Electron 8.5.5 2020-11-18T23:39:49Z ()

Fixes

• Fixed <webview> render-process-gone event dispatch. #26575

Unknown

• Re-enable Rosetta on Apple Silicon devices. #26573 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9, 10, 11)

End of Support for 8.x.y

Electron 8.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 8.5.4 2020-11-17T13:52:37Z ()

Other Changes

• Backported the fix to CVE-2020-16017: Browser UAF when detaching a provisional frame. #26484
• Security: backported fix for 1143772. #26401
• Security: backported fix for 1144489. #26398
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1133527. #26413
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1137608. #26410
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1139398. #26407

Electron 8.5.3 2020-10-30T01:54:53Z ()

Fixes

• Fixed ready-to-show event not emitted on some machines. #26140 (Also in 8, 10, 11)
• Fixed an issue that could cause a normally-exiting process to fail with an "illegal access" message and exit code 7. #25501 (Also in 8, 9, 10, 11)
• Fixed loading shared worker scripts over custom protocol
  • fix crash when loading worker scripts with nodeIntegration enabled. #26142 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
• Fixed maximized frameless window bleeding to other monitors. #25979 (Also in 8, 9, 10, 11)
• Fixed memory leak on macOS when using dialog.showMessageBox API. #26100 (Also in 8, 9, 10, 11)
• Protocol response streams are now destroyed if the request is aborted. #26141 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
• Updated Node root certs to use NSS 3.56. #25363 (Also in 8, 9, 10, 11)
• Updated to Chrome 80.0.3987.163. #25499

Other Changes

• Backported fix for CVE-2020-15999. #26068
• Backported the fix to CVE-2020-15969: Use after free in WebRTC. #25855
• Improved performance of takeHeapSnapshot(). #26227
• Security: backported fix for 1100136. #25659
• Security: backported fix for 1106612. #25657
• Security: backported fix for 1111149. #25637
• Security: backported fix for 1113558. #25860
• Security: backported fix for 1121836. #25642
• Security: backported fix for 1126249. #25646
• Security: backported fix for 1128657. #26198
• Security: backported fix for 1135018. #26195
• Security: backported fix for 1135857. #26192
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1117258. #26201
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1132111. #26208
• Security: backported fix for chromium:1137630. #26214
• Security: backported the fix to a heap-use-after-free in content::WebContentsImpl::SetNotWaitingForResponse. #25897

Electron 8.5.2 2020-09-22T20:39:04Z ()

Fixes

• Fixed multiple dock icons being left in system when calling dock.show/hide on macOS. #25302 (Also in 8, 9, 10, 11)

Other Changes

• Security: backported fix for 1098860. #25290
• Security: backported fix for 1111737. #25394

Electron 8.5.1 2020-09-03T01:07:22Z ()

Fixes

• • Fixes the following issues for frameless when maximized on Windows:

    • fix unreachable task bar when auto hidden with position top
    • fix 1px extending to secondary monitor
    • fix 1px overflowing into taskbar at certain resolutions
    • fix white line on top of window under 4k resolutions. #25219

• Fixed powerMonitor not emitting suspend/resume events on some Windows machines. #25163
• Fixed an issue where notifications with a reply button could potentially be destroyed too early when a user clicked on the notification body before replying. #25102
• Fixed an issue where some Node.js methods would not work with URL instances constructed in the renderer process. #24861
• Fixed frameless window's size being changed when restored from minimized state. #25057
• Fixed inactive windows having active titlebar on Windows. #24875
• Fixed network permission error when there are multiple WebContents sharing same session are created with web security disabled. #25181
• Fixed node's TLS stack not allowing renegotiation. #25042
• Fixed window size being changed after unmaximizing. #25148

Other Changes

• Backported the fix to CVE-2020-6532: Use after free in SCTP. #24886
• Security: Backported fix for CVE-2020-6541. #25025
• Security: backported fix for 1095584. #25227
• Security: backported fix for 1103827. #25244
• Security: backported fix for 1104046. #25243
• Security: backported fix for 1105202. #25262
• Security: backported fix for 1105426. #25241
• Security: backported fix for 1106682,1109467. #25239
• Security: backported fix for 1107433. #25235
• Security: backported fix for 1107815. #25232
• Security: backported fix for 1115345. #25266