Electron Releases - v1.7.1 

npm install electron@v1.7.1
yarn add electron@v1.7.1
58.0.3029.110 7.9.0 5.8.283.38

Release Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a crash when launching with the --debug or --debug-brk command line flags. #9436
  • Fixed several issues with the electron.d.ts TypeScript definition file.
  • Popup windows and <webview> tags are now supported by the offscreen rendering option. #8839
  • Fixed an issue where service worker scripts would not load when using protocol.interceptBufferProtocol. #9360

API Changes

  • Added support for using Chrome's default window.open implementation via the nativeWindowOpen option to the BrowserWindow constructor. #8963
  • Added a will-prevent-unload event to webContents that can be used to prevent a page from preventing the unload of a page. #9331
  • Added support for specifying the maximum disk space used by the cache via the --disk-cache-size Chrome option. #9435
  • Added a webContents.getOSProcessId() API to get the operating system pid for a renderer process. #9222