Electron Changelog

What's new in Electron 31.0.0 Alpha 4

May 10, 2024

Fixes:
Fixed an issue where calling window.center() on Windows and Linux incorrectly centered the window. #42101 (Also in 30)
Fixed crash after upgrade on Linux. #42062 (Also in 29, 30)
Other Changes:
Backported fix for 339266700. #42095

New in Electron 30.0.3 (May 10, 2024)

New in Electron 31.0.0 Alpha 2 (Apr 21, 2024)

Features:
Added a new instance property navigationHistory on webContents API with navigationHistory.getEntryAtIndex method, enabling applications to retrieve the URL and title of any navigation entry within the browsing history. #41577 (Also in 29, 30)
Added options parameter to Session.clearData API. #41355
Added proxy configuring support for requests made with net module from utility process. #41335 (Also in 28, 29, 30)
Added support for NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS. #41689
Extended webContents.setWindowOpenHandler to support manual creation of BrowserWindow. #41432
Implemented support for the File System API. #41419 (Also in 30)
clearData method added to Session. #40983
Fixes:
Added missing support for the recursive option in fs.{readdir|readdirSync} as well as fs.promises.{readdir|readdirSync}. #41582
Added support for withFileTypes when calling fs.{readdir|readdirSync} with the recursive in Asar archives. #41627
Ensured ScreenCaptureKit is used exclusively on macOS 14.4 and higher to avoid permission prompts. #41397 (Also in 29, 30)
Fixed ASAN build on macOS. #41587
Fixed chrome://process-internals failing to load. #41476 (Also in 28, 29, 30)
Fixed shell.showItemInFolder not opening Windows Explorer if the passed path contains forward slashes. #41642 (Also in 28, 29, 30)
Fixed a bug where a window with maximization disabled and WCO enabled would still show its maximization button. #41793
Fixed a potential crash in chrome.scripting on extension unload. #41686 (Also in 29, 30)
Fixed an issue on Windows where silent printing resulted in comically tiny renderer output. #41811 (Also in 28, 29, 30)
Fixed an issue where app.getLoginItemSettings didn't correctly throw errors. #41647 (Also in 30)
Fixed an issue where user-did-{resign|become}-active were not emitted properly on macOS. #41506 (Also in 28, 29, 30)
Fixed an issue where webContents.print(options) failed if options was not passed or undefined is passed. #41467 (Also in 28, 29, 30)
Fixed an issue where badge text set using the Badging API no longer appeared correctly on Windows. #41618 (Also in 29, 30)
Fixed an issue where child views in a BrowserWindow could sometimes be. #41256
Fixed an issue where emojis weren't properly handled on Windows. #41673 (Also in 29, 30)
Fixed an issue where showing or focusing a panel window would activate the app on Mac. #41750 (Also in 30)
Fixed an issue where the serial-port-added event improperly respected filters set by serial.requestPort(). #41621 (Also in 28, 29, 30)
Fixed crash in Notification::Close() under libnotify 0.8.x with portal environment. #41691 (Also in 28, 29, 30)
Fixed missing header when compiling with libc++. #41830 (Also in 29, 30)
Fixed usage of Storage.{get|set|clear}Cookies via the Chrome DevTools Protocol. #41718 (Also in 28, 29, 30)
Improved appearance of caption buttons on Windows 11 when using Windows Control Overlay. #41561 (Also in 30)
Made window.flashFrame(bool) flash continuously on macOS. #41391
Other Changes:
The inputFieldType property in the context-menu params has been removed. #41239 (Also in 30)
Updated Chromium to 125.0.6412.0. #41610
Updated Node.js to v20.12.2. #41710
Documentation:
Documentation changes: #41723, #41882
Unknown:
Added support for Bluetooth ports being requested by service class ID in navigator.serial. #41638 (Also in 29, 30)

New in Electron 30.0.1 (Apr 21, 2024)

New in Electron 31.0.0 Alpha 1 (Apr 18, 2024)

Features:
Added a new instance property navigationHistory on webContents API with navigationHistory.getEntryAtIndex method, enabling applications to retrieve the URL and title of any navigation entry within the browsing history. #41577 (Also in 29, 30)
Added options parameter to Session.clearData API. #41355
Added proxy configuring support for requests made with net module from utility process. #41335 (Also in 28, 29, 30)
Added support for NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS. #41689
Extended webContents.setWindowOpenHandler to support manual creation of BrowserWindow. #41432
Implemented support for the File System API. #41419 (Also in 30)
clearData method added to Session. #40983
Fixes:
Added missing support for the recursive option in fs.{readdir|readdirSync} as well as fs.promises.{readdir|readdirSync}. #41582
Added support for withFileTypes when calling fs.{readdir|readdirSync} with the recursive in Asar archives. #41627
Ensured ScreenCaptureKit is used exclusively on macOS 14.4 and higher to avoid permission prompts. #41397 (Also in 29, 30)
Fixed ASAN build on macOS. #41587
Fixed chrome://process-internals failing to load. #41476 (Also in 28, 29, 30)
Fixed shell.showItemInFolder not opening Windows Explorer if the passed path contains forward slashes. #41642 (Also in 28, 29, 30)
Fixed a bug where a window with maximization disabled and WCO enabled would still show its maximization button. #41793
Fixed a potential crash in chrome.scripting on extension unload. #41686 (Also in 29, 30)
Fixed an issue on Windows where silent printing resulted in comically tiny renderer output. #41811 (Also in 28, 29, 30)
Fixed an issue where app.getLoginItemSettings didn't correctly throw errors. #41647 (Also in 30)
Fixed an issue where user-did-{resign|become}-active were not emitted properly on macOS. #41506 (Also in 28, 29, 30)
Fixed an issue where webContents.print(options) failed if options was not passed or undefined is passed. #41467 (Also in 28, 29, 30)
Fixed an issue where badge text set using the Badging API no longer appeared correctly on Windows. #41618 (Also in 29, 30)
Fixed an issue where child views in a BrowserWindow could sometimes be. #41256
Fixed an issue where emojis weren't properly handled on Windows. #41673 (Also in 29, 30)
Fixed an issue where showing or focusing a panel window would activate the app on Mac. #41750 (Also in 30)
Fixed an issue where the serial-port-added event improperly respected filters set by serial.requestPort(). #41621 (Also in 28, 29, 30)
Fixed crash in Notification::Close() under libnotify 0.8.x with portal environment. #41691 (Also in 28, 29, 30)
Fixed missing header when compiling with libc++. #41830 (Also in 29, 30)
Fixed usage of Storage.{get|set|clear}Cookies via the Chrome DevTools Protocol. #41718 (Also in 28, 29, 30)
Improved appearance of caption buttons on Windows 11 when using Windows Control Overlay. #41561 (Also in 30)
Made window.flashFrame(bool) flash continuously on macOS. #41391
Other Changes:
The inputFieldType property in the context-menu params has been removed. #41239 (Also in 30)
Updated Chromium to 125.0.6412.0. #41610
Updated Node.js to v20.12.2. #41710
Documentation:
Documentation changes: #41723
Unknown:
Added support for Bluetooth ports being requested by service class ID in navigator.serial. #41638 (Also in 29, 30)

New in Electron 30.0.0 (Apr 17, 2024)

Breaking Changes:
Added WebContentsView and BaseWindow, replacing the now-deprecated BrowserView APIs. #35658 (Also in 29)
Added Windows support for the ASAR Integrity fuse. #40504
Updated Chromium to 122.0.6194.0. (Behavior Changed: cross-origin iframes now use Permission Policy to access features) #40750
Updated Chromium to 122.0.6236.2. (Removed: The --disable-color-correct-rendering switch) #40871
The inputFieldType property in the context-menu params has been removed. #41440
Updated Chromium to 124.0.6323.0 (Removed: process.getIOCounters()) #41412
Features:
Additions:
Added a transparent webpreference to webviews. #40301
Added a new instance property navigationHistory on webContents API with navigationHistory.getEntryAtIndex method, enabling applications to retrieve the URL and title of any navigation entry within the browsing history.#41662 (Also in 29)
Added a new method BrowserWindow.isOccluded() to allow apps to check occlusion status. #38982
Added net module to utility process. #40017 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Added proxy configuring support for requests made with net module from utility process. #41417 (Also in 28, 29)
Added support for Bluetooth ports being requested by service class ID in navigator.serial. #41734 (Also in 29)
Added support for NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS. #41822
Implemented support for the File System API. #41827
Removed/Deprecated:
Removed extraneous dlls from Windows zip files. #41120 (Also in 28, 29)
Fixes:
Fixed and BrowserViews being white instead of transparent by default. #40866
Fixed WebContents.loadURL() incorrectly failing if called immediately after a previous call to loadURL() failed. #40661
Fixed a bug where a window with maximization disabled and WCO enabled would still show its maximization button. #41805
Fixed a potential crash while closing or interacting with a WebContentsView after its associated WebContents has been cleaned up. #41154
Fixed an issue where app.getLoginItemSettings didn't correctly throw errors. #41667
Fixed an issue where child views in a BrowserWindow could sometimes be. #41802
Fixed an issue where showing or focusing a panel window would activate the app on Mac. #41844
Improved appearance of caption buttons on Windows 11 when using Windows Control Overlay. #41586
Properly reject webcontents.loadURL promise on invalid URL load. #41194
Also in earlier versions:
Added support for ThumbnailCapturerMac and ScreenCaptureKitStreamPickerSonoma chromium feature flags to bypass deprecated API warning on macOS 14.4. #41328 (Also in 29)
Apply module search paths restriction on worker and child process. #41118 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
CSS style -webkit-app-region: drag; has no effect in full screen mode. #41307 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Ensured ScreenCaptureKit is used exclusively on macOS 14.4 and higher to avoid permission prompts. #41404 (Also in 29)
Fixed Electron 29.0.0-beta.3 regression that could pop up context menus in the wrong location. #41275 (Also in 29)
Fixed chrome://process-internals failing to load. #41540 (Also in 28, 29)
Fixed session.fromPartition() key lookup bug. #41055 (Also in 28, 29)
Fixed shell.showItemInFolder not opening Windows Explorer if the passed path contains forward slashes. #41671 (Also in 28, 29)
Fixed a crash resultant from trying to listen to power-related events before the ready event was emitted on Linux. #40888 (Also in 26, 27, 28, 29)
Fixed a crash that started occurring sporadically with some types of macOS window close. #41264 (Also in 28, 29)
Fixed a partition alloc ref count check for higher MacOS versions. #40757 (Also in 28, 29)
Fixed a potential async_hooks crash when listening for the restore event on Windows after minimizing a maximized BrowserWindow. #40576 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Fixed a potential crash in chrome.scripting on extension unload. #41702 (Also in 29)
Fixed a potential crash when calling dialog.showMessageBoxSync. #40996 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Fixed an issue on Windows where silent printing resulted in comically tiny renderer output. #41838 (Also in 29)
Fixed an issue where import.meta.url did not work in the renderer process with contextIsolation enabled. #40993 (Also in 29)
Fixed an issue where inAppPurchase.getProducts and inAppPurchase.purchasedProduct did not resolve as expected. #40938 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Fixed an issue where original-fs methods were not properly corrected for patched imports. #41209 (Also in 29)
Fixed an issue where select-usb-device did not respect the filter option in navigator.usb.requestDevice(). #41166 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Fixed an issue where user-did-{resign|become}-active were not emitted properly on macOS. #41528 (Also in 28, 29)
Fixed an issue where webContents.print(options) failed if options was not passed or undefined is passed. #41480 (Also in 28, 29)
Fixed an issue where webContents.printToPDF could fail when certain combinations of margins and pageSize values are passed. #41157 (Also in 28, 29)
Fixed an issue where badge text set using the Badging API no longer appeared correctly on Windows. #41629 (Also in 29)
Fixed an issue where crashes in node::Environment destruction potentially wouldn't be propagated to the NodeService exit handler. #41277 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Fixed an issue where draggable regions didn't work across platforms. #41030 (Also in 29)
Fixed an issue where emojis weren't properly handled on Windows. #41681 (Also in 29)
Fixed an issue where non-modal windows with vibrancy could have incorrectly rounded corners on Sonoma. #41003 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Fixed an issue where some dependencies using CommonJS would cause ESM apps to fail to open. #41367 (Also in 29)
Fixed an issue where the -webkit-app-region: drag property was not respected on some windows. #41377 (Also in 29)
Fixed an issue where the printBackground option in webContents.printToPDF did not work as expected. #41161 (Also in 28, 29)
Fixed an issue where the serial-port-added event improperly respected filters set by serial.requestPort(). #41635 (Also in 28, 29)
Fixed crash in MessagePort::close. #41201 (Also in 29)
Fixed crash in Notification::Close() under libnotify 0.8.x with portal environment. #41708 (Also in 28, 29)
Fixed default protocol handler behavior on Windows. #40892 (Also in 28, 29)
Fixed documentation of the default --inspect port. #40665 (Also in 27, 28)
Fixed forked child process not able to send IPC message under some cases on macOS. #41079 (Also in 26, 27, 28, 29)
Fixed incorrect title bar shown on frameless transparent windows. #40749 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Fixed macOS bug that causes window maximize button to be disabled in full-screen mode. #40994 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Fixed missing header when compiling with libc++. #41846 (Also in 29)
Fixed on-screen-keyboard not hiding for webviews under some cases. #41131 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Fixed the GrantFileProtocolExtraPrivileges not correctly preventing fetch() calls to file:// URLs. #40801 (Also in 29)
Fixed the enabled/disabled behavior of the maximize/fullscreen button of macOS windows. #40705 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Fixed usage of Storage.{get|set|clear}Cookies via the Chrome DevTools Protocol. #41740 (Also in 28, 29)
Fixed various bugs which could prevent forwarding requests intercepted with protocol.handle(). #41052 (Also in 29)
Unset all Node envs in node process when parent is a foreign process. #40770 (Also in 26, 27, 28, 29)

