Note: This is an alpha release. Please file new issues for any bugs you find in it.

This release is published to npm under the alpha tag and can be installed via npm install electron@alpha, or npm install [email protected].

Release Notes for v42.0.0-alpha.4

Fixes

• Fixed crash when handling JavaScript dialogs from windows opened with invalid or empty URLs. #50398 ^{(Also in 40)}
• Fixed utilityProcess exit event reporting incorrect exit codes on Windows when the exit code has the high bit. #50385 ^{(Also in 40, 41)}

Note: This is an alpha release. Please file new issues for any bugs you find in it.

This release is published to npm under the alpha tag and can be installed via npm install electron@alpha, or npm install [email protected].

Release Notes for v42.0.0-alpha.2

Features

• Added Notification.handleActivation(callback) API on Windows to handle notification clicks, replies, and action buttons - including when the app is launched from a notification (cold start). #49919
• Added ELECTRON_INSTALL_PLATFORM and ELECTRON_INSTALL_ARCH variables to install binaries from other platforms and architectures. #49981
• Added app.isActive() to check if the app is the active/foreground application (macOS only). #49622
• Added id and groupId options to the Notification constructor on macOS. id allows custom identifiers for notifications, and groupId visually groups notifications together in Notification Center. #50304
• Added webContents.getOrCreateDevToolsTargetId(). #49733 ^{(Also in 41)}
• Added a disclaim option to the UtilityProcess API to allow for TCC disclaiming on macOS. #49128 ^{(Also in 39, 40, 41)}
• Added a reason property to the Notification 'closed' event on Windows to allow developers to know the reason the Notification was dismissed. #49913 ^{(Also in 40, 41)}
• Added an usePrinterDefaultPageSize option to webContents.print() to allow using the printer's default page size. #49523 ^{(Also in 41)}
• Added animation functionality to view.setBounds and add view.setBackgroundBlur. #48812
• Added support for MSIX auto-updating. #49230 ^{(Also in 39, 40, 41)}
• Added support for --experimental-transform-types. #49711 ^{(Also in 39, 40, 41)}
• Added support for long-animation-frame script attribution (via --enable-features=AlwaysLogLOAFURL). #49706 ^{(Also in 39, 40, 41)}
• Added support for importing shared textures using the p010le 10-bit YUV pixel format. #49272
• Added support for several more safeStorage backends via new asynchronous functionality in safeStorage. #49054
• Added the ability to disable auto-focusing of WebContents on navigation using webPreferences.focusOnNavigation. #49425 ^{(Also in 40, 41)}
• Changed offscreen scale factor use 1.0f as default. #49683
• Electron now downloads its binary into node_modules dynamically on first launch instead of running a postinstall script. Added the install-electron script to manually trigger the download as well. #49328
• Enable wasm trap handlers behind WasmTrapHandlers fuse. #48983 ^{(Also in 41)}
• Extended actions support for Windows notifications to include buttons, select dropdowns, and replies. #48132 ^{(Also in 40, 41)}
• On Wayland (Linux), frameless windows now have GTK drop shadows and extended resize boundaries. To create fully frameless windows with no decorations, set hasShadow: false in the window constructor. #49295 ^{(Also in 41)}
• Replaced deprecated NSUserNotification with User Notifications. #47817

