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 v11.0.0-beta.8

Features

• Removed the desktopCapturer.getMediaSourceIdForWebContents() API. #25455 (Also in 11)

Fixes

• Added missing module delay loads on windows to reduce per process reference set impact. #25436 (Also in 9, 10, 11)
• Excess menu item separators are now only removed after item re-ordering is done to avoid accidental removal of needed separators. #25599 (Also in 11)
• Fixed CORS not being disabled by webSecurity: false. #25504 (Also in 9, 10, 11)
• Fixed ready-to-show event not emitted on some machines. #25471 (Also in 10, 11)
• Fixed a crash in app.importCertificate() on Linux. #25537 (Also in 9, 10, 11)
• Fixed a crash that could happen when a window was closed while a webview was in the process of being attached. #25598 (Also in 11)
• Fixed a crash when closing window in an event listener after exiting fullscreen on macOS. #25524 (Also in 10, 11)
• Fixed an issue that could cause a normally-exiting process to fail with an "illegal access" message and exit code 7. #25459 (Also in 8, 9, 10, 11)
• Fixed an issue where an error would be displayed when using webContents.print() if no default was set and no device name provided. #25562 (Also in 9, 10, 11)
• Fixed crashes caused by attempting to modify destroyed views. #25509 (Also in 11)
• Fixed the remote-debugging-port discovery page showing garbled text. #25602 (Also in 10, 11)
• Fixed unsubscribe from observers when window is closing. #25585 (Also in 9, 10, 11)
• Updated Node root certs to use NSS 3.56. #25362 (Also in 8, 9, 10, 11)

Other Changes

• Added a small console hint to console to help debug renderer crashes. #25474 (Also in 9, 10, 11)

Release Notes for v8.5.2

Fixes

• Fixed multiple dock icons being left in system when calling dock.show/hide on macOS. #25302 (Also in 8, 9, 10, 11)

Other Changes

• Security: backported fix for 1098860. #25290
• Security: backported fix for 1111737. #25394

Release Notes for v9.3.1

Fixes

• Added missing module delay loads on windows to reduce per process reference set impact. #25437 (Also in 9, 10, 11)
• Fixed a crash in the renderer process when invoking the Badging API. #25371 (Also in 9, 10, 11)
• Fixed a memory leak in net.request(). #25382
• Fixed multiple dock icons being left in system when calling dock.show/hide on macOS. #25301 (Also in 8, 9, 10, 11)

Other Changes

• Security: backported fix for 1081874. #25389
• Security: backported fix for 1098860. #25289
• Security: backported fix for 1111737. #25391
• Security: backported fix for 1122684. #25390

Unknown

• Added support for some chrome.management APIs. #25344 (Also in 9, 10, 11)

Release Notes for v10.1.2

Fixes

• Added missing module delay loads on windows to reduce per process reference set impact. #25435 (Also in 9, 10, 11)
• Fixed a crash in the renderer process when invoking the Badging API. #25369 (Also in 9, 10, 11)
• Fixed an issue where document.hasFocus and document.activeElement would be inconsistent upon showing a window that was initially created with show: false. #25330 (Also in 10, 11)
• Fixed client_id file being generated in the working directory for node child process. #25309 (Also in 9, 10, 11)
• Fixed multiple dock icons being left in system when calling dock.show/hide on macOS. #25299 (Also in 8, 9, 10, 11)

Other Changes

• Updated Chromium to 85.0.4183.98. #25275

Unknown

• Added support for some chrome.management APIs. #25345 (Also in 9, 10, 11)

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 v11.0.0-beta.7

Fixes

• Fixed crashes using nativeImage on Windows on ARM. #25410 (Also in 11)

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 v11.0.0-beta.6

Fixes

• Fixed a crash in the renderer process when invoking the Badging API. #25370 (Also in 9, 10, 11)

Unknown

• Added support for some chrome.management APIs. #25342 (Also in 9, 10, 11)

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 v11.0.0-beta.5

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where document.hasFocus and document.activeElement would be inconsistent upon showing a window that was initially created with show: false. #25323 (Also in 11)
• Fixed client_id file being generated in the working directory for node child process. #25310 (Also in 9, 11)
• Fixed multiple dock icons being left in system when calling dock.show/hide on macOS. #25300 (Also in 8, 9, 10, 11)

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 v11.0.0-beta.4

Fixes

• • Fixes the following issues for frameless when maximized on Windows: * fix unreachable task bar when auto hidden with position top * fix 1px extending to secondary monitor * fix 1px overflowing into taskbar at certain resolutions * fix white line on top of window under 4k resolutions. #25217 (Also in 8, 9, 10, 11)

Release Notes for v9.3.0

Features

• Added back a previously broken visibleOnFullScreen option for setVisibleOnAllWorkspaces. #25126
• Added the currencyCode field that Apple's StoreKit in-app-purchasing library provides but has not been added to the Product object that inAppPurchase.getProducts returns. #25085