New in Electron 30.0.0 Beta 8 (Apr 12, 2024)

New in Electron 29.3.0 (Apr 12, 2024)

New in Electron 30.0.0 Beta 7 (Apr 10, 2024)

New in Electron 30.0.0 Beta 6 (Apr 6, 2024)

New in Electron 29.2.0 (Apr 6, 2024)

New in Electron 30.0.0 Beta 5 (Apr 2, 2024)

New in Electron 30.0.0 Beta 4 (Mar 29, 2024)

New in Electron 29.1.6 (Mar 28, 2024)

New in Electron 30.0.0 Beta 3 (Mar 26, 2024)

New in Electron 30.0.0 Beta 2 (Mar 22, 2024)

New in Electron 29.1.5 (Mar 21, 2024)

New in Electron 30.0.0 Beta 1 (Mar 19, 2024)

New in Electron 30.0.0 Alpha 7 (Mar 15, 2024)

New in Electron 29.1.4 (Mar 14, 2024)

New in Electron 30.0.0 Alpha 5 (Mar 8, 2024)

New in Electron 29.1.1 (Mar 8, 2024)

New in Electron 30.0.0 Alpha 4 (Mar 7, 2024)

New in Electron 30.0.0 Alpha 3 (Mar 1, 2024)

New in Electron 30.0.0 Alpha 2 (Feb 28, 2024)

Features:
Added Windows support for the ASAR Integrity fuse. #40504
Added WebContentsView and BaseWindow, replacing the now-deprecated BrowserView APIs. #35658 (Also in 29)
Added a transparent webpreference to webviews. #40301
Added a new method BrowserWindow.isOccluded() to allow apps to check occlusion status. #38982
Added net module to utility process. #40017 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Added proxy configuring support for requests made with net module from utility process. #41417 (Also in 29)
Fixes:
Added support for ThumbnailCapturerMac and ScreenCaptureKitStreamPickerSonoma chromium feature flags to bypass deprecated API warning on macOS 14.4. #41328 (Also in 29)
Apply module search paths restriction on worker and child process. #41118 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
CSS style -webkit-app-region: drag; has no effect in full screen mode. #41307 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Ensured ScreenCaptureKit is used exclusively on macOS 14.4 and higher to avoid permission prompts. #41404 (Also in 29)
Fixed and BrowserViews being white instead of transparent by default. #40866
Fixed Electron 29.0.0-beta.3 regression that could pop up context menus in the wrong location. #41275 (Also in 29)
Fixed WebContents.loadURL() incorrectly failing if called immediately after a previous call to loadURL() failed. #40661
Fixed session.fromPartition() key lookup bug. #41055 (Also in 28, 29)
Fixed a crash resultant from trying to listen to power-related events before the ready event was emitted on Linux. #40888 (Also in 26, 27, 28, 29)
Fixed a crash that started occurring sporadically with some types of macOS window close. #41264 (Also in 28, 29)
Fixed a partition alloc ref count check for higher MacOS versions. #40757 (Also in 28, 29)
Fixed a potential async_hooks crash when listening for the restore event on Windows after minimizing a maximized BrowserWindow. #40576 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Fixed a potential crash when calling dialog.showMessageBoxSync. #40996 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Fixed a potential crash while closing or interacting with a WebContentsView after its associated WebContents has been cleaned up. #41154
Fixed an issue where import.meta.url did not work in the renderer process with contextIsolation enabled. #40993 (Also in 29)
Fixed an issue where inAppPurchase.getProducts and inAppPurchase.purchasedProduct did not resolve as expected. #40938 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Fixed an issue where original-fs methods were not properly corrected for patched imports. #41209 (Also in 29)
Fixed an issue where select-usb-device did not respect the filter option in navigator.usb.requestDevice(). #41166 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Fixed an issue where webContents.printToPDF could fail when certain combinations of margins and pageSize values are passed. #41157 (Also in 28, 29)
Fixed an issue where crashes in node::Environment destruction potentially wouldn't be propagated to the NodeService exit handler. #41277 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Fixed an issue where draggable regions didn't work across platforms. #41030 (Also in 29)
Fixed an issue where non-modal windows with vibrancy could have incorrectly rounded corners on Sonoma. #41003 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Fixed an issue where some dependencies using CommonJS would cause ESM apps to fail to open. #41367 (Also in 29)
Fixed an issue where the -webkit-app-region: drag property was not respected on some windows. #41377 (Also in 29)
Fixed an issue where the printBackground option in webContents.printToPDF did not work as expected. #41161 (Also in 28, 29)
Fixed crash in MessagePort::close. #41201 (Also in 29)
Fixed default protocol handler behavior on Windows. #40892 (Also in 28, 29)
Fixed documentation of the default --inspect port. #40665 (Also in 27, 28)
Fixed forked child process not able to send IPC message under some cases on macOS. #41079 (Also in 26, 27, 28, 29)
Fixed incorrect title bar shown on frameless transparent windows. #40749 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Fixed macOS bug that causes window maximize button to be disabled in full-screen mode. #40994 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Fixed on-screen-keyboard not hiding for webviews under some cases. #41131 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Fixed the GrantFileProtocolExtraPrivileges not correctly preventing fetch() calls to file:// URLs. #40801 (Also in 29)
Fixed the enabled/disabled behavior of the maximize/fullscreen button of macOS windows. #40705 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Fixed various bugs which could prevent forwarding requests intercepted with protocol.handle(). #41052 (Also in 29)
Properly reject webcontents.loadURL promise on invalid URL load. #41194
Unset all Node envs in node process when parent is a foreign process. #40770 (Also in 26, 27, 28, 29)
Other Changes:
Removed extraneous dlls from Windows zip files. #41120 (Also in 28, 29)
Updated Chromium to 123.0.6312.5. #41402
Updated Node.js to v20.11.1. #41353

New in Electron 29.1.0 (Feb 28, 2024)

New in Electron 30.0.0 Alpha 1 (Feb 22, 2024)

Features:
Added Windows support for the ASAR Integrity fuse. #40504
Added WebContentsView and BaseWindow, replacing the now-deprecated BrowserView APIs. #35658 (Also in 29)
Added a transparent webpreference to webviews. #40301
Added a new method BrowserWindow.isOccluded() to allow apps to check occlusion status. #38982
Added net module to utility process. #40017 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Fixes:
Added support for ThumbnailCapturerMac and ScreenCaptureKitStreamPickerSonoma chromium feature flags to bypass deprecated API warning on macOS 14.4. #41328 (Also in 29)
Apply module search paths restriction on worker and child process. #41118 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
CSS style -webkit-app-region: drag; has no effect in full screen mode. #41307 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Fixed and BrowserViews being white instead of transparent by default. #40866
Fixed Electron 29.0.0-beta.3 regression that could pop up context menus in the wrong location. #41275 (Also in 29)
Fixed WebContents.loadURL() incorrectly failing if called immediately after a previous call to loadURL() failed. #40661
Fixed session.fromPartition() key lookup bug. #41055 (Also in 28, 29)
Fixed a crash resultant from trying to listen to power-related events before the ready event was emitted on Linux. #40888 (Also in 26, 27, 28, 29)
Fixed a crash that started occurring sporadically with some types of macOS window close. #41264 (Also in 28, 29)
Fixed a partition alloc ref count check for higher MacOS versions. #40757 (Also in 28, 29)
Fixed a potential async_hooks crash when listening for the restore event on Windows after minimizing a maximized BrowserWindow. #40576 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Fixed a potential crash when calling dialog.showMessageBoxSync. #40996 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Fixed a potential crash while closing or interacting with a WebContentsView after its associated WebContents has been cleaned up. #41154
Fixed an issue where import.meta.url did not work in the renderer process with contextIsolation enabled. #40993 (Also in 29)
Fixed an issue where inAppPurchase.getProducts and inAppPurchase.purchasedProduct did not resolve as expected. #40938 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Fixed an issue where original-fs methods were not properly corrected for patched imports. #41209 (Also in 29)
Fixed an issue where select-usb-device did not respect the filter option in navigator.usb.requestDevice(). #41166 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Fixed an issue where webContents.printToPDF could fail when certain combinations of margins and pageSize values are passed. #41157 (Also in 28, 29)
Fixed an issue where crashes in node::Environment destruction potentially wouldn't be propagated to the NodeService exit handler. #41277 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Fixed an issue where draggable regions didn't work across platforms. #41030 (Also in 29)
Fixed an issue where non-modal windows with vibrancy could have incorrectly rounded corners on Sonoma. #41003 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Fixed an issue where some dependencies using CommonJS would cause ESM apps to fail to open. #41367 (Also in 29)
Fixed an issue where the -webkit-app-region: drag property was not respected on some windows. #41377 (Also in 29)
Fixed an issue where the printBackground option in webContents.printToPDF did not work as expected. #41161 (Also in 28, 29)
Fixed crash in MessagePort::close. #41201 (Also in 29)
Fixed default protocol handler behavior on Windows. #40892 (Also in 28, 29)
Fixed documentation of the default --inspect port. #40665 (Also in 27, 28)
Fixed forked child process not able to send IPC message under some cases on macOS. #41079 (Also in 26, 27, 28, 29)
Fixed incorrect title bar shown on frameless transparent windows. #40749 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Fixed macOS bug that causes window maximize button to be disabled in full-screen mode. #40994 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Fixed on-screen-keyboard not hiding for webviews under some cases. #41131 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Fixed the GrantFileProtocolExtraPrivileges not correctly preventing fetch() calls to file:// URLs. #40801 (Also in 29)
Fixed the enabled/disabled behavior of the maximize/fullscreen button of macOS windows. #40705 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
Fixed various bugs which could prevent forwarding requests intercepted with protocol.handle(). #41052 (Also in 29)
Properly reject webcontents.loadURL promise on invalid URL load. #41194
Unset all Node envs in node process when parent is a foreign process. #40770 (Also in 26, 27, 28, 29)
Other Changes:
Removed extraneous dlls from Windows zip files. #41120 (Also in 28, 29)
Updated Chromium to 123.0.6296.0. #41204
Updated Node.js to v20.11.1. #41353

New in Electron 29.0.1 (Feb 22, 2024)

New in Electron 29.0.0 (Feb 20, 2024)

Breaking Changes:
Functions called over the contextBridge are now called with the expected receiver (this). #39978 (Also in 27, 28)
The gpu-process-crashed event on app has been deprecated. #40169 (Also in 28)
The deprecated gpu-process-crashed event on app has been removed. #40255
The deprecated renderer-process-crashed event on app and crashed event on WebContents and have been removed. #40115
Features:
Additions:
Added WebContentsView and BaseWindow, replacing the now-deprecated BrowserView APIs. #40759
Added keyboardLock to ses.setPermissionRequestHandler(handler). #40369 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Added an option in protocol.registerSchemesAsPrivileged to allow V8 code cache in custom schemes. #40544 (Also in 27, 28)
Added net module to utility process. #40890 (Also in 27, 28)
Added new Electron Fuse that opts the file:// protocol into more secure and restrictive behaviour that matches Chromium. #40372
Added new webUtils.getPathForFile method to replace File.path augmentation. #38776
Added support for configuring use_remote_checksums via .npmrc. #40253
Migrated app.{set|get}LoginItemSettings(settings) to use Apple's new recommended underlying framework on macOS. #37244
This PR adds several properties to the display object including detected, maximumCursorSize, and nativeOrigin. #40497 (Also in 28)
Removed/Deprecated:
Removed extraneous dlls from Windows zip files. #41129 (Also in 28)
Fixes:
Added support for ThumbnailCapturerMac and ScreenCaptureKitStreamPickerSonoma chromium feature flags to bypass deprecated API warning on macOS 14.4. #41329
Fixed Electron 29.0.0-beta.3 regression that could pop up context menus in the wrong location. #41296
Fixed an issue where import.meta.url did not work in the renderer process with contextIsolation enabled. #41265
Fixed an issue where original-fs methods were not properly corrected for patched imports. #41238
Fixed an issue where draggable regions didn't work across platforms. #41112
Fixed crash in MessagePort::close. #41237
Fixed the GrantFileProtocolExtraPrivileges not correctly preventing fetch() calls to file:// URLs. #40864

New in Electron 29.0.0 Beta 10 (Feb 15, 2024)

New in Electron 28.2.3 (Feb 15, 2024)

New in Electron 29.0.0 Beta 9 (Feb 14, 2024)

New in Electron 29.0.0 Beta 8 (Feb 9, 2024)

New in Electron 29.0.0 Beta 7 (Feb 9, 2024)

New in Electron 28.2.2 (Feb 8, 2024)

New in Electron 29.0.0 Beta 6 (Feb 7, 2024)

New in Electron 28.2.1 (Feb 1, 2024)

