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 v13.0.0-beta.17

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where multiple calls to window.setFullScreen could cause problems. #28763
• 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)

Release Notes for v12.0.5

Fixes

• Fixed the handler set with setWindowOpenHandler not being invoked when a link was middle-clicked or shift-clicked. #28664 (Also in 13)

Other Changes

• Updated Chromium to 89.0.4389.128. #28659

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 v13.0.0-beta.16

Fixes

• Fixed corner radius for vibrancy view in macOS 11. #28679

Release Notes for v11.4.3

Fixes

• Fixed a bug where, when a JumpList task description exceeded 260 characters, the JumpList was empty, despite valid entries. #28524 (Also in 12, 13)
• Fixed a network process crash that could happen when using setCertificateVerifyProc with many concurrent verification requests. #28470 (Also in 12, 13)
• Fixed failing to request file:// resources when web security is disabled. #28589 (Also in 12, 13)
• Support wasm-eval csp behind WebAssemblyCSP flag. #28576 (Also in 12, 13)
• Transparent windows cannot be maximized using the Windows system menu or by double clicking the title bar. #28635 (Also in 12, 13)

Other Changes

• Security: backported fix for chromium:1196683. #28639

Release Notes for v10.4.3

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the thumbar disappeared after win.hide() on Windows. #28388 (Also in 11, 12, 13)

Other Changes

• Security: backported fix for chromium:1196683. #28640
• Securty: Backported fix to CVE-2021-21174. #28234

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 v13.0.0-beta.14

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where select-serial-port callback crashes when called with an invalid serial port ID. #28619 (Also in 12)

Other Changes

• Security: backported fix for chromium:1196683. #28637
• Updated Chromium to 91.0.4448.0. #28127

Release Notes for v12.0.4

Other Changes

• Security: backported fix for chromium:1196683. #28638

Release Notes for v12.0.3

Fixes

• Allow loading source maps from custom protocols and asar bundles. #28616 (Also in 13)
• Fixed postData parameter missing from new-window event. #28543 (Also in 13)
• Fixed a bug where, when a JumpList task description exceeded 260 characters, the JumpList was empty, despite valid entries. #28525 (Also in 11, 13)
• Fixed a crash when loading pepper plugins. #28373 (Also in 13)
• Fixed a network process crash that could happen when using setCertificateVerifyProc with many concurrent verification requests. #28465 (Also in 11, 13)
• Fixed an issue where select-serial-port callback crashes when called with an invalid serial port ID. #28618 (Also in 13)
• Fixed an issue where window.print() did not work properly when printing a pdf from the pdf plugin. #28352 (Also in 13)
• Fixed an issue where errors thrown in functions passed over the contextBridge could be displayed incorrectly. #28447 (Also in 13)
• Fixed an issue where the thumbar disappeared after win.hide() on Windows. #28389 (Also in 10, 11, 13)
• Fixed bug where TouchBarPopover and TouchBarGroup were no longer rendering. #28411 (Also in 11)
• Fixed crash when using profiler in devtools. #28531
• Fixed failing to request file:// resources when web security is disabled. #28560 (Also in 11, 13)
• Fixed rare crash when initializing the internal PDF extension. #28452 (Also in 13)
• Fixed service worker not working with custom protocol. #28355 (Also in 11, 13)
• Support wasm-eval csp behind WebAssemblyCSP flag. #28575 (Also in 11, 13)
• Transparent windows cannot be maximized using the Windows system menu or by double clicking the title bar. #28622 (Also in 13)

Other Changes

• Backported fix for https://crbug.com/1181297. #28601
• Updated Chromium to 89.0.4389.114. #28461
• Updated community discussions link in default Electron menu. #28458 (Also in 13)

Documentation

• Documentation changes: #28363

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 v13.0.0-beta.13

Fixes

• Allow loading source maps from custom protocols and asar bundles. #28615 (Also in 12)

