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 v19.0.0-beta.4

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where BrowserWindow#isFocused() was returning false when blur() was called on macOS. #34031 (Also in 17, 18)
• Fixed an issue with the app.requestSingleInstanceLock() API where it would sometimes hang. #34071 (Also in 18)

Other Changes

• Updated Chromium to 102.0.5005.27. #33932

Release Notes for v18.2.1

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where BrowserWindow#isFocused() was returning false when blur() was called on macOS. #34030 (Also in 17, 19)
• Fixed an issue where mixed-case extension filters in file dialogs were ignored on Linux. #34016 (Also in 19)
• [Mac] Fixed Partition Alloc related crash in pre-BigSur (macos <= 10.15). #33965 (Also in 19)

Other Changes

• Backported fix for CVE-2022-1492. #34048

Release Notes for v15.5.4

Other Changes

• Backported fix for CVE-2022-1138. #33682
• Backported fix for CVE-2022-1478. #34045
• Backported fix for CVE-2022-1479. #34037
• Backported fix for CVE-2022-1480. #34019
• Backported fix for CVE-2022-1492. #34051

Release Notes for v16.2.5

Other Changes

• Backported fix for CVE-2022-1478. #34044
• Backported fix for CVE-2022-1480. #34018
• Backported fix for CVE-2022-1482. #34039
• Backported fix for CVE-2022-1483. #34008

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 v19.0.0-beta.3

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where mixed-case extension filters in file dialogs were ignored on Linux. #34015
• Fixed the initialization of first party sets in the browser process. #34011

Release Notes for v15.5.3

Fixes

• Fixed a network service crash that could occur when using setCertificateVerifyProc. #33256 (Also in 16, 17, 18)
• shell.openExternal() now reports more detailed errors on Windows. #33656 (Also in 16, 17, 18, 19)

Other Changes

• Backported fix for CVE-2022-1134. #33763
• Backported fix for CVE-2022-1305. #33860
• Backported fix for CVE-2022-1310. #33831
• Backported fix for CVE-2022-1314. #33884
• Backported fix for CVE-2022-1364. #33836
• Backported fix for chromium:1286816. #33679
• Backported fix for chromium:1291482. #33676
• Backported fix for chromium:1310761. #33856
• Security: backported fix for CVE-2022-0116 and CVE-2022-1306. #33852
• Security: backported fix for CVE-2022-23308. #33670
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1280743. #33715
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1280852. #33673

Release Notes for v17.4.2

Other Changes

• Backported fix for CVE-2022-1305. #33858
• Backported fix for CVE-2022-1308. #33886
• Backported fix for CVE-2022-1310. #33829
• Backported fix for CVE-2022-1314. #33882
• Backported fix for CVE-2022-1364. #33834
• Backported fix for chromium:1310761. #33854
• Fixed child_process.spawn ENOENT error with cwd option. #33870 (Also in 16, 18, 19)
• Security: backported fix for CVE-2022-1306. #33850
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1280852. #33671

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 v19.0.0-beta.2

Features

• Enabled systemPreferences.subscribe{Local|Workspace}Notification to take a null value for the event parameter. #33770 (Also in 18)

Fixes

• Fixed the initialization of First Party Sets. #33972
• [Mac] Fixed Partition Alloc related crash in pre-BigSur (macos <= 10.15). #33966 (Also in 18)

Release Notes for v18.2.0

Features

• Fixed an issue where the PDF Viewer would fail if a user attempted to reload. #33711 (Also in 19)

Fixes

• Fixed an issue with the app.requestSingleInstanceLock() API where it would sometimes hang. #33778

Other Changes

• Fixed child_process.spawn ENOENT error with cwd option. #33871 (Also in 16, 17, 19)
• Updated Chromium to 100.0.4896.143. #33948

Release Notes for v16.2.4

Other Changes

• Backported fix for CVE-2022-1305. #33859
• Backported fix for CVE-2022-1308. #33885
• Backported fix for CVE-2022-1310. #33830
• Backported fix for CVE-2022-1314. #33883
• Backported fix for CVE-2022-1364. #33835
• Backported fix for chromium:1291482. #33675
• Backported fix for chromium:1310761. #33855
• Fixed child_process.spawn ENOENT error with cwd option. #33869 (Also in 17, 18, 19)
• Security: backported fix for CVE-2022-0116 and CVE-2022-1306. #33851

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 v19.0.0-beta.1

Features

• Fixed an issue where the PDF Viewer would fail if a user attempted to reload. #33712 (Also in 18)

Other Changes

• Updated Chromium to 102.0.4999.0. #33848

Note: This is an alpha release. Please file new issues for any bugs you find in it.

