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#51916: fix: emit render-process-gone outside the process-death notification

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Created: Jun 8, 2026, 12:20:38 PM
Merged: Jun 8, 2026, 3:06:00 PM
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Target: 42-x-y

Backport of #51900

See that PR for details.

Notes: Fixed a browser process crash when calling webContents.reload() or navigating synchronously from the render-process-gone event; the event is now emitted after the renderer's teardown notification has completed.

Released in v42.4.0

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#51900: fix: emit render-process-gone outside the process-death notification
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Jun 8, 2026, 12:20:10 PM
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