Electron Releases

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Dependency Changes

Google ChromeChromium
138.0.7204.185
138.0.7204.251Updated
Node.jsNode.js
22.17.1
22.19.0Updated
V8V8
13.8.258.30
13.8.258.32Updated

Combined Release Notes

Version Timeline
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 6 versions since v37.2.6

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)

Other Changes