This release is published to npm under the alpha tag and can be installed via npm install electron@alpha, or npm install [email protected].

Release Notes for v19.0.0-alpha.5

Fixes

• Apply senderFrame details to ipcMain port event. #33783 (Also in 16, 17, 18)

Note: This is an alpha release. Please file new issues for any bugs you find in it.

This release is published to npm under the alpha tag and can be installed via npm install electron@alpha, or npm install [email protected].

Release Notes for v19.0.0-alpha.4

Fixes

• Fixed crash when img without alt is shown with accessibility features enabled. #33841

Other Changes

• Fixed child_process.spawn ENOENT error with cwd option. #33872 (Also in 16, 17, 18)
• Updated Chromium to 102.0.4989.0. #33556

Release Notes for v18.1.0

Features

• Enabled systemPreferences.subscribe{Local|Workspace}Notification to take a null value for the event parameter. #33771

Fixes

• Fixed crash when img without alt is shown with accessibility features enabled. #33843 (Also in 19)
• Fixed crash when opening gtk file dialogs due to mismatched versions. #33812 (Also in 19)

Other Changes

• Updated Chromium to 100.0.4896.127. #33730

Release Notes for v17.4.1

Fixes

• Apply senderFrame details to ipcMain port event. #33781 (Also in 16, 18)
• Fixed behavior of BrowserWindow.maximize on macOS for not shown windows. #33536 (Also in 15, 16, 18)
• shell.openExternal() now reports more detailed errors on Windows. #33658 (Also in 15, 16, 18, 19)

Other Changes

• Backported fix for CVE-2022-1134. #33761
• Backported fix for CVE-2022-1138. #33680
• Backported fix for chromium:1286816. #33677
• Backported fix for chromium:1291482. #33674
• Backported fix for chromium:1297731, b/218211225. #33709
• Security: backported fix for CVE-2022-23308. #33668

Release Notes for v16.2.3

Fixes

• Apply senderFrame details to ipcMain port event. #33780 (Also in 17, 18)
• Fixed a network service crash that could occur when using setCertificateVerifyProc. #33255 (Also in 15, 17, 18)
• Fixed a potential crash in Browser.getFocusedWindow() when child windows are closed. #33540 (Also in 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. #33544 (Also in 17, 18)
• Fixed emojis appearing black and white in Chromium 96. #33683
• Fixed issues with frameless window animations and styling. #33607 (Also in 17, 18, 19)
• shell.openExternal() now reports more detailed errors on Windows. #33657 (Also in 15, 17, 18, 19)

Other Changes

• Backported fix for CVE-2022-1134. #33762
• Backported fix for CVE-2022-1138. #33681
• Backported fix for chromium:1286816. #33678
• Backported fix for chromium:1297731, b/218211225. #33710
• Security: backported fix for CVE-2022-23308. #33669
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1280852. #33672

Note: This is an alpha release. Please file new issues for any bugs you find in it.

This release is published to npm under the alpha tag and can be installed via npm install electron@alpha, or npm install [email protected].

Release Notes for v19.0.0-alpha.3

Fixes

• Fixed crash when opening gtk file dialogs due to mismatched versions. #33813 (Also in 18)

Note: This is an alpha release. Please file new issues for any bugs you find in it.

This release is published to npm under the alpha tag and can be installed via npm install electron@alpha, or npm install [email protected].

Release Notes for v19.0.0-alpha.2

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where #ARGB ->#RGBA and #AARRGGBB ->#RRGGBBAA were converted improperly when setting background color. #33755
• 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 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 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 16, 17, 18)
• Fixed potential crash while generating accessibility trees for certain images. #33617 (Also in 18)
• shell.openExternal() now reports more detailed errors on Windows. #33660 (Also in 15, 16, 17, 18)

Other Changes

• Temporarily disabled symbol generation on 32-bit Windows due to issues with symbol generation on that platform. #33689
• Updated Chromium to 102.0.4971.0. #33518

Release Notes for v18.0.4

Fixes

• Apply senderFrame details to ipcMain port event. #33782 (Also in 16, 17)
• 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. #33787
• Fixed the built-in PDF renderer. #33664
• shell.openExternal() now reports more detailed errors on Windows. #33659 (Also in 15, 16, 17, 19)
• shell.openExternal() now reports more detailed errors on Windows. #33705 (Also in 15, 16, 17, 19)

Other Changes

• Backported fix for chromium:1297731, b/218211225. #33708

Release Notes for v18.0.3

Other Changes

• Updated Chromium to 100.0.4896.75. #33619