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 v13.0.0-beta.12

Fixes

• Fixed postData parameter missing from new-window event. #28542 (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 an issue where errors thrown in functions passed over the contextBridge could be displayed incorrectly. #28446 (Also in 12)
• Fixed failing to request file:// resources when web security is disabled. #28557
• Fixed the handler set with setWindowOpenHandler not being invoked when a link was middle-clicked or shift-clicked. #28536
• Support wasm-eval csp behind WebAssemblyCSP flag. #28569 (Also in 12)
• Transparent windows cannot be maximized using the Windows system menu or by double clicking the title bar. #28527

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 v13.0.0-beta.11

Fixes

• Fixed a network process crash that could happen when using setCertificateVerifyProc with many concurrent verification requests. #28433 (Also in 12)
• Fixed rare crash when initializing the internal PDF extension. #28453 (Also in 12)

Other Changes

• Updated community discussions link in default Electron menu. #28459 (Also in 12)

Release Notes for v11.4.2

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the thumbar disappeared after win.hide() on Windows. #28391 (Also in 10, 12, 13)
• Fixed bug where TouchBarPopover and TouchBarGroup were no longer rendering. #28412 (Also in 12)
• Fixed crash when exiting app with active nodejs worker_threads. #28471
• Fixed service worker not working with custom protocol. #28353 (Also in 12, 13)

Documentation

• Documentation changes: #28364

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 v13.0.0-beta.9

Features

• Added ability to enable field trials. #28402 (Also in 11, 12)

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the thumbar disappeared after win.hide() on Windows. #28390 (Also in 10, 11, 12)

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 v13.0.0-beta.8

Features

• The submitURL option for crashReporter.start is no longer a required argument when uploadToServer is false. #28283

Fixes

• Fixed a crash when loading pepper plugins. #28372 (Also in 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 some Node.js modules would hang on page reload on Windows. #28335 (Also in 12)
• Fixed service worker not working with custom protocol. #28354 (Also in 11, 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)

Documentation

• Documentation changes: #28365

Release Notes for v12.0.2

Fixes

• 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. #28172 (Also in 11, 13)
• Fixed desktopCapturer.getSources() promise result sometimes never resolving. #28281 (Also in 10, 11, 13)
• Fixed a rare crash on Windows that could occur when emitting certain Tray events. #28111
• Fixed an issue where some Node.js modules would hang on page reload on Windows. #28337 (Also in 13)
• Fixed an issue where the drag regions in BrowserViews on macOS could be off in their y-axis. #28296 (Also in 10, 11, 13)
• Fixed context menus not being positioned correctly when near the edge of the screen. #28277 (Also in 11, 13)
• Fixed crash when calling getBackgroundColor on a transparent window with no assigned background color. #28188 (Also in 11, 13)
• Fixed intensive I/O from asar files causing ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND after a while. #28202 (Also in 11, 13)
• URLS passed to shell.openExternal on windows are now correctly URI encoded. This was already occurring on macOS and Linux. #28341 (Also in 10, 11, 13)

Other Changes

• Fixed native module compilation with AsyncCleanupHooks on windows. #28109 (Also in 11, 13)
• Updated Chromium to 89.0.4389.90. #28174

Documentation

• Documentation changes: #28214

Release Notes for v10.4.2

Fixes

• Fixed desktopCapturer.getSources() promise result sometimes never resolving. #28279 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
• Fixed an issue where the drag regions in BrowserViews on macOS could be off in their y-axis. #28295 (Also in 11, 12, 13)
• URLS passed to shell.openExternal on windows are now correctly URI encoded. This was already occurring on macOS and Linux. #28339 (Also in 11, 12, 13)

Other Changes

• Security: Backported the fix to CVE-2021-21169. #28237
• Security: backported fix for CVE-2021-21166. #28133
• Security: backported fix for CVE-2021-21172. #28299
• Security: backported fix for CVE-2021-21175. #28248
• Security: backported fix for CVE-2021-21179. #28250
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1167357. #28199