Fixes

• Fixed powerMonitor not emitting suspend/resume events on some Windows machines. #25165
• Fixed an issue where filters set in dialogs on macOS would have nondeterministic ordering. #25194
• Fixed an issue where notifications with a reply button could potentially be destroyed too early when a user clicked on the notification body before replying. #25101
• Fixed frameless window's size being changed when restored from minimized state. #25045
• Fixed network permission error when there are multiple WebContents sharing same session are created with web security disabled. #25179
• Fixed node's TLS stack not allowing renegotiation. #25041
• Fixed the following issues for frameless when maximized on Windows * fix unreachable task bar when auto hidden with position top
• fix 1px extending to secondary monitor
• fix 1px overflowing into taskbar at certain resolutions
• fix white line on top of window under 4k resolutions. #25218
• Fixed window size being changed after unmaximizing. #25133

Unknown

• Fixed not working WebSQLDatabase in extension background pages. #25070

Release Notes for v8.5.1

Fixes

• • Fixes the following issues for frameless when maximized on Windows:

• fix unreachable task bar when auto hidden with position top
• fix 1px extending to secondary monitor
• fix 1px overflowing into taskbar at certain resolutions
• fix white line on top of window under 4k resolutions. #25219

• Fixed powerMonitor not emitting suspend/resume events on some Windows machines. #25163
• Fixed an issue where notifications with a reply button could potentially be destroyed too early when a user clicked on the notification body before replying. #25102
• Fixed an issue where some Node.js methods would not work with URL instances constructed in the renderer process. #24861
• Fixed frameless window's size being changed when restored from minimized state. #25057
• Fixed inactive windows having active titlebar on Windows. #24875
• Fixed network permission error when there are multiple WebContents sharing same session are created with web security disabled. #25181
• Fixed node's TLS stack not allowing renegotiation. #25042
• Fixed window size being changed after unmaximizing. #25148

Other Changes

• Backported the fix to CVE-2020-6532: Use after free in SCTP. #24886
• Security: Backported fix for CVE-2020-6541. #25025
• Security: backported fix for 1095584. #25227
• Security: backported fix for 1103827. #25244
• Security: backported fix for 1104046. #25243
• Security: backported fix for 1105202. #25262
• Security: backported fix for 1105426. #25241
• Security: backported fix for 1106682,1109467. #25239
• Security: backported fix for 1107433. #25235
• Security: backported fix for 1107815. #25232
• Security: backported fix for 1115345. #25266

Release Notes for v10.1.1

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where filters set in dialogs on macOS would have nondeterministic ordering. #25192
• Fixed network permission error when there are multiple WebContents sharing same session are created with web security disabled. #25178
• Fixed the following issues for frameless when maximized on Windows:
  • Unreachable task bar when auto hidden with position top
  • 1px extending to secondary monitor
  • 1px overflowing into taskbar at certain resolutions
  • White line on top of window under 4k resolutions. #25216

Other Changes

• Updated Chromium to 85.0.4183.93. #25188

Unknown

• Fixed issue where clicking notifications would no longer dismiss them as expected. #25246

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 v11.0.0-beta.3

Fixes

• Fixed Electron not working on Windows 7 after https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/25076. #25168 (Also in 8, 9, 10, 11)
• Fixed an issue where filters set in dialogs on macOS would have nondeterministic ordering. #25193 (Also in 9, 10, 11)
• Fixed network permission error when there are multiple WebContents sharing same session are created with web security disabled. #25180 (Also in 8, 9, 10, 11)
• Fixed shell.moveItemToTrash on Windows so that it returns false when move was unsuccessful. #25171 (Also in 9, 10, 11)

Release Notes for v10.1.0

Features

• Added visualEffectState option to BrowserWindows to allow customization of vibrancy effect state on macOS. #25106
• Added app.createThumbnailFromPath() API that returns a preview image of a file given its file path and a maximum thumbnail size. #25072
• Added back a previously broken visibleOnFullScreen option for setVisibleOnAllWorkspaces. #25125
• Added the currencyCode field that Apple's StoreKit in-app-purchasing library provides but has not been added to the Product object that inAppPurchase.getProducts returns. #25084

Fixes

• Fixed Electron not working on Windows 7 after https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/25076. #25167

Release Notes for v10.0.1

Fixes

• Fixed powerMonitor not emitting suspend/resume events on some Windows machines. #25111
• Fixed an issue where notifications with a reply button could potentially be destroyed too early when a user clicked on the notification body before replying. #25100
• Fixed an issue where some apps might be rejected from the Mac App Store owing to a private font-related API added in Chromium. #25137
• Fixed window size being changed after unmaximizing. #25132

Other Changes

• Fixed a potential crash on print job cancellation. #25131
• Updated Chromium to 85.0.4183.86. #25142

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 v11.0.0-beta.1

Features

• Added app.getApplicationInfoForProtocol() API that returns detailed information about the app that handles a certain protocol. #24112
• Added name to app.getAppMetrics() output. #24359
• Added utility-process-gone event to app. #24367
• Added visualEffectState option to BrowserWindows to allow customization of vibrancy effect state on macOS. #25083
• Added app.createThumbnailFromPath() API that returns a preview image of a file given its file path and a maximum thumbnail size. #24802
• Added back a previously broken visibleOnFullScreen option for setVisibleOnAllWorkspaces. #24956
• Added desktopCapturer.getMediaSourceIdForWebContents(), can be used with getUserMedia to get a stream for a WebContent. #22701
• Added did-become-active event on Mac for observing any application activation. #23872
• Added new worldSafeExecuteJavaScript webPreference to ensure that the return values from webFrame.executeJavaScript are world safe when context isolation is enabled. #24114 (Also in 9, 10)
• Added optional parameter to specify monospaced font types for macOS tray titles. #25059
• Added support for suspend and resume events to Windows. #24251 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
• Added support for suspend and resume events to macOS. #24254 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
• Added the currencyCode field that Apple's StoreKit in-app-purchasing library provides but has not been added to the Product object that inAppPurchase.getProducts returns. #25058
• Changed app.getLoginItemSettings() and app.setLoginItemSettings() API to factor in startup approval keys when determining whether an application is able to launch on login. #24494
• Expose sessionId associated with a target from debugger module. #24170 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
• Implemented systemPreferences.getMediaAccessStatus() on Windows. #24275 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
• V8CacheOptions is a new webpreference option to enforce code caching policy. #23842 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
• When the disabled-by-default-v8.cpu_profiler tracing category is enabled, cpu samples will now be collected from the main process as well as the renderer. #24819