Fixes

• Added additional ASAR support to additional fs copy methods. #50285 ^{(Also in 39, 40, 41)}
• Added validation to protocol client methods to reject protocol names that do not conform to the RFC 3986 URI scheme grammar. #50141 ^{(Also in 38, 39, 40, 41)}
• Addressed upstream Chromium shift to enable CoreAudio Tap API for audio capture used in electron's desktopCapturer (🍏 macOS). #49717 ^{(Also in 39, 40, 41)}
• Allow dynamically updating menu item labels, sublabels, and icons. #49678 ^{(Also in 40, 41)}
• Fixed globalShortcut not working on Wayland with GlobalShortcutsPortal feature enabled. #49842 ^{(Also in 40, 41)}
• Fixed a bug that cause offscreen rendering doesn't have valid screen info and unable to get valid result of related media queries.
  • Added webPreference.offscreen.deviceScaleFactor to allow user specify a value, instead of using user's primary display's value. #48730 ^{(Also in 40)}
• Fixed a crash that could occur when using the File System Access API. #49578 ^{(Also in 39, 40, 41)}
• Fixed a macOS crash when creating a new tab from the tab overview. #49917 ^{(Also in 40, 41)}
• Fixed an application crash on MacOS where the menu observer was not being properly removed before garbage collection. #49648 ^{(Also in 40, 41)}
• Fixed an error with Windows release builds after MSIX merger. #49613
• Fixed an issue in chrome://accessibility. #49547 ^{(Also in 39, 40, 41)}
• Fixed an issue on macOS where Universal Links were not delivered to app.on('continue-activity') on cold launch when NSUserActivity.userInfo was nil. #49986 ^{(Also in 39, 40, 41)}
• Fixed an issue on macOS where calling autoUpdater.quitAndInstall() could fail if checkForUpdates() was called again after an update was already downloaded. #50210 ^{(Also in 39, 40, 41)}
• Fixed an issue that caused the RGBAF16 shared texture format to have a keyed mutex on Windows. #49798 ^{(Also in 41)}
• Fixed an issue where Chrome Devtools menus may not appear in certain embedded windows. #49794 ^{(Also in 39, 40, [41](https...}

Release Notes for v41.0.3

Fixes

• Added additional ASAR support to additional fs copy methods. #50286 ^{(Also in 39, 40, 42)}
• Fixed an issue where some DevTools functionality didn't work as expected. #50276 ^{(Also in 40, 42)}
• Fixed user resizing of transparent windows on win32 platform. #50298 ^{(Also in 39, 40, 42)}

Other Changes

• Updated Chromium to 146.0.7680.80. #50262

Documentation

• Documentation changes: #50293

Release Notes for v40.8.3

Fixes

• Added additional ASAR support to additional fs copy methods. #50287 ^{(Also in 39, 41, 42)}
• Fixed an issue where some DevTools functionality didn't work as expected. #50275 ^{(Also in 41, 42)}
• Fixed user resizing of transparent windows on win32 platform. #50301 ^{(Also in 39, 41, 42)}

Release Notes for v39.8.3

Fixes

• Added additional ASAR support to additional fs copy methods. #50284 ^{(Also in 40, 41, 42)}
• Fixed user resizing of transparent windows on win32 platform. #50300 ^{(Also in 40, 41, 42)}

Note: This is an alpha release. Please file new issues for any bugs you find in it.

This release is published to npm under the alpha tag and can be installed via npm install electron@alpha, or npm install [email protected].

Release Notes for v42.0.0-alpha.1

Features

• Added Notification.handleActivation(callback) API on Windows to handle notification clicks, replies, and action buttons - including when the app is launched from a notification (cold start). #49919
• Added ELECTRON_INSTALL_PLATFORM and ELECTRON_INSTALL_ARCH variables to install binaries from other platforms and architectures. #49981
• Added app.isActive() to check if the app is the active/foreground application (macOS only). #49622
• Added webContents.getOrCreateDevToolsTargetId(). #49733 ^{(Also in 41)}
• Added a disclaim option to the UtilityProcess API to allow for TCC disclaiming on macOS. #49128 ^{(Also in 39, 40, 41)}
• Added a reason property to the Notification 'closed' event on Windows to allow developers to know the reason the Notification was dismissed. #49913 ^{(Also in 40, 41)}
• Added an usePrinterDefaultPageSize option to webContents.print() to allow using the printer's default page size. #49523 ^{(Also in 41)}
• Added animation functionality to view.setBounds and add view.setBackgroundBlur. #48812
• Added support for MSIX auto-updating. #49230 ^{(Also in 39, 40, 41)}
• Added support for --experimental-transform-types. #49711 ^{(Also in 39, 40, 41)}
• Added support for long-animation-frame script attribution (via --enable-features=AlwaysLogLOAFURL). #49706 ^{(Also in 39, 40, 41)}
• Added support for importing shared textures using the p010le 10-bit YUV pixel format. #49272
• Added support for several more safeStorage backends via new asynchronous functionality in safeStorage. #49054
• Added the ability to disable auto-focusing of WebContents on navigation using webPreferences.focusOnNavigation. #49425 ^{(Also in 40, 41)}
• Changed offscreen scale factor use 1.0f as default. #49683
• Electron now downloads its binary into node_modules dynamically on first launch instead of running a postinstall script. Added the install-electron script to manually trigger the download as well. #49328
• Enable wasm trap handlers behind WasmTrapHandlers fuse. #48983 ^{(Also in 41)}
• Extended actions support for Windows notifications to include buttons, select dropdowns, and replies. #48132 ^{(Also in 40, 41)}
• On Wayland (Linux), frameless windows now have GTK drop shadows and extended resize boundaries. To create fully frameless windows with no decorations, set hasShadow: false in the window constructor. #49295 ^{(Also in 41)}
• Replaced deprecated NSUserNotification with User Notifications. #47817

