electron v31.0.0

Release Notes for v31.0.0

Stack Upgrades

• Chromium126.0.6478.36
  • New in 126
  • New in 125
• Node 20.14.0
  • Node 20.14.0 blog post
• V8 12.6

Breaking Changes

• Made window.flashFrame(bool) flash continuously on macOS. #41391
• Updated Chromium to 126.0.6445.0. (Removed: WebSQL support) #41868
• Updated Chromium to 125.0.6412.0. (Behavior Changed: nativeImage.toDataURL will preserve PNG colorspace) #41610

Features

Additions

• Added a new instance property navigationHistory on webContents API with navigationHistory.getEntryAtIndex method, enabling applications to retrieve the URL and title of any navigation entry within the browsing history. #41577 (Also in 29, 30)
• Added options parameter to Session.clearData API. #41355
• Added proxy configuring support for requests made with net module from utility process. #41335 (Also in 28, 29, 30)
• Added support for Bluetooth ports being requested by service class ID in navigator.serial. #41638 (Also in 29, 30)
• Added support for NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS. #41689
• Extended webContents.setWindowOpenHandler to support manual creation of BrowserWindow. #41432
• Implemented support for the File System API. #41419 (Also in 30)
• clearData method added to Session. #40983
• Extended WebContentsView to accept pre-existing webContents object. #42319

Improvements

• Extended WebContentsView to accept pre-existing webContents object. #42319
• Improved error messages when ses.cookies.set fails. #42400 (Also in 29, 30)
• Re-adds functionality to check whether or not an app was launched as a login service on macOS. #42422

Removed/Deprecated

• The inputFieldType property in the context-menu params has been removed. #41239 (Also in 30)

Fixes

• Added missing support for the recursive option in fs.{readdir|readdirSync} as well as fs.promises.{readdir|readdirSync}. #41582
• Added support for withFileTypes when calling fs.{readdir|readdirSync} with the recursive in Asar archives. #41627
• Fixed ASAN build on macOS. #41587
• Fixed a bug where a window with maximization disabled and WCO enabled would still show its maximization button. #41793
• Fixed an issue where child views in a BrowserWindow could sometimes be. #41256
• Fixed issue where windows made visible with showInactive were blank. #42227
• Fixed potentially incorrect exit code in UtilityProcess. #42397
• originalFs.promises.cp now works. #42134

Also in earlier versions...

• BrowserWindow.show() now correctly restores focus to inactive apps on macOS. #42305 (Also in 30)
• Electron doesn't paint on offscreen-render mode after gpu process crashed. #41924 (Also in 29, 30)
• Ensured ScreenCaptureKit is used exclusively on macOS 14.4 and higher to avoid permission prompts. #41397 (Also in 29, 30)
• Fixed chrome://process-internals failing to load. #41476 (Also in 28, 29, 30)
• Fixed shell.showItemInFolder not opening Windows Explorer if the passed path contains forward slashes. #41642 (Also in 28, 29, 30)
• Fixed a crash in addChildView if a view is added as its own child. #42108 (Also in 30)
• Fixed a crash when the same WebContentsView is added via addChildView multiple times. #42116 (Also in 30)
• Fixed a potential crash in chrome.scripting on extension unload. #41686 (Also in 29, 30)
• Fixed an error when calling setAutoResize on a BrowserView. #42138 (Also in 30)
• Fixed an inconsistent crash on maximizing window and relayout in Ubuntu. #42146 (Also in 30)
• Fixed an issue on Windows where silent printing resulted in comically tiny renderer output. #41811 (Also in 28, 29, 30)
• Fixed an issue where BrowserView webContents were getting destroyed even when preventDefault was being set on the owning BrowserWindow's close event. #42372 (Also in 30)
• Fixed an issue where app.getLoginItemSettings didn't correctly throw errors. #41647 (Also in 30)
• Fixed an issue where app.setLoginItemSettings incorrectly checked against loginItemService. #42404 (Also in 30)
• Fixed an issue where document.requestFullscreen didn't work when calling it from a webContents inside WebContentsView. #41995 (Also in 30)
• Fixed an issue where recentDOcuments wasn't populating properly on macOS. #41993 (Also in 29, 30)
• Fixed an issue where setTitleBarOverlay didn't work as expected when called on BaseWindow. #42150 (Also in 29, 30)
• Fixed an issue where user-did-{resign|become}-active were not emitted properly on macOS. #41506 (Also in 28, 29, 30)
• Fixed an issue where `webCont...

electron v31.0.0-beta.10

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 install electron@31.0.0-beta.10.

Release Notes for v31.0.0-beta.10

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where app.setLoginItemSettings incorrectly checked against loginItemService. #42404 (Also in 30)
• Fixed potentially incorrect exit code in UtilityProcess. #42397

Other Changes

• Improved error messages when ses.cookies.set fails. #42400 (Also in 29, 30)
• Updated Chromium to 126.0.6478.36. #42167

electron v31.0.0-beta.9

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 install electron@31.0.0-beta.9.

Release Notes for v31.0.0-beta.9

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where some calls to WebUSB methods could crash. #42365 (Also in 29)

electron v30.1.0

Release Notes for v30.1.0

Fixes

• BrowserWindow.show() now correctly restores focus to inactive apps on macOS. #42306 (Also in 31)
• Fixed BrowserWindow vibrancy on macOS. #42263
• Fixed an issue where BrowserView webContents were getting destroyed even when preventDefault was being set on the owning BrowserWindow's close event. #42371
• Fixed an issue where dialogs did not work if they were parented to a BaseWindow and not a BrowserWindow. #42327 (Also in 31)
• Fixed an issue where some calls to WebUSB methods could crash. #42364 (Also in 29, 31)

Other Changes

• Updated Chromium to 124.0.6367.243. #42328
• Updated Node.js to v20.14.0. #42294

electron v31.0.0-beta.8

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 install electron@31.0.0-beta.8.

Release Notes for v31.0.0-beta.8

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where dialogs did not work if they were parented to a BaseWindow and not a BrowserWindow. #42326 (Also in 30)

Other Changes

• Backported fix for 336625018. #42316
• Updated Node.js to v20.14.0. #42295

Documentation

• Documentation changes: #42309

electron v31.0.0-beta.7

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 install electron@31.0.0-beta.7.

Release Notes for v31.0.0-beta.7

Fixes

• BrowserWindow.show() now correctly restores focus to inactive apps on macOS. #42305 (Also in 30)
• Fixed the type of WebviewTag.webpreferences back to string. #42279 (Also in 30)

Other Changes

• Backported fix for 341663589. #42254

electron v30.0.9

Release Notes for v30.0.9

Fixes

• Fixed the type of WebviewTag.webpreferences back to string. #42280 (Also in 31)

Other Changes

• Updated Chromium to 124.0.6367.233. #42269

electron v29.4.2

Release Notes for v29.4.2

Other Changes

• Backported fix for 341663589. #42256

electron v31.0.0-beta.6

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 install electron@31.0.0-beta.6.

Release Notes for v31.0.0-beta.6

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where setTitleBarOverlay didn't work as expected when called on BaseWindow. #42150 (Also in 29, 30)

electron v30.0.8

Release Notes for v30.0.8

Other Changes

• Backported fix for 341663589. #42255
• Updated Chromium to 124.0.6367.230. #42246