sent over the context bridge could be freed prematurely resulting in crashes when accessing them. #23592 (Also in 8, 9)
Fixed mac app store rejection notice for invalid symbolic link in bundle. #24166 (Also in 9)
Fixed v8_context_snapshot_generator included in arm/arm64 mksnapshot zip files. #23536 (Also in 6.1, 7.2, 8, 9)
Resolve network issues that prevented RTC calls from being connected due to network IP address changes and ICE. (Chromium issue 1113227). #24998
Performance:
Fixed performance regression with CSS counters. #25023
Fix: remove unnecessary corner mask overriding to increase window resize performance. #24701 (Also in 9)
Improved the performance of sending JS primitives over the context bridge. #24551 (Also in 9)
Improved window events handler efficiency on Linux. #22706 (Also in 9)
Made setting window icons slightly faster on Linux. #22702 (Also in 9)

New in Electron 10.0.0 Beta 24 (Aug 21, 2020)

New in Electron 9.2.1 (Aug 19, 2020)

New in Electron 10.0.0 Beta 21 (Aug 11, 2020)

New in Electron 10.0.0 Beta 20 (Aug 11, 2020)

New in Electron 8.5.0 (Aug 6, 2020)

New in Electron 9.2.0 (Aug 6, 2020)

New in Electron 10.0.0 Beta 15 (Jul 30, 2020)

New in Electron 10.0.0 Beta 14 (Jul 29, 2020)

New in Electron 9.1.2 (Jul 29, 2020)

New in Electron 9.1.1 (Jul 21, 2020)

Fixes:
Fixed a termination crash on Web Workers with Node.js integration enabled. #24464
Fixed an issue where webContents.print() would sometimes hang with invalid settings. #24508
Fixed an issue where cpu and heap profiling in Node.js did not work properly with --cpu-prof, --heap-prof, and related CLI flags. #24541
Fixed an issue where macOS window vibrancy active state did not always match the active state of the window. #24533
Fixed broken --trace-sync-io flag in Node.js. #24648
Fixed clipboard.readBuffer returning incorrect value. #24469
Fixed potentially invalid duplex mode settings on Linux. #24547
Other Changes:
Fix: DCHECK failure in value.IsHeapObject() in objectsdebug.cc. (Chromium security issue 1084820). #24566
Fix: XSS on chrome://histograms/ with a compromised renderer. (Chromium security issue 1073409). #24625
Fix: crash when executing debugger.sendCommand. (Chromium security issue 1016278). #24620
Fix: heap-use-after-free in content::NavigationRequest::OnWillProcessResponseProcessed. (Chromium security issue 1090543). #24569
Fix: heap-use-after-free in ui::AXTreeSerializerblink (Chromium security issue 1065122). #24557
Fix: iframe in victim page can detect Scroll To Text Fragment activation. (Chromium security issue 1042986). #24624
Fix: integer overflow in GrTextBlob::Make. (Chromium security issue 1080481). #24586
Fix: javascript URI sandbox flags aren't propagated in a blank string case. (Chromium security issue 1074340). #24621
Fix: memcpy-param-overlap in AudioBuffer::copyFromChannel. (Chromium security issue 1081722). #24582
Fix: remove leaks of post-redirect URL for <script> in the CSP reports and stacktraces of errors (Chromium security issue 1074317). #24560
Fix: update webrtc root certificate. (Chromium security issue 978779). #24617
Fix: upgrade SQLite to 3.32.1. (Chromium security issue 1087629). #24554
Fix: use-after-free in devtools console. (Chromium security issue 986051). #24614
Fix: use-of-uninitialized-value in amr_read_header. (Chromium security issue 1065731). #24594
Fix: usrsctp is called with pointer as network address. (Chromium security issue 1076703). #24563
Documentation:
Documentation changes: #24516

New in Electron 10.0.0 Beta 12 (Jul 17, 2020)

New in Electron 10.0.0 Beta 10 (Jul 10, 2020)

New in Electron 9.1.0 (Jul 7, 2020)

New in Electron 10.0.0 Beta 8 (Jul 3, 2020)

New in Electron 9.0.5 (Jun 22, 2020)

New in Electron 10.0.0 Beta 4 (Jun 22, 2020)

New in Electron 10.0.0 Beta 3 (Jun 16, 2020)

New in Electron 9.0.4 (Jun 13, 2020)

New in Electron 9.0.3 (Jun 6, 2020)

New in Electron 9.0.2 (Jun 2, 2020)

New in Electron 9.0.1 (Jun 2, 2020)

New in Electron 9.0.0 (May 19, 2020)

Stack Upgrades:
Chromium v83.0.4103.50:
v83 blog post
v82 was skipped
v81 blog post
Node v12.14.1:
v12.14.1 release notes
v12.14.0 release notes
v12.13.1 release notes
V8 8.3:
v8.3 blog post
v8.1 blog post
Breaking Changes:
Changed the default value of app.allowRendererProcessReuse to true. This will prevent loading of non-context-aware native modules in renderer processes. (See #18397 for more information on this change.) #22401
Features:
Added fullScreen property support for BrowserWindows. #23330
Added session.listWordsFromSpellCheckerDictionary API to list custom words in the dictionary. #22128
Added session.removeWordFromSpellCheckerDictionary API to remove custom words in the dictionary. #22368
Added session.serviceWorkerContext API to access basic service worker info and receive console logs from service workers. #22313
Added a new force parameter to app.focus() on macOS to allow apps to forcefully take focus. #23447
Added chrome.i18n extension API. #22570
Added chrome.tabs.connect extension API for background pages. #22549
Added support for property access to some getter/setter pairs on BrowserWindow. #23208
Added support for the chrome.extension.getBackgroundPage API when building with enable_electron_extensions. #22177
Allow an optional callback parameter for WebFrame.executeJavaScript* methods, which is called synchronously unless the target context is paused. #22501
Restored support for pdfium-based PDF viewer. #22131
Fixes:
Don't allow window to go behind menu bar on mac. #22828
Fixed webRequest module not working with file:// protocol. #22919
Fixed webRequest not working for CORS requests. #22468
Fixed win.setMenuBarVisibility(false) not hiding menu bar. #23263
Fixed an issue where changing theme on macOS would break window maximizability state. #22724
Fixed crash in network service process when using protocol.registerSchemeAsPrivileged api. #22917
Fixed crash that could occur when calling session.fromPartition inside the ready event. #23472
Fixed incorrect hit testing on top of ::after element with layoutNG. #23190
Fixed missing debug symbols for crashpad handler on macOS. #23573
Fixed possible freeze on window with disabled background throttling. #22852
Fixed the print button functionality in the PDF viewer extension. #23173
Limited manipulation of custom spellchecker dictionary words to persistent sessions. #22683
Removed extraneous crashpad_handler binary from the Linux distribution files. #23575
crashReporter is now explicitly initialized only in the main process, and implicitly initialized in other child processes. This fixes an issue preventing the crash reporter from functioning in sandboxed renderers on Linux. #23461
Fixed broken Views API builds. #22642
Performance:
Improved window events handler efficiency on Linux. #23260
Made setting window icons slightly faster on Linux. #22736

New in Electron 7.3.0 (May 15, 2020)

New in Electron 9.0.0 Beta 24 (May 11, 2020)

New in Electron 9.0.0 Beta 23 (May 11, 2020)

New in Electron 9.0.0 Beta 22 (May 1, 2020)

New in Electron 7.2.4 (Apr 30, 2020)

New in Electron 8.2.4 (Apr 28, 2020)

New in Electron 9.0.0 Beta 20 (Apr 28, 2020)

New in Electron 9.0.0 Beta 19 (Apr 24, 2020)

New in Electron 9.0.0 Beta 18 (Apr 21, 2020)

New in Electron 7.2.3 (Apr 19, 2020)

New in Electron 8.2.3 (Apr 17, 2020)

New in Electron 7.2.2 (Apr 15, 2020)

New in Electron 8.2.2 (Apr 14, 2020)

New in Electron 9.0.0 Beta 15 (Apr 10, 2020)

New in Electron 8.2.1 (Apr 7, 2020)

New in Electron 9.0.0 Beta 13 (Apr 2, 2020)

New in Electron 9.0.0 Beta 12 (Mar 30, 2020)

New in Electron 7.2.1 (Mar 24, 2020)

New in Electron 8.1.1 (Mar 10, 2020)

New in Electron 9.0.0 Beta 7 (Mar 9, 2020)

New in Electron 8.1.0 (Mar 6, 2020)

New in Electron 8.0.3 (Mar 3, 2020)

New in Electron 7.1.14 (Mar 1, 2020)

New in Electron 8.0.2 (Feb 26, 2020)

New in Electron 9.0.0 Beta 3 (Feb 26, 2020)

New in Electron 7.1.13 (Feb 20, 2020)

New in Electron 8.0.1 (Feb 14, 2020)

New in Electron 8.0.0 (Feb 10, 2020)