Fixes

• • fix loading shared worker scripts over custom protocol * fix crash when loading worker scripts with nodeIntegration enabled. #20625 (Also in 9, 10)
• Added missing support for isComposing KeyboardEvent property. #23971 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
• Added {stream:} option to registerSchemeAsPrivileged to enable custom protocols to stream video and audio. #22955
• Enable NTLM v2 for POSIX platforms and added --disable-ntlm-v2 switch to disable it. #23846 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9, 10)
• Fix: Allow windows behind macOS elements if "frame" is false. #23976 (Also in 9, 10)
• Fix: remove unnecessary corner mask overriding to increase window resize performance. #24642 (Also in 9, 10)
• Fixed "Paste and Match Style" shortcut on macOS to match OS's "Option-Shift-Command-V". #24153 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
• Fixed "null path-to-app" in test-app when Electron's path contains spaces or special characters. #24214 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
• Fixed GTK dark theme setting not respected in Electron on Linux. #23678 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9, 10)
• Fixed chrome://accessibility access in Electron. #24437
• Fixed chrome://media-internals and chrome://webrtc-internals pages not loading. #24010 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
• Fixed powerMonitor not emitting suspend/resume events on some Windows machines. #25076 (Also in 10)
• Fixed process.windowsStore returning undefined in AppX packages. #23785 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9, 10)
• Fixed a 10.0.0-beta.1 issue that broke dark mode window titlebars on Linux. #25055 (Also in 10)
• Fixed a bezeling issue on vibrant non-frameless BrowserWindows. #23779 (Also in 9, 10)
• Fixed a crash in TouchBar for certain methods. #23936 (Also in 10)
• Fixed a crash that could happen when using hookWindowMessage on Windows. #24716 (Also in 9, 10)
• Fixed a crash that could occur when using in-memory sessions. #24964 (Also in 9, 10)
• Fixed a crash that could occur when using the ipcRenderer module after blink had released the context. Instead, a JS exception will be thrown. #23917 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
• Fixed a termination crash on Web Workers with Node.js integration enabled. #24436 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
• Fixed an error when calling dialog.showCertificateTrustDialog with no BrowserWindow. #24091 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9, 10)
• Fixed an intermittent high-CPU usage problem caused a system clock issue during sleep. #24394 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
• Fixed an issue where VoiceOver was unable to navigate from the top-level window back into the web contents. #24655 (Also in 9, 10)
• Fixed an issue where rmdir and rmdirSync work with original-fs in an asar context. #23890 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
• Fixed an issue where shutdown would be emitted both on app and system shutdown on macOS. #24111 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
• Fixed an issue where webContents.print() would sometimes hang with invalid settings. #24476 (Also in 9, 10)
• Fixed an issue where window.location properties would throw an error for windows opened with window.open. #23776 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
• Fixed an issue where withFileTypes was not supported as an option to fs.readdir or fs.readdirSync under asar. #24062 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
• Fixed an issue where cpu and heap profiling in Node.js did not work properly with --cpu-prof, --heap-prof, and related CLI flags. #24528 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
• Fixed an issue where errors were seen for nonexistent asar files. #24890
• Fixed an issue where frameless modal windows with a vibrancy setting had bezeled corners. #24250 (Also in 9, 10)
• Fixed an issue where macOS window vibrancy active state did not always match the active state of the window. #24471 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
• Fixed an issue where many uses of the Node.js assert module would throw in both the browser and renderer processes. #24579
• Fixed an issue where notifications with a reply button could potentially be destroyed too early when a user clicked on the notification body before replying. #25086 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
• Fixed an issue where some Node.js methods would not work with URL instances constructed in the renderer process. #24831 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
• Fixed an issue where some apps might be rejected from the Mac App Store owing to a private font-related API added in Chromium. #25117 (Also in 10)
• Fixed an issue where some old notifications were not properly removed from the Notification Center on macOS. #24302 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
• Fixed an issue where suspend/resume were emitted twice on macOS. #24818 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
• Fixed an issue where the 'about' role had on effect on Windows menus. #23687 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9, 10)
• Fixed an issue where the Save button did not function in PDF previews. #24946 (Also in 9, 10)
• Fixed an issue which would cause streaming protocol responses to stall in some cases. #24022 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
• Fixed an issue with click events not being emitted on macOS for Trays with context menus set. #24200 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
• Fixed an issue with volume-related globalShortcut registration. #23782 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
• Fixed an occasional menu crash on macOS Catalina when menu is closing. #23778 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
• Fixed broken --trace-sync-io flag in Node.js. #24529 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
• Fixed broken toolbar text in the PDF viewer. #24913 (Also in 10)
• Fixed bug on macOS where the main window could be targeted for a focus event when it was disabled behind a modal. #24286 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
• Fixed clipboard.readBuffer returning incorrect value. #24454 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
• Fixed crash that could occur when passing a non-absolute path to session.loadExtension. #25068 (Also in 10)
• Fixed crash when navigating between origins in a child window with nativeWindowOpen and contextIsolation enabled. #23684 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
• Fixed crash when navigating from a page with webview that has inherited zoom level. #24757 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
• Fixed crash when opening offscreen transparent windows with gpu acceleration off. #24390
• Fixed crash when using client certificate. #24868 (Also in 10)
• Fixed delayed execution of some Node.js callbacks in the main process. #24131 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
• Fixed disabling color correct rendering with --disable-color-correct-rendering. #23787 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
• Fixed executeJavaScriptInIsolatedWorld not respecting hasUserGesture argument. #24396
• Fixed frameless window's size being changed when restored from minimized state. #25014 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
• Fixed inactive windows having active titlebar on Windows. #24847 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
• Fixed intercepted protocols not raising Redirect information back to Chromium. #23742 (Also in 7.3)
• Fixed issued where voice over would not read words as you typed them. #24801 (Also in 10)
• Fixed media keys working unilaterally when registered with globalShortcut. #24145
• Fixed missing guid parameter in Linux crash reports. #24881 (Also in 9, 10)
• Fixed no session in webContents of type remote. #23989 (Also in 9, 10)
• Fixed node's TLS stack not allowing renegotiation. #25022 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
• Fixed potentially invalid duplex mode settings on Linux. #24489 (Also in 9, 10)
• Fixed serialization of nativeImages over remote when moving from the main process to the renderer process. #23759 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9, 10)
• Fixed the acceptLanguages argument being ignored in session.setUserAgent(). #23944 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9, 10)
• Fixed tray menu on Windows not keyboard navigable. #23843 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
• Fixed tray menu showing in taskbar on Windows. #24097 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
• Fixed undefined symbol error when loading native modules that uses uv_dlopen. #24659
• Fixed window size being changed after unmaximizing. #25051 (Also in 9, 10)
• Fixed window titlebar not responding to pen on Windows 10. #24042 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9, 10)
• Fixed: On some Windows machines, especially Windows Insider builds, Electron would crash silently during startup. #24030 (Also in 9, 10)
• Increased maximum length for crash keys from 127B to 20KB. #24782 (Also in 9, 10)
• None. #24240 (Also in 9)
• None. #25112
• Protocol response streams are now destroyed if the request is aborted. #24014 (Also in 9, 10)
• Resolve app-scoped bookmarks without mounting network drives. #24708
• Restored old implementation of Linux Tray icons to fix a collection of issues where the tray icon wouldn't appear, would be the wrong size or would randomly disappear. #23674 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
• Save crash reports locally when uploadToServer: false on linux. #24778 (Also in 9, 10)
• The element highlighter in devtools works again. #24921 (Also in 10)
• shell.showItemInFolder uses the FileManager DBUS API on Linux, only falling back to xdg-open if that fails. #25087