Release Notes for v11.4.1

Fixes

• Fixed desktopCapturer.getSources() promise result sometimes never resolving. #28282 (Also in 10, 12, 13)
• Fixed an issue where the drag regions in BrowserViews on macOS could be off in their y-axis. #28297 (Also in 10, 12, 13)
• Fixed context menus not being positioned correctly when near the edge of the screen. #28278 (Also in 12, 13)
• Fixed intensive I/O from asar files causing ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND after a while. #28201 (Also in 12, 13)
• Fixed issue where window.open() would not return an object with a location.href setter when contextIsolation is enabled and nativeWindowOpen is disabled. #28161 (Also in 10, 12)
• URLS passed to shell.openExternal on windows are now correctly URI encoded. This was already occurring on macOS and Linux. #28340 (Also in 10, 12, 13)

Other Changes

• Security: Backported fix to CVE-2021-21174. #28233
• Security: Backported the fix to CVE-2021-21169. #28236
• Security: backported fix for CVE-2021-21166. #28132
• Security: backported fix for CVE-2021-21172. #28294
• Security: backported fix for CVE-2021-21175. #28247
• Security: backported fix for CVE-2021-21179. #28249
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1167357. #28198

Documentation

• Documentation changes: #28212

Release Notes for v11.4.0

Features

• Added support for the des-ede3 cipher in node crypto. #27993 (Also in 12)

Fixes

• 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. #28171 (Also in 12, 13)
• Fixed a potential crash when resetting BrowserViews. #27948 (Also in 10, 12)
• Fixed an issue where BrowserViews could have mismatched draggable regions to their bounds. #27987 (Also in 10, 12)
• Fixed an issue where win.capturePage() never called back after calling hide() for a hidden window on some platforms. #28074 (Also in 12, 13)
• Fixed an issue where libuv might hang with multiple subframes when nodeIntegrationInSubframes is enabled. #27880 (Also in 10, 12)
• Fixed an out-of-bounds access in WebContents.sendInputEvent. #27853 (Also in 10, 12)
• Fixed background color not being applied for child windows created by native window.open path. #27944 (Also in 10, 12)
• Fixed crash when calling getBackgroundColor on a transparent window with no assigned background color. #28186 (Also in 12, 13)
• Fixed native window.open() to not use windowName/frameName as title by default. #27813 (Also in 10, 12)
• Fixed navigator.bluetooth.requestDevice crash. #27941 (Also in 12)
• Fixed warning when worldSafeExecuteJavaScript is disabled. #27968 (Also in 10, 12)

Other Changes

• Backported fix for CVE-2020-27844. #28101
• Fixed native module compilation with AsyncCleanupHooks on windows. #28108 (Also in 12, 13)
• Security: backported fix for 1180871. #28046
• Security: backported fix for CVE-2021-21160. #28093
• Security: backported fix for CVE-2021-21162. #28091
• Security: backported fix for CVE-2021-21165. #28089
• Security: backported fix for CVE-2021-21181. #28097
• Security: backported fix for CVE-2021-21193. #28165
• Security: backported fix to 1177593. #28050

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 v13.0.0-beta.7

Features

• Added process.contextIsolated property that indicates whether the current renderer context has contextIsolation enabled. #28252

Fixes

• Fixed desktopCapturer.getSources() promise result sometimes never resolving. #28280 (Also in 10, 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 context menus not being positioned correctly when near the edge of the screen. #28276 (Also in 11, 12)

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 v13.0.0-beta.6

Features

• Added process.contextId used by @electron/remote. #28251

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where windows in simpleFullscreen mode were not properly resizing when display metrics changed. #28216
• Fixed intensive I/O from asar files causing ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND after a while. #28203 (Also in 11, 12)

Documentation

• Documentation changes: #28213