Release Notes for v17.4.11

Fixes

• Fixed a potential crash when changing window settings after initializing WCO with an invalid titleBarStyle. #35031 (Also in 18, 19, 20)
• Fixed an issue where the minimize button with WCO enabled would incorrectly be highlighted in some cases. #34837 (Also in 18, 19, 20)

Other Changes

• Backported fix for CVE-2022-2294. #34883
• Security: backported fix for 1287804. #35103
• Security: backported fix for 1339844. #35001
• Security: backported fix for 1340335. #34999
• Security: backported fix for 1340654. #34997
• Security: backported fix for CVE-2022-2295. #34880
• Security: backported fix for CVE-2022-2478. #35100
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1334864. #35098
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1336014. #35101

Release Notes for v18.3.6

Fixes

• Fixed a crash when calling BrowserWindow.setEnabled(). #34973 (Also in 19, 20)
• Fixed a potential crash when changing window settings after initializing WCO with an invalid titleBarStyle. #34873 (Also in 17, 19, 20)
• Fixed alwaysOnTop BrowserWindow option for X11 Linux. #34911 (Also in 19, 20)
• Fixed an issue where BrowserWindows on macOS were incorrectly marked as resizable. #34907 (Also in 19, 20)
• Fixed an issue where Windows Control Overlay buttons did not respect maximizable/minimizable/closable states of a BrowserWindow. #34720 (Also in 17, 19, 20)
• Fixed an issue where calling BrowserWindow.setRepresentedFilename on macOS with titlebarStyle: 'hiddenInset' or titlebarStyle: 'hidden' inadvertently moves the traffic light location. #34847 (Also in 19, 20)
• Fixed an issue where some BrowserWindows opened from new links wouldn't properly load URLs. #34910 (Also in 19)
• Fixed an issue where the minimize button with WCO enabled would incorrectly be highlighted in some cases. #34838 (Also in 17, 19, 20)
• Fixed an issue with background colors being improperly applied to BrowserViews on Windows. #33478 (Also in 16)
• Fixed empty app_id when running under wayland. #34877 (Also in 19, 20)
• Fixed missing Sec-CH-UA headers and empty navigator.userAgentData. #34758 (Also in 17, 19, 20)
• Fixed symbol generation on 32-bit Windows release builds. #35096 (Also in 19, 20)
• Prevent brief display of "Ozone X11" in window title on Linux. #34943

Other Changes

• Backported fix for CVE-2022-2294. #34882
• Security: backported fix for 1287804. #35102
• Security: backported fix for 1333333. #34689
• Security: backported fix for 1335054. #34687
• Security: backported fix for 1335458. #34685
• Security: backported fix for 1336014. #35004
• Security: backported fix for 1339844. #35002
• Security: backported fix for 1340335. #35000
• Security: backported fix for 1340654. #34998
• Security: backported fix for CVE-2022-2162. #34714
• Security: backported fix for CVE-2022-2295. #34881

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 v20.0.0-beta.13

Fixes

• Fixed 20.0.0-beta.8 X11 crash regression. #35092
• Fixed serial-port-added and serial-port-removed events not firing. #35047
• 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 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 symbol generation on 32-bit Windows release builds. #35091 (Also in 18, 19)

Other Changes

• Updated Chromium to 104.0.5112.57. #35018

Release Notes for v19.0.10

Fixes

• Added support for --ozone-platform-hint flag on Linux. #35015 (Also in 20)
• Fixed a Windows Control Overlay issue where a window taken directly from minimized to maximized state could have incorrect hover state. #35073 (Also in 20)
• Fixed a crash when calling BrowserWindow.setEnabled(). #34971 (Also in 18, 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. #35083 (Also in 20)
• Fixed an issue with fullscreen transitions when HTML fullscreen is requested. #34908 (Also in 20)
• Fixed inertial scroll is broken when the scrollable element has an overlay with pointer-events: none. #35051
• Fixed symbol generation on 32-bit Windows release builds. #35090 (Also in 20)

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 v20.0.0-beta.12

Fixes

• Added support for --ozone-platform-hint flag on Linux. #35014

Other Changes

• WebContents for <webview> are now only created after the 'will-attach-webview' event is emitted and preventDefault is not called. #35016