Breaking Changes:
Upgraded to Chromium 80.0.3987.86 (New since Electron 7: Chromium 79, 80)
Upgraded to Node 12.13.0 (New since Electron 7: Node 12.9, 12.10, 12.11, 12.12, 12.13)
Upgraded to V8 8.0 (New since Electron 7: V8 7.9, 8.0)
IPC between main and renderer processes now uses the Structured Clone Algorithm. #20214
Features:
Added --enable-api-filtering-logging command-line switch, which enables caller stack logging for desktopCapturer and remote APIs that can be blocked or filtered. #20335
Added app.getApplicationNameForProtocol(). #21117
Added app.setAboutPanelOptions() support for credits and iconPath on Windows. #19420
Added BrowserWindow.moveAbove(mediaSourceId). #18926
Added contents.getAllSharedWorkers() and contents.inspectSharedWorkerById(workerId) to allow inspection of specific shared workers. #20389
Added Notification() options' timeoutType property to allows users to set timeout type for Linux and Windows notifications. #20153
Added Notification() options' urgency property to allow customization of Linux-based notifications. #20152
Added session.addWordToSpellCheckerDictionary API to support custom words in the. #21297
Added session.downloadURL() to allow downloads to trigger without a BrowserWindow. #19889
Added systemPreferences.getMediaAccessStatus().screen for detecting the new macOS Catalina permissions. #21116
Added trafficLightPosition option in BrowserWindow API to allow custom positioning of traffic lights. #21990
Added tray.displayBalloon() options: iconType, largeIcon, noSound and respectQuietTime. #19544
Added tray.focus(), which returns focus to the taskbar notification area. #19548
Added tray.removeBalloon(), which removes an already displayed balloon notification. #19547
Added WebContents.printToPDF() support for fitToPageEnabled and scaleFactor. #20436
Added win.accessibleTitle property to augment the window title for screen readers. #19698
Added options to enable customization of print page headers and footers. #19688
Added support for picture-in-picture mode for video elements. #17686
Added support for the built-in spellchecker. We will use the OS spellchecker on macOS and hunspell on all other platforms. #20897
Added the ability to prevent documents from being added to recent documents on Windows in open dialogs. #19669
Enable macOS users to fallback to item removal when when shell.moveItemToTrash fails. #19700
Exposed webContents.executeJavaScriptInIsolatedWorld. #21267
Exposing methods required by capturing a hidden webContents. #21895
Added BrowserWindow.will-move event support on macOS. #19641
Improved TouchBarButton and TouchBarLabel a11y with the new accessibilityLabel property. #20454
Fixes:
Added name of module to context-aware deprecation warning (#18397). #21958
Fixed Linux console warning about gtk_disable_setlocale(). #19986
Don't destroy active menus created as local objects in javascript. #19427
Fixed BrowserWindow.fromWebContents() to return null when no window is found for consistency with other APIs. #19983
Fixed a crash that could occur when calling crashReporter.getUploadedReports. #20428
Fixed a potential crash on faulty deviceNames in webContents.print(). #21982
Fixed an issue in the remote module which could cause the name of the Object constructor to be overwritten globally. #20637
Fixed an issue that prevented setuid binaries from being launched from the renderer process on Linux. #19953
Fixed an issue where menu.closePopup() would have no effect if called too soon after menu.popup(). #20114
Fixed an issue where net requests with redirection mode 'error' could incorrectly follow a redirect. #20686
Fixed an issue where microtasks could sometimes be scheduled too eagerly, causing crashes when invoking Electron APIs during promises in certain situations. #20303
Fixed an issue where sites using ShadowDOMV0, CustomElementsV0, or HTMLImports would not load properly. #21866
Fixed an issue with Node.js context initialization in renderer processes. #20836
Fixed async Node APIs not working after received IPC message. #19718
Fixed compilation error for native modules building with VS 2015. #21960
Fixed crash when doing redirect navigation with webRequest listener. #21841
Fixed debug symbol files on linux not containing private symbols. #20530
Fixed disabling color correct rendering with --disable-color-correct-rendering. #20356
Fixed issue with when playing videos or audio Electron would ask for accessibility access. #21998
Fixed memory leak when using protocol.registerSchemeAsPrivileged api. #20546
Fixed printing. #21059
Fixed setting content-type header with charset breaking protocol APIs. #20538
Fixed several deprecation warnings in Electron code. #20805
Fixed some systemPreferences.getColor() inconsistencies on macOS. #20611
Fixed white flash after restoring an app from the background. #19873
Prevented 'Reopen windows?' dialog from appearing on macOS after a crash. #19584
Re-enable DOM storage quota enforcement but change limit from 10MiB to 100MiB. #21380
Removed unnecessary chromium patch for browser compositor on mac. #20390
setLayoutZoomLevelLimits no longer works in Electron 8, so emit a warning message when using it. The function will be removed in Electron 9. #21360
Fixed a crash that could occur if a WebContents was destroyed during a navigation event. #20099
Fixed bug in 8.0.0 beta releases that prevented the dictionarySuggestions property from being populated correctly when the built-in spellchecker is enabled. #22015
Other Changes:
Added Windows on Arm (64 bit) release. #20094
Added Windows on Arm node header files to checksum file. #20255
Deprecated the default value of app.allowRendererProcessReuse (See #18397). #21287
Deprecated <webview>.getWebContents() due to its dependency on the remote module. #21039
Fixed first beta version choosing logic. bf66fe51
Made strip_absolute_paths_from_debug_symbols to false in debug.gn. #21316
No-notes. #18760, #20003
Removed undocumented ipcRenderer.sendToAll(). #19556
Documentation:
Documentation changes: #19387, #19444, #19804, #19975, #20230, #20472, #20621, #20622, #20644, #21743, #21874

New in Electron 9.0.0 Beta 1 (Feb 10, 2020)