New in Electron 29.0.0 Beta 4 (Jan 30, 2024)

New in Electron 29.0.0 Beta 3 (Jan 26, 2024)

New in Electron 29.0.0 Beta 2 (Jan 26, 2024)

New in Electron 28.2.0 (Jan 26, 2024)

New in Electron 29.0.0 Beta 1 (Jan 23, 2024)

New in Electron 29.0.0 Alpha 11 (Jan 18, 2024)

New in Electron 28.1.4 (Jan 17, 2024)

New in Electron 29.0.0 Alpha 10 (Jan 16, 2024)

New in Electron 29.0.0 Alpha 9 (Jan 15, 2024)

New in Electron 28.1.3 (Jan 11, 2024)

New in Electron 29.0.0 Alpha 8 (Jan 9, 2024)

New in Electron 28.1.2 (Jan 9, 2024)

New in Electron 29.0.0 Alpha 7 (Jan 5, 2024)

New in Electron 28.1.1 (Jan 5, 2024)

New in Electron 28.1.0 (Dec 22, 2023)

New in Electron 29.0.0 Alpha 5 (Dec 18, 2023)

New in Electron 29.0.0 Alpha 4 (Dec 14, 2023)

New in Electron 29.0.0 Alpha 3 (Dec 12, 2023)

Features:
Added keyboardLock to ses.setPermissionRequestHandler(handler). #40369 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Added an option in protocol.registerSchemesAsPrivileged to allow V8 code cache in custom schemes. #40544
Added new Electron Fuse that opts the file:// protocol into more secure and restrictive behaviour that matches Chromium. #40372
Added new webUtils.getPathForFile method to replace File.path augmentation. #38776
Added support for configuring use_remote_checksums via .npmrc. #40253
Migrated app.{set|get}LoginItemSettings(settings) to use Apple's new recommended underlying framework on macOS. #37244
This PR adds several properties to the display object including detected, maximumCursorSize, and nativeOrigin. #40497 (Also in 28)
Fixes:
Backported fix for AVX related crashes on certain linux machines. #40536 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed "will-navigate" not being emitted when pressing links in chrome: pages. #40390 (Also in 27, 28)
Fixed a potential issue with async_hook corruption in some error contexts. #40574 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed a unexpectedly thrown error in some unsupported chrome extensions. #40500 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed an error changing file format in dialog.showOpenDialog on macOS. #40308 (Also in 27, 28)
Fixed an issue where WebViews could sometimes crash on unload. #40400 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed an issue where Windows Toast notifications weren't properly dismissed from the Action Center on notification.close() if they'd previously been dismissed. #40197 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed an issue where MessagePorts were not being correctly garbage collected when not referenced. #40189 (Also in 28)
Fixed an issue where navigator.keyboard.lock() did not work per latest expected behavior. #40365 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed an issue where devtools could not be re-opened. #40666 (Also in 28)
Fixed an issue where font requests were incorrectly being sent to dev tools multiple times per resource. #40681 (Also in 27, 28)
Fixed an issue where fully occluded windows would return an empty image from webContents.capturePage() on Windows and Linux. #39730 (Also in 25, 26, 27, 28)
Fixed an issue where zoom level settings did not persist per-session for webviews. #40650
Fixed an issue with webContents interaction with fullscreen and WCO on macOS. #40179 (Also in 25, 26, 27, 28)
Fixed app incorrectly activating panel windows on macOS Sonoma. #40307 (Also in 28)
Fixed child window opening in non-active macOS apps. #40546 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed file paths passed to shell.showItemInFolder not being escaped in Linux. #40527 (Also in 27, 28)
Fixed loading nested ESM dependencies in node_modules
Correctly support the throwIfNoEntry option in fs.statSync/fs.lstatSync in asar files. #40221 (Also in 28)
Fixed problem with bounds of maximized window when toggle BrowserWindow.setResizable function. #40503 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed resizing performance issue on macOS. #40577 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed some redundant permission dialogs while screen sharing on Wayland. #40098 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Functions called over the contextBridge are now called with the expected receiver (this). #39978 (Also in 27, 28)
Prevent node mode to be used as script runner by other apps on macOS. #40579 (Also in 28)
Use activateIgnoringOtherApps for focusing non-panels on macOS. #40570 (Also in 28)
Other Changes:
Re-enabled partition alloc on Mac. #33981 (Also in 28)
The gpu-process-crashed event on app has been deprecated. #40169 (Also in 28)
The deprecated gpu-process-crashed event on app has been removed. #40255
The deprecated renderer-process-crashed event on app and crashed event on WebContents and have been removed. #40115
Updated Chromium to 121.0.6147.0. #40523
Updated Node.js to v18.18.2. #40205 (Also in 28)
Upgraded to Node.js v20. #40545

New in Electron 29.0.0 Alpha 2 (Dec 8, 2023)

Features:
Added keyboardLock to ses.setPermissionRequestHandler(handler). #40369 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Added an option in protocol.registerSchemesAsPrivileged to allow V8 code cache in custom schemes. #40544
Added new Electron Fuse that opts the file:// protocol into more secure and restrictive behaviour that matches Chromium. #40372
Added new webUtils.getPathForFile method to replace File.path augmentation. #38776
Added support for configuring use_remote_checksums via .npmrc. #40253
Migrated app.{set|get}LoginItemSettings(settings) to use Apple's new recommended underlying framework on macOS. #37244
This PR adds several properties to the display object including detected, maximumCursorSize, and nativeOrigin. #40497 (Also in 28)
Fixes:
Backported fix for AVX related crashes on certain linux machines. #40536 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed "will-navigate" not being emitted when pressing links in chrome: pages. #40390 (Also in 27, 28)
Fixed a potential issue with async_hook corruption in some error contexts. #40574 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed a unexpectedly thrown error in some unsupported chrome extensions. #40500 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed an error changing file format in dialog.showOpenDialog on macOS. #40308 (Also in 27, 28)
Fixed an issue where WebViews could sometimes crash on unload. #40400 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed an issue where Windows Toast notifications weren't properly dismissed from the Action Center on notification.close() if they'd previously been dismissed. #40197 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed an issue where MessagePorts were not being correctly garbage collected when not referenced. #40189 (Also in 28)
Fixed an issue where navigator.keyboard.lock() did not work per latest expected behavior. #40365 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed an issue where devtools could not be re-opened. #40666 (Also in 28)
Fixed an issue where font requests were incorrectly being sent to dev tools multiple times per resource. #40681 (Also in 28)
Fixed an issue where fully occluded windows would return an empty image from webContents.capturePage() on Windows and Linux. #39730 (Also in 25, 26, 27, 28)
Fixed an issue where zoom level settings did not persist per-session for webviews. #40650
Fixed an issue with webContents interaction with fullscreen and WCO on macOS. #40179 (Also in 25, 26, 27, 28)
Fixed app incorrectly activating panel windows on macOS Sonoma. #40307 (Also in 28)
Fixed child window opening in non-active macOS apps. #40546 (Also in 26, 28)
Fixed file paths passed to shell.showItemInFolder not being escaped in Linux. #40527 (Also in 27, 28)
Fixed loading nested ESM dependencies in node_modules
Correctly support the throwIfNoEntry option in fs.statSync/fs.lstatSync in asar files. #40221 (Also in 28)
Fixed problem with bounds of maximized window when toggle BrowserWindow.setResizable function. #40503 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed resizing performance issue on macOS. #40577 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed some redundant permission dialogs while screen sharing on Wayland. #40098 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Functions called over the contextBridge are now called with the expected receiver (this). #39978 (Also in 27, 28)
Prevent node mode to be used as script runner by other apps on macOS. #40579
Use activateIgnoringOtherApps for focusing non-panels on macOS. #40570 (Also in 28)
Other Changes:
Re-enabled partition alloc on Mac. #33981 (Also in 28)
The gpu-process-crashed event on app has been deprecated. #40169 (Also in 28)
The deprecated gpu-process-crashed event on app has been removed. #40255
The deprecated renderer-process-crashed event on app and crashed event on WebContents and have been removed. #40115
Updated Chromium to 121.0.6147.0. #40523
Updated Node.js to v18.18.2. #40205 (Also in 28)
Upgraded to Node.js v20. #40545

New in Electron 29.0.0 Alpha 1 (Dec 7, 2023)

Features:
Added keyboardLock to ses.setPermissionRequestHandler(handler). #40369 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Added an option in protocol.registerSchemesAsPrivileged to allow V8 code cache in custom schemes. #40544
Added new Electron Fuse that opts the file:// protocol into more secure and restrictive behaviour that matches Chromium. #40372
Added new webUtils.getPathForFile method to replace File.path augmentation. #38776
Added support for configuring use_remote_checksums via .npmrc. #40253
Migrated app.{set|get}LoginItemSettings(settings) to use Apple's new recommended underlying framework on macOS. #37244
This PR adds several properties to the display object including detected, maximumCursorSize, and nativeOrigin. #40497 (Also in 28)
Fixes:
Backported fix for AVX related crashes on certain linux machines. #40536 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed "will-navigate" not being emitted when pressing links in chrome: pages. #40390 (Also in 27, 28)
Fixed a potential issue with async_hook corruption in some error contexts. #40574 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed a unexpectedly thrown error in some unsupported chrome extensions. #40500 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed an error changing file format in dialog.showOpenDialog on macOS. #40308 (Also in 27, 28)
Fixed an issue where WebViews could sometimes crash on unload. #40400 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed an issue where Windows Toast notifications weren't properly dismissed from the Action Center on notification.close() if they'd previously been dismissed. #40197 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed an issue where MessagePorts were not being correctly garbage collected when not referenced. #40189 (Also in 28)
Fixed an issue where navigator.keyboard.lock() did not work per latest expected behavior. #40365 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed an issue where devtools could not be re-opened. #40666 (Also in 28)
Fixed an issue where font requests were incorrectly being sent to dev tools multiple times per resource. #40681 (Also in 28)
Fixed an issue where fully occluded windows would return an empty image from webContents.capturePage() on Windows and Linux. #39730 (Also in 25, 26, 27, 28)
Fixed an issue where zoom level settings did not persist per-session for webviews. #40650
Fixed an issue with webContents interaction with fullscreen and WCO on macOS. #40179 (Also in 25, 26, 27, 28)
Fixed app incorrectly activating panel windows on macOS Sonoma. #40307 (Also in 28)
Fixed child window opening in non-active macOS apps. #40546 (Also in 26, 28)
Fixed file paths passed to shell.showItemInFolder not being escaped in Linux. #40527 (Also in 27, 28)
Fixed loading nested ESM dependencies in node_modules
Correctly support the throwIfNoEntry option in fs.statSync/fs.lstatSync in asar files. #40221 (Also in 28)
Fixed problem with bounds of maximized window when toggle BrowserWindow.setResizable function. #40503 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed resizing performance issue on macOS. #40577 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Fixed some redundant permission dialogs while screen sharing on Wayland. #40098 (Also in 26, 27, 28)
Functions called over the contextBridge are now called with the expected receiver (this). #39978 (Also in 27, 28)
Prevent node mode to be used as script runner by other apps on macOS. #40579
Use activateIgnoringOtherApps for focusing non-panels on macOS. #40570 (Also in 28)
Other Changes:
Re-enabled partition alloc on Mac. #33981 (Also in 28)
The gpu-process-crashed event on app has been deprecated. #40169 (Also in 28)
The deprecated gpu-process-crashed event on app has been removed. #40255
The deprecated renderer-process-crashed event on app and crashed event on WebContents and have been removed. #40115
Updated Chromium to 121.0.6147.0. #40523
Updated Node.js to v18.18.2. #40205 (Also in 28)
Upgraded to Node.js v20. #40545

New in Electron 28.0.0 (Dec 5, 2023)

