Electron Releases

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Google ChromeChromium
138.0.7204.35
138.0.7204.251Updated
Node.jsNode.js
22.16.0
22.19.0Updated
V8V8
13.8.258.18
13.8.258.32Updated

Combined Release Notes

Version Timeline
v37.1.0
v37.2.0
v37.2.1
v37.2.2
v37.2.3
v37.2.4
v37.2.5
v37.2.6
v37.3.0
v37.3.1
v37.4.0
v37.5.0
v37.5.1
v37.6.0
v37.6.0 includes changes from 13 versions since v37.1.0

Features

  • 37.6.0

    • Allowed for persisting File System API grant status within a given session. #48328 (Also in 38)

  • 37.5.0

    • Added fileBacked and purgeable fields to process.getSystemMemoryInfo() for macOS. #48143 (Also in 38)

  • 37.3.0

    • Added support for app.getRecentDocuments() on Windows and macOS. #47923 (Also in 36, 38)

    • Adds the ability to change window accent color on Windows after initial window initialization via {get|set}AccentColor. #48017 (Also in 36, 38)

    • Internally switched to using DIR_ASSETS instead of DIR_MODULE/DIR_EXE to locate assets and resources, and added "assets" as a key that can be queried via app.getPath. #47951 (Also in 38)

Fixes

  • 37.6.0

    • Fixed excessive WindowServer GPU usage on macOS Tahoe 26. #48400 (Also in 36, 39)

    • Fixed high CPU usage with <input> tag on macOS 26. #48392 (Also in 39)

  • 37.5.0

    • Fixed an issue where dialog.showMessageDialog showed a window incorrectly centered to monitor instead of parent window when passed. #48213 (Also in 36, 38)

    • Fixed an issue where a file-only picker incorrectly allowed some directories. #48230 (Also in 36, 38)

    • Fixed an issue where dragging sometimes didn't work after the contextmenu event was emitted. #48226 (Also in 36, 38)

  • 37.3.1

    • Fixed an issue where shell.openPath was not non-blocking as expected. #48088 (Also in 36, 38)

    • Fixed an issue where windows opened with window.open would never be offscreen. #48070 (Also in 38)

    • Fixed potential deadlock inside app.getLoginItemSettings on macOS. #48096 (Also in 36)

  • 37.3.0

    • Fixed a crash possible when calling webContents.loadURL() from a failed webContents.loadURL() call's catch handler. #48045 (Also in 36, 38)

    • Fixed an issue where app.accessibilitySupportEnabled didn't work as expected. #48061 (Also in 38)

    • Fixed an issue where importing from electron/utility in an ESM file threw an error at runtime. #48021 (Also in 36, 38)

    • Fixed an issue where importing from electron/utility threw a ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND error at runtime. #47988 (Also in 36, 38)

    • Fixed an issue where the accent border was drawn on all windows regardless of the window's active focused status. #48011 (Also in 36, 38)

    • Fixed compilation error when disabling extensions and pdf_viewer. #47994 (Also in 38)

  • 37.2.6

    • Fixed a bug where the Referer header was not being set correctly when using webContents.downloadURL(). #47865 (Also in 36, 38)

    • Fixed a crash when calling some webContents functions after window.close(). #47954 (Also in 36, 38)

    • Fixed an issue on some older Windows versions where setContentProtection didn't work as expected. #47887 (Also in 36, 38)

    • Fixed an issue where an invalid color passed as a string to accentColor would result in a white accent color. #47800 (Also in 38)

    • Fixed an issue where video scrubbing would not correctly hold the new position on playback. #47971 (Also in 38)

    • Fixed an issue where windows used dark theme on Linux all the time without reacting to system theme changes. #47920 (Also in 38)

    • Fixed applying background material correctly when creating windows on Windows, restored animations, and also fixed the issue where dynamically setting the background material had no effect. #47956 (Also in 36, 38)

  • 37.2.4

    • Fixed a bug where app extensions filters didn't allow for selecting app bundles in macOS file dialogs. #47839 (Also in 36, 38)

    • Fixed an issue where certain operations performed in a window close callback could trigger a crash. #47813 (Also in 36, 38)

  • 37.2.3

    • Fixed a child process crash on macOS when the running application is replaced with one that has a newer implementation triggering the sandbox. #47784 (Also in 38)

    • Fixed a crash when adding the -electron-corner-smoothing CSS rule to a stylesheet with no associated document. #47792

    • Fixed an issue where require('node:sqlite') didn't work. #47756 (Also in 36, 38)

  • 37.2.1

    • Fixed a crash when calling desktopCapturer.getSources with an empty thumbnail size. #47653 (Also in 36, 38)

    • Fixed an issue where child windows could crash if they were opened from a fullscreen parent and have roundedCorners set to false. #47682 (Also in 36, 38)

    • Fixed an issue where the window required restart in order to recognize system accent color setting change. #47656 (Also in 36, 38)

Other Changes