Other Changes

• Added V8 crash message and location information to crashReport parameters. #24771 (Also in 10)
• Added new experimental apple silicon (darwin arm64) builds. #24545
• Deprecated the default of contextIsolation, it will change from false to true in a future Electron release. #23507
• Fixed an issue with a consistent unwanted exception appearing during a debugging session with the VSCode debugger. #24191
• Fixed mac app store rejection notice for invalid symbolic link in bundle. #23831
• Fixed mac app store rejection notice for invalid symbolic link in bundle. #24158 (Also in 9, 10)
• Improved the default REPL experience when running Electron with the --interactive flag. #24204
• Improved the performance of sending JS primitives over the context bridge. #24531 (Also in 9, 10)
• Improved the performance of sending wide objects over the context bridge. #24671
• None. #24987
• Removed experimental APIs: BrowserView.{fromId, fromWebContents, getAllViews} and the id property of BrowserView. #23578
• Updated Node.js to v12.18.3. #24707

Documentation

• Documentation changes: #24147, #24374, #24473, #25073

Unknown

• Fixed issues with CORS when making requests from extensions. #24483 (Also in 9, 10)
• Fixed not working WebSQLDatabase in extension background pages. #24798 (Also in 9, 10)

Release Notes for v7.3.3

Fixes

• Backported fixe for UAF in extensions (NOCVE). #24420
• Fix: DCHECK failure in value.IsHeapObject() in objectsdebug.cc. (Chromium security issue 1084820). #24564
• Fix: XSS on chrome://histograms/ with a compromised renderer. (Chromium security issue 1073409). #24627
• Fix: heap-use-after-free in content::NavigationRequest::OnWillProcessResponseProcessed. (Chromium security issue 1090543). #24567
• Fix: heap-use-after-free in ui::AXTreeSerializerblink (Chromium security issue 1065122). #24555
• Fix: memcpy-param-overlap in AudioBuffer::copyFromChannel. (Chromium security issue 1081722). #24584
• Fix: remove leaks of post-redirect URL for <script> in the CSP reports and stacktraces of errors (Chromium security issue 1074317). #24558
• Fix: update webrtc root certificate. (Chromium security issue 978779). #24619
• Fix: use-of-uninitialized-value in amr_read_header. (Chromium security issue 1065731). #24596
• Fix: usrsctp is called with pointer as network address. (Chromium security issue 1076703). #24561

