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 v18.0.0-beta.4

Fixes

• Fixed a V8 crash that could happen randomly in non-sandboxed renderer processes. #33260
• Fixed a bug where BrowserWindow.fromWebContents would return undefined during the browser-window-created event. #33316
• Fixed a network service crash that could occur when using setCertificateVerifyProc. #33253 (Also in 17)
• Fixed incorrect external memory allocation tracking in nativeImage module. #33305 (Also in 15, 16, 17)

Other Changes

• Fixed an issue where adding/removing display changes the BrowserWindow size. #33250 (Also in 16)

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 v18.0.0-beta.3

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where Chrom DevTools settings didn't persist between loads. #33206

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 v18.0.0-beta.2

Features

• Added warning that preload scripts will be sandboxed by default beginning in Electron 20. #33203

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where clicking "Open in Containing Folder" in the Sources tab in Devtools caused a crash. #33197
• Fixed an issue where setting window maxHeight or maxWidth made it so the width and height could no longer be resized. #33119 (Also in 17)
• Fixed drag regions on WCO windows on Windows. #33202 (Also in 17)
• Strip crashpad_handler binary on Linux, reducing bundle size. #33175 (Also in 15, 16, 17)

Release Notes for v16.1.0

Features

• Added height option for Windows Control Overlay. #33061 (Also in 15, 17)

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where alternateImages did not work properly on macOS. #33106 (Also in 15, 17, 18)
• Fixed an issue where the Tray could get garbage collected incorrectly under some circumstances. #33075 (Also in 15, 17, 18)
• Strip crashpad_handler binary on Linux, reducing bundle size. #33174 (Also in 15, 17, 18)

Other Changes

• Security: backported fix for 1295786. #33169
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1281908. #33186
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1289383. #33182

Release Notes for v15.4.1

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where alternateImages did not work properly on macOS. #33104 (Also in 16, 17, 18)
• Strip crashpad_handler binary on Linux, reducing bundle size. #33173 (Also in 16, 17, 18)

Other Changes

• Security: backported fix for 1291728. #33178
• Security: backported fix for 1295786. #33168
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1289383. #33181

Release Notes for v14.2.7

Fixes

• Fixed command string registered via setAsDefaultProtocolClient on windows. #33009 (Also in 15, 16, 17, 18)
• Fixed stale renderer process when application is quit while renderer is busy. #32968 (Also in 15, 16, 17, 18)

Other Changes

• Backported fix for CVE-2022-0609. #32959
• Backported fix for CVE-2022-0610. #32986
• Security: backported fix for 1252562, 1179098. #32743
• Security: backported fix for 1291728. #33177
• Security: backported fix for 1295786. #33167
• Security: backported fix for CVE-2022-0607. #32984
• Security: backported fix for CVE-2022-0608. #32978
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1274113. #32742
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1277917. #32787
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1281908. #33184
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1282354. #32784
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1283198. #32782
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1283371. #32780
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1283375. #32778
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1289383. #33180
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1289384. #32983
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1289394. #32977
• Security: backported fixes to chromium:1292537 and CVE-2022-0606. #32982

Release Notes for v17.1.2

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where setting window maxHeight or maxWidth made it so the width and height could no longer be resized. #33118 (Also in 18)
• Strip crashpad_handler binary on Linux, reducing bundle size. #33176 (Also in 15, 16, 18)

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 v18.0.0-beta.1

Release Notes for v17.1.1

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where alternateImages did not work properly on macOS. #33105 (Also in 15, 16, 18)
• Fixed an issue where the Tray could get garbage collected incorrectly under some circumstances. #33076 (Also in 15, 16, 18)
• Fixed an occasional crash on Mac when spawning a child process. #33116 (Also in 18)
• Fixed broken transparency option in offscreen window rendering. #33052 (Also in 16, 18)

Other Changes

• Updated Chromium to 98.0.4758.109. #33085

Release Notes for v15.4.0

Features

• Added height option for Windows Control Overlay. #33064 (Also in 16, 17)

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where webContents.savePage failed when passing a relative path instead of an absolute one. #33018 (Also in 16, 17, 18)
• Fixed an issue where the Tray could get garbage collected incorrectly under some circumstances. #33077 (Also in 16, 17, 18)
• Fixed command string registered via setAsDefaultProtocolClient on windows. #33011 (Also in 14, 16, 17, 18)
• Fixed stale renderer process when application is quit while renderer is busy. #32967 (Also in 14, 16, 17, 18)

Other Changes

• Backported fix for CVE-2022-0609. #32901 (Also in 14)
• Backported fix for CVE-2022-0610. #32919
• Security: backported fix for CVE-2022-0607. #32917
• Security: backported fix for CVE-2022-0608. #32914
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1242339. #32796
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1258603. #32797
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1259557. #32799
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1262967. #32800
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1277917. #32786
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1281979. #32785
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1282354. #32783
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1283198. #32781
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1289384. #32912
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1289394. #32908
• Security: backported fixes to chromium:1292537 and CVE-2022-0606. #32904

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 v18.0.0-alpha.5

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the Tray could get garbage collected incorrectly under some circumstances. #33074 (Also in 15, 16, 17)

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 v18.0.0-alpha.4

Fixes

• Fixed BrowserWindow.showInactive restoring a maximized window to non-maximized on Windows. #33022 (Also in 16, 17)
• Fixed an issue where webContents.openDevTools({ mode }) did not work for certain dock positions. #32946 (Also in 17)
• Fixed an issue where webContents.savePage failed when passing a relative path instead of an absolute one. #33019 (Also in 15, 16, 17)
• Fixed an issue where pages would not properly print on macOS due to a rendering failure. #32813
• Fixed broken transparency option in offscreen window rendering. #33053 (Also in 16, 17)
• Fixed command string registered via setAsDefaultProtocolClient on windows. #33013 (Also in 14, 15, 16, 17)
• Fixed stale renderer process when application is quit while renderer is busy. #32971 (Also in 14, 15, 16, 17)