Breaking Changes:
IPC between main and renderer processes now uses the Structured Clone Algorithm. #20214
Removed the visibleOnFullscreen option in setVisibleOnAllWorkspaces.. #21706
Split shell.openItem(path) into synchronous and asynchronous methods. #20682
Features:
Added BrowserWindow.moveAbove(mediaSourceId). #18926
Added GUID parameter to Tray API to avoid system tray icon demotion on Windows. #21891
Added --enable-api-filtering-logging command-line switch, which enables caller stack logging for desktopCapturer and remote APIs that can be blocked or filtered. #20335
Added app.getApplicationNameForProtocol() API. #20399
Added mouse-down and mouse-up events to the Tray on macOS. #21795
Added nativeTheme.themeSource to allow apps to override Chromium and the OS's theme choice. #19960
Added screen to systemPreferences.getMediaAccessStatus() for detecting the new macOS Catalina permissions. #20764
Added session.addWordToSpellCheckerDictionary API to support custom words in the. #21266
Added session.downloadURL() allowing to trigger downloads without a BrowserWindow. #19889
Added timeoutType property to allows users to set timeout type for Linux and Windows notifications. #20153
Added trafficLightPosition option in BrowserWindow API to allow custom positioning of traffic lights. #21781
Added tray.closeContextMenu() to allow programmatic closure of Tray menus. #21807
Added tray.focus(), which returns focus to the taskbar notification area. #19548
Added tray.removeBalloon(), which removes an already displayed balloon notification. #19547
Added validatedCertificate to the setCertificateVerifyProc callback to assist with certificate pinning implementations. #21890
Added win.accessibleTitle property to be able to augment the window title for the screen readers. #19698
Added win.getBackgroundColor() for BrowserWindow on macOS. #21448
Added a missing fiddle - migrates the 'Launching an app from URL...' fiddle from electron-api-demos. #20718
Added ability to inspect specific shared workers: contents.getAllSharedWorkers() / contents.inspectSharedWorkerById(workerId). #20389
Added about panel customization on Windows. #19420
Added an urgency property to allow customization of Linux-based notifications. #20152
Added new nativeTheme API to read and respond to changes in the OS's theme and color scheme. #19656
Added options to enable customization of print page headers and footers. #19688
Added property customization to save dialogs. #19672
Added support for HTTP preconnect resource hints. #18671
Added support for picture-in-picture mode for video elements. #17686
Added support for the built-in spellchecker. We will use the OS spellchecker on macOS and hunspell on all other platforms. #20692
Added the ability to prevent documents from being added to recent documents on Windows in open dialogs. #19669
Added the ability to set app activation policy on macOS. #21983
Added the ability to specify pageSize when printing with webContents.print(). #22014
Added the support of fitToPageEnabled and scaleFactor in WebContents.printToPDF(). #20436
Added tracing instrumentation to WebContents IPC methods, available with the contentTracing category "electron". #21404
Adds a fiddle to demo how to open external links and how to open all outbound links. #20763
Adds ability to disable / enable a TouchBarButton. #20945
Allowed some specific options to be passed via NODE_OPTIONS to packaged apps. #20857
Began issuing a deprecation warning when the 'remote' module is used when enableRemoteModule: true isn't explicitly specified. See https://github.com/electron/electron/issue/21408 for more details. #21546
Changed NODE_OPTIONs to allow --http-parser to be used in packaged apps. #21694
Deprecated <webview>.getWebContents() as it depends on the remote module. #20726
Enable macOS users to fallback to item removal when when shell.moveItemToTrash fails. #19700
Enabled V8 pointer compression. #21468
Explicitly allow product restoration to an app with. #21461
Exposed executeJavaScriptInIsolatedWorld on the webContents API. #21190
Exposed more customizable options for contents.printToPDF() and fixed a potential for native crash. #21906
Exposing methods required by capturing a hidden webContents。. #21679
Fixed Wunderlist app not loading. #17742
Implemented 'will-move' event on BrowserWindow on macOS. #19641
Implemented win.setAspectRatio() on Linux. #19516
Improved TouchBarButton and TouchBarLabel a11y with accessibilityLabel property. #20454
Improved the returned types and descriptions for the PrinterInfo API structure returned by webContents.getPrinters. #21081
New options added to tray.displayBalloon(): iconType, largeIcon, noSound and respectQuietTime. #19544
Objects not serializable using Structured Clone will now cause an error to be thrown when attempting to send them across IPC. #21560, #21560
Removed the deprecated 'setLayoutZoomLevelLimits' method. #21383
Switched to a native-backed implementation of Chrome Extensions. #21814
Fixes:
Added name of module to context-aware deprecation warning (#18397). #21952
DOM storage quota enforcement re-enabled, but limit changed from 10MiB to 100MiB. #20899
Don't destroy active menus created as local objects in javascript. #19427
Exposed setMenuBarVisibility on BrowserWindow again. #19557
Fixed Linux console warning about gtk_disable_setlocale(). #19986
Fixed Linux desktop tray icon size regression introduced in the 8.0 betas. #21904
Fixed Node.js' worker_threads in ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE. #20416
Fixed POST-ing HTML forms with target=_blank. #21469
Fixed BrowserWindow.fromWebContents() to return null when no window is found for consistency with other APIs. #19983
Fixed Tray.setContextMenu not updating the menu on Linux. #21883
Fixed cookies.get not working when url is not specified in filter. #20471
Fixed cookies.set not working correctly when name or expirationDate is omitted. #21454
Fixed shell.openExternal() option workingDirectory not working with Unicode characters. #20879
Fixed a bug where an unresizable window would shrink when restored after being minimized on Windows. #19886
Fixed a bug where sometimes a ~10px white border would be added to fullscreen windows on Windows. #19883
Fixed a crash in Node.js initialization in renderer processes. #20684
Fixed a crash in webContents.print() caused by infinite recursion. #21889
Fixed a crash in window.print(). #19690
Fixed a crash on <input type="file"> dialog cancellation. #19897
Fixed a crash on manual print cancellation as well as an issue with deviceName not working. #19598
Fixed a crash that could occur when calling crashReporter.getUploadedReports. #20428
Fixed a crash that could occur when visiting HTTPS sites with invalid certificates. #21976
Fixed a label mismatch on open and save dialogs on GTK. #20861
Fixed a potential crash on faulty deviceNames in webContents.print(). #21946
Fixed a race condition that occurred when using protocol.registerStreamProtocol. #19811
Fixed a regression in the recentDocuments MenuItem role on macOS. #20398
Fixed an issue in the remote module which could cause the name of the Object constructor to be overwritten globally. #20637
Fixed an issue that prevented setuid binaries from being launched from the renderer process on Linux. #19953
Fixed an issue where app.getPath('logs') would throw an error if the logs path was not previously set. #19653
Fixed an issue where menu.closePopup() would have no effect if called too soon after menu.popup(). #20114
Fixed an issue where net requests with redirection mode 'error' could incorrectly follow a redirect. #20686
Fixed an issue where webContents.printToPDF failed to properly generate the PDF document. #21783
Fixed an issue where a call to child_process.fork() would set ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE in the main process. #19742
Fixed an issue where extension URLs were passing an incorrectly formatted startPage. #21711
Fixed an issue where microtasks could sometimes be scheduled too eagerly, causing crashes when invoking Electron APIs during promises in certain situations. #20303
Fixed an issue where sites using ShadowDOMV0, CustomElementsV0, or HTMLImports would not load properly. #21858
Fixed an issue where the open-url event was not properly being fired on macOS. #20518
Fixed an issue with Node.js context initialization in renderer processes. #20833
Fixed an issue with open and save dialogs selecting properties. #19781
Fixed async Node APIs not working after received IPC message. #19718
Fixed build issue where ChromeDriver would fail to start. #21961
Fixed case where unlock-screen and lock-screen events would fire erroneously on citrix and other multi-session systems. #21805
Fixed case where sending IPC to a child window (opened with window.open) could cause a crash. #19553
Fixed compilation error for native modules building with VS 2015. #21950
Fixed crash loading file based ServiceWorkers. #20132
Fixed crash when doing redirect navigation with webRequest listener. #21838
Fixed debug symbol files on linux not containing private symbols. #20530
Fixed desktopCapturer leak. #20156
Fixed devtools extensions not loading due to "Connect to unknown extension [object Object]" errors. #20791
Fixed disabling color correct rendering with --disable-color-correct-rendering. #20356
Fixed downloading mas package failed when defined 'npm_config_platform=mas'. #21801
Fixed flash plugin not working. #22111
Fixed i18n of GTK messageboxes' stock buttons. #19904
Fixed improper behaviour of window with width constraint set during resize. #20519
Fixed issue where maximizing a window on Windows in vertically stacked multi-monitor setups could result in the window rendering a white screen. #20051
Fixed issue where renderers could crash during GC when using the contextBridge module. #22113
Fixed issue with when playing videos or audio Electron would ask for accessibility access. #21959
Fixed memory leak when using protocol.registerSchemeAsPrivileged api. #20546
Fixed net module request raises error when non-2xx response received. #21055
Fixed printing. #21026
Fixed process taking 100% CPU when crashed with no crashReporter set up on Windows x64. #20388
Fixed setting content-type header with charset breaking protocol APIs. #20538
Fixed several deprecation warnings in Electron code. #20793
Fixed some systemPreferences.getColor() inconsistencies on macOS. #20611
Fixed spelling errors. #21915
Fixed the position of popups being created over embedded content. #20232
Fixed vibrant windows not properly having rounded corners on Mac. #20360
Fixed white flash after restoring an app from the background. #19873
Limited the nativeTheme API to the browser process only. #20139
Localized dialog button text on Linux. #19725
No notes. #21930
Prevented 'Reopen windows?' dialog from appearing on macOS after a crash. #19584
Removed __esModule = true inadvertently exported by the electron module. #20939
Removed unnecessary chromium patch for browser compositor on mac. #20390
The dictionarySuggestions property is now correctly populated when the built-in spellchecker is enabled. #21997
Updated Node.js to v12.13.1. #21198
Updated Node.js to v12.8.0. #19521
[deps/uv] fsevents: fix file event reporting (backport: v12.x). #20408
setLayoutZoomLevelLimits no longer works in Electron 8, so emit a warning message when using it. The function will be removed in Electron 9. #21296
Other Changes:
Added Windows on Arm (64 bit) release. #20094
Added Windows on Arm node header files to checksum file. #20255
Fixed a crash that could occur if a WebContents was destroyed during a navigation event. #20099
Fixed first beta version choosing logic. bf66fe5
Fixed node.lib linking issue. #20192
No-notes. #18760, #20003
Prepare for 9.0.0-beta.1. 23f32ca
Removed .only. f566e56
Removed deprecated <webview>.getWebContents(). #20986
Removed undocumented ipcRenderer.sendToAll(). #19556
Strip non-determinism from zip release files. #21756
The remote module now properly serializes Boolean, Number, String and RegExp instances. #20427
Updated Node.js to v12.10.0. #20129
Updated Node.js to v12.12.0. #20584
Updated Node.js to v12.13.0. #20657
Updated Node.js to v12.14.0. #21579
Updated Node.js to v12.14.1. #21703
Updated Node.js to v12.8.1. #19790
Updated Node.js to v12.9.0. #19863
Updated Node.js to v12.9.1. #19980
Documentation:
Documentation changes: #19387, #19444, #19804, #19945, #19975, #20230, #20472, #20473, #20478, #20480, #20524, #20525, #20526, #20535, #20591, #20621, #20622, #20644, #21313, #21707, #21909, #21910, #21945, #21996

