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Electron 12.0.02021-03-02T03:09:29Z()

Stack Upgrades

Chrome Releases: Stable Channel Update For Desktop

• Chromium 89.0.4389.69
• Node v14.16.0
• V8 v8.9

Breaking Changes

• Changed the default of crashReporter.start({ compress }) from false to true. #25288
• Changed the default value of contextIsolation to true. #27949
• Changed the default value of worldSafeExecuteJavaScript to be true. #27502
• Deprecated the remote module. It is replaced by @electron/remote. [#25293]

Features

Breaking Changes

• Changed the default of crashReporter.start({ compress }) from false to true. #25288
• Changed the default value of contextIsolation to true. #27949
• Changed the default value of worldSafeExecuteJavaScript to be true. #27502
• Deprecated the remote module. It is replaced by @electron/remote. [#25293]

Features

Additions

• Added APIs to enable/disable spell checker. #26276
• Added Serial API support. #25237
• Added BrowserWindow.isTabletMode API. #25209
• Added displayFrequency to the Display object to allow getting information about the refresh rate on Windows. #26472
• Added event.senderFrame property returning the originating webFrameMain of the IPC message. #27047
• Added exitCode to render-process-gone details. #27677
• Added frame and webContents properties to the details object in webRequest handlers. #27334
• Added net.online for detecting whether there is currently internet connection. #21004
• Added osProcessId / name properties to webFrameMain. #26093
• Added powerMonitor.onBatteryPower. #26494
• Added session.setSSLConfig() to allow configuring SSL. #25461
• Added webFrameMain.send() / webFrameMain.postMessage(). #27366
• Added webFrameMain API for accessing sub-frames of a WebContents instance from the main process. #25464
• Added webPreferences.preferredSizeMode to allow sizing views according to their document's minimum size. #25874
• Added a disabledCipherSuites option to Session.setSSLConfig. #25818
• Added a new credentials option for net.request(). #25284
• Added a new asynchronous shell.trashItem() API, replacing the synchronous shell.moveItemToTrash(). #25114
• Added display-capture API for session.setPermissionRequestHandler. #27696
• Added missing webFrameMain.executeJavaScriptInIsolatedWorld(). #27195
• Added non-localized serviceName to 'child-process-gone' / app.getAppMetrics(). #25975
• Added read/write support for Toast Activator CLSID in shortcuts. #25493
• Added setWindowOpenHandler API for renderer-created child windows, and deprecate new-window event. #24517
• Added spellcheck API to renderer. #25060
• Added support for explicitly specifying direct, auto_detect or system modes in session.setProxy(). #24937
• Added support for showing macOS share menu. #25629
• Added fast user switching event to powerMonitor on macOS. #25321
• Added extension-loaded, extension-unloaded, and extension-ready events to Session. #25385
• Allowed ContextBridge exposeInMainWorld method to expose non-object APIs. #26834
• Allowed setting the origin header and sec-fetch-* headers in net.request(). #26135
• Implemented Electron Fuses for customizing certain Electron features at package time. #24241
• The launchInfo of app event ready is now populated with information from UNNotificationResponse when the app is launched via a notification presented by UNUserNotificationCenter (in a native node module). #25950

• Added allowFileAccess option to loadExtension() API. #27702(Also in 11)
• Added win.setTopBrowserView() so that BrowserViews can be raised. #27713(Also in 10, 11)
• Added support for some chrome.management APIs. #25098(Also in 9, 10, 11)
• Made win.setAspectRatio() work on Windows. #27202(Also in 11)

Improvements

• Implemented custom Toast XML notifications on Windows
  • Added failure reporting of notifications on Window. #25401
• Improved dark mode support on Windows. #25373(Also in 10, 11)

Removed/Deprecated

• Deprecated the remote module. It is replaced by @electron/remote. #25293
• Removed deprecated crashReporter APIs. #26709
• Removed links to the Electron website from the default 'Help' menu in packaged apps. #25831
• Removed private API usage that was blocking Mac App Store releases. #26491(Also in 11)
• Removed the desktopCapturer.getMediaSourceIdForWebContents() API. #25414(Also in 11)

