electron v7.1.0

Release Notes for v7.1.0

This release is a minor bump as it contains exactly one new feature. contextBridge module, this feature is outlined below along with the other fixes and changes that went into this release. The 7.1.x series is now only release line in the 7.x.y major release line that will receive bug fixes and security fixes. It is recommended you upgrade to 7.1.x.

Features

• Added new contextBridge module to make it easier to communicate between an isolated context and the main world. #20789

Fixes

• Fixed nativeTheme not accessible via the remote module. #20961
• Fixed a memory leak issue when setting Tray images. #20935
• Fixed issue where proxied remote promises might not resolve if Bluebird was installed in the renderer. #20947

Other Changes

• Prepare for 7.1.0. 18176b4, ef548b6
• Updated Chromium to 78.0.3904.94. #20930

electron v6.1.4

Release Notes for v6.1.4

Fixes

• Backported webaudio security patch from upstream. #20924

electron v7.0.1

Release Notes for v7.0.1

Fixes

• Fixed shell.openExternal() option workingDirectory not working with Unicode characters. #20905
• Fixed a crash in Menus related to menu.popup(). #20808
• Fixed a label mismatch on open and save dialogs on GTK. #20882
• Fixed a regression in the recentDocuments role on macOS. #20670
• Fixed an issue where objects referenced by remote could sometimes not be correctly freed. #20693
• Fixed crashes when calling webContents.printToPDF() multiple times. #20810
• Fixed devtools extensions not loading due to "Connect to unknown extension [object Object]" errors. #20844
• Fixed flicker when switching between BrowserViews. #20846
• Fixed fs.mkdir/mkdirSync hang with {recursive: true} for invalid names with node 12 on windows. #20629
• Fixed hang when closing a scriptable popup window using the remote module. #20715
• Fixed memory leaks caused by callbacks not being released when the remote module is used in sub-frames (<iframe> or scriptable popup). #20814
• Fixed native module size increase on windows, follow up fix to #20614. #20708
• Fixed several deprecation warnings in Electron code. #20804

Other Changes

• Updated Chromium to 78.0.3904.92. #20913

Documentation

• Documentation changes: #20757

electron v6.1.3

Release Notes for v6.1.3

Fixes

• Fixed a crash in Menus related to menu.popup(). #20786
• Fixed crashes when calling webContents.printToPDF() multiple times. #20811
• Fixed flicker when switching between BrowserViews. #20834
• Fixed hang when closing a scriptable popup window using the remote module. #20716
• Fixed memory leaks caused by callbacks not being released when the remote module is used in sub-frames (<iframe> or scriptable popup). #20815

electron v5.0.12

Release Notes for v5.0.12

Fixes

• Fixed a crash in Menus related to menu.popup(). #20800
• Fixed crashes when calling webContents.printToPDF() multiple times. #20812
• Fixed fs.mkdir/mkdirSync hang with {recursive: true} for invalid names with node 12 on windows. #20664
• Fixed memory leaks caused by callbacks not being released when the remote module is used in sub-frames (<iframe> or scriptable popup). #20816
• Fixed native module size increase on windows, follow up fix to #20614. #20707
• Fixed native modules size increase with VC++ and node 12 on windows. #20628
• Fixed parsing of paths with .asar in directory name extensions. #20403
• [deps/uv] fsevents: fix file event reporting (backport: v12.x). #20433

electron v8.0.0-beta.2

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

This release is published to npm under the beta tag and can be installed via npm install electron@beta, or npm i electron@8.0.0-beta.2.

Release Notes for v8.0.0-beta.2

Features

• Added support for the built-in spellchecker. We will use the OS spellchecker on macOS and hunspell on all other platforms. #20897

Fixes

• Fixed a crash in Menus related to menu.popup(). #20785
• Fixed a label mismatch on open and save dialogs on GTK. #20883
• Fixed an issue with Node.js context initialization in renderer processes. #20836
• Fixed crashes when calling webContents.printToPDF() multiple times. #20802
• Fixed devtools extensions not loading due to "Connect to unknown extension [object Object]" errors. #20842
• Fixed flicker when switching between BrowserViews. #20847
• Fixed memory leaks caused by callbacks not being released when the remote module is used in sub-frames (<iframe> or scriptable popup). #20813
• Fixed several deprecation warnings in Electron code. #20805

electron v8.0.0-beta.1

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

This release is published to npm under the beta tag and can be installed via npm install electron@beta, or npm i electron@8.0.0-beta.1.