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Breaking Changes:
Removed deprecated APIs: powerMonitor.querySystemIdleState(), powerMonitor.querySystemIdleTime(), webFrame.setIsolatedWorldContentSecurityPolicy(), webFrame.setIsolatedWorldHumanReadableName(), webFrame.setIsolatedWorldSecurityOrigin(), app.getApplicationMenu() and app.setApplicationMenu(). #18159
Session.clearAuthCache no longer allows filtering the cleared cache entries. #17970
Removed deprecated Tray.setHighlightMode method (macOS). #18981
Native interfaces on macOS (menus, dialogs, etc.) now automatically match the dark mode setting on the users machine. #19226
Updated the electron npm module to use @electron/get. The minimum supported node version is now Node 8. #18413
Removed deprecated app.enableMixedSandbox() API. #17894
Removed deprecated callback versions of asynchronous functions to force use of promises. #17907
Notable Changes:
Switched to a new Typescript Definitions generator. This means that some interface names may have changed, if your Typescript build is failing this is the cause. #18103
The electron.asar file no longer exists, if you have packaging scripts that depend on it's existence you should update them. #18577
Deprecated netLog.currentlyLoggingPath. #18289
Features:
Added always-on-top-changed event emission for macOS. #19462
Added captureMode and maxFileSize options to the netLog API. #19215
Added creationTime / sandboxed / integrityLevel to app.getAppMetrics() output. #18718
Added getBounds() method for BrowserView. #19370
Added gpu-info-update event to app, which is emitted whenever there is a GPU info update. #18250
Added ipcRenderer.invoke() and ipcMain.handle() for asynchronous request/response-style IPC. #18449
Added memory to app.getAppMetrics(). #18831
Added process.getBlinkMemoryInfo(). #17762
Added removeInsertedCSS() to webFrame / webContents / <webview>. #16579
Added zoom-changed event to webContents, which is emitted when the user is trying to zoom in / out using the mouse wheel on Windows, even if the focus is inside an (x-origin) iframe. #17747
Added a method app.resignCurrentActivity() to allows marking inactive the current Handoff user activity without invalidating it. #18659
Added a property to set tooltips for MenuItems on macOS. #19099
Added a selection of new printing customization options. #18984
Added an optional conflict handling callback to app.moveToApplicationsFolder. #18916
Added security warning for remote module with remote content. #18822
Added support for CSS origin in webFrame.insertCSS(). #19268
Added support for NSVisualEffectMaterials vibrancy types added in macOS Mojave. #19073
Added support for mouse-move event of Tray API on Windows. #19265
Added support for systemPreferences.isDarkMode() API on Windows. #19217
Added support for systemPreferences.isHighContrastColorScheme() API on macOS. #19331
Added support for rotation multi-touch gestures on BrowserWindow for macOS. #19294
Added the ability to set authors in the Linux implementation of the About panel. #18964All async webContents / <webview> methods now return a Promise. #18792
Calling contentTracing.stopTracing() with no arguments is now permitted and has the same behaviour as calling it with an empty string (tracing data will be written to a temporary file). #18411
Converted webContents primitive getters and setters to bespoke properties. #18998
Enabled the W3C Reporting API. #18255
Exposed the value of NSNotification.object to subscribers of notifications in systemPreferences. #19110
Implemented BrowserWindow.setFocusable on macOS. #19033
Improved webContents.print() callback value to distinguish between success, failure, and cancellation. #19000
Renderer processes hosting cross-origin frames are now sandboxed unless the parent BrowserWindow enables nodeIntegrationInSubFrames. #18650
You can now set the ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD=1 environment variable to skip electron binary download during installation of the npm package. #17627
NetLog.startLogging() now returns a promise which resolves when the net log has started recording.
Fixes:
Added missing support for ELECTRON_DEFAULT_ERROR_MODE in the GPU process. #17728
"Node integration with remote content" and "loading insecure content" warning messages are suppressed for localhost connections. #18814
Converted badgeCount to an actual property on the app module. #17363
Ensured that the node env is not bootstrapped before running inspector. cf2103d
Ensured we wait for the inspect to disconnect. 2132fdf
Fixed process.uptime() returning the wrong time. #19436
Fixed triggeredByAccelerator Event property behavior for MenuItems. #18865
Fixed a crash on tray popup being called multiple times in a row. #18999
Fixed an issue where the Tray icon context menu on macOS blocked the main process while open. #18880
Fixed bug where the close event would not emit upon closing modal window on macOS. #19014
Fixed crashReporter addExtraParameter / removeExtraParameter methods undefined in macOS node child processes. #15790
Fixed error throwing on invalid webRequest url pattern filtering in onBeforeRequest. #19337
Fixed incorrect passing of dialog MessageBox type. #19349
Fixed inverted alwaysOnTop status returned when always-on-top-changed was emitted on Linux and Windows. #19463
Fixed issues that will halt the runtime on modern Python. #18395
Fixed linting after shell rename. 5693033
Fixed setting src on <webview> being too slow. #18990
Fixed silent printing across platforms. #18979
Fixed support for the webkitdirectory attribute on input[type=file] elements. #18343
Fixed windows debug logging. #18199
Node.JS globals (process, Buffer, etc.) are no longer removed from the global scope if you have contextIsolation enabled as it is safe for those variables to still exist in their isolated world. #18967
Non-absolute session preload script paths are now ignored for sandboxed renderers. #19066
Standardized the about panel icon size on Linux. #18957
GetPath('logs') now throws better error when it fails to find the logs path. #19514
Web-contents-created and browser-window-created no longer emit an empty object in place of Event. #19465
Fixed an issue whereby requiring some modules before the app ready event had side effects. #17496
Fixed an issue where netLog.startLogging() would silently fail when called immediately during app.on('ready').
Other Changes:
Converted appLevelAppearance to be a property on systemPreferences. #18477
Converted autoHideMenuBar to a property on BrowserWindow instances. #18555
Converted savePath accessor to a property on DownloadItem instances. #18677
Converted resizable, maximizable, minimizable, fullscreenable, movable and closable getters / setters on the BrowserWindow class to properties. #18618
Converted name to be a property on the app module. #17701
Converted nativeImage.templateImage to be a property on the nativeImage prototype. #18124
Documentation:
Documentation changes: #17865, #17903, #17904, #18328, #18368, #18499

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Features:
Added activate option to webContents.openDevTools. #13852
Added preload-error event to webContents. #16411
Added a way to query for system colors on MacOS via systemPreferences.getSystemColor(). #16248
Added about panel customization on linux. #15658
Added additional remote APIs filtering. #16293
Added an option to MenuItem that makes it possible to skip accelerator registration. #15723
Added app.commandLine.hasSwitch() / app.commandLine.getSwitchValue(). #16282
Added app.getLocaleCountryCode() method for region detection. #15035
Added event and method to detect high contrast color schemes. #15493
Added fileMenu / viewMenu / appMenu roles. #16328
Added getMemoryFootprint API. #14847
Added macOS support for systemPreferences.getAccentColor(). #16251
Added macOS support to systemPreferences.getColor(). #16249
Added media access APIs for macOS Mojave. #15624
Added methods to DownloadItem that enable customization of the save dialog options during will-download events. #15497
Added remote.require() / remote.getGlobal() filtering. #15014
Added support for DesktopCapturerSource.appIcon. 1f55f16
Added support for multiple browser views per BrowserWindow. #16148
Added support for running preload scripts and nodeIntegration in iframes. #16425
Allow for MacOS notifications to be immediately delivered. #16060
Allow numpad keys to be used as accelerators. #15689
Allow partial setting of window bounds with win.setBounds(). #15677
Allow registering of multiple globalShortcuts. #15542
Converted desktopCapturer.getSources(options) to return a promise instead taking a callback. #16427
Converted protocol.isProtocolHandled() to return a promise instead taking a callback. #16423
Converted zoomLevel() and zoomFactor() for webContents and <webview> to return a promise instead taking a callback. #16410
Deprecate modules internally using remote.require in sandboxed renderer context. #15145
Expose showAboutPanel for MacOS. #15674
Exposes an API to allow apps to determine their status as a trusted accessibility client. #16119
Feat: expose WebContents#setBackgroundThrottling. #15104
Made ipc-message and ipc-message-sync events public. #16468
Mixed-sandbox mode is now enabled by default. enableMixedSandbox and the --enable-mixed-sandbox command-line switch still exist for compatibility, but are deprecated and have no effect. #15894
Mixed-sandbox mode works on Linux. #15870
Promisifies app.getFileIcon. #15742
Promisify shell.openExternal() by splitting it into a sync and async method. #16176
Promisify win.capturePage(). #15743
Security: add an option to disable the remote module. #13028
Support response headers in File protocol handler. #16098
The browser-backward and browser-forward app-command events events available in BrowserWindow now work on Linux. #15441
Updated SpellCheck API to support asynchronous results. #14032
Upgraded to Chromium 70.0.3538.79. #15405
Upgraded to Chromium 71.0.3578.98. #15966
Use default-app behavior in packaged apps. #16310
WebContents.loadURL and loadFile now return a promise. #15855
Fixes:
'win.setParentWindow(parent)' available also under Windows. #15775
not working with contextIsolation + sandbox. #16469
Added --disable-color-correct-rendering switch. #15898
Allow passing a trace config as options to a "contentTracing.startRecording" call. #13914
Avoid appending git version to the exported patches. #15389
Be more lenient about whitespace in webview's "webpreferences" feature string. #15602
Bypass DOM storage quota. #15596
Changed the file dialog presented by inputs with the type file to use sheets on macOS instead of detached modals. #16329
Correct windowMenu MenuItem role on MacOS. #15930
Crash in sandbox on linux when getting execPath. #15701
Disabled CORB checks when web security preference is disabled. #15737
Do not print an error about devtools extensions when folder does not exist. #15992
Enable use of NODE_OPTIONS env var. #15158
Fix: backgroundColor is preserved through reload. #15105
Fix: correct reversed logic in BrowserWindow#setEnabled on macOS. #15257
Fix: correctly enable and disable windows on Windows and Linux. #15184
Fix: hiddenInset titleBar console spam. #15576
Fix: incorrect path returned by IAP getReceiptURL(). #15355
Fix: make certain values on process read-only. #15628
Fix: osr windows now respect display scale factor. #15733
Fix: prevent bluetooth device list from growing without bound. #15805
Fix: set NSResizableWindowMask at init time. #15106
Fixed 4-0-x regression that broke original-fs. #16028
Fixed Electron not being visible when launching in development mode on node v11. #15469
Fixed Electron not starting in development from the CLI. #16116
Fixed V8 deprecation warnings. #15842
Fixed <webview> tag not working when using contextIsolation. #16067
Fixed BrowserWindow.getNativeWindowHandle() returning invalid handle. #16014
Fixed shell.beep() on Ubuntu. #16350
Fixed a bug that made all cookies non persistent. #15836
Fixed a bug where window.opener of a window created with window.open from a sandboxed renderer was null. #15821
Fixed a freeze when using the GPU in some configurations. #15555
Fixed a problem where the focus would move to the browser window after the user (SHIFT +) tabbed through all the elements in the page (#12919). #16042
Fixed ability to fetch separators menu items by id. #15290
Fixed an issue preventing the electron.exe executable from being renamed on Windows when using native modules. #15173
Fixed an issue that prevented setting the BrowserView's background color after the first paint. #15784
Fixed an issue where on Linux, the setuid sandbox was incorrectly enabled when passing --enable-mixed-sandbox. #15722
Fixed an issue whereby registerAccelerator was being set to the registerAccelerator property of its role even when registerAccelerator was undefined. #16309
Fixed an issue with --remote-debugging-port not showing the devtools discovery page. #15844
Fixed an issue with bundled zlib headers not including the chromium-specific names.h, also fix an issue with libuv symbols not being exported in node.lib. #15097
Fixed an issue with promise methods not resolving correctly over ipc in the renderer process. #16433
Fixed bug that caused menu accelerators to stop working on some linux. #15094
Fixed checkboxes not rendering in mojave. #14865
Fixed chrome_process_finder.patch description. #15577
Fixed cpu pegging on single-core windows. #15975
Fixed crash on exit when using BrowserView. #15541
Fixed crash on macOS when using globalShortcut for media keys when accessibility access is not granted. #16125
Fixed crash when closing popup windows. #16472
Fixed crash when showing source folder in devtools. #15387
Fixed crash when using stream protocols. #15185
Fixed default font fallback for non-latin scripts. #15486
Fixed default trash impl on linux to use gio. #15399
Fixed delivery of IPC events to renderer processes when both contextIsolation and sandbox are enabled. #16352
Fixed exceptions being thrown in Electrons Chrome API implementation. #15518
Fixed incorrect display of 'zoom in' accelerator on mac. #15502
Fixed incorrect display of some GtkMessageDialog icons. #15326
Fixed incorrect foreground color on GTK menubar. #15878
Fixed issue where getNativeWindowHandle() would return an empty buffer on macOS. #15521
Fixed issue where some devtools extensions would not be loaded at start up. #13844
Fixed issue with incorrectly packaged Login Helper app, which caused issues with signing apps. #15610
Fixed issue with setting and unsetting an app as a LoginItem. #15010
Fixed loading chrome devtools extensions with sandbox enabled. #15563
Fixed missing remote object error when calling remote function created in preload script. #15444
Fixed potential crash when closing windows on macOS 10.10 and10.11. #15327
Fixed returning headers with multiple values for stream protocols. #14887
Fixed some accelerators having Shift appended to them twice. #15400
Fixed support for precision trackpad/mouse scrolling on Windows. #15830
Fixed typo by changing "masOS" to "macOS". #15861
Fixed unclickable buttons when using customButtonsOnHover. #15564
Fixed window close crash that was happening on macos 10.9. #15660
Handled app name and productName have trailing whitespace. #15269
Handled window.open events in BrowserView. #12686
Honor properties.showHiddenFiles in dialog.showOpenDialog() on Linux. #15503
Introduce LocationProxy for BrowserWindowProxy. #15019
Memory > Profiles > Load in DevTools. #15151
Move NativeWindow tracking to OSR WCV. #15585
No-notes. #16153
Package swiftshader binaries. #15380
Re-enabled offscreen rendering. #15046
Removed statSyncNoException for good. #15092
Restore missing .lproj directories in macOS bundle. #15721
Security: allow to block desktopCapturer.getSources() calls. #15964
Security: don't allow arbitrary methods to be invoked on webContents via IPC. #15919
Security: improve IPC validation in guest-view-manager. #16252
ShowSaveDialog and showOpenDialog callbacks may be called with undefineds. #15549
Small refactoring regressions. #15206
Support async child process methods without callback in asar. #15927
TakeHeapSnapshot() using public IPC channel for internal implementation. #16480
Throw an error if app.setAccessibilitySupportEnabled() is called before the ready event is emitted. #16261
Updated fs methods for options param. #15323
Windowmenu role did not show the window list on macOS. #16387
Other Changes:
(No release note for this change.). #15354
(refactor) Remove api::WebContents::CreateFrom. #15241
(refactor) Remove potential double free when managing WebContents. #15280
Added 'use strict' to default app sources. #16346
Added BinaryMuse to troppers. #16062
Added legacy callback function tests to prevent regressions as the promisification initiative continues. #16436
Added v8_context_snapshot_generator to mksnapshot.zip. #15606
Bump minimum supported macOS version to 10.10. #15357
Disabled nodeIntegration / webviewTag by default. #16235
Don't expose NavigationController as an internal module. #15920
Eliminate brightray. #15240
Eliminate brightray::BrowserClient. #15320
Eliminate brightray::BrowserMainParts. #15336
Eliminate brightray::ContentClient. #15303
Eliminate brightray::MainDelegate. #15333
Eliminate duplicate code exposing process APIs. #15824
Enable v2 sandbox on mac. #15647
Fixed an issue where N-API and zlib symbols weren't correctly exported on windows, and also enable support for the NODE_OPTIONS environment variable. #15177
Fixed version bump script for first beta. 29e5195
Improved tray icon context menu and menu bar accessibility. #15302
Misc cleanup. #16037
More cleanup of chromium_src. #15424
Move devtools from brightray to atom. #15234
Move media/net from brightray to atom. #15288
Move notifications from brightray to atom. #15209
Move spellcheck out of chromium_src. #15407
No longer require submenu for services menuitem. #15656
Pass isWebViewTagEnabled via ELECTRON_BROWSER_SANDBOX_LOAD. #16238
Removed hardcoded Google API key. #15478
Removed support for deprecated construction of a TouchBar with an array of items, use an options object instead. #15650
Removed the experimental tag from the BrowserView API docs. #15117
Removed unneeded pyproto files from release archives. #15348
Removed unused atom_api_renderer_ipc.h. #16481
Removed unused chrome_notification_types.h. #15409
Removed unused lib/sandboxed_renderer/api/ipc-renderer.js. #15917
Rename nativeRequire to potentiallyRemoteRequire. #15971
Reset npm version to 5.0.0-beta.0. 3926d9d
Restore kill_win.cc dcheck. #15630
Simplify isRemoteModuleEnabled handling in sandboxed renderers. #15961
Simplify require for modules internally using remote.require in sandbox. #16104
Use helpers for command-line parsing in renderer/init.js. #16239
Use helpers when using the remote module in sandboxed renderers. #15960
V8 embedder version string changed from -node.N to -electron.N. #15039
Warn if you try to use Electron APIs from a non-electron environment. #15916