Google Chrome Latest Stable Version

Fixes

• Apps requesting the CAMERA_PAN_TILT_ZOOM permission will have the permission request handler called with a permission string of 'media' instead of 'font-access'. #27422
• Backported fix for https://crbug.com/1125165. #27596
• BrowserWindow.fromWebContents() now returns an accurate result for WebContents in a BrowserView or webview. #25408
• Deprecated the use of the vm module in the renderer process. #26087
• Enabled support for new Chromium experimental PDF viewer UI. #26010
• Fixed BrowserWindow.fromBrowserView throwing an error when there were multiple BrowserViews in a window. #26493
• Fixed PDF viewer failing to load resources. #27747
• Fixed PDFs not loading in the PDF viewer. #27241
• Fixed ses.setCertificateVerifyProc canceling requests in unrelated sessions. #26517
• Fixed a crash in renderer process when loading non-context-aware modules with app.allowRendererProcessReuse enabled. #27317
• Fixed a crash when calling crypto.createDiffieHellman() with certain parameters. #27700
• Fixed a use-after-free error that could occur when destroying a WebContents during the did-stop-loading event. #26733
• Fixed an issue that file length is not available in will-download event when file is downloaded thourgh intercepted request. #25324
• Fixed an issue where IsMaximized would incorrectly return false for some windows on Windows. #26772
• Fixed an issue where events on webview elements were missing properties if contextIsolation was enabled. #26289
• Fixed an issue where net.request would continue downloading data even when the consuming stream was throttled. #25531
• Fixed an issue where the buffer returned by NativeImage.getBitmap() could point to freed memory. #25782
• Fixed an issue where the zoom button was missing for windows with titleBarStyle: hiddenInset on macOS. #27462
• Fixed bug in which WebContents.mainFrame would sometimes return undefined. #27663
• Fixed crash while exiting Electron after using the Web Serial API. #25969
• Fixed error handling on write failure in the protocol module. #26296
• Fixed intermittent access violation during redirects (intercepted requests). #25393
• Fixed main process's console output not printing to devtools on Windows. #25765
• Fixed menubar not clickable on Windows and Linux. #27555
• Fixed missing presentation mode option in PDF viewer. #27262
• Fixed using navigator.setAppBadge and navigator.clearAppBadge in Electron. #27431
• Fixed webRequest module not recognizing the encoding of the filename in Content-Disposition header. #25961
• Fixed window with customButtonsOnHover option not having rounded corner on macOS. #26960
• Fixed chrome.runtime.getPlatformInfo crashing the background process upon being invoked. #25357
• Backported fix for https://crbug.com/952922. #27598
• Fixed ECDH.setPrivateKey() not updating the key. #27856
• Fixed issue where window.open() would not return an object with a location.href setter when contextIsolation is enabled and nativeWindowOpen is disabled. #27940
• Fixed race condition in electron.net implementation. #27938
• Updated internal memory allocation logic such that you no longer need to use the com.apple.security.cs.allow-unsigned-executable-memory codesign entitlement on macOS. #26331
• Updated the ICU time zone database to the latest 2020f version. #27370

Also in earlier versions....

