Electron 8.5.0 2020-08-07T18:08:56Z ()

Release Notes for v8.5.0

Fixes

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

Electron 8.4.1 2020-07-23T18:47:30Z ()

Release Notes for v8.4.1

Fixes

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

Documentation

• Documentation changes: #24515

Electron 8.4.0 2020-07-07T19:11:41Z ()

Release Notes for v8.4.0

Features

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

Fixes

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

Electron 8.3.4 2020-06-25T00:58:18Z ()

Release Notes for v8.3.4

Fixes

• Fixed "null path-to-app" in test-app when Electron's path contains spaces or special characters. #24231
• Fixed an issue with click events not being emitted on macOS for Trays with context menus set. #24239
• Updated Node root certs to use NSS 3.53. #24268

Electron 8.3.3 2020-06-18T20:29:49Z ()

Release Notes for v8.3.3

Fixes

• Fixed "Paste and Match Style" shortcut on macOS to match OS's "Option-Shift-Command-V". #24184
• Fixed an issue where shutdown would be emitted both on app and system shutdown on macOS. #24140
• Fixed an issue where withFileTypes was not supported as an option to fs.readdir or fs.readdirSync under asar. #24107
• Fixed an issue which would cause streaming protocol responses to stall in some cases. #24133
• Fixed delayed execution of some Node.js callbacks in the main process. #24180
• Fixed tray menu showing in taskbar on Windows. #24194
• Fixed window titlebar not responding to pen on Windows 10. #24101

Other Changes

• Backported the fix to a crash in FIDO support. #24152
• Fixed issue with some IMEs on windows (for ex: Zhuyin) don't terminate after pressing shift. #24181
• [a11y] fix incorrect selection item count for listbox with grouped items. #24084

Documentation

• Documentation changes: #24176