Breaking Changes:
The BrowserWindow.getTrafficLightPosition() and BrowserWindow.setTrafficLightPosition() methods have been removed. #39479
The app.runningUnderRosettaTranslation() method has been removed. #39956
The ipcRenderer.sendTo() method has been removed. #39087
The scroll-touch-{begin,end,edge} events have been removed. #39814
Setting backgroundThrottling to false will disable frames throttling in the BrowserWindow for all WebContents displayed by it. #38924
Features:
Additions:
Enabled ESM support. #37535
For more details, see the ESM documentation.
The UtilityProcess API now supports ESM entrypoints. #40047
Added several properties to the display object including detected, maximumCursorSize, and nativeOrigin. #40554
Added support for ELECTRON_OZONE_PLATFORM_HINT environment variable on Linux. #39792
In addition to enabling ESM support in Electron itself, Electron Forge also supports using ESM to package, build and develop Electron applications. You can find this support in Forge v7.0.0 or higher: https://github.com/electron/forge/releases/tag/v7.0.0
Added API to help apps know when to avoid semitransparent backgrounds. #39631 (Also in 26, 27)
Added getWebRTCUDPPortRange and setWebRTCUDPPortRange APIs to specify UDP port range for WebRTC. #39046
Added keyboardLock to ses.setPermissionRequestHandler(handler). #40460 (Also in 26, 27)
Added mouse-enter and mouse-leave Tray events for Windows. #40072
Added a generateTaggedPDF option to webContents.printToPDF() to allow generating tagged (accessible) PDFs. #39563
Added a tabbingIdentifier property to BrowserWindow. #39980 (Also in 26, 27)
Added middle click mouse event to tray icon. #39926
Added several properties to the display object including detected, maximumCursorSize, and nativeOrigin. #40554
Added support for ELECTRON_OZONE_PLATFORM_HINT environment variable on Linux. #39792
Added support for chrome.scripting extension APIs. #39395 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Added support for several more extensions manifest keys including host_permissions, author, and short_name. #39599 (Also in 26, 27)
Added the ability to send HTTP headers with webContents.downloadURL(). #39455 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Changed systemPreferences.getColor(name) to return an RGBA hex value (#RRGGBBAA) instead of a plain RGB (#RRGGBB) value. #38960
Honor XDG dark theme preferences on Linux. #38977 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Improved compatibility with CommonJS modules in sandboxed preload scripts by passing dummy module.exports. #39484
Improvements:
Improved fork() and execve() performance for child_process API on Linux. #39253
Fixed resizing performance issue on macOS. #40586 (Also in 26, 27)
Fixed opaque window performance regression on DWM. #39895 (Also in 27)
Re-enabled partition alloc on macOS. #40230
Removed/Deprecated:
The app.runningUnderRosettaTranslation property has been deprecated. #39897 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
The gpu-process-crashed event on app has been deprecated. #40195
The renderer-process-crashed event on app and crashed event on WebContents and have been deprecated. #40089
Fixes:
Fixed an issue that prevented MessagePorts from being garbage collected when not referenced. #40201
Fixed app incorrectly activating panel windows on macOS Sonoma. #40465
Fixed file paths passed to shell.showItemInFolder not being escaped in Linux. #40562
Fixed loading nested ESM dependencies in node_modules. Support the throwIfNoEntry option in fs.statSync/fs.lstatSync in asar files. #40224
Fixed same-party cookie functionality for first party sets. #40526
Use activateIgnoringOtherApps for focusing non-panels on macOS. #40621

New in Electron 28.0.0 Beta 11 (Dec 2, 2023)

New in Electron 27.1.3 (Dec 2, 2023)

New in Electron 28.0.0 Beta 10 (Nov 28, 2023)

New in Electron 28.0.0 Beta 9 (Nov 25, 2023)

New in Electron 27.1.2 (Nov 25, 2023)

New in Electron 28.0.0 Beta 8 (Nov 21, 2023)

New in Electron 28.0.0 Beta 6 (Nov 17, 2023)

New in Electron 27.1.0 (Nov 16, 2023)

New in Electron 28.0.0 Beta 5 (Nov 14, 2023)

New in Electron 28.0.0 Beta 4 (Nov 10, 2023)

New in Electron 27.0.4 (Nov 9, 2023)

New in Electron 28.0.0 Beta 3 (Nov 7, 2023)

New in Electron 28.0.0 Beta 2 (Nov 5, 2023)

New in Electron 27.0.3 (Nov 2, 2023)

New in Electron 28.0.0 Alpha 5 (Oct 24, 2023)

New in Electron 27.0.2 (Oct 22, 2023)

New in Electron 28.0.0 Alpha 4 (Oct 20, 2023)

New in Electron 27.0.1 (Oct 19, 2023)

New in Electron 28.0.0 Alpha 3 (Oct 17, 2023)

New in Electron 28.0.0 Alpha 2 (Oct 13, 2023)

Breaking Changes:
Fixed generating frames when the window is hidden and backgroundThrottling is disabled. #38924
Features:
A dummy module.exports is now passed to the sandboxed preload scripts to improve compatibility with CommonJS modules. #39484
Added 'getWebRTCUDPPortRange' and 'setWebRTCUDPPortRange' apis to specify udp port range for webrtc. #39046
Added 'mouse-enter' and 'mouse-leave' Tray events for Windows. #40072
Added a generateTaggedPDF option to webContents.printToPDF to allow generating tagged (accessible) PDFs. #39563
Added a tabbingIdentifier property to BrowserWindow. #39980 (Also in 27)
Added middle click mouse event to tray icon. #39926
Added support for chrome.scripting extension APIs. #39395 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Added support for several more extensions manifest keys including host_permissions, author, and short_name. #39599 (Also in 26, 27)
Added the ability to send HTTP headers with webContents.downloadURL(). #39455 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Changed systemPreferences.getColor(name) to return an RGBA hex value (#RRGGBBAA) instead of a plain RGB (#RRGGBB) value. #38960
Detect system dark theme preference via xdg settings portal on Linux. #38977 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Enabled ESM support. For more details see the ESM limitations document. #37535
Exposed an API to allow apps to determine whether to avoid using semitransparent backgrounds. #39631 (Also in 26, 27)
Fixes:
Added support for ELECTRON_OZONE_PLATFORM_HINT environment variable on Linux. #39792
Fixed BrowserView.setBounds calls not painting view in new bounds in some cases. #39994 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed Windows Mica/Acrylic background material effects on frameless windows. #39708 (Also in 27)
Fixed app.runningUnderARM64Translation() always returning true on ARM64. #39920 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an error where listening to certain chrome.tabs events would throw incorrectly. #39729 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where BrowserWindows could crash on macOS with frame: false and roundedCorners: false when going fullscreen. #39747 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where BrowserViews that had their bounds set prior to being added to a BrowserWindow could have unexpected incorrect offsets. #39605 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where chrome://gpu failed to load. #39556 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where webContents.print could fail when options is a frozen object. #39985 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where accelerators representing DOM keys were not correctly converted in webContents.sendInputEvent(). #39776 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where calling loadURL during some webContents url loading events could crash. #40143 (Also in 24, 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where calling show() on a child BrowserWindow would show all other children attached to the same parent on macOS. #40062 (Also in 24, 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where certain properties of chrome.tabs Tab objects were not properly considered privileged. #39595 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where child windows opened when the parent window is already fullscreen did not respect the child windows' fullscreenability and resizability settings. #39620 (Also in 24, 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where closing and opening a minimized DevTools window would not work as expected. #40091 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where fully occluded windows would return an empty image from webContents.capturePage() on Windows and Linux. #40185 (Also in 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where pressing the escape key did not properly trigger PDF presentation mode exit. #39616 (Also in 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where the Node.js assert module did not work in the renderer process. #39540 (Also in 24, 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where using webcrypto.subtle.importKey() could error and fail if SharedArrayBuffers are not defined. #40070 (Also in 27)
Fixed an issue where vibrant windows incorrectly have square corners when they're modals on macOS. #39979 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue with applying vibrancy on non-transparent windows on MacOS. #40109 (Also in 27)
Fixed decorations for tiled windows on Wayland. #39523 (Also in 22, 24, 25, 26, 27)
Fixed deprecated gpu-process-crashed / renderer-process-crashed events being emitted twice and with incorrect arguments. #40090 (Also in 22, 24, 25, 26, 27)
Fixed devtools to allow restoring saved dock state on Windows. #39734 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed failing build when enable_electron_extensions=false. #40032 (Also in 27)
Fixed how screen readers are detected on Windows to reduce false positives. #39988 (Also in 27)
Fixed issue where titlebar would be transparent for transparent windows that are fullscreen. #39759 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed problem with promise resolved to early when browser initiated in-page navigation. #39597 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed to regenerate thumbnail toolbar buttons when explorer is restarted. #39551 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed window size constraints not working on macOS. #39975 (Also in 27)
Prevent DWM from redrawing video frames rendered on opaque windows. #39895 (Also in 27)
Support Region Capture API with tab MediaStream. #39074 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
The UtilityProcess API now supports ESM entrypoints. #40047
Other Changes:
Deprecated scroll-touch-{begin,end,edge} events have been removed. #39814
Fixed build failure when PDF viewer is disabled. #39990 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed crash on shutdown in tls sockets with Node.js HTTP/2 connections. #39928 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed launch failure with child_process.spawn on windows affected by launching store applications. #40101 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed missing type for Electron.TitleBarOverlay. #39799 (Also in 26, 27)
Improved fork/execve performance for child_process api on linux. #39253
Removed deprecated app.runningUnderRosettaTranslation(). #39956
The app.runningUnderRosettaTranslation property has been deprecated. #39897 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
The renderer-process-crashed event on app and crashed event on WebContents and have been deprecated. #40089
The systemPreferences.getAppLevelAppearance, systemPreferences.setAppLevelAppearance and systemPreferences.appLevelAppearance APIs have been removed, as well as the alternate-selected-control-text value for systemPreferences.getColor. #39696 (Also in 27)
The deprecated getTrafficLightPosition() / setTrafficLightPosition() APIs have been removed. #39479
The deprecated ipcRenderer.sendTo() API has been removed. #39087
The deprecated webContents.getPrinters() API has been removed. #39663 (Also in 27)
Updated Chromium to 119.0.6045.0. #40076
Updated Node.js to v18.18.0. #39915
Documentation:
Documentation changes: #39963

New in Electron 28.0.0 Alpha 1 (Oct 11, 2023)

Breaking Changes:
Fixed generating frames when the window is hidden and backgroundThrottling is disabled. #38924
Features:
A dummy module.exports is now passed to the sandboxed preload scripts to improve compatibility with CommonJS modules. #39484
Added 'getWebRTCUDPPortRange' and 'setWebRTCUDPPortRange' apis to specify udp port range for webrtc. #39046
Added 'mouse-enter' and 'mouse-leave' Tray events for Windows. #40072
Added a generateTaggedPDF option to webContents.printToPDF to allow generating tagged (accessible) PDFs. #39563
Added a tabbingIdentifier property to BrowserWindow. #39980 (Also in 27)
Added middle click mouse event to tray icon. #39926
Added support for chrome.scripting extension APIs. #39395 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Added support for several more extensions manifest keys including host_permissions, author, and short_name. #39599 (Also in 26, 27)
Added the ability to send HTTP headers with webContents.downloadURL(). #39455 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Changed systemPreferences.getColor(name) to return an RGBA hex value (#RRGGBBAA) instead of a plain RGB (#RRGGBB) value. #38960
Detect system dark theme preference via xdg settings portal on Linux. #38977 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Enabled ESM support. For more details see the ESM limitations document. #37535
Exposed an API to allow apps to determine whether to avoid using semitransparent backgrounds. #39631 (Also in 26, 27)
Fixes:
Added support for ELECTRON_OZONE_PLATFORM_HINT environment variable on Linux. #39792
Fixed BrowserView.setBounds calls not painting view in new bounds in some cases. #39994 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed Windows Mica/Acrylic background material effects on frameless windows. #39708 (Also in 27)
Fixed app.runningUnderARM64Translation() always returning true on ARM64. #39920 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an error where listening to certain chrome.tabs events would throw incorrectly. #39729 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where BrowserWindows could crash on macOS with frame: false and roundedCorners: false when going fullscreen. #39747 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where BrowserViews that had their bounds set prior to being added to a BrowserWindow could have unexpected incorrect offsets. #39605 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where chrome://gpu failed to load. #39556 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where webContents.print could fail when options is a frozen object. #39985 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where accelerators representing DOM keys were not correctly converted in webContents.sendInputEvent(). #39776 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where calling loadURL during some webContents url loading events could crash. #40143 (Also in 24, 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where calling show() on a child BrowserWindow would show all other children attached to the same parent on macOS. #40062 (Also in 24, 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where certain properties of chrome.tabs Tab objects were not properly considered privileged. #39595 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where child windows opened when the parent window is already fullscreen did not respect the child windows' fullscreenability and resizability settings. #39620 (Also in 24, 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where closing and opening a minimized DevTools window would not work as expected. #40091 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where pressing the escape key did not properly trigger PDF presentation mode exit. #39616 (Also in 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where the Node.js assert module did not work in the renderer process. #39540 (Also in 24, 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue where using webcrypto.subtle.importKey() could error and fail if SharedArrayBuffers are not defined. #40070 (Also in 27)
Fixed an issue where vibrant windows incorrectly have square corners when they're modals on macOS. #39979 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed an issue with applying vibrancy on non-transparent windows on MacOS. #40109 (Also in 27)
Fixed decorations for tiled windows on Wayland. #39523 (Also in 22, 24, 25, 26, 27)
Fixed deprecated gpu-process-crashed / renderer-process-crashed events being emitted twice and with incorrect arguments. #40090 (Also in 22, 24, 25, 26, 27)
Fixed devtools to allow restoring saved dock state on Windows. #39734 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed failing build when enable_electron_extensions=false. #40032 (Also in 27)
Fixed how screen readers are detected on Windows to reduce false positives. #39988 (Also in 27)
Fixed issue where titlebar would be transparent for transparent windows that are fullscreen. #39759 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed problem with promise resolved to early when browser initiated in-page navigation. #39597 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed to regenerate thumbnail toolbar buttons when explorer is restarted. #39551 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed window size constraints not working on macOS. #39975 (Also in 27)
Prevent DWM from redrawing video frames rendered on opaque windows. #39895 (Also in 27)
Support Region Capture API with tab MediaStream. #39074 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
The UtilityProcess API now supports ESM entrypoints. #40047
Other Changes:
Deprecated scroll-touch-{begin,end,edge} events have been removed. #39814
Fixed build failure when PDF viewer is disabled. #39990 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed crash on shutdown in tls sockets with Node.js HTTP/2 connections. #39928 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed launch failure with child_process.spawn on windows affected by launching store applications. #40101 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
Fixed missing type for Electron.TitleBarOverlay. #39799 (Also in 26, 27)
Improved fork/execve performance for child_process api on linux. #39253
Removed deprecated app.runningUnderRosettaTranslation(). #39956
The app.runningUnderRosettaTranslation property has been deprecated. #39897 (Also in 25, 26, 27)
The renderer-process-crashed event on app and crashed event on WebContents and have been deprecated. #40089
The systemPreferences.getAppLevelAppearance, systemPreferences.setAppLevelAppearance and systemPreferences.appLevelAppearance APIs have been removed, as well as the alternate-selected-control-text value for systemPreferences.getColor. #39696 (Also in 27)
The deprecated getTrafficLightPosition() / setTrafficLightPosition() APIs have been removed. #39479
The deprecated ipcRenderer.sendTo() API has been removed. #39087
The deprecated webContents.getPrinters() API has been removed. #39663 (Also in 27)
Updated Chromium to 119.0.6045.0. #40076
Updated Node.js to v18.18.0. #39915
Documentation:
Documentation changes: #39963