Other Changes

• Backported the fix to CVE-2020-6532: Use after free in SCTP. #24894
• Security: Backported fix for CVE-2020-6541. #25026

End of Support for 7.x.y

Electron 7.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 v10.0.0

Stack Upgrades

• Chromium 85.0.4183.84
  • v85 blog post
  • v84 blog post
• Node v12.16.3
  • v12.16.3 release notes
  • v12.16.2 release notes
  • v12.16.1 release notes
  • v12.16.0 release notes
  • v12.15.0 release notes
  • v12.14.1 release notes
• V8 v8.5
  • v8.5 blog post
  • v8.4 blog post

Breaking Changes

• Changed the default value of 'enableRemoteModule' to false. #22091
• Changed the default value of app.allowRendererProcessReuse to true, this will prevent loading of non-context-aware native modules in renderer processes. See #18397 for more information on this change. #22336
• Fixed the positioning of window buttons on MacOS when the OS locale is set to an RTL language (like Arabic or Hebrew). Frameless window apps may have to account for this change while styling their windows. #22016

Features

• Added contents.getBackgroundThrottling() method and contents.backgroundThrottling property. #21036
• Added a sameSite property to the Cookie structure allowing you to get and set the same site policy for cookies. #22789
• Added new render-process-gone event on app to replace the renderer-process-crashed event. #23560
• Added new render-process-gone event to replace the crashed event. #23096
• Added new useSessionCookies flag to net requests to allow them to use the session cookie store. #22704
• Added support for MessagePort in the main process. #22404
• Added support for the 'compress' option of crashReporter on Linux. #23597
• Added the 'onclose' event to MessagePort and MessagePortMain. #22532
• Added the ability to get the "Recent" folder on Windows with app.getPath('recent'). #23381
• BrowserWindow darkTheme option now defaults to nativeTheme.shouldUseDarkColors. #20138
• Can now check if a given session is persistent by calling the ses.isPersistent() API. #22622
• Deprecated uncompressed crash uploads in crashReporter. #23598
• Enable native Electron handling and passing of Node.js cli options. #21110
• Enhanced window.open functionality with the ability to handle POST data in the new-window event. #19703
• Exposed the desktopCapturer module in the main process. #23548
• The position of nested touch bars inherited from Chromium can now be customized (macOS). #22270
• Added V8 crash message and location information to crashReport parameters. #24866
• Removed the deprecated currentlyLoggingPath property of netLog. Additionally, netLog.stopLogging no longer returns the path to the recorded log. #22732
• Added disableDialogs option to WebPreferences. #22395 (Also in 8, 9)
• Added fullScreen property support for BrowserWindows. #23145 (Also in 9)
• Added rateLimit and compress options to crashReporter. #23062
• Added session.listWordsFromSpellCheckerDictionary API to list custom words in the dictionary. #22101 (Also in 9)
• Added session.removeWordFromSpellCheckerDictionary API to remove custom words in the dictionary. #22039 (Also in 9)
• Added session.serviceWorkerContext API to access basic service worker info and receive console logs from service workers. #20624 (Also in 9)
• Added a new force parameter to app.focus() on macOS to allow apps to forcefully take focus. #22612 (Also in 8, 9)
• Added ability to set and get title bar traffic light position on the fly (macOS). #22533 (Also in 8, 9)
• Added new spellcheck-dictionary-* events on the session module to help track and debug dictionary initialization. #22449 (Also in 8, 9)
• Added new worldSafeExecuteJavaScript webPreference to ensure that the return values from webFrame.executeJavaScript are world safe when context isolation is enabled. #24711 (Also in 9)
• Added support for property access to some getter/setter pairs on BrowserWindow. #22771 (Also in 9)
• Added support for suspend and resume events to Windows. #24281 (Also in 8, 9)
• Added support for suspend and resume events to macOS. #24293 (Also in 8, 9)
• Allow an optional callback parameter for WebFrame.executeJavaScript* methods, which is called synchronously unless the target context is paused. #21423 (Also in 9)
• EnableWebSQL is a new webpreference option to enable/disable websql api. #23311 (Also in 7.2, 8, 9)
• Expose sessionId associated with a target from debugger module. #24397 (Also in 8, 9)
• Implemented systemPreferences.getMediaAccessStatus() on Windows. #24311 (Also in 8, 9)
• Restored support for pdfium-based PDF viewer. #21794 (Also in 9)
• V8CacheOptions is a new webpreference option to enforce code caching policy. #23867 (Also in 8, 9)
• Ensured proper nativeImage serialization between renderer and browser processes via remote. #23794 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9)
• Improved error logging on moveItemToTrash failures on macOS. #23589 (Also in 8, 9)