New in Electron 3.1.1 (Jan 15, 2019)

New in Electron 3.1.0 (Jan 8, 2019)

New in Electron 4.1.0 (Jan 5, 2019)

New in Electron 3.1.0 Beta 5 (Jan 5, 2019)

New in Electron 3.0.14 (Jan 5, 2019)

New in Electron 4.0.0 (Dec 21, 2018)

Breaking Changes:
Upgraded to Chromium 69.0.3497.106 and Node 10.11.0. #13756, #14964, #14972
Changed to the new single instance API. #12782, #14518
Bumped minimum supported macOS version to 10.10. #15357
Features:
Added "will-move" event to the BrowserWindow. #14283
Added BrowserWindow.setWindowButtonVisibility(). a42ca9ee
Added Version key to Electron Framework Mac bundle's Info.plist. #14296
Added systemPreferences APIs to help apps respect Mojave dark mode settings. #14755
Added webPreferences.enableRemoteModule option allowing to disable the remote module to increase sandbox security. #15222
Added getNormalBounds() API for the BrowserWindow class to fetch window bounds while minimized. #13290
Added will-redirect event on webContents to capture, handle and prevent redirects during navigations. #13866
Added an option to MenuItem that makes it possible to skip accelerator registration. #15840
Added app.enableSandbox(). #14999
Added creationTime method to process. #13542
Added event.senderId property to IPCs sent via ipcRenderer.sendTo. #14395
Added getUploadProgress API to the net module. #13783
Added isCurrentlyAudible() to WebContents. #13614
location url added to "Node.js Integration with Remote Content" warning. #13973
Added media access APIs for macOS Mojave. #15948
Added always-on-top-change event. #14951
Added query, search and hash options to webContents.loadFile. #14515
Added process.takeHeapSnapshot() and webContents.takeHeapSnapshot(). #14456
Added screen reader support for Win32 toast notifications. #13834
Added session.setPermissionCheckHandler(). #13925
Added will-resize event to TopLevelWindow. #13649
Added workingDirectory to shell.openExternal() options. #15065
Added app.showAboutPanel() on macOS. #15680
Added app.getGPUInfo(). #13486
Added --disable-color-correct-rendering switch. #16020
Allow partial setting of window bounds. #15699
Added win.setShape() API to TopLevelWindow. #13789
Allow window above full screen windows on macOS. #14122
Allow filtering of remote.require() / remote.getGlobal() requests by handling remote-require / remote-get-global events. #15562
Expose WebContents#setBackgroundThrottling. #15623
Point based API's now automatically round incoming x and y values. #14604
Expose several process object APIs to sandboxed renderers. #13505
Added simplified Mojave dark mode APIs. #14895
Support chrome:// URLs in default_app. #13575
Enable use of NODE_OPTIONS env var. #15259
Added a mediaType property to media permission requests to distinguish between video and audio requests. #14600
menu.popup() options are now optional. #13977
Fixes:
Several process APIs were returning proxied values instead of simple ones. #13905
Preload scripts could not be loaded with CSP enabled. #13032
Correctly remove DOM storage limits. #15688
Correctly mark crashReporter companyName as required. #14132
Debugger command callbacks now run with null as the error when no error has occurred. #14814
CORB checks are now disabled when web security preference is disabled. #15801
OSR windows now respects display scale factor. #15865
Prevent bluetooth device list from growing without bound. #15866
Security warnings now correctly show in sandboxed renderers. #14869
Fixed a crash on exit when using BrowserView. #15640
Fixed a crash when using stream protocols. #15210
Fixed shift-based accelerators not rendering correctly. #14966, #15401
Fixed too-thin font rendering in macOS Mojave. #15007
Fixed occasional freeze when navigating webview. #14487
Honor properties.showHiddenFiles in dialog.showOpenDialog() on Linux. #15506
Fixed incorrect display of 'zoom in' accelerator on mac. #15626
Speech synthesis APIs now return OS voices on Windows. #14070
Fixed CSP warnings in the default app. #13437
Fixed notifications when running in a Windows Store environment. #13258
On MacOS, closing notifications will now trigger the close Event. #13306
Menu.buildFromTemplate() no longer creates empty MenuItems on falsey values. #13992
Fixed multiple printing bugs. #15976
Updated fs.stat/fs.statSync for new options param. #15350
Partially fix the memory leak when opening child windows with nativeWindowOpen. #15190
Other Changes:
Changed build system from GYP to GN. #14097
require('electron') performance improvements #14633
Deprecated findInPage optionswordStart and medialCapitalAsWordStart. #15735
Deprecated default webPreferences values for nodeIntegration, contextIsolation and webviewTag. #15045
Fixed Widevine CDM not loading content. #14423
Print a deprecation warning when the child windows opened with nativeWindowOpen option have node integration. #15193
Removed experimentalCanvasFeatures property. #13684
Removed legacy helpers (Electron Helper EH/NP). #14436
Removed private webContents.getId() API. #13674
On Windows, functions available on Windows 7+ are now statically linked. #13578
Removed unneeded pyproto files from release archives. #15398
In Electron 5.0, the default for nodeIntegration will change from true to false. Electron 4 will log a warning in the renderer when nodeIntegration is enabled by default. #16004
Public IPC channel (ipcRenderer / ipcMain) is no longer used to implement Electron internals (remote module for example). #13940
Removed WTL dependency on Windows. #13463
Remove use of some deprecated Chromium APIs. #14420, #13312, #13436, #13425, #13703
V8 embedder version string changed from -node.N to -electron.N. #15120
Implement ipcRenderer.sendTo in native code for better performance. #14285
Other small IPC efficiency improvements. #14302, #14286
Warn if you try to use Electron APIs from a non-electron environment. #15977
Move pepper flash behind feature flag. #13322
Dependencies:
Updated serve version from 6.5.3 to 6.5.8. #14159
Upgraded sqlite from 3.24 to 3.26. #16073