New in Electron 27.0.0 (Oct 10, 2023)

New in Electron 26.3.0 (Oct 6, 2023)

New in Electron 27.0.0 Beta 9 (Oct 6, 2023)

New in Electron 27.0.0 Beta 8 (Oct 1, 2023)

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New in Electron 27.0.0 Alpha 3 (Aug 25, 2023)

New in Electron 26.1.0 (Aug 23, 2023)

New in Electron 27.0.0 Alpha 2 (Aug 22, 2023)

Features:
Added safeStorage.setUsePlainTextEncryption and safeStorage.getSelectedStorageBackend api. #38873 (Also in 25, 26)
Added senderIsMainFrame to messages sent via ipcRenderer.sendTo(). #38868 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Added a title parameter to webContents.openDevTools()to specify the DevTools window title. #39047
Added partial support for chrome.tabs.query. #39330 (Also in 25, 26)
Added support for --dns-result-order Node.js cli flag. #39376 (Also in 25, 26)
Added support for customization of the default math font along with other fonts. #38514
Added support for flagging a Menu as being keyboard initiated. #38903 (Also in 26)
Added support for several more Node.js cli flags in the main process. #39344 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Added the ability to send HTTP headers with session.downloadURL(). #38785 (Also in 25, 26)
BrowserWindow.getBrowserView() started to guarantee returning z-index sorted array. #38943
BrowserWindow.showAllTabs api added. #38965
Support Chrome Extensions minimum_chrome_version manifest key. #39256 (Also in 26)
The ipcRenderer.sendTo() API has been deprecated in favor of sharing a MessageChannel between two renderers. #39091
node: prefixed requires are now supported in sandboxed renderer preloads for events, timers and url. #38567 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixes:
Added transparent color support for WCO on Windows. #38693 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed clipboard.readImage() getting blocked when there is no PNG image in the clipboard. #39466 (Also in 26)
Fixed desktopCapturer thumbnail generation after screen sharing is cancelled on Wayland. #39194 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed preload script may not run in some child windows opened by window.open. #38910 (Also in 23, 24, 25, 26)
Fixed webContents.printToPDF preferCSSPageSize type error. #38761 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed a crash calling nativeImage.resize() before the app ready event. #38836 (Also in 26)
Fixed a crash in. #39069 (Also in 26)
Fixed a crash seen when trying to change nativeTheme source during mara context menu close. #38824 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed a crash when listing desktop capture sources on Wayland with PipeWire. #38833 (Also in 23, 24, 25, 26)
Fixed a potential crash calling BrowserWindow.removeBrowserView() with a destroyed webContents. #38842 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed a potential crash when calling BrowserWindow.moveTop() on modal child windows. #39499 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed a potential crash when calling tray.popUpContextMenu on macOS. #39231 (Also in 26)
Fixed a potential crash when re-parenting a BrowserWindow whose first parent has been destroyed. #39062 (Also in 26)
Fixed a rare crash when closing active native tab on macOS. #39394 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed a redundant permission popup while fetching screens and windows using desktopCapturer.getSources() on Wayland. #39111 (Also in 26)
Fixed an accessibility issue where VoiceOver couldn't trigger the tray action when selected to emit the click event. #39352 (Also in 26)
Fixed an error with webContents.print parameter validation by adding missing options required to set printer printable area. #38614 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed an issue on Windows 10 where the title bar was not correct after changing native theme. #39287 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where popups are positions incorrectly in BrowserViews. #38489 (Also in 23, 24, 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where BrowserWindow.moveAbove() and BrowserWindow.moveTop() did not work for child windows on macOS. #39034 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where browserView.removeBrowserView could cause a crash in some cases. #39387 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where chrome.i18n did not work properly with Chrome Extensions Manifest V3. #39291 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where chrome.tabs.update did not return a tab object that properly reflected potential properties that were changed. #39365 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where chrome://gpu failed to load. #39583 (Also in 26)
Fixed an issue where protocol.handle() never called its callback with the 'file' scheme. #39048 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where webContents.print() stopped triggering its callback when the user cancelled the print dialog. #38709 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where window.open can interfere with various aspects of Node.js functionality. #38754
Fixed an issue where certain Electron classes had incorrect prototype class names. #39006 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where files could in some circumstances be selection when openFile was not passed as a dialog property. #38557 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where macOS traffic lights could malfunction on child windows in some circumstances. #39225 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where non-resizable windows incorrectly enabled the fullscreen/maximize button on initial window creation on macOS. #39086 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where notifications created on macOS which have no actions will erroneously have a Show button visible. #38997 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where passing webContents.print(null) could incorrectly trigger an error. #38612 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where printing on Windows could trigger a crash. #38976 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where removing a webview in a close callback could cause crashes. #38996 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where service workers could not run Chrome APIs in Chrome Extensions Manifest V3. #39290 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where the pageVisibility API returned incorrect values in some situations when backgroundThrottling was disabled. #39223 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed an issue with webContents.print({ silent: true }) not working correctly. #38741 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed an issue with potential use-after-free of child windows on close and reparent. #38603 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed an issue with the application menu overlapping menu items on Windows 11. #38998 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed asar integration for node:child_process imports. #38742 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed crash in message ports when utility process exits. #39335 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed decorations for tiled windows on Wayland. #39570 (Also in 22, 24, 25, 26)
Fixed display of title bar buttons on Wayland. #39003 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed minimize button to be visible when all buttons reenabled. #38860 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
Fixed potential invalid protocol error handling. #38587 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed problem with promise resolved to early when browser intendent in-page navigation. #39260
Fixed visibility of menu bar when exiting full screen. #38599 (Also in 23, 24, 25, 26)
Notes: Fixes an issue where chrome.tabs did not work properly with Chrome Extensions Manifest V3. #39317 (Also in 25, 26)
Other Changes:
The enable_osr build flag has been removed. #38703
The enable_picture_in_picture build flag has been removed. #38620
The enable_run_as_node build flag has been removed in favor of the runAsNode fuse. #38413
The senderId and senderIsMainFrame properties of IpcRendererEvent have been deprecated. #39381
The systemPreferences.getAppLevelAppearance and systemPreferences.setAppLevelAppearance APIs have been deprecated, as well as the alternate-selected-control-text value for systemPreferences.getColor. #39343 (Also in 26)
The webContents.getPrinters API has been deprecated. #39356 (Also in 26)
The deprecated color scheme changed events in systemPreferences have been removed. #39341
Updated Chromium to 118.0.5949.0. #39505
Updated Node.js to v18.17.1. #39457
Unknown:
Fixed an issue where setting bounds on BrowserViews can behave inconsistently across platforms. #38981 (Also in 25, 26)

New in Electron 27.0.0 Alpha 1 (Aug 17, 2023)

Features:
Added safeStorage.setUsePlainTextEncryption and safeStorage.getSelectedStorageBackend api. #38873 (Also in 25, 26)
Added senderIsMainFrame to messages sent via ipcRenderer.sendTo(). #38868 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Added a title parameter to webContents.openDevTools()to specify the DevTools window title. #39047
Added partial support for chrome.tabs.query. #39330 (Also in 25, 26)
Added support for --dns-result-order Node.js cli flag. #39376 (Also in 25, 26)
Added support for customization of the default math font along with other fonts. #38514
Added support for flagging a Menu as being keyboard initiated. #38903 (Also in 26)
Added support for several more Node.js cli flags in the main process. #39344 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Added the ability to send HTTP headers with session.downloadURL(). #38785 (Also in 25, 26)
BrowserWindow.getBrowserView() started to guarantee returning z-index sorted array. #38943
BrowserWindow.showAllTabs api added. #38965
Support Chrome Extensions minimum_chrome_version manifest key. #39256 (Also in 26)
The ipcRenderer.sendTo() API has been deprecated in favor of sharing a MessageChannel between two renderers. #39091
node: prefixed requires are now supported in sandboxed renderer preloads for events, timers and url. #38567 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixes:
Added transparent color support for WCO on Windows. #38693 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed clipboard.readImage() getting blocked when there is no PNG image in the clipboard. #39466 (Also in 26)
Fixed desktopCapturer thumbnail generation after screen sharing is cancelled on Wayland. #39194 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed preload script may not run in some child windows opened by window.open. #38910 (Also in 23, 24, 25, 26)
Fixed webContents.printToPDF preferCSSPageSize type error. #38761 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed a crash calling nativeImage.resize() before the app ready event. #38836 (Also in 26)
Fixed a crash in. #39069 (Also in 26)
Fixed a crash seen when trying to change nativeTheme source during mara context menu close. #38824 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed a crash when listing desktop capture sources on Wayland with PipeWire. #38833 (Also in 23, 24, 25, 26)
Fixed a potential crash calling BrowserWindow.removeBrowserView() with a destroyed webContents. #38842 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed a potential crash when calling BrowserWindow.moveTop() on modal child windows. #39499 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed a potential crash when calling tray.popUpContextMenu on macOS. #39231 (Also in 26)
Fixed a potential crash when re-parenting a BrowserWindow whose first parent has been destroyed. #39062 (Also in 26)
Fixed a rare crash when closing active native tab on macOS. #39394 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed a redundant permission popup while fetching screens and windows using desktopCapturer.getSources() on Wayland. #39111 (Also in 26)
Fixed an accessibility issue where VoiceOver couldn't trigger the tray action when selected to emit the click event. #39352 (Also in 26)
Fixed an error with webContents.print parameter validation by adding missing options required to set printer printable area. #38614 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed an issue on Windows 10 where the title bar was not correct after changing native theme. #39287 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where popups are positions incorrectly in BrowserViews. #38489 (Also in 23, 24, 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where BrowserWindow.moveAbove() and BrowserWindow.moveTop() did not work for child windows on macOS. #39034 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where browserView.removeBrowserView could cause a crash in some cases. #39387 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where chrome.i18n did not work properly with Chrome Extensions Manifest V3. #39291 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where chrome.tabs.update did not return a tab object that properly reflected potential properties that were changed. #39365 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where protocol.handle() never called its callback with the 'file' scheme. #39048 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where webContents.print() stopped triggering its callback when the user cancelled the print dialog. #38709 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where window.open can interfere with various aspects of Node.js functionality. #38754
Fixed an issue where certain Electron classes had incorrect prototype class names. #39006 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where files could in some circumstances be selection when openFile was not passed as a dialog property. #38557 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where macOS traffic lights could malfunction on child windows in some circumstances. #39225 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where non-resizable windows incorrectly enabled the fullscreen/maximize button on initial window creation on macOS. #39086 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where notifications created on macOS which have no actions will erroneously have a Show button visible. #38997 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where passing webContents.print(null) could incorrectly trigger an error. #38612 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where printing on Windows could trigger a crash. #38976 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where removing a webview in a close callback could cause crashes. #38996 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where service workers could not run Chrome APIs in Chrome Extensions Manifest V3. #39290 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed an issue where the pageVisibility API returned incorrect values in some situations when backgroundThrottling was disabled. #39223 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed an issue with webContents.print({ silent: true }) not working correctly. #38741 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed an issue with potential use-after-free of child windows on close and reparent. #38603 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed an issue with the application menu overlapping menu items on Windows 11. #38998 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed asar integration for node:child_process imports. #38742 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
Fixed crash in message ports when utility process exits. #39335 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed display of title bar buttons on Wayland. #39003 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed minimize button to be visible when all buttons reenabled. #38860 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
Fixed potential invalid protocol error handling. #38587 (Also in 25, 26)
Fixed problem with promise resolved to early when browser intendent in-page navigation. #39260
Fixed visibility of menu bar when exiting full screen. #38599 (Also in 23, 24, 25, 26)
Notes: Fixes an issue where chrome.tabs did not work properly with Chrome Extensions Manifest V3. #39317 (Also in 25, 26)
Other Changes:
The enable_osr build flag has been removed. #38703
The enable_picture_in_picture build flag has been removed. #38620
The enable_run_as_node build flag has been removed in favor of the runAsNode fuse. #38413
The senderId and senderIsMainFrame properties of IpcRendererEvent have been deprecated. #39381
The systemPreferences.getAppLevelAppearance and systemPreferences.setAppLevelAppearance APIs have been deprecated, as well as the alternate-selected-control-text value for systemPreferences.getColor. #39343 (Also in 26)
The webContents.getPrinters API has been deprecated. #39356 (Also in 26)
The deprecated color scheme changed events in systemPreferences have been removed. #39341
Updated Chromium to 118.0.5949.0. #39505
Updated Node.js to v18.17.1. #39457
Unknown:
Fixed an issue where setting bounds on BrowserViews can behave inconsistently across platforms. #38981 (Also in 25, 26)

