Electron Releases

Release Comparison

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Dependency Changes

Google ChromeChromium
138.0.7204.100
138.0.7204.235Updated
Node.jsNode.js
22.17.0
22.18.0Updated
V8V8
13.8.500258
13.8.258.31Updated

Combined Release Notes

Version Timeline
v37.2.3
v37.2.4
v37.2.5
v37.2.6
v37.3.0
v37.3.1
v37.3.1 includes changes from 5 versions since v37.2.3

Features

  • 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

  • 37.3.1

    • 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)

Other Changes

  • 37.3.1

    • Updated Chromium to 138.0.7204.235. #48066

  • 37.3.0

    • Updated Chromium to 138.0.7204.224. #47974

    • Updated Node.js to v22.18.0. #47935

  • 37.2.6

    • Updated Chromium to 138.0.7204.185. #47909

  • 37.2.5

    • Updated Chromium to 138.0.7204.168. #47861

  • 37.2.4

    • Updated Chromium to 138.0.7204.157. #47773

    • Updated Node.js to v22.17.1. #47774