Release Notes for v8.0.0-beta.1

Breaking Changes

• IPC between main and renderer processes now uses the Structured Clone Algorithm. #20214

Features

• Added BrowserWindow.moveAbove(mediaSourceId). #18926
• Added --enable-api-filtering-logging command-line switch, which enables caller stack logging for desktopCapturer and remote APIs that can be blocked or filtered. #20335
• Added nativeTheme.themeSource to allow apps to override Chromium and the OS's theme choice. #19960
• Added session.downloadURL() allowing to trigger downloads without a BrowserWindow. #19889
• Added timeoutType property to allows users to set timeout type for Linux and Windows notifications. #20153
• Added tray.focus(), which returns focus to the taskbar notification area. #19548
• Added tray.removeBalloon(), which removes an already displayed balloon notification. #19547
• Added win.accessibleTitle property to be able to augment the window title for the screen readers. #19698
• Added ability to inspect specific shared workers: contents.getAllSharedWorkers() / contents.inspectSharedWorkerById(workerId). #20389
• Added about panel customization on Windows. #19420
• Added an urgency property to allow customization of Linux-based notifications. #20152
• Added options to enable customization of print page headers and footers. #19688
• Added property customization to save dialogs. #19672
• Added support for HTTP preconnect resource hints. #18671
• Added the ability to prevent documents from being added to recent documents on Windows in open dialogs. #19669
• Added the support of fitToPageEnabled and scaleFactor in WebContents.printToPDF(). #20436
• Enable macOS users to fallback to item removal when when shell.moveItemToTrash fails. #19700
• Implemented 'will-move' event on BrowserWindow on macOS. #19641
• Improved TouchBarButton and TouchBarLabel a11y with accessibilityLabel property. #20454
• New options added to tray.displayBalloon(): iconType, largeIcon, noSound and respectQuietTime. #19544

Fixes

• Don't destroy active menus created as local objects in javascript. #19427
• Fixed BrowserWindow.fromWebContents() to return null when no window is found for consistency with other APIs. #19983
• Fixed backgroundThrottling: false not having an effect. #20239
• Fixed cookies.get not working when url is not specified in filter. #20471
• Fixed a crash in Node.js initialization in renderer processes. #20684
• Fixed a crash that could occur when calling crashReporter.getUploadedReports. #20428
• Fixed an issue in the remote module which could cause the name of the Object constructor to be overwritten globally. #20637
• Fixed an issue that prevented setuid binaries from being launched from the renderer process on Linux. #19953
• Fixed an issue where menu.closePopup() would have no effect if called too soon after menu.popup(). #20114
• Fixed an issue where net requests with redirection mode 'error' could incorrectly follow a redirect. #20686
• Fixed an issue where microtasks could sometimes be scheduled too eagerly, causing crashes when invoking Electron APIs during promises in certain situations. #20303
• Fixed an issue with open and save dialogs selecting properties. #19781
• Fixed debug symbol files on linux not containing private symbols. #20530
• Fixed some systemPreferences.getColor() inconsistencies on macOS. #20611
• Fixed the position of popups being created over embedded content. #20232
• Fixed white flash after restoring an app from the background. #19873
• Localized dialog button text on Linux. #19725
• Prevented 'Reopen windows?' dialog from appearing on macOS after a crash. #19584
• Removed unnecessary chromium patch for browser compositor on mac. #20390
• [deps/uv] fsevents: fix file event reporting (backport: v12.x). #20408

Other Changes

• Fixed a crash that could occur if a WebContents was destroyed during a navigation event. #20099
• Fixed first beta version choosing logic. bf66fe5
• No-notes. #18760, #20003
• Removed .only. f566e56
• Removed undocumented ipcRenderer.sendToAll(). #19556
• The remote module now properly serializes Boolean, Number, String and RegExp instances. #20427
• Updated Node.js to v12.10.0. #20129
• Updated Node.js to v12.12.0. #20584
• Updated Node.js to v12.13.0. #20657
• Updated Node.js to v12.9.0. #19863
• Updated Node.js to v12.9.1. #19980

Documentation

• Documentation changes: #19387, #19444, #19975, #20230, #20472, #20621, #20622, #20644

electron v6.1.2

Release Notes for v6.1.2

Fixes

• Fixed native module size increase on windows, follow up fix to #20614. #20709

electron v6.1.1

Release Notes for v6.1.1

Fixes

• Fixed IPC hang when opening a specific case of nativeWindowOpen child window. #20547
• Fixed an issue where objects referenced by remote could sometimes not be correctly freed. #20694

electron v7.0.0

Release Notes for v7.0.0

Notable Changes

• Stack upgrades:

Stack	Version in Electron 6	Version in Electron 7	What's New
Chromium	76.0.3809.146	78.0.3905.1	77, 78
V8	7.6	7.8	7.7, 7.8
Node.js	12.4.0	12.8.1	12.5, 12.6, 12.7, 12.8, 12.8.1

• Added Windows on Arm (64 bit) release. #18591, #20112
• Added ipcRenderer.invoke() and ipcMain.handle() for asynchronous request/response-style IPC. These are strongly recommended over the remote module. See this "Electron’s ‘remote’ module considered harmful" blog post for more information. #18449
• Added nativeTheme API to read and respond to changes in the OS's theme and color scheme. #19758, #20486
• Switched to a new TypeScript Definitions generator, which generates more precise definitions. If your TypeScript build fails, this is the likely cause. #18103

Breaking Changes

More information about these and future changes can be found on project's Planned Breaking Changes page.