Fixes

• Fixed BrowserWindow.moveAbove on Windows. #23161
• Fixed WebContents.focus not focusing window on macOS and Linux. #22323
• Fixed a crash that could happen when a warning was emitted when loading an extension. #23667
• Fixed a crash when closing GTK file open/save dialogs. #23109
• Fixed a crash when using <input type="file" />. #22843
• Fixed a potential crash when menu is created from an empty template. #23308
• Fixed an issue that could cause exceptions in the 'remote' module when accessing objects without constructors. #22820
• Fixed an issue where startDrag could crash if some specific strings were passed into nativeImage.createFromImage to create the icon. #23467
• Fixed an issue where diagnostic error reporting wasn't available in Node.js processes. #23126
• Fixed an issue where undo and redo shortcuts did not work in webviews. #22911
• Fixed crash when using client certificate. #25019
• Fixed issues with CORS when making requests from extensions. #24822 (Also in 9)
• Fixed loading shared worker scripts over custom protocol * fix crash when loading worker scripts with nodeIntegration enabled. #24749 (Also in 9)
• Accessing the screen module before the ready event no longer makes it impossible to access the screen module. #22895 (Also in 8, 9)
• Added missing support for isComposing KeyboardEvent property. #23995 (Also in 8, 9)
• Added workaround for nativeWindowOpen hang. #22825 (Also in 8, 9)
• DeviceId from navigator.mediaDevices.enumerateDevices is now consistent across reloads. #22386 (Also in 8, 9)
• Don't allow window to go behind menu bar on mac. #22770 (Also in 9)
• Don't ignore the referrer header in net.request. #23386 (Also in 8, 9)
• Enable NTLM v2 for POSIX platforms and added --disable-ntlm-v2 switch to disable it. #23916 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9)
• Enable offscreen rendering. #22160 (Also in 8, 9)
• Ensured that exit callbacks are run for Node.js in the renderer process. #23419 (Also in 7.2, 8, 9)
• Fix: Allow windows behind macOS elements if "frame" is false. #24032 (Also in 9)
• Fixed "Paste and Match Style" shortcut on macOS to match OS's "Option-Shift-Command-V". #24182 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed "null path-to-app" in test-app when Electron's path contains spaces or special characters. #24230 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed "will-navigate" event not being emitted for sandboxed contents. #22188 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed ARIA role="tree" for macOS VoiceOver. #22367 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed Electron apps getting rejected to Mac App Store. #20965 (Also in 6.1, 8, 9)
• Fixed GTK dark theme setting not respected in Electron on Linux. #23711 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9)
• Fixed Promise timeout issue when running Electron as Node. #23153 (Also in 7.2, 9)
• Fixed chrome://media-internals and chrome://webrtc-internals pages not loading. #24057 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed process.windowsStore returning undefined in AppX packages. #23798 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9)
• Fixed session.setSpellCheckerDictionaryDownloadURL to append the dictionary name at the end of requests instead of requesting the same URL for all dictionaries. #22382 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed webRequest API not working with WebSockets. #22040 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed webRequest module not working with file:// protocol. #22903 (Also in 9)
• Fixed webRequest not working for CORS requests. #22407 (Also in 9)
• Fixed win.setMenuBarVisibility(false) not hiding menu bar. #23214 (Also in 9)
• Fixed a bezeling issue on vibrant non-frameless BrowserWindows. #23809 (Also in 9)
• Fixed a crash in TouchBar for certain methods. #23970
• Fixed a crash in webContents.print() with custom print margins. #22164 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed a crash that could happen when attempting to access a session during shutdown. #23039 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed a crash that could happen when using hookWindowMessage on Windows. #24768 (Also in 9)
• Fixed a crash that could occur when sending arrays over IPC. #22753 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed a crash that could occur when using in-memory sessions. #25001 (Also in 9)
• Fixed a crash that could occur when using the ipcRenderer module after blink had released the context. Instead, a JS exception will be thrown. #23977 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed a crash which could occur during page navigations. #23271 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed a potential crash on devices which had not connected any printers to their network. #22418 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed a potential crash on invalid zoomFactor values when setting the zoom factor of a webpage. #22673 (Also in 7.2, 8, 9)
• Fixed a termination crash on Web Workers with Node.js integration enabled. #24462 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed a use-after-free error that could happen if a Tray was destroyed while showing a custom context menu. #22842 (Also in 7.2, 8, 9)
• Fixed an error when calling dialog.showCertificateTrustDialog with no BrowserWindow. #24118 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9)
• Fixed an intermittent high-CPU usage problem caused a system clock issue during sleep. #24413 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed an issue where TypeError occurred on initializing CrashReporter. #22274 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed an issue where VoiceOver was unable to navigate from the top-level window back into the web contents. #24698 (Also in 9)
• Fixed an issue where nativeImages might throw conversion errors in the renderer process. #23543 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9)
• Fixed an issue where rmdir and rmdirSync work with original-fs in an asar context. #23951 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed an issue where shutdown would be emitted both on app and system shutdown on macOS. #24139 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed an issue where undefined was printed from console.log on Window when no arguments were passed. #22165 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed an issue where webContents.print() would sometimes hang with invalid settings. #24507 (Also in 9)
• Fixed an issue where window.location properties would throw an error for windows opened with window.open. #23804 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed an issue where withFileTypes was not supported as an option to fs.readdir or fs.readdirSync under asar. #24106 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed an issue where changing theme on macOS would break window maximizability state. #22677 (Also in 9)
• Fixed an issue where cpu and heap profiling in Node.js did not work properly with --cpu-prof, --heap-prof, and related CLI flags. #24540 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed an issue where frameless modal windows with a vibrancy setting had bezeled corners. #24284 (Also in 9)
• Fixed an issue where macOS window vibrancy active state did not always match the active state of the window. #24532 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed an issue where native macOS dialogs sometimes failed to show after modal close. #22858 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed an issue where some Node.js methods would not work with URL instances constructed in the renderer process. #24860 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed an issue where some logging would double-print. #22342 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed an issue where some old notifications were not properly removed from the Notification Center on macOS. #24404 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed an issue where suspend/resume were emitted twice on macOS. #24843 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed an issue where the 'about' role had on effect on Windows menus. #23717 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9)
• Fixed an issue where the Save button did not function in PDF previews. #24995 (Also in 9)
• Fixed an issue whereby macOS would fail to allow file extensions containing periods. #23409 (Also in 7.2, 8, 9)
• Fixed an issue which would cause streaming protocol responses to stall in some cases. #24081 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed an issue with maximizable state persistence of BrowserWindows on macOS. #22988 (Also in 7.2, 8, 9)
