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.23

Fixes

• The element highlighter in devtools works again

Other Changes

• Updated Chromium to 85.0.4183.70. #24953

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.21

Fixes

• Fixed issued where voice over would not read words as you typed them. #24838
• Fixed missing guid parameter in Linux crash reports. #24897

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.20

Fixes

• • fix loading shared worker scripts over custom protocol
• fix crash when loading worker scripts with nodeIntegration enabled. #24749
• Fixed an issue where some Node.js methods would not work with URL instances constructed in the renderer process. #24860
• Fixed an issue where suspend/resume were emitted twice on macOS. #24843
• Fixed inactive windows having active titlebar on Windows. #24874
• Increased maximum length for crash keys from 127B to 20KB. #24853

Other Changes

• Added V8 crash message and location information to crashReport parameters. #24866

Release Notes for v9.2.0

Features

• Added new worldSafeExecuteJavaScript webPreference to ensure that the return values from webFrame.executeJavaScript are world safe when context isolation is enabled. #24712 (Also in 10)

Fixes

• Fixed a crash that could happen when using hookWindowMessage on Windows. #24769 (Also in 10)
• Fixed an issue where suspend/resume were emitted twice on macOS. #24845 (Also in 8, 10)
• Fixed crash when navigating from a page with webview that has inherited zoom level. #24764 (Also in 8, 10)
• Save crash reports locally when uploadToServer: false on linux. #24788 (Also in 10)
• Fixed an a11y regression where children reported an index in parent greater than the parent child count. #24765

Release Notes for v8.5.0

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where suspend/resume were emitted twice on macOS. #24844
• Fixed crash when navigating from a page with webview that has inherited zoom level. #24766

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.19

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.17

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.15

Fixes

• Fixed a crash that could happen when using hookWindowMessage on Windows. #24768
• Fixed crash when navigating from a page with webview that has inherited zoom level. #24763

Release Notes for v9.1.2

Fixes

• Fix: remove unnecessary corner mask overriding to increase window resize performance. #24702
• Fixed an issue where VoiceOver was unable to navigate from the top-level window back into the web contents. #24699
• Protocol response streams are now destroyed if the request is aborted. #24657

Other Changes

• Improved the performance of sending JS primitives over the context bridge. #24746

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.14

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where VoiceOver was unable to navigate from the top-level window back into the web contents. #24698

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.13

Fixes

• Fix: remove unnecessary corner mask overriding to increase window resize performance. #24701
• Protocol response streams are now destroyed if the request is aborted. #24656

Other Changes

• Updated Chromium to 85.0.4183.39. #24663

Release Notes for v8.4.1

Fixes

• Fix: DCHECK failure in value.IsHeapObject() in objectsdebug.cc. (Chromium security issue 1084820). #24565
• Fix: PDFium Javascript Active Document memory corruption. (Chromium security issue 1091404). #24570
• Fix: XSS on chrome://histograms/ with a compromised renderer. (Chromium security issue 1073409). #24626
• Fix: heap-use-after-free in content::NavigationRequest::OnWillProcessResponseProcessed. (Chromium security issue 1090543). #24568
• Fix: heap-use-after-free in ui::AXTreeSerializerblink (Chromium security issue 1065122). #24556
• Fix: integer overflow in GrTextBlob::Make. (Chromium security issue 1080481). #24587
• Fix: javascript URI sandbox flags aren't propagated in a blank string case. (Chromium security issue 1074340). #24622
• Fix: memcpy-param-overlap in AudioBuffer::copyFromChannel. (Chromium security issue 1081722). #24585
• Fix: remove leaks of post-redirect URL for <script> in the CSP reports and stacktraces of errors (Chromium security issue 1074317). #24559
• Fix: update webrtc root certificate. (Chromium security issue 978779). #24618
• Fix: use-after-free in devtools console. (Chromium security issue 986051). #24615
• Fix: use-of-uninitialized-value in amr_read_header. (Chromium security issue 1065731). #24595
• Fix: usrsctp is called with pointer as network address. (Chromium security issue 1076703). #24562
• Fixed a termination crash on Web Workers with Node.js integration enabled. #24463
• Fixed an issue where cpu and heap profiling in Node.js did not work properly with --cpu-prof, --heap-prof, and related CLI flags. #24542
• Fixed an issue where macOS window vibrancy active state did not always match the active state of the window. #24546
• Fixed broken --trace-sync-io flag in Node.js. #24649
• Fixed clipboard.readBuffer returning incorrect value. #24468
• Fixed crash when opening app in remote X server. #24491
• Fixed unresponsive window when reloading with breakpoint in devtools. #24490

Documentation

• Documentation changes: #24515

Release Notes for v9.1.1

Fixes

• Fixed a termination crash on Web Workers with Node.js integration enabled. #24464
• Fixed an issue where webContents.print() would sometimes hang with invalid settings. #24508
• Fixed an issue where cpu and heap profiling in Node.js did not work properly with --cpu-prof, --heap-prof, and related CLI flags. #24541
• Fixed an issue where macOS window vibrancy active state did not always match the active state of the window. #24533
• Fixed broken --trace-sync-io flag in Node.js. #24648
• Fixed clipboard.readBuffer returning incorrect value. #24469
• Fixed potentially invalid duplex mode settings on Linux. #24547