New in Electron 4.0.0 Beta 11 (Dec 19, 2018)

New in Electron 2.0.16 (Dec 19, 2018)

New in Electron 3.0.13 (Dec 18, 2018)

New in Electron 3.1.0 Beta 4 (Dec 18, 2018)

New in Electron 4.1.0 Beta 10 (Dec 18, 2018)

New in Electron 3.0.12 (Dec 15, 2018)

New in Electron 3.1.0 Beta 3 (Dec 15, 2018)

New in Electron 4.0.0 Beta 9 (Dec 14, 2018)

New in Electron 2.0.15 (Dec 14, 2018)

New in Electron 3.1.0 Beta 2 (Dec 4, 2018)

New in Electron 4.0.0 Beta 8 (Dec 3, 2018)

Bug Fixes/Changes:
Build: add v8_context_snapshot_generator to mksnapshot zip. #15608
Fix: update the "SSL_get_tlsext_status_type" patch. #15593
Chore: fix missing n at end of exported patches (#15579). #15619
Chore: add simple set/unset loginitem spec. #15599
Fix: correctly display zoom in accelerator on mac (backport: 4-0-x). #15626
Fix: destroy WebContents synchronously on shutdown. #15640
Fix: don't append Shift modifier text twice to accelerators (backport: 4-0-x). #15401
Fix: correctly package Login Helper in mas builds. #15615
Chore: remove the 'get-patch' script. #15643
Fix: send NSView* as the response to getNativeWindowHandle() instead of a null handle. #15644
Ci: add testing for mksnapshot (backport: 4-0-x). #15655
Fix: NSWindow crash happening on macos 10.9. #15670
Fix: Menu accelerators not working (#15094). #15662
Refactor: no longer require submenu for services menuitem. #15671
Feat: expose setBackgroundThrottling api. #15623
Feat: expose showAboutPanel for MacOS. #15680
Fix: window.open site instance should belong to the same browsing instance. #15698
Fix: bypass DOM storage quota (backport: 4-0-x). #15688
Docs: remove unsafe eval section of security tutorial (backport: 4-0-x). #15685
Build: use different directory for generated breakpad symbols. #15720
Chore: Deprecate options in webcontents.findInPage. #15735
Feat: allow partial setting of window bounds. #15699
Fix: package swiftshader binaries. #15745
Docs: limits of nativeWindowOpen. #15751
Fix: revert: "window.open site instance should belong to the same browsing instance (#15698)". #15756
Docs: add note about win_delay_load_hook (backport: 4-0-x). #15771
Fix: restore missing .lproj directories. #15769
Build: make make_locale_dirs idempotent. #15780
Build: fix native_mksnapshot build (backport: 4-0-x). #15799
Fix: bypass CORB when web security is disabled (#15737). #15801
Fix: ensure that file descriptors 0/1/2 are opened at startup (backport: 4-0-x). #15763
Fix: load the chrome.* API on chrome-extension pages in sandbox mode. #15794
Feat: add registerAccelerator flag to allow menu items to optionally skip accelerator registration (backport: 4-0-x). #15840
Fix: backport patch to fix scrolling problem. #15831
Fix: add missing shell_resources.pak to repack target (backport: 4-0-x). #15852
Fix: schedule a paint after browserview's background is set. #15797
Fix: form control rendering on 10.14 Mojave. #15869
Fix: osr windows respect display scale factor. #15865
Test: attempt at fixing flaky takeHeapSnapshotTest. #15881
Fix: ignore unused freopen result. #15885

New in Electron 2.0.14 (Nov 20, 2018)

New in Electron 3.0.9 (Nov 13, 2018)

New in Electron 4.0.0 Beta 7 (Nov 6, 2018)

New in Electron 4.0.0 Beta 6 (Nov 1, 2018)

New in Electron 3.0.6 (Oct 25, 2018)

New in Electron 4.0.0 Beta 4 (Oct 19, 2018)

New in Electron 3.0.4 (Oct 11, 2018)

New in Electron 3.0.3 (Oct 8, 2018)

New in Electron 2.0.11 (Oct 2, 2018)

New in Electron 3.0.2 (Sep 28, 2018)

New in Electron 3.0.1 (Sep 27, 2018)

New in Electron 2.0.10 (Sep 19, 2018)

New in Electron 3.0.0 (Sep 19, 2018)

Changes / New Features:
Major bumps to several important parts of Electron's toolchain, including Chrome v66.0.3359.181, Node v10.2.0, and V8 v6.6.346.23.
[#12656] feat: app.isPackaged
[#12652] feat: app.whenReady()
[#13183] feat: process.getHeapStatistics()
[#12485] feat: win.moveTop() to move window z-order to top
[#13110] feat: TextField and Button APIs
[#13068] feat: netLog API for dynamic logging control
[#13539] feat: enable webview in sandbox renderer
[#14118] feat: fs.readSync now works with massive files
[#14031] feat: node fs wrappers to make fs.realpathSync.native and fs.realpath.native available
Breaking API changes:
[#12362] feat: updates to menu item order control
[#13050] refactor: removed documented deprecated APIs
See docs for more details
[#12477] refactor: removed did-get-response-details and did-get-redirect-request events
[#12655] feat: default to disabling navigating on drag/drop
[#12993] feat: Node v4.x or greater is required use the electron npm module
[#12008 #12140 #12503 #12514 #12584 #12596 #12637 #12660 #12696 #12716 #12750 #12787 #12858] refactor: NativeWindow
[#11968] refactor: menu.popup()
[#8953] feat: no longer use JSON to send the result of ipcRenderer.sendSync
[#13039] feat: default to ignore command line arguments following a URL
[#12004] refactor: rename api::Window to api::BrowserWindow
[#12679] feat: visual zoom now turned off by default
[#12408] refactor: rename app-command media-play_pause to media-play-pause
macOS:
[#12093] feat: workspace notifications support
[#12496] feat: tray.setIgnoreDoubleClickEvents(ignore) to ignore tray double click events.
[#12281] feat: mouse forward functionality on macOS
[#12714] feat: screen lock / unlock events
Windows:
[#12879] feat: added DIP to/from screen coordinate conversions
Nota Bene: Switching to an older version of Electron after running this version will require you to clear out your user data directory to avoid older versions crashing. You can get the user data directory by running console.log(app.getPath("userData")) or see docs for more details.
Bug Fixes:
[#13397] fix: issue with fs.statSyncNoException throwing exceptions
[#13476, #13452] fix: crash when loading site with jquery
[#14092] fix: crash in net::ClientSocketHandle destructor
[#14453] fix: notify focus change right away rather not on next tick
MacOS:
[#13220] fix: issue allowing bundles to be selected in <input file="type"> open file dialog
[#12404] fix: issue blocking main process when using async dialog
[#12043] fix: context menu click callback
[#12527] fix: event leak on reuse of touchbar item
[#12352] fix: tray title crash
[#12327] fix: non-draggable regions
[#12809] fix: to prevent menu update while it's open
[#13162] fix: tray icon bounds not allowing negative values
[#13085] fix: tray title not inverting when highlighted
[#12196] fix: Mac build when enable_run_as_node==false
[#12157] fix: additional issues on frameless windows with vibrancy
[#13326] fix: to set mac protocol to none after calling app.removeAsDefaultProtocolClient
[#13530] fix: incorrect usage of private APIs in MAS build
[#13517] fix: tray.setContextMenu crash
[#14205] fix: pressing escape on a dialog now closes it even if defaultId is set
Linux:
[#12507] fix: BrowserWindow.focus() for offscreen windows
Other Notes:
PDF Viewer is not working in 3.0.0 but will be return soon
TextField and Button APIs are experimental and are therefore off by default. They can be enabled with the enable_view_api build flag

New in Electron 3.0.0 Beta 13 (Sep 18, 2018)