• Added Electron DLLs like libGLESv2.dll to symbol server. #26966(Also in 9, 10, 11)
• Added default Bluetooth permission strings to info.plist. #26769(Also in 11)
• BrowserViews will properly resize within windows. #25951(Also in 9, 10, 11)
• Fixed 'screen' methods to be reassignable again. #26868(Also in 11)
• Fixed CSP with unsafe-eval detection with Trusted Types. #27471(Also in 9, 10, 11)
• Fixed GdiTextPrinting when used with silent printing. #25679(Also in 9, 10, 11)
• Fixed OS-level shortcuts on macOS (e.g. Ctrl + F2, ⌘ + ~). #27769(Also in 11)
• Fixed <webview> not working with Trusted Types. #27467(Also in 9, 10, 11)
• Fixed LC_ALL environment variable getting changed in Electron. #26507(Also in 9, 10, 11)
• Fixed contentTracing.stopRecording() not rejecting when there is no trace in progress. #26656(Also in 11)
• Fixed protocol methods not being accessible via remote.protocol. #27043(Also in 11)
• Fixed readdir/readdirSync (w/ withFileTypes) failing on a deep directory within archive. #27011(Also in 10, 11)
• Fixed screen methods not being accessible via remote.screen. #26661(Also in 11)
• Fixed systemPreferences.effectiveAppearance returning systemPreferences.getAppLevelAppearance(). #26879(Also in 9, 10, 11)
• Fixed a crash seen when printing. #25989(Also in 11)
• Fixed a crash that could occur on app quit when using the remote module. #27070(Also in 11)
• Fixed a crash when calling webContents.fromId with an unknown ID. #26651(Also in 11)
• Fixed a memory leak in desktopCapturer.getSources. #27058(Also in 9, 10, 11)
• Fixed a memory leak when creating BrowserWindows. #27641(Also in 11)
• Fixed an Uncaught TypeError when opening DevTools. #26474(Also in 10, 11)
• Fixed an erroneous enableBlinkFeatures warning shown webviews which enabled no Blink features. #27790(Also in 10, 11)
• Fixed an issue that a message box in GTK contains no buttons. #26917(Also in 10, 11)
• Fixed an issue where BrowserViews couldn't be effectively reparented. #27187(Also in 11)
• Fixed an issue where SIGINT was improperly handled in Node.js processes. #26971(Also in 10, 11)
• Fixed an issue where Save as PDF from PDF Viewer Print dialog failed and sometimes crashed. #25959(Also in 9, 10, 11)
• Fixed an issue where event.reply could sometimes not deliver a reply to an IPC message when cross-site iframes were present. #26925(Also in 9, 10, 11)
• Fixed an issue where deleted download directories would be sometimes recreated by the operating system. #27806(Also in 10, 11)
• Fixed an issue where draggable regions did not work exclusively on BrowserViews on Windows. #26775(Also in 10, 11)
• Fixed an issue where draggable regions in BrowserWindow causes BrowserView to become draggable in non-correspondent places. #26755(Also in 10, 11)
• Fixed an issue where non-draggable regions on BrowserViews could have incorrectly calculated bounds. #27184(Also in 10, 11)
• Fixed an issue where renderer process stack traces were broken with contextIsolation enabled. #26912(Also in 11)
• Fixed an issue where some async_hooks were not properly emitted after an error in the renderer process. #26990(Also in 11)
• Fixed an issue where some buttons were un-clickable in some BrowserViews with draggable regions enabled. #26496(Also in 9, 10, 11)
• Fixed an issue where some draggable regions were not clickable when loaded into BrowserViews on Windows. #27177(Also in 10, 11)
• Fixed an issue whereby remote.screenEventEmitter methods are undefined in the renderer. #26988(Also in 11)
• Fixed an occasional crash on Windows related to NativeViewHost::SetParentAccessible. #26952(Also in 9, 10, 11)
• Fixed an occasional white flicker present when rendering BrowserViews in close succession. #27658(Also in 10, 11)
• Fixed callbacks passed via the remote module not being released after all references are dropped. #26833(Also in 11)
• Fixed crash when a keyboard event immediately precedes calling browserWindow.close() on Windows. #27359(Also in 10, 11)
• Fixed crash when destroying WebContents in the crashed event. #27756(Also in 10, 11)
• Fixed crash when extension fails to load. #27589(Also in 10, 11)
• Fixed detection of launch on login items
  • Fixed detection of enabled state set by TaskManager. #26515(Also in 11)
• Fixed import of unpacked node modules. #26750(Also in 11)
• Fixed issue where quitAndInstall() would not restart the app upon update completion on macOS Big Sur. #25864(Also in 11)
• Fixed maximized frameless window bleeding to other monitors. #25940(Also in 8, 9, 10, 11)
• Fixed memory leak when creating 'Services' menu. #25617(Also in 9, 10, 11)
• Fixed memory leak when sending non-primitives over the context bridge. #27636(Also in 10, 11)
• Fixed native window freeze on Windows when Electron app is sent to tray and external display changes. #27668(Also in 11)
• Fixed native window.open() to not use windowName/frameName as title by default. #27552(Also in 10, 11)
• Fixed regression that crashed Electron when processing an invalid icon. #27463(Also in 11)
• Fixed shutdown crash when quitting with in-progress downloads. #27418(Also in 10, 11)
• Fixed the pretty-print JavaScript feature in DevTools not functioning correctly. #25780(Also in 11)
• Fixed uncaught promise rejection when creating webContents with javascript disabled. #26869(Also in 10, 11)
• Fixed chrome.webRequest extensions API not intercepting any requests. #27098(Also in 10, 11)
• Fixed crash when loading wasm modules in child node process with mac arm64 > 11.2. #27685(Also in 11)
• Fixed slow child process spawning on macOS Big Sur. #27656(Also in 10, 11)
• Fixed an issue where libuv might hang with multiple subframes when nodeIntegrationInSubframes is enabled. #27879(Also in 10, 11)
• Fixed an out-of-bounds access in WebContents.sendInputEvent. #27855(Also in 10, 11)
• Fixed navigator.bluetooth.requestDevice. #27927(Also in 11)
• Fixed background color not being applied for child windows created by native window.open path. #27942(Also in 10, 11)
• Fixed a potential crash when resetting BrowserViews. #27947
• Increase stack size on windows x64 to 8MB. #27384(Also in 10, 11)
• Stopped using private API CTFontDescriptorIsSystemUIFont in MAS build. #26548(Also in 11)
• Updated setPermissionRequestHandler to correctly recognize permissions being requested. #26172(Also in 11)

Other Changes

• Windows 10 versions 2004 and later support WDA_EXCLUDEFROMCAPTURE and will now exclude a window entirely from screen capture when setContentProtection is enabled. Older Windows versions will continue to show a black window as before. #24274
• Re-enable Rosetta on Apple Silicon devices. #26568(Also in 7.3, 8, 9, 10, 11)

Documentation

• Documentation revisions:
  • tutorial/quick-start - #25760
  • tutorial/notifications - #25901
  • tutorial/native-file-drag-drop - #25939
  • tutorial/recent-documents - #25941
  • tutorial/macos-dock - #25985
  • tutorial/keyboard-shortcuts - #25999
  • tutorial/progress-bar - #26003
  • tutorial/web-embeds - #26008
  • tutorial/online-offline-events - #26017
  • tutorial/represented-file - #26018
  • tutorial/linux-desktop-actions - #26118
  • tutorial/windows-taskbar - #26120
  • tutorial/dark-mode - #26187

End of Support for 9.x.y

Electron 9.x.y has reached end-of-support as per the project's support policy. Developers and applications are encouraged to upgrade to a newer version of Electron.

