Release Notes for v13.1.4

Fixes

• Fixed an issue with PDF loading on Windows, where metadata was not loading correctly and causing the PDF to load as a blank page. #29830 (Also in 14)

Release Notes for v11.4.9

Fixes

• Fixed potential corruption of piped response data when using interceptHttpProtocol/registerHttpProtocol. #29667 (Also in 12, 13, 14)
• Security: backported fix for CVE-2021-30551. #29780

Other Changes

• Security: backported fix for CVE-2021-30544. #29777
• Security: backported fix for CVE-2021-30548. #29787

Release Notes for v12.0.12

Fixes

• Fixd an issue where fs.promises.readFile would improperly error when passing a FileHandle to the path argument. #29575 (Also in 13, 14)
• Fixed CORS preflight request always being cancelled when connecting via proxy requiring authentication for apps that had registered WebRequest listeners. #29810 (Also in 13, 14)
• Fixed select-bluetooth-device firing on Windows. #29612 (Also in 13, 14)
• Fixed an incorrect warning about enableRemoteModule being issued when the option was undefined (and thus defaulting to false). #29701
• Fixed an issue where draggable regions sometimes did not work properly when DevTools is open. #29733 (Also in 13, 14)
• Fixed crashes in debug builds caused by microtasks policy mismatch. #29807 (Also in 13, 14)
• Fixed hover state not clear bug when BrowserWindow is not resizable. #29799 (Also in 13, 14)
• Fixed potential corruption of piped response data when using interceptHttpProtocol/registerHttpProtocol. #29668 (Also in 11, 13, 14)
• Fixed the spelling of 'attachment' in 'Content-Disposition' header when using the webRequest module. #29671 (Also in 13, 14)
• Security: backported fix for CVE-2021-30551. #29779

Other Changes

• Security: backported fix for CVE-2021-30544. #29776
• Security: backported fix for CVE-2021-30548. #29786

Documentation

• Documentation changes: #29725

Release Notes for v13.1.3

Fixes

• Fixed CORS preflight request always being cancelled when connecting via proxy requiring authentication for apps that had registered WebRequest listeners. #29811 (Also in 12, 14)
• Fixed select-bluetooth-device firing on Windows. #29611 (Also in 12, 14)
• Fixed warnAboutRemoteModuleWithRemoteContent for the new default value of enableRemoteModule. #29691
• Fixed a potential crash when setting vibrancy on macOS. #29722 (Also in 14)
• Fixed an issue where custom traffic lights could be covered by BrowserViews on macOS. #29663 (Also in 14)
• Fixed an issue where draggable regions sometimes did not work properly when DevTools is open. #29734 (Also in 12, 14)
• Fixed crashes in debug builds caused by microtasks policy mismatch. #29808 (Also in 12, 14)
• Fixed hover state not clear bug when BrowserWindow is not resizable. #29800 (Also in 12, 14)
• Fixed issue where the update permission prompt would cause 100% CPU spin while the prompt was open. #29805 (Also in 14)
• Fixed potential corruption of piped response data when using interceptHttpProtocol/registerHttpProtocol. #29669 (Also in 11, 12, 14)
• Fixed the color select eyedropper not working within DevTools. #29760 (Also in 14)
• Fixed the spelling of 'attachment' in 'Content-Disposition' header when using the webRequest module. #29672 (Also in 12, 14)

Other Changes

• Fixed a feature flag issue where spellchecker methods returned empty suggestion lists on Windows. #29706 (Also in 14)
• Updated Chromium to 91.0.4472.106. #29700

Documentation

• Documentation changes: #29726, #29762

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 v14.0.0-beta.8

Fixes

• 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 crashes in debug builds caused by microtasks policy mismatch. #29809 (Also in 12, 13)
• Fixed hover state not clear bug when BrowserWindow is not resizable. #29801 (Also in 12, 13)
• Fixed issue where the update permission prompt would cause 100% CPU spin while the prompt was open. #29806 (Also in 13)
• 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)

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 v14.0.0-beta.7

Fixes

• Fixed a potential crash when setting vibrancy on macOS. #29723 (Also in 13)
• Fixed an issue where draggable regions sometimes did not work properly when DevTools is open. #29735 (Also in 12, 13)
• Fixed crashes on latest gen Intel and Ryzen processors. #29688

Other Changes

• Fixed a feature flag issue where spellchecker methods returned empty suggestion lists on Windows. #29705 (Also in 13)

Documentation

• Documentation changes: #29727

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 v14.0.0-beta.6

Fixes

• Fixed select-bluetooth-device firing on Windows. #29613 (Also in 12, 13)
• Fixed an issue where custom traffic lights could be covered by BrowserViews on macOS. #29628 (Also in 13)
• Fixed potential corruption of piped response data when using interceptHttpProtocol/registerHttpProtocol. #29670 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
• Fixed the spelling of 'attachment' in 'Content-Disposition' header when using the webRequest module. #29673 (Also in 12, 13)

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 v14.0.0-beta.5

Fixes

• Fixed memory leak when requesting files in ASAR archive from renderer. #29536 (Also in 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 13)
• Fixed sending intermediate certificates with 'select-client-certificate' event callback. #29570 (Also in 12, 13)

