Release Notes for v25.0.1

Fixes

• Fixed potential issues when minimizing parent windows with non-modal children on macOS. #38509 (Also in 24)

Other Changes

• Fixed an issue where mksnapshot would crash with a sigbus error. #38510

Release Notes for v24.4.1

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where MediaStreamTrack.getCaptureHandle() always returned null. #38434 (Also in 25)
• Fixed potential issues when minimizing parent windows with non-modal children on macOS. #38508 (Also in 25)

Other Changes

• Improved error message when contentTracing.stopRecording() fails because no trace was in progress. #38520

Release Notes for v25.0.0

Stack Upgrades

• Chromium 114.0.5735.45
  • New in Chrome 114
  • New in Chrome 113
• Node.js 18.15.0
  • Node 18.15.0 blog post
• V8 11.4

Features

• Added net.resolveHost that resolves hosts using defaultSession object. #38152 (Also in 24)
• Added several new cursor values to the cursor-changed event. #38363 (Also in 24)
• Added support for Mica and Acrylic background effects on Windows. #38357 (Also in 24)
• Expose webContents methods to center text selection, scroll to the page bottom and top, as well as adjust selected text. #38362
• Surface the context-menu event from extensions. #38356
• 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 net.resolveHost that resolves hosts using defaultSession object. #38152 (Also in 24)
• Added new 'did-resign-active' event on app. #38018
• 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)
• Added thermal management information to powerMonitor. #38028 (Also in 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

Fixes

• Ensured that Electron's custom AXManualAccessibility attribute works as expected in all relevant protocol methods. #38223 (Also in 23, 24)
• Fixed a potential crash when calling webContents.print with invalid settings. #38230
• Fixed an issue where Windows FrameViews always appeared inactive regardless of focus status. #38473
• Fixed an issue where BrowserWindow.isMaximized() could incorrectly return true for minimized or fullscreened windows on macOS. #38307 (Also in 23, 24)
• Fixed an issue where BrowserWindow.isVisible() would incorrectly return true for minimized windows on Windows. #38314 (Also in 23, 24)
• Fixed an issue where MediaStreamTrack.getCaptureHandle() always returned null. #38433 (Also in 24)
• Fixed an issue where getNormalBounds() returns incorrect bounds for transparent maximized windows on Windows. #38348 (Also in 23, 24)
• Fixed an issue where accessing BrowserWindow.id threw an error after the window was destroyed. #38311 (Also in 23, 24)
• Fixed an issue where calling win.minimize() directly after calling win.maximize(), and then calling win.isMaximized() incorrectly returns true. #38345 (Also in 23, 24)
• Fixed an issue where default background color for windows might be incorrect. #38157 (Also in 23, 24)
• Fixed an perceived failure when when using Accessibility attribute AXManualAccessibility to enable a11y features in Electron. #38146 (Also in 23, 24)
• Fixed an issue where Windows FrameViews always appeared inactive regardless of focus status. #38473
• Fixed an issue where MediaStreamTrack.getCaptureHandle() always returned null. #38433 (Also in 24)
• 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)
• Ensured that Electron's custom AXManualAccessibility attribute works as expected in all relevant protocol methods. #38223 (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 a potential crash when calling webContents.print with invalid settings. #38230
• Fixed a potential crash when right-clicking on macOS windows with draggable regions. #38115 (Also in 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 (Also in 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 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 23, 24)
• Fixed an issue where default background color for windows might be incorrect. #38157 (Also in 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 the 'swipe' event wasn't being emitted properly on macOS. #37966 (Also in 24)
• Fixed an issue where unhandled rejections could cause duplicate logs in some cases. #37464 (Also in 22, 24)
• Fixed an issue which made defaultFontFamily in webPreferences have no effect. #37967 (Also in 22, 23, 24)
• Fixed an issue with potential dock icon duplication on macOS. #37599 (Also in 22, 23, 24)
• Fixed an perceived failure when when using Accessibility attribute AXManualAccessibility to enable a11y features in Electron. #38146 (Also in 23, 24)
• Fixed broken defaults in shell.openExternal() options. #38071 (Also in 22, 23, 24)
• Fixed canceling of bluetooth requests when no devices are returned. #37601 (Also in 23, 24)
• Fixed crash when executing eval in the utility process. #38039 (Also in 22, 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 recommended node-gyp version in node.h error. #37926 (Also in 22, 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 22, 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

• Backported fix for 1404797. #38333
• Fixed a console error seen when loading PDFs. #38148
• Fixed an error seen in the Top Level Windows section of chrome://accessibility. #38211
• Security: backported fix for 1437346.
  • Security: backported fix for 1439691.
  • Security: backported fix for CVE-2023-2724.
  • Security: backported fix for CVE-2023-2723.
  • Security: backported fix for 1425115.
  • Security: backported fix for 1431761.
  • Security: backported fix for CVE-2023-2725.
  • Security: backported fix for CVE-2023-2721. #38329
• Fixed a console error seen when loading PDFs. #38148
• Fixed an error seen in the Top Level Windows section of chrome://accessibility. #38211
• Improved error messages for contents.takeHeapSnapshot. #37434 (Also in 22, 23, 24)
• nativeImage.createThumbnailFromPath() now takes size instead of maxSize. #37362 (Also in 24)

Documentation

• Documentation changes: #37956, #38095

Release Notes for v22.3.11

Other Changes

• Security: backported fix for 1423360. #38277

Release Notes for v23.3.4

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where getNormalBounds() returns incorrect bounds for transparent maximized windows on Windows. #38347 (Also in 24, 25)

Other Changes

• Security: backported fix for 1423360. #38276

Release Notes for v24.4.0

Features

• Added several new cursor values to the cursor-changed event. #38364 (Also in 25)
• Added support for Mica and Acrylic background effects on Windows. #38361 (Also in 25)

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where getNormalBounds() returns incorrect bounds for transparent maximized windows on Windows. #38349 (Also in 23, 25)

Other Changes

• Updated Chromium to 112.0.5615.204. #38350

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 install [email protected].