New in Electron 26.0.0 (Aug 16, 2023)

Breaking Changes:
The webContents.getPrinters API has been deprecated. #39459
The systemPreferences.getAppLevelAppearance and systemPreferences.setAppLevelAppearance APIs have been deprecated, as well as the alternate-selected-control-text value for systemPreferences.getColor. #39492
Features:
Additions:
Added safeStorage.setUsePlainTextEncryption and safeStorage.getSelectedStorageBackend api. #39107 (Also in 25)
Added safeStorage.setUsePlainTextEncryption and safeStorage.getSelectedStorageBackend api. #39155 (Also in 25)
Added senderIsMainFrame to messages sent via ipcRenderer.sendTo(). #39206 (Also in 24, 25)
Added net.resolveHost that resolves hosts using defaultSession object. #37853 (Also in 24, 25)
Added new 'did-resign-active' event on app. #37933 (Also in 25)
Added partial support for chrome.tabs.query. #39431 (Also in 25)
Added setUSBProtectedClassesHandler to allow access to protected USB classes with WebUSB. #38263 (Also in 24, 25)
Added several new cursor values to the cursor-changed event. #38210 (Also in 24, 25)
Added support for Mica and Acrylic background effects on Windows. #38163 (Also in 24, 25)
Added support for flagging a Menu as being keyboard initiated. #38954
Added support for several more Node.js cli flags in the main process. #39373 (Also in 24, 25)
Added the ability to send HTTP headers with session.downloadURL(). #38871 (Also in 25)
Added thermal management information to powerMonitor. #37935 (Also in 24, 25)
Expose webContents methods to center text selection, scroll to the page bottom and top, as well as adjust selected text. #37978 (Also in 25)
Support Chrome Extensions minimum_chrome_version manifest key. #39357
Surface the context-menu event from extensions. #38029 (Also in 25)
node: prefixed requires are now supported in sandboxed renderer preloads for events, timers and url. #38728 (Also in 24, 25)
Improvements:
Improved error message when contentTracing.stopRecording() fails because no trace was in progress. #38488 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
Removed/Deprecated:
The enable_desktop_capturer build flag has been removed. #38412
Fixes:
Fixed clipboard.readImage() getting blocked when there is no PNG image in the clipboard. #39487
Fixed a crash calling nativeImage.resize() before the app ready event. #38861
Fixed a crash in clipboard.readImage() when reading images copied via context menu on macOS. #39101
Fixed a crash while screen sharing on Wayland with PipeWire. #39264
Fixed a potential crash when calling tray.popUpContextMenu on macOS. #39313
Fixed a potential crash when re-parenting a BrowserWindow whose first parent has been destroyed. #39297
Fixed a redundant permission popup while fetching screens and windows using desktopCapturer.getSources() on Wayland. #39189
Fixed an accessibility issue where VoiceOver couldn't trigger the tray action when selected to emit the click event. #39439
Fixed an issue where calls to window.setKiosk(false) would exit fullscreen regardless of the fullscreen state prior to kiosk mode. #38219

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New in Electron 26.0.0 Alpha 4 (Jun 7, 2023)

New in Electron 26.0.0 Alpha 3 (Jun 6, 2023)

New in Electron 26.0.0 Alpha 2 (Jun 4, 2023)

Features:
Added net.resolveHost that resolves hosts using defaultSession object. #37853 (Also in 24, 25)
Added new 'did-resign-active' event on app. #37933 (Also in 25)
Added setUSBProtectedClassesHandler to allow access to protected USB classes with WebUSB. #38263 (Also in 24, 25)
Added several new cursor values to the cursor-changed event. #38210 (Also in 24, 25)
Added support for Mica and Acrylic background effects on Windows. #38163 (Also in 24, 25)
Added thermal management information to powerMonitor. #37935 (Also in 24, 25)
Expose webContents methods to center text selection, scroll to the page bottom and top, as well as adjust selected text. #37978 (Also in 25)
Surface the context-menu event from extensions. #38029 (Also in 25)
Fixes:
Added about panel for menu role about on Linux as well. #37828 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
Ensured that Electron's custom AXManualAccessibility attribute works as expected in all relevant protocol methods. #38142 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
Fixed a potential crash when calling webContents.print with invalid settings. #38165 (Also in 25)
Fixed a potential crash when right-clicking on macOS windows with draggable regions. #38100 (Also in 24, 25)
Fixed an issue on Linux where menus would not open after resizing/maximizing/unmaximizing a window. #37798 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
Fixed an issue where Windows FrameViews always appeared inactive regardless of focus status. #38468 (Also in 25)
Fixed an issue where BrowserWindow.isMaximized() could incorrectly return true for minimized or fullscreened windows on macOS. #38291 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
Fixed an issue where BrowserWindow.isVisible() would incorrectly return true for minimized windows on Windows. #38242 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
Fixed an issue where MediaStreamTrack.getCaptureHandle() always returned null. #38390 (Also in 24, 25)
Fixed an issue where getNormalBounds() returns incorrect bounds for transparent maximized windows on Windows. #38218 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
Fixed an issue where navigator.connection returned incorrect data. #38491
Fixed an issue where accessing BrowserWindow.id threw an error after the window was destroyed. #38241 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
Fixed an issue where calling win.minimize() directly after calling win.maximize(), and then calling win.isMaximized() incorrectly returns true. #38234 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
Fixed an issue where calls to window.setKiosk(false) would exit fullscreen regardless of the fullscreen state prior to kiosk mode. #38219
Fixed an issue where certain buttons in the PDF viewer didn't work. #37856 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
Fixed an issue where default background color for windows might be incorrect. #36914 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
Fixed an issue where the 'swipe' event wasn't being emitted properly on macOS. #37946 (Also in 24, 25)
Fixed an issue which made defaultFontFamily in webPreferences have no effect. #37863 (Also in 22, 23, 24, 25)
Fixed an perceived failure when when using Accessibility attribute AXManualAccessibility to enable a11y features in Electron. #38102 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
Fixed broken defaults in shell.openExternal() options. #38038 (Also in 22, 23, 24, 25)
Fixed crash when executing eval in the utility process. #38014 (Also in 22, 23, 24, 25)
Fixed potential issues when minimizing parent windows with non-modal children on macOS. #38460 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
Fixed recommended node-gyp version in node.h error. #37829 (Also in 22, 23, 24, 25)
Other Changes:
Backported fix for 1404797. #38323 (Also in 25)
Fixed a console error seen when loading PDFs. #38127 (Also in 25)
Fixed an error seen in the Top Level Windows section of chrome://accessibility. #38179 (Also in 25)
Fixed an issue where mksnapshot would crash with a sigbus error. #38490 (Also in 25)
Improved error message when contentTracing.stopRecording() fails because no trace was in progress. #38488 (Also in 24, 25)
The enable_desktop_capturer build flag has been removed. #38412
Updated Chromium to 116.0.5791.0. #38448
Updated Node.js to v18.16.0. #37973
Documentation:
Documentation changes: #37955, #38035

New in Electron 26.0.0 Alpha 1 (Jun 2, 2023)

Features:
Added net.resolveHost that resolves hosts using defaultSession object. #37853 (Also in 24, 25)
Added new 'did-resign-active' event on app. #37933 (Also in 25)
Added setUSBProtectedClassesHandler to allow access to protected USB classes with WebUSB. #38263
Added several new cursor values to the cursor-changed event. #38210 (Also in 24, 25)
Added support for Mica and Acrylic background effects on Windows. #38163 (Also in 24, 25)
Added thermal management information to powerMonitor. #37935 (Also in 24, 25)
Expose webContents methods to center text selection, scroll to the page bottom and top, as well as adjust selected text. #37978 (Also in 25)
Surface the context-menu event from extensions. #38029 (Also in 25)
Fixes:
Added about panel for menu role about on Linux as well. #37828 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
Ensured that Electron's custom AXManualAccessibility attribute works as expected in all relevant protocol methods. #38142 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
Fixed a potential crash when calling webContents.print with invalid settings. #38165 (Also in 25)
Fixed a potential crash when right-clicking on macOS windows with draggable regions. #38100 (Also in 24, 25)
Fixed an issue on Linux where menus would not open after resizing/maximizing/unmaximizing a window. #37798 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
Fixed an issue where Windows FrameViews always appeared inactive regardless of focus status. #38468 (Also in 25)
Fixed an issue where BrowserWindow.isMaximized() could incorrectly return true for minimized or fullscreened windows on macOS. #38291 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
Fixed an issue where BrowserWindow.isVisible() would incorrectly return true for minimized windows on Windows. #38242 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
Fixed an issue where MediaStreamTrack.getCaptureHandle() always returned null. #38390 (Also in 24, 25)
Fixed an issue where getNormalBounds() returns incorrect bounds for transparent maximized windows on Windows. #38218 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
Fixed an issue where navigator.connection returned incorrect data. #38491
Fixed an issue where accessing BrowserWindow.id threw an error after the window was destroyed. #38241 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
Fixed an issue where calling win.minimize() directly after calling win.maximize(), and then calling win.isMaximized() incorrectly returns true. #38234 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
Fixed an issue where calls to window.setKiosk(false) would exit fullscreen regardless of the fullscreen state prior to kiosk mode. #38219
Fixed an issue where certain buttons in the PDF viewer didn't work. #37856 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
Fixed an issue where default background color for windows might be incorrect. #36914 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
Fixed an issue where the 'swipe' event wasn't being emitted properly on macOS. #37946 (Also in 24, 25)
Fixed an issue which made defaultFontFamily in webPreferences have no effect. #37863 (Also in 22, 23, 24, 25)
Fixed an perceived failure when when using Accessibility attribute AXManualAccessibility to enable a11y features in Electron. #38102 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
Fixed broken defaults in shell.openExternal() options. #38038 (Also in 22, 23, 24, 25)
Fixed crash when executing eval in the utility process. #38014 (Also in 22, 23, 24, 25)
Fixed potential issues when minimizing parent windows with non-modal children on macOS. #38460 (Also in 24, 25)
Fixed recommended node-gyp version in node.h error. #37829 (Also in 22, 23, 24, 25)
Other Changes:
Backported fix for 1404797. #38323 (Also in 25)
Fixed a console error seen when loading PDFs. #38127 (Also in 25)
Fixed an error seen in the Top Level Windows section of chrome://accessibility. #38179 (Also in 25)
Fixed an issue where mksnapshot would crash with a sigbus error. #38490 (Also in 25)
Improved error message when contentTracing.stopRecording() fails because no trace was in progress. #38488
The enable_desktop_capturer build flag has been removed. #38412
Updated Chromium to 116.0.5791.0. #38448
Updated Node.js to v18.16.0. #37973
Documentation:
Documentation changes: #37955, #38035

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New in Electron 25.0.0 Alpha 3 (Apr 15, 2023)

New in Electron 24.1.1 (Apr 13, 2023)

New in Electron 25.0.0 Alpha 2 (Apr 12, 2023)