New in Electron 3.0.0 Beta 12 (Sep 13, 2018)

New in Electron 3.0.0 Beta 11 (Sep 12, 2018)

New in Electron 2.0.0 (Sep 11, 2018)

New in Electron 3.0.0 Beta 10 (Sep 8, 2018)

New in Electron 3.0.0 Beta 9 (Sep 6, 2018)

New in Electron 3.0.0 Beta 8 (Aug 31, 2018)

New in Electron 3.0.0 Beta 7 (Aug 23, 2018)

New in Electron 2.0.8 (Aug 23, 2018)

New in Electron 1.8.8 (Aug 23, 2018)

New in Electron 1.7.16 (Aug 23, 2018)

New in Electron 3.0.0 Beta 6 (Aug 21, 2018)

New in Electron 3.0.0 Beta 5 (Aug 14, 2018)

New in Electron 2.1.0 Unsupported (Aug 10, 2018)

New in Electron 2.0.7 (Aug 9, 2018)

New in Electron 3.0.0 Beta 4 (Aug 2, 2018)

New in Electron 3.0.0 Beta 3 (Jul 18, 2018)

New in Electron 2.0.5 (Jul 14, 2018)

New in Electron 3.0.0 Beta 2 (Jul 11, 2018)

New in Electron 2.0.4 (Jul 4, 2018)

New in Electron 3.0.0 Beta 1 (Jun 21, 2018)

Upgrades:
Upgraded from Chrome 61.0.3163.10 to 66.0.3359.181. #12477
Upgraded from Node 8.9.3 to 10.2.0. #12477
Upgraded from v8 6.1.534.41 to 6.6.346.32. #12477
Breaking API changes:
Changed menu item order control. #12362
Aliased arm builds are no longer published. #12991
Removed documented deprecated APIs. #13050
Removed did-get-response-details and did-get-redirect-request events. #12477
Default to disabling navigating on drag/drop. #12655
Node 4.x or greater is required. #12993
Refactored NativeWindow (Part 1): Remove WebContentsObserver methods. #12008
Refactored NativeWindow (Part 2): NativeWindow is no longer WebContentsObserver. #12140
Refactored NativeWindow (Part 3): Remove is_offscreen_dummy from NativeWindow. #12503
Refactored NativeWindow (Part 4): Move AutofillPopup from NativeWindow to WebContents #12514
Refactored NativeWindow (Part 5): Add NativeWindow::SetContentView. #12584
Refactored NativeWindow (Part 6): Move NativeWindow bindings to api::TopLevelWindow. #12596
Refactored NativeWindow (Part 7): Expose TopLevelWindow in JavaScript. #12637
Refactored NativeWindow (Part 8): Prepare work for using views::Widget on macOS. #12660
Refactored NativeWindow (Part 9): Use views::Widget on macOS. #12696
Refactored NativeWindow (Part 10): Share more code between NativeWindow implementations. #12716
Refactored NativeWindow (Part 11): NativeWindowViews should not be a View #12750
Refactored NativeWindow (Part 12): Do not use custom content view on macOS. #12787
Refactored NativeWindow (Part 13): Add View and WebContentsView APIs. #12858
Refactored menu.popup. #11968 #11968
Changed to no longer use JSON to send the result of ipcRenderer.sendSync. #8953
Changed to default to ignore command line arguments following a URL. #13039
Renamed api::Window to api::BrowserWindow. #12004
Changed to turn off visual zoom by default. #12679
Windows:
Renamed app-command media-play_pause to media-play-pause. #12408
Other Changes:
Added the ability to build with GN. #12837, #12884, #12948, #13286, #13005, #12885, #12647, #12882, #12950, #12952, #13124, #13285, #12953 , #12949, #13284, #12957, #12951, 12738
Documentation fixes and updates. #12084, #13259, #12595, #12674, #12577, #12103, #12767, #12373, #12202, #12504, #12617, #13281, #12123, #12627, #13293, #13142, #13064, #12986, #12276, #13084, #13233, #12804, #13099, #13013, #13187, #13270, #13229, #12274, #12736, #11966, #12155, #12400, #11328, #12900, #12389, #12387, #12232, #12922, #12968, #12422, #12149, #12794, #12822, #13089, #12113, #12067, #13103, #12902, #12797, #12786, #12058, #12204, #13294, #12542, #12781, #12682, #12040, #12847, #12852, #12452, #12665, #12756, #12000, #12428, #12315, #12072, #12912, #12967, #12105, #13063
Fixed to correctly detect insecure resources. #12309
Added app.whenReady(). #12652
Added enable_desktop_capturer build flag. #13133
Added a display_id parameter to the desktopCapturer API. #12417
Added app.isPackaged. #12656
Added clang-format script and precommit hook. #12651
Added converters for base::BindOnce and base::BindRepeating. #12646
Added did-frame-navigate event to WebContents. #12723
Added layout support for View API. #13044
Test fixes and updates. #12257, #13227, #13266, #13267, #13268, #13269, #13271, #13272, #13273, #12241, #13241, #13291, #13155, #13237, #13238, #13239, #13263, #12122, #12817, #12749, #12153, #12015, #12403, #12757, #12186, #12189, #13122, #12886, #12917, #12139, #12263, #13066
Added win.moveTop() to move window z-oder to top. #12485
Added before-quit-for-update event to autoUpdater. #12619
Added optional verbose switch -v to build script. #12118
Added process.getHeapStatistics(). #13183
Fixed support for typed arrays in remote/rpc-server. #13055
Added sccache option to bootstrap. #12582
Fixed tls check to no longer rely on an external service. #13338
Changed c++ std from gnu++14 to c++14. #13248
Fixed issue with BrowserWindow.getFocusedWindow(). #12526
Fixed issue with menu.popup. #12325
Added support for generating compilation db. #12104
Fixed native crash in url_request_context.cc. #12305
Added the capability to clear cache storage data. #12546
Fixed the default of allowRunningInsecureContent as per docs. #12556
Added documentation on automated testing with a custom driver. #12446
Improved removeRemoteListenersAndLogWarning. #12975, #12998
Fixed issue starting Electron with Node options. #13323
Fixed issue where cookies and credentials were being captured in netlog. #13065
Fixed invisible menu items no longer triggering. #12825
Added support for rebuild of native modules for unreleased electron. #12217
Enabled plznavigate for browser side navigation. #12535
Enabled WebFrame method forwarding in sandboxed renderers. #12538
Fixed issue where preload script was executing twice. #12190
Fixed issue exiting HTML fullscreen when window leaves fullscreen. #13090
Added events (EventEmitter) to sandboxed renderer. #12828
Fixed isOffScreen method to always be available. #12530
Added WebFrame routingId. #12614
Added process.env to sandbox renderer. #12166
Added deprecate.property(). #13101
Added TextField and Button APIs. #13110
Added netLog API for dynamic logging control. #13068
Added new makeSingleInstance API. #12782
Changed to queue spell check request asynchronously. #12112
Added powerMonitor.querySystemIdleState and powerMonitor.querySystemIdleTime. #11807
Fixed autofill popup position when the popup is spawned from a webview. #13184
Fixed context menu for sandbox devtools. #11933
Fixed crash when releasing a script context that never had node injected. #12741
Fixed crash when using getWebPreferences api with devtools webContents. #12254
Fixed crashes and added tests for View API. #12995
Fixed deprecated API in tools/dump-version-info.js. #12003
Fixed dev tools window interfering with mouse forward. #12132
Fixed dockMenu not being referenced in JavaScript. #12062
Fixed empty description when only one extension is given. #12954
Fixed menubar toggle alt key detection on focus. #12167
Fixed network delegate race condition. #12044
Fixed optimizeSimpleObject for arrays of objects. #12815 #12815
Fixed transparency in capturePage. #12561
Fixed vulnerabilities both top-level and in spec. #13029
Fixed can't load module error when app is packaged. #13283
Fixed to ensure that getLastCrashReport() is actually the last crash report. #12253
Fixed incorrect warnings in webviews. #12234
Fixed listeners out of limit warning. #12841
Fixed passing the boolean value of enableAutoSize in webContents.setSize(options). #13282
Added additional webFrame methods. #11607
Fixed error while using Spectron. #12511
Added remote exception handling. #12694
Added dialog (alert/confirm) blocking as a user switch after the first dialog. #11613
Fixed mime type deduction in URLRequestAsarJob. #12319
Fixed to use parent's visibility instead of inherited 'show' option. #12228
Added option to use to use a local build of Electron. #12426
Fixed preload not loading in sandboxed render if preload path contains special chars. #12037
Fixed propagating referrer to new windows. #12397
Fixed disabling accelerators. #12449
Refactored sandbox preload initialization. #12877
Fixed build_debug_libccargument on bootstrap. #11927
Fixed the race condition between new process creation and context release. #12342
Fixed issue with Menu.buildFromTemplate if passed template is an Array. #12699
Fixed to set appropriate defaults for webview options. #12271
Added support for navigator.languages. #12419
Fixed drag preventing clicks on overlapping BrowserView. #12348
Added macOS and Linux symbols to symbol server. #13058
Fixed popup menu position #12180
Fixed to use same delay-load settings in both debug and release. #12328
Fixed pinch-zoom disabling. #12488
Linux:
Added support for CI testing on arm64 hardware. #12080
Added better GTK+ Menu color support. #12300
Fixed desktop-id notification edge case. #12216
Fixed Menu.setApplicationMenu(null) crash. #12983
Fixed issue with tray icons with multiple inherited ubuntu sessions. #12844
Fixed BrowserWindow.focus() for offscreen windows. #12507
Fixed using application name for notifications. #12192
Fixed to use the appname as the tray icon's default tooltip. #12388
macOS:
Added workspace notifications support. #12093
Added tray.setIgnoreDoubleClickEvents(ignore) to ignore tray double click events. #12496
Fixed issue preventing bundles from being selected in <input file="type"> open file dialog. #13220
Added warning when addTabbedWindow is called on self. #12059
Added XCode debugging documentation. #12131
Fixed issue blocking main process when using async dialog. #12404
Fixed dark mode tray highlighting bug. #12395
Fixed context menu click callback. #12043
Fixed event leak on reuse of touchbar item. #12527
Fixed tray title crash. #12352
Fixed non-draggable regions. #12327
Fixed to prevent menu update while it's open. #12809
Fixed tray icon bounds not allowing negative values. #13162
Fixed tray title not inverting when highlighted. #13085
Fixed Mac build when enable_run_as_node==false. #12196
Improved inAppPurchase module. #12464
Fixed additional issues on frameless windows with vibrancy. #12157
Added mouse forward functionality on macOS. #12281
Added screen lock / unlock events. #12714
Fixed to set mac protocol to none after calling app.removeAsDefaultProtocolClient. #13326
Added show file filter name for accessory view of file dialog. #11959
Updated mac symbol dump. #12982
Windows:
Fixed issue to allow frameless transparent windows to be sized smaller than 64x64. #12904
Updated to disable chromium's redraw locking on Windows when DWM is disabled. #12501
Added DIP to/from screen coordinate conversions. #12879
Fixed require on network share path. #12282
Fixed passing of exception to the system crash handler. #12198