Electron 11.3.02021-02-19T23:59:13Z()

Features

• Added allowFileAccess option to loadExtension() API. #27703(Also in 12)
• Added win.setTopBrowserView() so that BrowserViews can be raised. #27712(Also in 10, 12)

Fixes

• Backported fix for https://crbug.com/1125165. #27558
• Fixed OS-level shortcuts on macOS (e.g. Ctrl + F2, ⌘ + ~). #27787(Also in 12)
• Fixed SVG content with filter sometimes not being rendered. #27699
• Fixed a crash when calling crypto.createDiffieHellman() with certain parameters. #27766(Also in 12)
• Fixed a memory leak when creating BrowserWindows. #27640(Also in 12)
• Fixed an erroneous enableBlinkFeatures warning shown webviews which enabled no Blink features. #27789(Also in 10, 12)
• Fixed an issue where deleted download directories would be sometimes recreated by the operating system. #27808(Also in 10, 12)
• Fixed an occasional white flicker present when rendering BrowserViews in close succession. #27659(Also in 10, 12)
• Fixed crash when destroying WebContents in the crashed event. #27757(Also in 10, 12)
• Fixed memory leak when sending non-primitives over the context bridge. #27638(Also in 10, 12)
• Fixed native window freeze on Windows when Electron app is sent to tray and external display changes. #27669(Also in 12)
• Fixed svg with filter content not being rendered. #27635

Other Changes

Chrome Latest Stable Version Torrent

• Fixed crash when loading wasm modules in child node process with mac arm64 > 11.2. #27684(Also in 12)
• Fixed slow child process spawning on macOS Big Sur. #27654(Also in 10, 12)
• Reverted posix_spawn change in libuv that affected child process spawning on macOS Big Sur. #27809(Also in 10, 12)
• Security: backported fix for 1138143. #27780
• Security: backported fix for 1155974. #27779
• Security: backported fix for 1166504. #27778
• Security: backported fix for 1170657. #27781
• Security: backported fix for 1171954. #27777
• Security: backported fix for 1172192. #27776
• Security: backported fix for 1177341. #27750
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1162942. #27614
• Security: backported fix for https://crbug.com/1161705. #27609

Documentation

• Documentation changes: #27817

Electron 11.2.32021-02-06T02:18:39Z()

Fixes

• Backported fix for https://crbug.com/952922. #27584
• Fixed crash when extension fails to load. #27588(Also in 10, 12)

Other Changes

• Security: Addressed Chromium CVE-2021-21148 with backported fix for chromium:1170176, chromium:961059. #27624

Electron 11.2.22021-02-02T21:12:27Z()

Fixes

• Fixed CSP with unsafe-eval detection with Trusted Types. #27469(Also in 9, 10, 12)
• Fixed not working with Trusted Types. #27464(Also in 9, 10, 12)
• Fixed regression that crashed Electron when processing an invalid icon. #27478(Also in 12)
• None. #27509(Also in 12)

Other Changes

• Backported the fix to CVE-2020-16044. #27491
• Backported the fix to CVE-2021-21118 from V8. #27415
• Backported the fix to a UAF in Mojo (1162198). #27401
• Backported the fix to chromium:1153329. #27494
• Security: backported fix for CVE-2021-21122. #27406

Electron 11.2.12021-01-23T03:53:19Z()

Fixes

• Apps requesting the CAMERA_PAN_TILT_ZOOM permission will have the permission request handler called with a permission string of 'media' instead of 'font-access'. #27423
• Fixed crash when a keyboard event immediately precedes calling browserWindow.close() on Windows. #27357(Also in 10, 12)
• Fixed shutdown crash when quitting with in-progress downloads. #27419(Also in 10, 12)
• Increase stack size on windows x64 to 8MB. #27385(Also in 10, 12)
• Updated the ICU time zone database to the latest 2020f version. #27369

Other Changes

• Backported the fix to CVE-2021-21120 from sqlite. #27424
• Backported the fix to chromium:1160534. #27443
• Backported the fixes to the save file dialog related CVE-2021-21123, CVE-2021-21129, CVE-2021-21130, CVE-2021-21131, CVE-2021-21141. #27437
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1161654. #27411