• Fixed an issue with navigator.languages and Accept-Language did not fully respect users' language preferences on Windows and macOS. This also improved fallback font selection for CJK texts on Windows. #23247 (Also in 7.2, 8, 9)
• Fixed an issue with safeDialog preferences not being passed properly. #22353 (Also in 8)
• Fixed an issue with click events not being emitted on macOS for Trays with context menus set. #24235 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed an issue with possible creation of a messageBox which cannot be dismissed on macOS. #22672 (Also in 7.2, 8, 9)
• Fixed an issue with volume-related globalShortcut registration. #23823 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed an occasional crash when closing all BrowserWindows. #22948 (Also in 7.2, 8, 9)
• Fixed an occasional menu crash on macOS Catalina when menu is closing. #23806 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed an occasional segfault with modal windows being closed or destroyed. #22410 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed broken --trace-sync-io flag in Node.js. #24544 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed broken use of contextCodeGeneration parameter to Node.js' script.runInNewContext(). #23129 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed bug on macOS where the main window could be targeted for a focus event when it was disabled behind a modal. #24352 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed bug that occurred when using trafficLightPosition API in RTL mode. #22132 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed clipboard.readBuffer returning incorrect value. #24467 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed crash in network service process when using protocol.registerSchemeAsPrivileged api. #22867 (Also in 9)
• Fixed crash that could occur when calling session.fromPartition inside the ready event. #22772 (Also in 9)
• Fixed crash when navigating between origins in a child window with nativeWindowOpen and contextIsolation enabled. #23896 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed crash when navigating from a page with webview that has inherited zoom level. #24763 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed crash with webview during some window management events like resize, scroll etc. #23342 (Also in 7.2, 8, 9)
• Fixed crash-on-exit that could happen during node platform deinitialization. #23116
• Fixed delayed execution of some Node.js callbacks in the main process. #24174 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed disabling color correct rendering with --disable-color-correct-rendering. #23899 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed flash plugin not working. #22072 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed inactive windows having active titlebar on Windows. #24874 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed incorrect hit testing on top of ::after element with layoutNG. #23179 (Also in 9)
• Fixed issue where SameSite cookies would not be attached to outgoing requests from the net module. #22788
• Fixed issue where prefers-color-scheme would not be updated / set correctly when your OS was in dark mode. #22896 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed issue where dictionary files for the spellchecker would be downloaded to the app install directory instead of the user data directory. #22444 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed issue where mutating the global Object prototype could cause internal Electron logic to throw errors. #22616 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed issue where navigating with the mouse buttons 4/5 would result in full page loads instead of in-page popstate navigations. #22202 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed issue where renderers could crash during GC when using the contextBridge module. #22056 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed issue where repositioned traffic lights would be in the wrong position after the user switches OS theme. #22534 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed issued where voice over would not read words as you typed them. #24838
• Fixed memory leak when using contextBridge with sandbox=true. #23207 (Also in 7.2, 8, 9)
• Fixed memory leaks in sandbox mode when using contextBridge with promises or ipcRenderer.invoke. #23321 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed missing guid parameter in Linux crash reports. #24897 (Also in 9)
• Fixed missing debug symbols for crashpad handler on macOS. #23537 (Also in 9)
• Fixed no session in webContents of type remote. #24064 (Also in 9)
• Fixed occasional WebFrame crashes caused by removed iframes. #22925 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed possible freeze on window with disabled background throttling. #22832 (Also in 9)
• Fixed potentially invalid duplex mode settings on Linux. #24527 (Also in 9)
• Fixed several memory leaks related to V8 handles not being properly scoped. #22531
• Fixed some Wasm and diagnostics issues in main and renderer process execution of Node.js. #23261
• Fixed some event listener crashes in Tray. #23140
• Fixed some properties not working in webview tags. #22485 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed the JavaScript object of BrowserWindow not garbage collected when window is closed. #22006
• Fixed the acceptLanguages argument being ignored in session.setUserAgent(). #23961 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9)
• Fixed the print button functionality in the PDF viewer extension. #22760 (Also in 9)
• Fixed tray menu on Windows not keyboard navigable. #23879 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed tray menu showing in taskbar on Windows. #24192 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed window titlebar not responding to pen on Windows 10. #24102 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9)
• Fixed: On some Windows machines, especially Windows Insider builds, Electron would crash silently during startup. #24038 (Also in 9)
• Increased maximum length for crash keys from 127B to 20KB. #24853 (Also in 9)
• Limited manipulation of custom spellchecker dictionary words to persistent sessions. #22157 (Also in 9)
• MacOS VoiceOver is now able to find its way back into web contents after it navigated "out" of an application. #22399 (Also in 7.2, 8, 9)
• Protocol response streams are now destroyed if the request is aborted. #24656 (Also in 9)
• Removed assurance of object identity equality from the contextBridge as it is incapable of handling mutations. #21803 (Also in 8, 9)
• Removed extraneous crashpad_handler binary from the Linux distribution files. #23538 (Also in 9)
• Removed unneccessary breakpad_symbols directory from the dsym zip file. #22191 (Also in 6.1, 8, 9)
• Restored old implementation of Linux Tray icons to fix a collection of issues where the tray icon wouldn't appear, would be the wrong size or would randomly disappear. #23925 (Also in 8, 9)
• Returns a more graceful error when adding duplicate items to a single TouchBar instance. #22272 (Also in 8, 9)
• Reverted a change to the name of the NSPrincipalClass, which could cause issues with protocol handlers on macOS (e.g. my-app://). #22206 (Also in 8, 9)
• Save crash reports locally when uploadToServer: false on linux. #24787 (Also in 9)
• The element highlighter in devtools works again. #24929
• Updated Node root certs to use NSS 3.53. #24266
• Updating the document title while in fullscreen with custom traffic light positions no longer makes the traffic lights invisible. #22492 (Also in 8, 9)
• [a11y] fix an issue where voiceover doesn't read the first item selected from a ARIA combobox. #25003 (Also in 9)
• crashReporter is now explicitly initialized only in the main process, and implicitly initialized in other child processes. This fixes an issue preventing the crash reporter from functioning in sandboxed renderers on Linux. #23265 (Also in 9)
• Fixed broken Views API builds. #22621 (Also in 9)
• Fixed feature string parsing type coercion for window.open. #23130
• Fixed issues where objects sent over the context bridge could be freed prematurely resulting in crashes when accessing them. #23592 (Also in 8, 9)
• Fixed mac app store rejection notice for invalid symbolic link in bundle. #24166 (Also in 9)
• Fixed v8_context_snapshot_generator included in arm/arm64 mksnapshot zip files. #23536 (Also in 6.1, 7.2, 8, 9)
• Resolve network issues that prevented RTC calls from being connected due to network IP address changes and ICE. (Chromium issue 1113227). #24998