Fixes

• Added validation to protocol client methods to reject protocol names that do not conform to the RFC 3986 URI scheme grammar. #50141 ^{(Also in 38, 39, 40, 41)}
• Addressed upstream Chromium shift to enable CoreAudio Tap API for audio capture used in electron's desktopCapturer (🍏 macOS). #49717 ^{(Also in 39, 40, 41)}
• Allow dynamically updating menu item labels, sublabels, and icons. #49678 ^{(Also in 40, 41)}
• Fixed globalShortcut not working on Wayland with GlobalShortcutsPortal feature enabled. #49842 ^{(Also in 40, 41)}
• Fixed a bug that cause offscreen rendering doesn't have valid screen info and unable to get valid result of related media queries.
  • Added webPreference.offscreen.deviceScaleFactor to allow user specify a value, instead of using user's primary display's value. #48730 ^{(Also in 40)}
• Fixed a crash that could occur when using the File System Access API. #49578 ^{(Also in 39, 40, 41)}
• Fixed a macOS crash when creating a new tab from the tab overview. #49917 ^{(Also in 40, 41)}
• Fixed an application crash on MacOS where the menu observer was not being properly removed before garbage collection. #49648 ^{(Also in 40, 41)}
• Fixed an error with Windows release builds after MSIX merger. #49613
• Fixed an issue in chrome://accessibility. #49547 ^{(Also in 39, 40, 41)}
• Fixed an issue on macOS where Universal Links were not delivered to app.on('continue-activity') on cold launch when NSUserActivity.userInfo was nil. #49986 ^{(Also in 39, 40, 41)}
• Fixed an issue on macOS where calling autoUpdater.quitAndInstall() could fail if checkForUpdates() was called again after an update was already downloaded. #50210 ^{(Also in 39, 40, 41)}
• Fixed an issue that caused the RGBAF16 shared texture format to have a keyed mutex on Windows. #49798 ^{(Also in 41)}
• Fixed an issue where Chrome Devtools menus may not appear in certain embedded windows. #49794 ^{(Also in 39, 40, 41)}
• Fixed an issue where VideoFrame objects returned through contextBridge had an incorrect prototype. #49997 ^{(Also in 39, 40, 41)}
• Fixed an issue where additionalData passed to app.requestSingleInstanceLock on Windows could be truncated or fail to deserialize in the primary instance's `second-ins...

Release Notes for v41.0.2

Other Changes

• Backported fix for b/491421267. #50234

Release Notes for v40.8.2

Other Changes

• Backported fix for b/491421267. #50229
• Fixed an issue where running app icons were not correctly retrieved on macOS Tahoe. #50188

Release Notes for v39.8.2

Other Changes

• Backported fix for b/491421267. #50230

Release Notes for v41.0.1

Fixes

• Fixed an issue on macOS where calling autoUpdater.quitAndInstall() could fail if checkForUpdates() was called again after an update was already downloaded. #50217 ^{(Also in 39, 40)}
• Fixed an issue where traffic light buttons would flash at position (0,0) when restoring a window with a custom trafficLightPosition from minimization on macOS. #50209 ^{(Also in 39, 40)}
• Fixed bug where opening a message box immediately upon closing a child window may cause the parent window to freeze on Windows. #50191 ^{(Also in 39, 40)}

Other Changes

• Updated Chromium to 146.0.7680.72. #50196