• Removed deprecated APIs:
  • Callback-based versions of functions that now use Promises. #17907
  • Tray.setHighlightMode() (macOS). #18981
  • app.enableMixedSandbox() #17894
  • app.getApplicationMenu(),
  • app.setApplicationMenu(),
  • powerMonitor.querySystemIdleState(),
  • powerMonitor.querySystemIdleTime(),
  • webFrame.setIsolatedWorldContentSecurityPolicy(),
  • webFrame.setIsolatedWorldHumanReadableName(),
  • webFrame.setIsolatedWorldSecurityOrigin() #18159
• Session.clearAuthCache() no longer allows filtering the cleared cache entries. #17970
• Native interfaces on macOS (menus, dialogs, etc.) now automatically match the dark mode setting on the user's machine. #19226
• Updated the electron module to use @electron/get. The minimum supported node version is now Node 8. #18413
• The electron.asar file no longer exists. Any packaging scripts that depend on its existence should be updated. #18577

New Features

• netLog.startLogging() now returns a promise which resolves when the net log has started recording.
• All async webContents / <webview> methods now return a Promise. #18792
• Added always-on-top-changed event emission for macOS. #19462
• Added app.resignCurrentActivity() to allows marking inactive the current Handoff user activity without invalidating it. #18659
• Added captureMode and maxFileSize options to the netLog API. #19215
• Added creationTime / sandboxed / integrityLevel to app.getAppMetrics() output. #18718
• Added failureReason parameter to the webContents.print() callback function to distinguish between success, failure, and cancellation. #19000
• Added getBounds() method for BrowserView. #19370
• Added gpu-info-update event to app, which is emitted whenever there is a GPU info update. #18250
• Added memory to app.getAppMetrics(). #18831
• Added process.getBlinkMemoryInfo(). #17762
• Added removeInsertedCSS() to webFrame / webContents / <webview>. #16579
• Added zoom-changed event to webContents, which is emitted when the user zooms using the mouse wheel on Windows, even if the focus is inside an (x-origin) iframe. #17747
• Migrated Tray from custom to native view to be compatible with Catalina (macOS). #18981
• Added a MenuItem.toolTip property macOS. #19099
• Added printing customization options. #18984
• Added an optional conflict handling callback to app.moveToApplicationsFolder. #18916
• Added missing support for ELECTRON_DEFAULT_ERROR_MODE in the GPU process. #17728
• Added security warning for remote modules with remote content. #18822
• Support CSS origin in webFrame.insertCSS(). #19268
• Support HTTP preconnect resource hints. #19952
• Support NSVisualEffectMaterials vibrancy types added in macOS Mojave. #19073
• Support mouse-move event of Tray API on Windows. #19265
• Support systemPreferences.isDarkMode() API on Windows. #19217
• Support systemPreferences.isHighContrastColorScheme() API on macOS. #19331
• Support picture-in-picture mode for video elements. #19914
• Support rotation multi-touch gestures on BrowserWindow for macOS. #19294
• Added the ability to set authors in the Linux implementation of the About panel. #18964
• Calling contentTracing.stopTracing() with no arguments is now permitted and has the same behaviour as calling it with an empty string (tracing data will be written to a temporary file). #18411
• Can set a window always on top but behind the taskbar on Windows. #18982
• Enabled the W3C Reporting API. #18255
• Exposed the value of NSNotification.object to subscribers of notifications in systemPreferences. #19110
• Implemented BrowserWindow.setFocusable on macOS. #19033
• Renderer processes hosting cross-origin frames are now sandboxed unless the parent BrowserWindow enables nodeIntegrationInSubFrames. #18650
• Set the ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD=1 environment variable to skip electron binary download. #17627
• Deprecated netLog.currentlyLoggingPath. #18289
• Added Windows on Arm node header files to checksum file. #20261

Properties

• Converted webContents primitive getters and setters to actual properties. #18998
• Converted badgeCount to an actual property on the app module. #17363
• app.name is now a property. #17701
• nativeImage.templateImage is now a property on the nativeImage prototype. #18124
• Converted appLevelAppearance to be a property on systemPreferences. #18477
• Converted autoHideMenuBar to a property on BrowserWindow instances. #18555
• Converted savePath accessor to a property on DownloadItem instances. #18677
• Converted closable, fullscreenable, maximizable, minimizable, movable, and resizable to be properties on the BrowserWindow prototype. #18618

Fixes

• "Node integration with remote content" and "loading insecure content" warning messages are suppressed for localhost connections. #18814
• ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE now correctly parses both node options and v8 flags. E.g. --expose_gc [#19403](https://github.com/electron/elec...