Release Notes for v16.2.0

Features

• Added nativeTheme.inForcedColorsMode API to allow detecting forced color mode. #33359 (Also in 15, 17, 18)

Fixes

• Fixed maximizing frameless windows by double-clicking on a draggable (title bar) region. #33444 (Also in 15, 17, 18)
• Fixed slowness when using child_process.spawn and related methods on macOS Big Sur and newer. #33405 (Also in 17, 18)

Other Changes

• Backported fix for CVE-2022-0976. #33389
• Backported fix for CVE-2022-1096. #33472
• Backported fix for chromium:1296876. #33392
• Fixed an issue where moving a window created in a scaled display to a regular display would increase the window size. #33381
• Security: backported fix for CVE-2022-0806. #33240
• Security: backported fix for CVE-2022-0975. #33341
• Security: backported fix for CVE-2022-0978. #33340

Release Notes for v16.1.1

Fixes

• Fire 'show' event when a BrowserWindow is shown via maximize(). #33212 (Also in 17, 18)
• Fixed an issue where calling screen capture on macOS does not properly release underlying OS capture mechanisms. #33314 (Also in 17)
• Fixed an issue where clicking "Open in Containing Folder" in the Sources tab in Devtools caused a crash. #33313 (Also in 17, 18)
• Fixed broken event loop in renderer process when process reuse is enabled on windows platform. #33363 (Also in 17, 18)
• Fixed crash in the render process on reload with pending node fs.promises. #33301 (Also in 15, 17, 18)
• Fixed drag regions on WCO windows on Windows. #33200 (Also in 15, 17, 18)
• Fixed incorrect external memory allocation tracking in nativeImage module. #33312 (Also in 15, 17, 18)

Other Changes

• Backported fix for 1283402. #33244
• Backported fix for OSV-2021-777. #33236
• Fixed an issue where adding/removing display changes the BrowserWindow size. #33249 (Also in 14, 15, 17, 18)
• Security: backported fix for 1291728. #33179
• Security: backported fix for CVE-2022-0792. #33219
• Security: backported fix for CVE-2022-0801. #33258