Other Changes

• Fix: DCHECK failure in value.IsHeapObject() in objectsdebug.cc. (Chromium security issue 1084820). #24566
• Fix: XSS on chrome://histograms/ with a compromised renderer. (Chromium security issue 1073409). #24625
• Fix: crash when executing debugger.sendCommand. (Chromium security issue 1016278). #24620
• Fix: heap-use-after-free in content::NavigationRequest::OnWillProcessResponseProcessed. (Chromium security issue 1090543). #24569
• Fix: heap-use-after-free in ui::AXTreeSerializerblink (Chromium security issue 1065122). #24557
• Fix: iframe in victim page can detect Scroll To Text Fragment activation. (Chromium security issue 1042986). #24624
• Fix: integer overflow in GrTextBlob::Make. (Chromium security issue 1080481). #24586
• Fix: javascript URI sandbox flags aren't propagated in a blank string case. (Chromium security issue 1074340). #24621
• Fix: memcpy-param-overlap in AudioBuffer::copyFromChannel. (Chromium security issue 1081722). #24582
• Fix: remove leaks of post-redirect URL for <script> in the CSP reports and stacktraces of errors (Chromium security issue 1074317). #24560
• Fix: update webrtc root certificate. (Chromium security issue 978779). #24617
• Fix: upgrade SQLite to 3.32.1. (Chromium security issue 1087629). #24554
• Fix: use-after-free in devtools console. (Chromium security issue 986051). #24614
• Fix: use-of-uninitialized-value in amr_read_header. (Chromium security issue 1065731). #24594
• Fix: usrsctp is called with pointer as network address. (Chromium security issue 1076703). #24563

Documentation

• Documentation changes: #24516

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.12

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where webContents.print() would sometimes hang with invalid settings. #24507
• 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
• Fixed an issue where macOS window vibrancy active state did not always match the active state of the window. #24532
• Fixed broken --trace-sync-io flag in Node.js. #24544
• Fixed potentially invalid duplex mode settings on Linux. #24527

Other Changes

• Improved the performance of sending JS primitives over the context bridge. #24551
• Updated Chromium to 85.0.4183.26. #24574

Documentation

• Documentation changes: #24514

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.11

Other Changes

• Updated Chromium to 85.0.4183.20. #24487

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.10

Features

• Expose sessionId associated with a target from debugger module. #24397

Fixes

• Fixed a termination crash on Web Workers with Node.js integration enabled. #24462
• Fixed clipboard.readBuffer returning incorrect value. #24467

Other Changes

• Updated Chromium to 85.0.4183.19. #24299

Release Notes for v8.4.0

Features

• Added new render-process-gone event on app to replace the renderer-process-crashed event. #24314
• Added new render-process-gone event to replace the crashed event. #24308
• Added support for suspend and resume events to Windows. #24282
• Added support for suspend and resume events to macOS. #24295
• Added tracing instrumentation to WebContents IPC methods, available with the contentTracing category "electron". #24307
• Expose sessionId associated with a target from debugger module. #24399
• Implemented systemPreferences.getMediaAccessStatus() on Windows. #24313

Fixes

• Backported fixes for UAF in extensions (CVE-2020-6454 and NOCVE). #24419
• Fixed an intermittent high-CPU usage problem caused a system clock issue during sleep. #24414
• Fixed an issue where some old notifications were not properly removed from the Notification Center on macOS. #24405
• Fixed bug on macOS where the main window could be targeted for a focus event when it was disabled behind a modal. #24353

Release Notes for v9.1.0

Features

• Added support for MessagePort in the main process. #24323
• Added support for suspend and resume events to Windows. #24283
• Added support for suspend and resume events to macOS. #24294
• Expose sessionId associated with a target from debugger module. #24398
• Implemented systemPreferences.getMediaAccessStatus() on Windows. #24312

Fixes

• Fixed an intermittent high-CPU usage problem caused a system clock issue during sleep. #24415
• Fixed an issue where some old notifications were not properly removed from the Notification Center on macOS. #24406
• Fixed bug on macOS where the main window could be targeted for a focus event when it was disabled behind a modal. #24354

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.9

Fixes

• Fixed an intermittent high-CPU usage problem caused a system clock issue during sleep. #24413
• Fixed an issue where some old notifications were not properly removed from the Notification Center on macOS. #24404

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.8

Features

• Added support for suspend and resume events to Windows. #24281
• Added support for suspend and resume events to macOS. #24293
• Implemented systemPreferences.getMediaAccessStatus() on Windows. #24311

Fixes

• Fixed bug on macOS where the main window could be targeted for a focus event when it was disabled behind a modal. #24352