New in Electron 2.0.2 (May 23, 2018)

New in Electron 2.0.1 (May 16, 2018)

New in Electron 1.8.7 (May 16, 2018)

New in Electron 1.7.15 (May 16, 2018)

New in Electron 1.7.14 (Apr 27, 2018)

New in Electron 1.8.6 (Apr 27, 2018)

New in Electron 2.0.0 Beta 8 (Apr 26, 2018)

New in Electron 2.0.0 Beta 7 (Apr 4, 2018)

New in Electron 2.0.0 Beta 5 (Mar 21, 2018)

New in Electron 1.8.4 (Mar 17, 2018)

New in Electron 2.0.0 Beta 4 (Mar 16, 2018)

New in Electron 1.7.13 (Mar 16, 2018)

New in Electron 2.0.0 Beta 3 (Mar 10, 2018)

New in Electron 1.8.3 (Mar 6, 2018)

New in Electron 2.0.0 Beta 2 (Mar 6, 2018)

New in Electron 2.0.0 Beta 1 (Feb 22, 2018)

Note: This is a beta release. Please file new issues for any bugs you find in it.
This release is published to npm under the beta tag and can be installed via npm install electron@beta, or npm i [email protected].
Upgrades:
Upgraded from Chrome 59.0.3071.115 to 61.0.3163.10. #10213
Upgraded from Node 8.2.1 to 8.9.3. #10213
Upgraded from v8 5.9.211.38 to 6.1.534.41. #10213
Breaking API changes:
Changed menu.popup signature. #11968
Removed deprecated crashReporter.setExtraParameter #11972
Removed deprecated webContents.setZoomLevelLimits and webFrame.setZoomLevelLimits. #11974
Removed deprecated clipboard methods. #11973
Removed support for boolean parameters for tray.setHighlightMode. #11981
Linux:
Switched from GTK2 to GTK3. #10213
Other Changes:
Updated license year. #11545
Fixed hexColorDWORDToRGBA for transparent colors. #11557
Added window.loadFile and webContents.loadFile helper methods. #11565
Documentation fixes and improvements. #11747 #11758 #11770 #11794 #11806 #11841 #11855 #11863 #11881 #11897 #11918 #11950 #11963
Added menu-will-show and menu-will-close menu events. #11754.
Migrated deprecated web-view method. #11798
Fixed closing a window opened from a browserview. #11799
Added --chromium_dir argument to script/create-dist.py. #11354
Added shutdown event to powerMonitor. #11417
Fixed Bluetooth chooser bug. #11492
Fixed unicode test. #11774
Replaced custom function with Object.values(). #11836
Added API to enable/disable a window. #11832
Added ability to log atom ipc messages. #11880
Added Offscreen rendering improvements. #11728
Updated spellchecker. #11819
Updated to use task scheduler for app.getFileIcon API. #11595
Added affinity option for gathering several BrowserWindows into a single process. #11501
Changed to fire console-message event even when rendering offscreen. #11921
Fixed downloading from custom protocols using WebContents.downloadURL. #11804
Fixed CI test failures. #11944
Fixed transparent windows losing transparency when devtools detaches. #11956
Linux:
[SECURITY] Disabled executable stack. #11999
macOS:
Added in-app purchase for MacOS. #11292
Fixed Electron apps canceling restart or shutdown. #11625
Added the ability for saveDialog to list available extensions. #11873
Added support for additional notification actions #11647
Added ability to set macOS notification close button title. #11654
Updated to use Squirrel.Mac that supports CDN releases. #11925
Windows:
Added Visual Studio 2017 support. #11656
Fixed hiding tooltip from minimized window. #11644
Fixed desktopCapturer to capture the correct screen. #11664
Fixed disableHardwareAcceleration with transparency. #11704

New in Electron 1.8.2 (Feb 7, 2018)

New in Electron 1.7.12 (Feb 1, 2018)

New in Electron 1.8.2 Beta 5 (Feb 1, 2018)

New in Electron 1.8.2 Beta 4 (Jan 23, 2018)

New in Electron 1.7.11 (Jan 23, 2018)

New in Electron 1.7.10 (Dec 19, 2017)

New in Electron 1.8.2 Beta 3 (Dec 5, 2017)

New in Electron 1.8.2 Beta 2 (Nov 7, 2017)

New in Electron 1.8.2 Beta 1 (Oct 20, 2017)

New in Electron 1.6.15 Branch (Oct 14, 2017)

New in Electron 1.7.9 (Oct 14, 2017)

New in Electron 1.8.1 Beta (Sep 29, 2017)

Note: This is a beta release. This is the first release running on upgraded versions of Chrome/Node.js/V8 and most likely will have have some instability and/or regressions.
Please file new issues for any bugs you find in it.
This release is published to npm under the beta tag and can be installed via npm install electron@beta, or npm i [email protected].
Upgrades:
Upgraded from Chrome 58.0.3029.110 to 59.0.3071.115. #9946
Upgraded from Node 7.9.0 to 8.2.1. #9992
Upgraded from v8 5.8.283.38 to 5.9.211.38. #9946
Upgraded from @types/node ^7.0.18 to ^8.0.24. #10328
Other Changes:
Added arm64 builds. #10219
Ensure DesktopCapturers are destroyed when no longer needed. #10223
New guide for implementing updates. #10251
Doc fixes. #10273, #10304, #10306, #10215, #10380, #10453, #10454, #10472, #10481, #10487, #10499, #10497, #10509, #10540, #10550, #10542, #10505, #10326
Fixed sandbox crash when opening a background tab. #10264
Fixed contextIsolation not working when webPreference sandbox is on. #10214
Fixed issue with webContents did-change-theme-color event. #10240
Added tracking of the origin of webRequest events. #10429
Added support for css in content_scripts. #10076
Fixed mixed content errors when loading content from chrome-extension. #9950
Fixed BrowserView auto-resize and BrowserWindow resize event. #10052
Added getMenuItemById(id) to Menu API. #10440
Fixed v.1.8.0 crashes. #10571
Changed to not allow drag on fullscreen window. #10627
[SECURITY] Fixed Chromium RCE vulnerability.
Linux:
Added support for indicators in Ubuntu Gnome Session. #10355
Fixed app.makeSingleInstance hanging. #10518
macOS:
Fixed issues around update permissions and non-admin users. #10071 #10298
Fixed full screen when resizable is set to true. #8166
Fixed missing file extension in download save dialog. #10121
Fixed occasional crashes on macOS Sierra when inputting with Chinese IME. #7551
Fixed issue closing window if a child modal window is open. #10366
Fixed show option on new BrowserWindow when parent is specified. #8836
Fixed shell.openItem to activate the opened app. #10477
Windows:
Fixed uncaught exception on window close. #10275
Fixed Electron crash after close. #10188
Fixed crash copying cropped image to clipboard. #8017
Fixed potential crash in Win32 notifications. #10516
Changed to set duration for Windows 7 notifications based on Control Panel settings. #10517
Fixed browser-process notifications missing/duplicating images. #10610
Fixed for narrowing conversion warnings, minor style change. #10609
Fixed downloading updates twice. #5057
API Changes:
Added -webkit-app-region support to BrowserView. #10232
Added a callback option to webContents.print. #10081
macOS:
Added support for sound in macOS notifications. #10293
Added app.isInApplicationsFolder() and app.moveToApplicationsFolder(). #10142
Added new roles for macOS native tab menu items. #9086, #10064
Added app.setAccessibilitySupportEnabled(enabled) to enable or disable accessibility support in macOS. #7206, #10305
Added macOS native tab methods to the BrowserWindow API. #10321
Added simple fullscreen mode to the BrowserWindow API. #10254
Added more Handoff related APIs. #9869
Windows:
Added support to forward mouse events via win.setIgnoreMouseEvents(ignore[, options]). #10183

New in Electron 1.6.14 (Sep 28, 2017)

New in Electron 1.7.8 (Sep 28, 2017)

New in Electron 1.8.0 Beta (Sep 8, 2017)

New in Electron 1.7.6 (Sep 8, 2017)