Release Notes for v19.0.9

Fixes

• Ensures that requestMediaKeySystemAccess eventually resolves / rejects. #34890 (Also in 20)
• Fixed a potential crash when changing window settings after initializing WCO with an invalid titleBarStyle. #34874 (Also in 18, 20)
• Fixed alwaysOnTop BrowserWindow option for X11 Linux. #34912 (Also in 18, 20)
• Fixed an issue where BrowserWindows on macOS were incorrectly marked as resizable. #34906 (Also in 18, 20)
• Fixed an issue where calling BrowserWindow.setRepresentedFilename on macOS with titlebarStyle: 'hiddenInset' or titlebarStyle: 'hidden' inadvertently moves the traffic light location. #34848 (Also in 18, 20)
• Fixed an issue where printing with an invalid deviceName on Linux caused silent failures. #34900 (Also in 20)
• Fixed an issue where the minimize button with WCO enabled would incorrectly be highlighted in some cases. #34839 (Also in 17, 18, 20)
• Fixed empty app_id when running under wayland. #34878 (Also in 18, 20)
• Prevent brief display of "Ozone X11" in window title on Linux. #34929 (Also in 18)

Other Changes

• Updated Chromium to 102.0.5005.167. #35017

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 v20.0.0-beta.11

Fixes

• Fixed a crash when calling BrowserWindow.setEnabled(). #34972
• Fixed a potential printing hang. #34968

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 v20.0.0-beta.10

Fixes

• Fixed _dyld_missing_symbol_abort crash on macOS when using c++ native modules. #34944

Other Changes

• Updated Chromium to 104.0.5112.48. #34920

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 v20.0.0-beta.9

Fixes

• Ensures that requestMediaKeySystemAccess eventually resolves / rejects. #34891 (Also in 19)
• Fixed a potential crash when changing window settings after initializing WCO with an invalid titleBarStyle. #34875 (Also in 18, 19)
• Fixed alwaysOnTop BrowserWindow option for X11 Linux. #34913 (Also in 19)
• Fixed an issue where printing with an invalid deviceName on Linux caused silent failures. #34901 (Also in 19)
• Fixed empty app_id when running under wayland. #34879 (Also in 18, 19)
• Updated Windows Control Overlay buttons to look and feel more native on Windows 11. #34888

Other Changes

• Updated Chromium to 104.0.5112.39. #34425

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 v20.0.0-beta.8

Fixes

• 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 the minimize button with WCO enabled would incorrectly be highlighted in some cases. #34840 (Also in 17, 18, 19)

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 v20.0.0-beta.7

Fixes

• Fixed spontaneous crashing in native modules that depended on nan. #34851

Release Notes for v17.4.10

Other Changes

• Security: backported fix for 1335054. #34686
• Security: backported fix for 1335458. #34684

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 v20.0.0-beta.6

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where DataList bounds had part of the item text cut off vertically. #34786 (Also in 19)

Release Notes for v19.0.8

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where DataList bounds had part of the item text cut off vertically. #34785 (Also in 20)

Other Changes

• Updated Chromium to 102.0.5005.148. #34824

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 v20.0.0-beta.5

Release Notes for v17.4.9

Fixes

• Fixed an error where setWindowOpenHandler() would crash if the callback threw an error. #34772 (Also in 18, 19, 20)
• Fixed an issue where Windows Control Overlay buttons did not respect maximizable/minimizable/closable states of a BrowserWindow. #34733 (Also in 18, 19, 20)
• Fixed crash when opening gtk file dialogs due to mismatched versions. #34774 (Also in 18, 19)
• Fixed missing Sec-CH-UA headers and empty navigator.userAgentData. #34760 (Also in 18, 19, 20)
• [Mac] Fixed Partition Alloc related crash in pre-BigSur (macos <= 10.15). #34734 (Also in 18, 19)

Other Changes

• Security: backported fix for 1321078. #34691
• Security: backported fix for 1333333. #34688
• Security: backported fix for CVE-2022-2162. #34715

Release Notes for v19.0.7

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where Windows Control Overlay buttons did not respect maximizable/minimizable/closable states of a BrowserWindow. #34722 (Also in 17, 18, 20)
• Fixed missing Sec-CH-UA headers and empty navigator.userAgentData. #34757 (Also in 17, 18, 20)

Other Changes

• Security: backported fix for CVE-2022-2162. #34712
• Updated Chromium to 102.0.5005.134. #34702

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 v20.0.0-beta.4

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 v20.0.0-beta.3

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where Windows Control Overlay buttons did not respect maximizable/minimizable/closable states of a BrowserWindow. #34721 (Also in 17, 18, 19)

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 v20.0.0-beta.2

Features

• Added support for panel-like behavior. Window can float over full-screened apps. #34665

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where calling w.setWindowButtonVisibility(true) immediately after exiting fullscreen fails to show window buttons. #34675 (Also in 18, 19)