Other Changes

• Updated Chromium to 93.0.4536.0. #29617

Release Notes for v12.0.11

Fixes

• Fixed memory leak when requesting files in ASAR archive from renderer. #29548 (Also in 13, 14)
• Fixed sending intermediate certificates with 'select-client-certificate' event callback. #29568 (Also in 13, 14)
• Fixed shifted character getting changed in menu accelerator. #29483 (Also in 13, 14)

Release Notes for v13.1.2

Fixes

• Electron Fuses are now in a consistent order across platforms. #29615 (Also in 14)
• Fixd an issue where fs.promises.readFile would improperly error when passing a FileHandle to the path argument. #29576 (Also in 14)
• Fixed sending intermediate certificates with 'select-client-certificate' event callback. #29569 (Also in 12, 14)
• Fixed shifted character getting changed in menu accelerator. #29482 (Also in 12, 14)

Release Notes for v13.1.1

Fixes

• Fixed crashes on latest gen Intel and Ryzen processors. #29546
• Fixed memory leak when requesting files in ASAR archive from renderer. #29535 (Also in 14)

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 v14.0.0-beta.3

Features

• Added experimental cookie encryption support behind an Electron Fuse. #29492 (Also in 13)
• Added support for debug URLs such as chrome://gpucrash. #29466 (Also in 13)

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where right-clicking in the devtools console throws an error. #29472
• Fixed missing 'fetch' event in service workers for requests using a registered protocol. #29440 (Also in 12, 13)
• Fixed pressing Alt with mouse click results in toggling menu bar. #29452 (Also in 12, 13)
• Fixed pressing Alt+Shift and Alt+Ctrl toggling menu bar on KDE. #29444 (Also in 12, 13)
• Fixed shifted character getting changed in menu accelerator. #29481

Documentation

• Documentation changes: #29429

Release Notes for v11.4.8

Fixes

• Fixed will-resize and will-move events not scaling the emitted newBounds rectangle to the appropriate Windows display scale factor. #29225 (Also in 12, 13)
• Fixed drag and drop not working correctly for some x11 window managers. #29271 (Also in 12)
• Fixed packaged apps allowing --require in NODE_OPTIONS on Windows. #29419

Other Changes

• Fixed using custom v8 snapshots on Apple Silicon. #29347 (Also in 12, 13)
• Security: backported fixes for CVE-2021-30518, CVE-2021-30516, CVE-2021-30515, CVE-2021-30513, CVE-2021-30512, CVE-2021-30510, CVE-2021-30508. #29250

Release Notes for v12.0.10

Fixes

• Fixed drag and drop not working correctly for some x11 window managers. #29272 (Also in 11)
• Fixed missing 'fetch' event in service workers for requests using a registered protocol. #29447 (Also in 13, 14)
• Fixed pressing Alt with mouse click results in toggling menu bar. #29451 (Also in 13, 14)
• Fixed pressing Alt+Shift and Alt+Ctrl toggling menu bar on KDE. #29445 (Also in 13, 14)

Other Changes

• Fixed using custom v8 snapshots on Apple Silicon. #29341 (Also in 13)
• Security: backported fixes for CVE-2021-30518, CVE-2021-30516, CVE-2021-30515, CVE-2021-30513, CVE-2021-30512, CVE-2021-30510, CVE-2021-30508. #29251

Documentation

• Documentation changes: #29431

Release Notes for v13.1.0

Features

• Added experimental cookie encryption support behind an Electron Fuse. #29493 (Also in 14)
• Added support for debug URLs such as chrome://gpucrash. #29491 (Also in 14)

Fixes

• Fixed missing 'fetch' event in service workers for requests using a registered protocol. #29446 (Also in 12, 14)
• Fixed pressing Alt with mouse click results in toggling menu bar. #29450 (Also in 12, 14)
• Fixed pressing Alt+Shift and Alt+Ctrl toggling menu bar on KDE. #29443 (Also in 12, 14)

Other Changes

• Backported fix for 1090441,1173656,1181434,1188117. #29494
• Fixed using custom v8 snapshots on Apple Silicon. #29339 (Also in 12)
• Updated Chromium to 91.0.4472.77. #29321

Documentation

• Documentation changes: #29430

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 v14.0.0-beta.2

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 v14.0.0-beta.1

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 <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 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 <webview> 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)

Documentation

• Documentation changes: #27888, #27958, #28189, #28315, #29073, #29295

Release Notes for v13.0.1

Fixes

• Fixed SHA issue when creating a universal macOS build.

Release Notes for v13.0.0

Stack Upgrades

• Chromium 91.0.4472.69.
  • v91 blog post
  • v90 blog post
• Node v14.17.0
  • v14.17.0 release notes
• V8 v9.1
  • v9.1 blog post
  • v9.0 blog post

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 <webview> 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

End of Support for 10.x.y

Electron 10.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.

Release Notes for v10.4.7

Other Changes

• Security: backported fixes for CVE-2021-30518, CVE-2021-30516, CVE-2021-30515, CVE-2021-30513, CVE-2021-30512, CVE-2021-30510, CVE-2021-30508. #29249

End of Support for 10.x.y

Electron 10.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.