Release Notes for v25.0.0-beta.8

Features

• Added support for Mica and Acrylic background effects on Windows. #38357 (Also in 24)
• Expose webContents methods to center text selection, scroll to the page bottom and top, as well as adjust selected text. #38362
• Surface the context-menu event from extensions. #38356

Other Changes

• Security: backported fix for 1437346.
  • Security: backported fix for 1439691.
  • Security: backported fix for CVE-2023-2724.
  • Security: backported fix for CVE-2023-2723.
  • Security: backported fix for 1425115.
  • Security: backported fix for 1431761.
  • Security: backported fix for CVE-2023-2725.
  • Security: backported fix for CVE-2023-2721. #38329
• Updated Chromium to 114.0.5735.35. #38320

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 install [email protected].

Release Notes for v25.0.0-beta.7

Features

• Added several new cursor values to the cursor-changed event. #38363

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where BrowserWindow.isMaximized() could incorrectly return true for minimized or fullscreened windows on macOS. #38307 (Also in 23, 24)
• Fixed an issue where BrowserWindow.isVisible() would incorrectly return true for minimized windows on Windows. #38314 (Also in 23, 24)
• Fixed an issue where getNormalBounds() returns incorrect bounds for transparent maximized windows on Windows. #38348
• Fixed an issue where accessing BrowserWindow.id threw an error after the window was destroyed. #38311 (Also in 23, 24)
• Fixed an issue where calling win.minimize() directly after calling win.maximize(), and then calling win.isMaximized() incorrectly returns true. #38345 (Also in 23, 24)

Other Changes

• Backported fix for 1404797. #38333

Release Notes for v22.3.10

Other Changes

• Security: backported fix for CVE-2023-29469. #38274

Release Notes for v24.3.1

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where BrowserWindow.isMaximized() could incorrectly return true for minimized or fullscreened windows on macOS. #38308 (Also in 23, 25)
• Fixed an issue where BrowserWindow.isVisible() would incorrectly return true for minimized windows on Windows. #38313 (Also in 23, 25)
• Fixed an issue where accessing BrowserWindow.id threw an error after the window was destroyed. #38310 (Also in 23, 25)
• Fixed an issue where calling win.minimize() directly after calling win.maximize(), and then calling win.isMaximized() incorrectly returns true. #38343 (Also in 23, 25)

Other Changes

• Security: backported fix for 1433328. #38271
• Updated Chromium to 112.0.5615.183. #38319

Release Notes for v23.3.3

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where BrowserWindow.isMaximized() could incorrectly return true for minimized or fullscreened windows on macOS. #38306 (Also in 24, 25)
• Fixed an issue where BrowserWindow.isVisible() would incorrectly return true for minimized windows on Windows. #38315 (Also in 24, 25)
• Fixed an issue where accessing BrowserWindow.id threw an error after the window was destroyed. #38309 (Also in 24, 25)
• Fixed an issue where calling win.minimize() directly after calling win.maximize(), and then calling win.isMaximized() incorrectly returns true. #38344 (Also in 24, 25)

Other Changes

• Security: backported fix for CVE-2023-29469. #38273

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 install [email protected].

Release Notes for v25.0.0-beta.6

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 install [email protected].

Release Notes for v25.0.0-beta.5

Fixes

• Ensured that Electron's custom AXManualAccessibility attribute works as expected in all relevant protocol methods. #38223 (Also in 23, 24)
• Fixed a potential crash when calling webContents.print with invalid settings. #38230

Other Changes

• Updated Chromium to 114.0.5735.16. #38118

Release Notes for v24.3.0

Features

• Added net.resolveHost that resolves hosts using defaultSession object. #38153 (Also in 25)

Fixes

• Ensured that Electron's custom AXManualAccessibility attribute works as expected in all relevant protocol methods. #38224 (Also in 23, 25)

Release Notes for v23.3.2

Fixes

• Ensured that Electron's custom AXManualAccessibility attribute works as expected in all relevant protocol methods. #38225 (Also in 24, 25)
• Fixed an issue where default background color for windows might be incorrect. #38159 (Also in 24, 25)

Release Notes for v22.3.9

Other Changes

• Fixed drag-and-drop crash on Wayland. #38199

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 install [email protected].

Release Notes for v25.0.0-beta.4

Fixes

• Ensured that Electron's custom AXManualAccessibility attribute works as expected in all relevant protocol methods. #38223 (Also in 23, 24)
• Fixed a potential crash when calling webContents.print with invalid settings. #38230

Other Changes

• Updated Chromium to 114.0.5735.16. #38118

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 install [email protected].

Release Notes for v25.0.0-beta.3

Features

• Added net.resolveHost that resolves hosts using defaultSession object. #38152 (Also in 24)

Other Changes

• Fixed an error seen in the Top Level Windows section of chrome://accessibility. #38211

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 install [email protected].

Release Notes for v25.0.0-beta.2

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where default background color for windows might be incorrect. #38157 (Also in 23, 24)
• Fixed an perceived failure when when using Accessibility attribute AXManualAccessibility to enable a11y features in Electron. #38146 (Also in 23, 24)

Other Changes

• Fixed a console error seen when loading PDFs. #38148

Release Notes for v23.3.1

Fixes

• Fixed an perceived failure when when using Accessibility attribute AXManualAccessibility to enable a11y features in Electron. #38151 (Also in 24)