Other Changes

• Chore: backport EPROTOTYPE fixes from libuv. #32944 (Also in 16, 17)

Release Notes for v17.1.0

Features

• Added height option for Windows Control Overlay. #32939

Fixes

• Fixed BrowserWindow.showInactive restoring a maximized window to non-maximized on Windows. #33021 (Also in 16, 18)
• 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. #33015
• Fixed an issue where webContents.openDevTools({ mode }) did not work for certain dock positions. #32945 (Also in 18)
• Fixed an issue where webContents.savePage failed when passing a relative path instead of an absolute one. #33016 (Also in 15, 16, 18)
• Fixed command string registered via setAsDefaultProtocolClient on windows. #33012 (Also in 14, 15, 16, 18)
• Fixed stale renderer process when application is quit while renderer is busy. #32970 (Also in 14, 15, 16, 18)

Other Changes

• Chore: backport EPROTOTYPE fixes from libuv. #32943 (Also in 16, 18)
• Updated Chromium to 98.0.4758.102. #32906

Release Notes for v16.0.10

Fixes

• Fixed BrowserWindow.showInactive restoring a maximized window to non-maximized on Windows. #33020 (Also in 17, 18)
• Fixed an issue where webContents.savePage failed when passing a relative path instead of an absolute one. #33017 (Also in 15, 17, 18)
• Fixed broken transparency option in offscreen window rendering. #33051
• Fixed command string registered via setAsDefaultProtocolClient on windows. #33010 (Also in 14, 15, 17, 18)
• Fixed stale renderer process when application is quit while renderer is busy. #32969 (Also in 14, 15, 17, 18)

Other Changes

• Backported fix for CVE-2022-0609. #32900
• Backported fix for CVE-2022-0610. #32918
• Chore: backport EPROTOTYPE fixes from libuv. #32942 (Also in 17, 18)
• Security: backported fix for CVE-2022-0607. #32916
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1039885. #32803
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1258603. #32809
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1262967. #32807
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1267426. #32805
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1267627. #32806
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1274376. #32808
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1289384. #32911
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1289394. #32907
• Security: backported fixes to chromium:1292537 and CVE-2022-0606. #32903

Release Notes for v14.2.6

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where frameless windows on Windows would incorrectly show a small frame during the loading process. #32709 (Also in 15, 16, 17, 18)
• Fixed effect when hovering over window controls on Windows in a WCO-enabled window. #32716 (Also in 15, 16, 17, 18)

Other Changes

• Security: backported fix for chromium:1274445,v8:7990. #32740
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1284367. #32776

Release Notes for v17.0.1

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where frameless windows on Windows would incorrectly show a small frame during the loading process. #32707 (Also in 14, 15, 16, 18)
• Fixed effect when hovering over window controls on Windows in a WCO-enabled window. #32719 (Also in 14, 15, 16, 18)
• Fixed possible race conditions between frame state and electron ipc. #32815

Other Changes

• Updated Chromium to 98.0.4758.82. #32832

Release Notes for v16.0.9

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where frameless windows on Windows would incorrectly show a small frame during the loading process. #32710 (Also in 14, 15, 17, 18)
• Fixed an issue where if backgroundColor was set to undefined, vibrancy failed to work and the backgroundColor would show up as white. #32654 (Also in 17)
• Fixed an issue with transparent windows failing to fire the maximize and unmaximize events on Windows. #32689 (Also in 15, 17)
• Fixed effect when hovering over window controls on Windows in a WCO-enabled window. #32720 (Also in 14, 15, 17, 18)
• Fixed issue where not all serial devices were exposed to the handler specified by session.setDevicePermissionHandler. #32687 (Also in 15, 17)

Other Changes

• Backported fix from https://crbug.com/1263070 for filtering in devtools console . #32860
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1248444. #32804
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1255368. #32801
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1260869. #32802
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1274445,v8:7990. #32738
• Updated Chromium to 96.0.4664.174. #32715

Release Notes for v15.3.7

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where frameless windows on Windows would incorrectly show a small frame during the loading process. #32708 (Also in 14, 16, 17, 18)
• Fixed an issue with transparent windows failing to fire the maximize and unmaximize events on Windows. #32688 (Also in 16, 17)
• Fixed effect when hovering over window controls on Windows in a WCO-enabled window. #32717 (Also in 14, 16, 17, 18)
• Fixed issue where not all serial devices were exposed to the handler specified by session.setDevicePermissionHandler. #32686 (Also in 16, 17)
• The <webview> implementation was made more robust, it no longer breaks when will-attach-webview handler modifies the internal params.instanceId. #32855 (Also in 16, 17)

Other Changes

• Fixed crash in v8 regexp assembler. #32770
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1039885. #32790
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1238209. #32798
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1248444. #32789
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1260869. #32791
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1261689. #32792
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1267426. #32793
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1267627. #32794
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1273661. #32795
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1274113. #32741
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1274445,v8:7990. #32739
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1283371. #32779
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1283375. #32777
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1284367. #32775

Documentation

• Documentation changes: #32646

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 v18.0.0-alpha.3

Fixes

• Fixed possible race conditions between frame state and electron ipc. #32851 (Also in 17)

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 v18.0.0-alpha.2

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where frameless windows on Windows would incorrectly show a small frame during the loading process. #32714 (Also in 14, 15, 16, 17)
• Fixed effect when hovering over window controls on Windows in a WCO-enabled window. #32723 (Also in 14, 15, 16, 17)