Performance

• Fixed performance regression with CSS counters. #25023
• Fix: remove unnecessary corner mask overriding to increase window resize performance. #24701 (Also in 9)
• Improved the performance of sending JS primitives over the context bridge. #24551 (Also in 9)
• Improved window events handler efficiency on Linux. #22706 (Also in 9)
• Made setting window icons slightly faster on Linux. #22702 (Also in 9)

End of Support for 7.x.y

Electron 7.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.

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 v10.0.0-beta.25

Fixes

• Fixed a 10.0.0-beta.1 issue that broke dark mode window titlebars on Linux. #25056
• Fixed broken toolbar hover text in the PDF viewer. #25047
• Fixed crash that could occur when passing a non-absolute path to session.loadExtension. #25074
• Fixed node's TLS stack not allowing renegotiation. #25040

Other Changes

• Updated Chromium to 85.0.4183.80. #25063

Unknown

• Fixed not working WebSQLDatabase in extension background pages. #25071

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 v10.0.0-beta.24

Fixes

• Fixed a crash that could occur when using in-memory sessions. #25001
• Fixed an issue where the Save button did not function in PDF previews. #24995
• Fixed crash when using client certificate. #25019
• Fixed frameless window's size being changed when restored from minimized state. #25044
• Fixed performance regression with CSS counters. #25023
• [a11y] fix an issue where voiceover doesn't read the first item selected from a ARIA combobox. #25003

Other Changes

• Resolve network issues that prevented RTC calls from being connected due to network IP address changes and ICE. (Chromium issue 1113227). #24998
• Updated Chromium to 85.0.4183.78. #25016

Release Notes for v9.2.1

Fixes

• fix loading shared worker scripts over custom protocol
• fix crash when loading worker scripts with nodeIntegration enabled. #24750
• Fixed a crash that could occur when using in-memory sessions. #25002
• Fixed an issue where some Node.js methods would not work with URL instances constructed in the renderer process. #24862
• Fixed an issue where the Save button did not function in PDF previews. #24996
• Fixed inactive windows having active titlebar on Windows. #24873
• Fixed missing guid parameter in Linux crash reports. #24898
• Increased maximum length for crash keys from 127B to 20KB. #24854
• [a11y] fix an issue where voiceover doesn't read the first item selected from a ARIA combobox. #25004

Other Changes

• Backported the fix to CVE-2020-6532: Use after free in SCTP. #24887
• Backported the fix to CVE-2020-6537: Type Confusion in V8. #24885
• Resolve network issues that prevented RTC calls from being connected due to network IP address changes and ICE. (Chromium issue 1113227). #24997

Unknown

• Fixed issues with CORS when making requests from extensions. #24915