Features:
Added BrowserWindow.set/getWindowButtonPosition APIs. #37094
Added httpOnly to the cookie filter. #37255 (Also in 24)
Added logUsage to shell.openExternal() options, which allows passing the SEE_MASK_FLAG_LOG_USAGE flag to ShellExecuteEx on Windows. #37139 (Also in 24)
Added net.fetch(). #36733
Added protocol.handle, replacing and deprecating protocol.{register,intercept}{String,Buffer,Stream,Http,File}Protocol. #36674
Added types to webRequest filter. #30914 (Also in 24)
Added a will-frame-navigate event to webContents and the tag, which fires whenever any frame within the frame hierarchy attempts to navigate. #34418
Added initiator information to navigator events. #37085
Added several standard page size options to webContents.print(). #37159 (Also in 22, 23, 24)
Added the enableLocalEcho flag to the session handler ses.setDisplayMediaRequestHandler() callback for allowing remote audio input to be echoed in the local output stream when audio is a WebFrameMain. #37315 (Also in 23, 24)
Allows an absolute path to be passed to the session.fromPath() API. #37604
Changed net.fetch to support requests to file: URLs and custom protocols registered with protocol.register*Protocol. #36606
Exposes the audio-state-changed event on webContents. #37366
Feat: introduce session.resolveHost for resolving hostnames with Chromium's DNS resolver. #37690 (Also in 24)
Fixes:
Added about panel for menu role about on Linux as well. #37873 (Also in 23, 24)
Corrects an issue with HTML fullscreen when BrowserWindow fullscreening is disabled. #37348 (Also in 23, 24)
Fixed WebUSB on ARM64 macs. #37441 (Also in 23, 24)
Fixed destroyed event not emitted on close for BrowserView.webContents. #37420 (Also in 23, 24)
Fixed a crash on capturing sources when using desktopCapturer API on Wayland. #37511 (Also in 23, 24)
Fixed a crash when BrowserViews are present and a user attempts to prevent beforeunload in the renderer process. #37205 (Also in 22, 23, 24)
Fixed an incorrect result returned when using secure as a cookies filter. #37203 (Also in 22, 23, 24)
Fixed an issue on Linux where menus would not open after resizing/maximizing/unmaximizing a window. #37905
Fixed an issue on macOS where entering fullscreen with the Fn+F system shortcut would fail or create strange window side effects. #37803 (Also in 23, 24)
Fixed an issue where BroadcastChannel did not work correctly when contextIsolation: false. #37421 (Also in 23, 24)
Fixed an issue where minWidth/minHeight and maxWidth/maxHeight would not be enforced if the user set an aspectRatio on macOS. #37306 (Also in 22, 23, 24)
Fixed an issue where calling port.postMessage in MessagePortMain with some invalid parameters could cause a crash. #37585 (Also in 22, 23, 24)
Fixed an issue where certain buttons in the PDF viewer didn't work. #37920 (Also in 24)
Fixed an issue where draggable regions incorrectly captured clicks in framed windows. #37594 (Also in 23, 24)
Fixed an issue where passing both hasReply and actions to a main process Notification on macOS resulted in the first action being obscured and unavailable. #37381 (Also in 22, 23, 24)
Fixed an issue where successfully loaded media documents emitted did-fail-load. #37824
Fixed an issue where unhandled rejections could cause duplicate logs in some cases. #37464 (Also in 22, 23, 24)
Fixed an issue with potential dock icon duplication on macOS. #37599 (Also in 22, 23, 24)
Fixed canceling of bluetooth requests when no devices are returned. #37601 (Also in 23, 24)
Fixed draggable regions not working in Mac App Store builds. #37466 (Also in 23, 24)
Fixed issue with BrowserWindow not updating after call to previewFile. #37530 (Also in 22, 23, 24)
Fixed potential private API usage for MAS builds on macOS. #37309 (Also in 23, 24)
Fixed right-click events not being delivered in frameless window draggable regions. #37386 (Also in 23, 24)
Fixed the active background color for top-level menu items on Windows. #37766 (Also in 23, 24)
Fixed window could not go back to maximized state when restored on Linux. #37346 (Also in 22, 23, 24)
Improved error messages on session.cookies.set failure. #37586 (Also in 22, 23, 24)
Security: Fixed an issue with Content-Security-Policy not being correctly enforced when sandbox: false and contextIsolation: false. (CVE-2023-23623). #37756 (Also in 24)
Setting the about panel's options no longer crashes. #37373 (Also in 24)
app.showAboutPanel() no longer blocks the main thread on Windows or Linux, thus matching macOS. #37440 (Also in 24)
Other Changes:
Improved error messages for contents.takeHeapSnapshot. #37434 (Also in 22, 23, 24)
Updated Chromium to 114.0.5694.0. #37820
Updated Node.js to v18.15.0. #37532
nativeImage.createThumbnailFromPath() now takes size instead of maxSize. #37362 (Also in 24)

New in Electron 25.0.0 Alpha 1 (Apr 10, 2023)

Features:
Added BrowserWindow.set/getWindowButtonPosition APIs. #37094
Added httpOnly to the cookie filter. #37255 (Also in 24)
Added logUsage to shell.openExternal() options, which allows passing the SEE_MASK_FLAG_LOG_USAGE flag to ShellExecuteEx on Windows. #37139 (Also in 24)
Added net.fetch(). #36733
Added protocol.handle, replacing and deprecating protocol.{register,intercept}{String,Buffer,Stream,Http,File}Protocol. #36674
Added types to webRequest filter. #30914 (Also in 24)
Added a will-frame-navigate event to webContents and the tag, which fires whenever any frame within the frame hierarchy attempts to navigate. #34418
Added initiator information to navigator events. #37085
Added several standard page size options to webContents.print(). #37159 (Also in 22, 23, 24)
Added the enableLocalEcho flag to the session handler ses.setDisplayMediaRequestHandler() callback for allowing remote audio input to be echoed in the local output stream when audio is a WebFrameMain. #37315 (Also in 23, 24)
Allows an absolute path to be passed to the session.fromPath() API. #37604
Changed net.fetch to support requests to file: URLs and custom protocols registered with protocol.register*Protocol. #36606
Exposes the audio-state-changed event on webContents. #37366
Feat: introduce session.resolveHost for resolving hostnames with Chromium's DNS resolver. #37690 (Also in 24)
Fixes:
Corrects an issue with HTML fullscreen when BrowserWindow fullscreening is disabled. #37348 (Also in 23, 24)
Fixed WebUSB on ARM64 macs. #37441 (Also in 23, 24)
Fixed destroyed event not emitted on close for BrowserView.webContents. #37420 (Also in 23, 24)
Fixed a crash on capturing sources when using desktopCapturer API on Wayland. #37511 (Also in 23, 24)
Fixed a crash when BrowserViews are present and a user attempts to prevent beforeunload in the renderer process. #37205 (Also in 22, 23, 24)
Fixed an incorrect result returned when using secure as a cookies filter. #37203 (Also in 22, 23, 24)
Fixed an issue on macOS where entering fullscreen with the Fn+F system shortcut would fail or create strange window side effects. #37803 (Also in 23, 24)
Fixed an issue where BroadcastChannel did not work correctly when contextIsolation: false. #37421 (Also in 23, 24)
Fixed an issue where minWidth/minHeight and maxWidth/maxHeight would not be enforced if the user set an aspectRatio on macOS. #37306 (Also in 22, 23, 24)
Fixed an issue where calling port.postMessage in MessagePortMain with some invalid parameters could cause a crash. #37585 (Also in 22, 23, 24)
Fixed an issue where draggable regions incorrectly captured clicks in framed windows. #37594 (Also in 23, 24)
Fixed an issue where passing both hasReply and actions to a main process Notification on macOS resulted in the first action being obscured and unavailable. #37381 (Also in 22, 23, 24)
Fixed an issue where successfully loaded media documents emitted did-fail-load. #37824
Fixed an issue where unhandled rejections could cause duplicate logs in some cases. #37464 (Also in 22, 23, 24)
Fixed an issue with potential dock icon duplication on macOS. #37599 (Also in 22, 23, 24)
Fixed canceling of bluetooth requests when no devices are returned. #37601 (Also in 23, 24)
Fixed draggable regions not working in Mac App Store builds. #37466 (Also in 23, 24)
Fixed issue with BrowserWindow not updating after call to previewFile. #37530 (Also in 22, 23, 24)
Fixed potential private API usage for MAS builds on macOS. #37309 (Also in 23, 24)
Fixed right-click events not being delivered in frameless window draggable regions. #37386 (Also in 23, 24)
Fixed the active background color for top-level menu items on Windows. #37766 (Also in 23, 24)
Fixed window could not go back to maximized state when restored on Linux. #37346 (Also in 22, 23, 24)
Improved error messages on session.cookies.set failure. #37586 (Also in 22, 23, 24)
Security: Fixed an issue with Content-Security-Policy not being correctly enforced when sandbox: false and contextIsolation: false. (CVE-2023-23623). #37756 (Also in 24)
Setting the about panel's options no longer crashes. #37373 (Also in 24)
app.showAboutPanel() no longer blocks the main thread on Windows or Linux, thus matching macOS. #37440 (Also in 24)
Other Changes:
Improved error messages for contents.takeHeapSnapshot. #37434 (Also in 22, 23, 24)
Updated Chromium to 114.0.5694.0. #37820
Updated Node.js to v18.15.0. #37532
nativeImage.createThumbnailFromPath() now takes size instead of maxSize. #37362 (Also in 24)

New in Electron 24.0.0 (Apr 10, 2023)

Breaking Changes:
nativeImage.createThumbnailFromPath() now takes size instead of maxSize. #37796
Features:
Added httpOnly to the cookie filter. #37365
Added logUsage to shell.openExternal() options, which allows passing the SEE_MASK_FLAG_LOG_USAGE flag to ShellExecuteEx on Windows. #37291
Added types to webRequest filter. #37427
Added several standard page size options to webContents.print(). #37265 (Also in 22, 23)
Added the enableLocalEcho flag to the session handler ses.setDisplayMediaRequestHandler() callback for allowing remote audio input to be echoed in the local output stream when audio is a WebFrameMain. #37528 (Also in 23)
Fixes:
Corrects an issue with HTML fullscreen when BrowserWindow fullscreening is disabled. #37368 (Also in 23)
Fixed WebUSB on ARM64 macs. #37522 (Also in 23)
Fixed destroyed event not emitted on close for BrowserView.webContents. #37450 (Also in 23)
Fixed a crash on capturing sources when using desktopCapturer API on Wayland. #37527 (Also in 23)
Fixed a crash when BrowserViews are present and a user attempts to prevent beforeunload in the renderer process. #37268 (Also in 22, 23)
Fixed an incorrect result returned when using secure as a cookies filter. #37246 (Also in 22, 23)
Fixed an issue where BroadcastChannel did not work correctly when contextIsolation: false. #37443 (Also in 23)
Fixed an issue where minWidth/minHeight and maxWidth/maxHeight would not be enforced if the user set an aspectRatio on macOS. #37456 (Also in 22, 23)
Fixed an issue where calling port.postMessage in MessagePortMain with some invalid parameters could cause a crash. #37726 (Also in 22, 23)
Fixed an issue where draggable regions incorrectly captured clicks in framed windows. #37741 (Also in 23)
Fixed an issue where passing both hasReply and actions to a main process Notification on macOS resulted in the first action being obscured and unavailable. #37449 (Also in 22, 23)
Fixed an issue where unhandled rejections could cause duplicate logs in some cases. #37500 (Also in 22, 23)
Fixed an issue with potential dock icon duplication on macOS. #37625 (Also in 22, 23)
Fixed canceling of bluetooth requests when no devices are returned. #37717 (Also in 23)
Fixed draggable regions not working in Mac App Store builds. #37474 (Also in 23)
Fixed issue with BrowserWindow not updating after call to previewFile. #37578 (Also in 22, 23)
Fixed potential private API usage for MAS builds on macOS. #37364 (Also in 23)
Fixed right-click events not being delivered in frameless window draggable regions. #37395 (Also in 23)
Fixed the active background color for top-level menu items on Windows. #37785
Fixed window could not go back to maximized state when restored on Linux. #37358 (Also in 22, 23)
Improved error messages on session.cookies.set failure. #37597 (Also in 22, 23)
Setting the about panel's options no longer crashes. #37442
app.showAboutPanel() no longer blocks the main thread on Windows or Linux, thus matching macOS. #37508
Other Changes:
Improved error messages for contents.takeHeapSnapshot. #37461 (Also in 22, 23)
Updated Chromium to 112.0.5615.49. Fixed performance regression. #37767
Documentation:
Documentation changes: #37288

New in Electron 24.0.0 Beta 6 (Mar 31, 2023)

New in Electron 24.0.0 Beta 5 (Mar 26, 2023)

New in Electron 23.2.0 (Mar 23, 2023)

New in Electron 24.0.0 Beta 4 (Mar 22, 2023)

New in Electron 23.1.4 (Mar 16, 2023)

New in Electron 24.0.0 Beta 3 (Mar 15, 2023)

New in Electron 24.0.0 Beta 2 (Mar 10, 2023)

New in Electron 23.1.3 (Mar 8, 2023)

New in Electron 24.0.0 Beta 1 (Mar 7, 2023)

New in Electron 23.1.2 (Mar 3, 2023)

New in Electron 24.0.0 Alpha 7 (Mar 3, 2023)

New in Electron 24.0.0 Alpha 6 (Feb 28, 2023)

New in Electron 24.0.0 Alpha 5 (Feb 24, 2023)

New in Electron 23.1.1 (Feb 23, 2023)

New in Electron 24.0.0 Alpha 4 (Feb 21, 2023)

New in Electron 24.0.0 Alpha 3 (Feb 17, 2023)

Features:
Added label property to Display objects. #36855 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Added a new devtools-open-url event to webContents to allow developers to open new windows with them. #36774
Added several standard page size options to webContents.print(). #37265 (Also in 22, 23)
Allow a application-specific username to be passed to inAppPurchase.purchaseProduct(). #35902
Exposed window.invalidateShadow() to clear residual visual artifacts on macOS. #32452
Whole-program optimization is enabled by default in electron node headers config file. #36937 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
SystemPreferences::CanPromptTouchID (macOS) now supports Apple Watch. #36935
Fixes:
Basic accessibility support is now enabled when macOS Voice Control is activated to allow for full voice control of Electron applications. #37122 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Changed HTML5 Notifications created with the requireInteraction option to not timeout on Linux and Windows. #36477 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
ESM loads of CJS modules that have null exports no longer throw. #37009 (Also in 23)
Enabled support for WebAssembly.{compileStreaming|instantiateStreaming} in Node.js. #36420
Fixed a BrowserWindow maxWidth or maxHeight of 0 causing strange resizing behavior. #36487 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Fixed a crash that could occur when running eval in inline scripts in unsandboxed renderer processes. #36567 (Also in 22, 23)
Fixed a crash when BrowserViews are present and a user attempts to prevent beforeunload in the renderer process. #37268 (Also in 22, 23)
Fixed a potential crash in some types of Worklets. #37050 (Also in 23)
Fixed a printing crash caused by an uninitialized pref. #37052 (Also in 23)
Fixed an RTL issue that could happen in some locales when calling BrowserWindow.setTrafficLightPosition() on macOS. #36839 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Fixed an error when fs.readdir gets null for options. #34764 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Fixed an incorrect result returned when using secure as a cookies filter. #37246 (Also in 22)
Fixed an issue on macOS when trying to switch processes with Cmd+Tab after exiting Kiosk Mode. #36854 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Fixed an issue where elements were improperly positioned within the page. #36934 (Also in 23)
Fixed an issue where webViews could have an incorrect initial background color following reloads. #36920 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Fixed an issue where some frameless windows with draggable regions were not resizable on Windows. #37016 (Also in 23)
Fixed an issue where the setPermissionRequestHandler callback would be invoked twice when using navigator.getUserMedia(...). #36787 (Also in 22, 23)
Fixed an issue with incorrect focus ring highlighting when using dialog.showMessageBox(). #36772 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Fixed audio worklet scripts failing to run when nodeIntegrationInWorker: true. #37041 (Also in 22, 23)
Fixed binary stripping for branded release builds on Linux. #36641 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Fixed missing headers in libcxx_headers bundle. #36863
Fixed net.request response headers missing Content-Type. #36666
Fixed tray icon not showing on desktop environments that have no support for app indicator. #36815 (Also in 22, 23)
Fixed warning about duplicate WebSwapCGLLayer symbols when Electron starts on macOS. #35961 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Removed plugin helper checks on macOS gated behind enable_plugins buildflag. #36971 (Also in 22, 23)
Use the process cache to reduce the memory for asar file. #36600 (Also in 21, 22, 23)

New in Electron 24.0.0 Alpha 2 (Feb 17, 2023)

Features
Added label property to Display objects. #36855 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Added a new devtools-open-url event to webContents to allow developers to open new windows with them. #36774
Added several standard page size options to webContents.print(). #37265 (Also in 22, 23)
Allow a application-specific username to be passed to inAppPurchase.purchaseProduct(). #35902
Exposed window.invalidateShadow() to clear residual visual artifacts on macOS. #32452
Whole-program optimization is enabled by default in electron node headers config file. #36937 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
SystemPreferences::CanPromptTouchID (macOS) now supports Apple Watch. #36935
Fixes
Basic accessibility support is now enabled when macOS Voice Control is activated to allow for full voice control of Electron applications. #37122 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Changed HTML5 Notifications created with the requireInteraction option to not timeout on Linux and Windows. #36477 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
ESM loads of CJS modules that have null exports no longer throw. #37009 (Also in 23)
Enabled support for WebAssembly.{compileStreaming|instantiateStreaming} in Node.js. #36420
Fixed a BrowserWindow maxWidth or maxHeight of 0 causing strange resizing behavior. #36487 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Fixed a crash that could occur when running eval in inline scripts in unsandboxed renderer processes. #36567 (Also in 22, 23)
Fixed a crash when BrowserViews are present and a user attempts to prevent beforeunload in the renderer process. #37268 (Also in 22, 23)
Fixed a potential crash in some types of Worklets. #37050 (Also in 23)
Fixed a printing crash caused by an uninitialized pref. #37052 (Also in 23)
Fixed an RTL issue that could happen in some locales when calling BrowserWindow.setTrafficLightPosition() on macOS. #36839 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Fixed an error when fs.readdir gets null for options. #34764 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Fixed an incorrect result returned when using secure as a cookies filter. #37246 (Also in 22)
Fixed an issue on macOS when trying to switch processes with Cmd+Tab after exiting Kiosk Mode. #36854 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Fixed an issue where elements were improperly positioned within the page. #36934 (Also in 23)
Fixed an issue where webViews could have an incorrect initial background color following reloads. #36920 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Fixed an issue where some frameless windows with draggable regions were not resizable on Windows. #37016 (Also in 23)
Fixed an issue where the setPermissionRequestHandler callback would be invoked twice when using navigator.getUserMedia(...). #36787 (Also in 22, 23)
Fixed an issue with incorrect focus ring highlighting when using dialog.showMessageBox(). #36772 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Fixed audio worklet scripts failing to run when nodeIntegrationInWorker: true. #37041 (Also in 22, 23)
Fixed binary stripping for branded release builds on Linux. #36641 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Fixed missing headers in libcxx_headers bundle. #36863
Fixed net.request response headers missing Content-Type. #36666
Fixed tray icon not showing on desktop environments that have no support for app indicator. #36815 (Also in 22, 23)
Fixed warning about duplicate WebSwapCGLLayer symbols when Electron starts on macOS. #35961 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Removed plugin helper checks on macOS gated behind enable_plugins buildflag. #36971 (Also in 22, 23)
Use the process cache to reduce the memory for asar file. #36600 (Also in 21, 22, 23)

New in Electron 24.0.0 Alpha 1 (Feb 10, 2023)

Features:
Added label property to Display objects. #36855 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Added a new devtools-open-url event to webContents to allow developers to open new windows with them. #36774
Allow a application-specific username to be passed to inAppPurchase.purchaseProduct(). #35902
Exposed window.invalidateShadow() to clear residual visual artifacts on macOS. #32452
Whole-program optimization is enabled by default in electron node headers config file. #36937 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
SystemPreferences::CanPromptTouchID (macOS) now supports Apple Watch. #36935
Fixes:
Basic accessibility support is now enabled when macOS Voice Control is activated to allow for full voice control of Electron applications. #37122 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Changed HTML5 Notifications created with the requireInteraction option to not timeout on Linux and Windows. #36477 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
ESM loads of CJS modules that have null exports no longer throw. #37009 (Also in 23)
Enabled support for WebAssembly.{compileStreaming|instantiateStreaming} in Node.js. #36420
Fixed a BrowserWindow maxWidth or maxHeight of 0 causing strange resizing behavior. #36487 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Fixed a crash that could occur when running eval in inline scripts in unsandboxed renderer processes. #36567 (Also in 22, 23)
Fixed a potential crash in some types of Worklets. #37050
Fixed a printing crash caused by an uninitialized pref. #37052 (Also in 23)
Fixed an RTL issue that could happen in some locales when calling BrowserWindow.setTrafficLightPosition() on macOS. #36839 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Fixed an error when fs.readdir gets null for options. #34764 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Fixed an issue on macOS when trying to switch processes with Cmd+Tab after exiting Kiosk Mode. #36854 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Fixed an issue where elements were improperly positioned within the page. #36934 (Also in 23)
Fixed an issue where webViews could have an incorrect initial background color following reloads. #36920 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Fixed an issue where some frameless windows with draggable regions were not resizable on Windows. #37016 (Also in 23)
Fixed an issue where the setPermissionRequestHandler callback would be invoked twice when using navigator.getUserMedia(...). #36787 (Also in 22, 23)
Fixed an issue with incorrect focus ring highlighting when using dialog.showMessageBox(). #36772 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Fixed audio worklet scripts failing to run when nodeIntegrationInWorker: true. #37041 (Also in 22, 23)
Fixed binary stripping for branded release builds on Linux. #36641 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Fixed missing headers in libcxx_headers bundle. #36863
Fixed net.request response headers missing Content-Type. #36666
Fixed tray icon not showing on desktop environments that have no support for app indicator. #36815 (Also in 22, 23)
Fixed warning about duplicate WebSwapCGLLayer symbols when Electron starts on macOS. #35961 (Also in 21, 22, 23)
Removed plugin helper checks on macOS gated behind enable_plugins buildflag. #36971 (Also in 22, 23)
Use the process cache to reduce the memory for asar file. #36600 (Also in 21, 22, 23)

New in Electron 23.0.0 (Feb 7, 2023)

New in Electron 23.0.0 Beta 8 (Feb 3, 2023)

New in Electron 22.2.0 (Feb 2, 2023)

New in Electron 23.0.0 Beta 6 (Jan 28, 2023)

New in Electron 22.1.0 (Jan 26, 2023)

New in Electron 23.0.0 Beta 5 (Jan 24, 2023)

New in Electron 23.0.0 Beta 4 (Jan 20, 2023)

New in Electron 22.0.2 (Jan 19, 2023)

New in Electron 23.0.0 Beta 2 (Jan 13, 2023)

New in Electron 22.0.2 (Jan 13, 2023)

New in Electron 23.0.0 Beta 1 (Jan 11, 2023)

New in Electron 22.0.1 (Jan 11, 2023)

New in Electron 23.0.0 Alpha 2 (Dec 9, 2022)

New in Electron 23.0.0 Alpha (Dec 6, 2022)

Features:
Added an app.getPreferredSystemLanguages() API to return the user's system languages. #36035 (Also in 21, 22)
Added new UtilityProcess API to launch chromium child process with node integration. #34980 (Also in 22)
Added support for WebUSB. #36289
Added support for serialPort.forget() as well as a new event serial-port-revoked emitted when a given origin is revoked. #35310 (Also in 22)
Adds new setHiddenInMissionControl API to allow developers to opt out of mission control on macOS. #36092
Fixes:
Default margin has been added in the code. #36060 (Also in 21, 22)
Doing require('electron/*') where * is not one of main, common or renderer no longer resolves with the built-in electron module. #35915
Enable crashpad for ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE processes. #36460 (Also in 22)
Fixed click event and tooltip of Tray not working on Linux. #36333 (Also in 22)
Fixed a drag-and-drop issue on macOS where items would be incorrectly moved instead of copied in some contexts. #35963 (Also in 20, 21, 22)
Fixed a potential issue when calling webContents.printToPDF(). #36046 (Also in 21, 22)
Fixed a potential memory leak. #35932 (Also in 21, 22)
Fixed an issue where calling app.dock.setIcon(/path/t/icon) would crash when called before the ready event on app. #36279 (Also in 20, 21, 22)
Fixed an issue where frameless non-resizable windows showed a Windows 7 frame during startup. #35365 (Also in 22)
Fixed an issue where some options were incorrectly ignored when using webContents.printToPDF(). #35975 (Also in 21, 22)
Fixed on-screen-keyboard not hiding on input rendered in webview is blurred. #35921 (Also in 20, 21, 22)
Fixed race condition during update on macOS that could result in TCC and Keychain errors. #36130 (Also in 22)
Fixed spurious promise rejection in webContents.loadURL when navigating to a hash. #36129 (Also in 20, 21, 22)
Fixed v8 flags and desktop name in package.json does not hornored when running local app using electron cli. #35997 (Also in 20, 21, 22)
Removed support for nodeIntegrationInWorker in Service Workers and Shared Workers owing to sandboxing policies. #35919 (Also in 21, 22)
Removed unneeded --turbo-profiling-input argument from mksnapshot_args. #36378 (Also in 22)
The keychain account name for MAS and Darwin builds of the same Electron application now differ. #35864
You can now import the built-in electron module via ESModule loaders, i.e. import('electron') and import 'electron' now work natively. #35930 (Also in 20, 21, 22)
Other Changes:
Enabled out-of-process iframe printing to PDF with webContents.printToPDF().. #36051 (Also in 22)
Removed unneeded --turbo-profiling-input argument from mksnapshot_args for Linux mksnapshot zips. #36534
Updated Chromium to 110.0.5415.0. #36186
Updated Node.js to v18.12.1. #36356
Upgraded Node.js to v18.10.0. #35999
Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 are not supported anymore as Chromium 110 dropped support. #36513
Documentation:
Documentation changes: #35894

New in Electron 22.0.0 (Nov 30, 2022)

Breaking Changes:
Added WebContents input-event event.
Deprecated BrowserWindow scroll-touch-* events. #35531
The deprecated new-window event has been removed. #34526
Features:
Added LoadBrowserProcessSpecificV8Snapshot as a new fuse that will let the main/browser process load its v8 snapshot from a file at browser_v8_context_snapshot.bin. Any other process will use the same path as is used today. #35266 (Also in 20, 21)
Added WebContents.opener to access window opener.
Added webContents.fromFrame(frame) to get the WebContents corresponding to a WebFrameMain instance. #35140 (Also in 21)
Added app.getSystemLocale() method. #35697 (Also in 21)
Added contextBridge.exposeInIsolatedWorld(worldId, key, api) to expose an API to an isolatedWorld within a renderer from a preload script. #34974
Added webContents.close() method. #35509
Added webFrameMain.origin. #35438 (Also in 19, 20, 21)
Added an app.getPreferredSystemLanguages() API to return the user's system languages. #36291 (Also in 21)
Added new UtilityProcess API to launch chromium child process with node integration. #36089
Added new WebContents event content-bounds-updated. #35533
Added new WebContents.ipc and WebFrameMain.ipc APIs. #34959 (Also in 21)
Added support for Web Bluetooth pin pairing on Linux and Windows. #35416 (Also in 21)
Added support for navigator.mediaDevices.getDisplayMedia via a new session handler, ses.setDisplayMediaRequestHandler. #30702
Added support for serialPort.forget() as well as a new event serial-port-revoked emitted when a given origin is revoked. #36062
Fixes:
Added support for Webauthn discoverable keys (aka resident keys), allowing users to authenticate without first having to select or type a username. #35374
Enable crashpad for ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE processes on linux. #36483
Fixed click event and tooltip of Tray not working on Linux. #36472
Fixed an issue where frameless non-resizable windows showed a Windows 7 frame during startup. #36024
Fixed an issue with incomplete EventEmitter object in sandboxed renderer preload script. #35522
Fixed race condition during update on macOS that could result in TCC and Keychain errors. #36362
Removed unneeded --turbo-profiling-input argument from mksnapshot_args. #36463

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