Electron Releases - v11.0.0-beta.1 

npm install electron@v11.0.0-beta.1
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Please file new issues for any bugs you find in it.
86.0.4234.0 12.18.3 8.6.373-electron.0

Release Notes

Features

  • Added app.getApplicationInfoForProtocol() API that returns detailed information about the app that handles a certain protocol. #24112
  • Added name to app.getAppMetrics() output. #24359
  • Added utility-process-gone event to app. #24367
  • Added visualEffectState option to BrowserWindows to allow customization of vibrancy effect state on macOS. #25083
  • Added app.createThumbnailFromPath() API that returns a preview image of a file given its file path and a maximum thumbnail size. #24802
  • Added back a previously broken visibleOnFullScreen option for setVisibleOnAllWorkspaces. #24956
  • Added desktopCapturer.getMediaSourceIdForWebContents(), can be used with getUserMedia to get a stream for a WebContent. #22701
  • Added did-become-active event on Mac for observing any application activation. #23872
  • Added new worldSafeExecuteJavaScript webPreference to ensure that the return values from webFrame.executeJavaScript are world safe when context isolation is enabled. #24114 (Also in 9, 10)
  • Added optional parameter to specify monospaced font types for macOS tray titles. #25059
  • Added support for suspend and resume events to Windows. #24251 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
  • Added support for suspend and resume events to macOS. #24254 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
  • Added the currencyCode field that Apple's StoreKit in-app-purchasing library provides but has not been added to the Product object that inAppPurchase.getProducts returns. #25058
  • Changed app.getLoginItemSettings() and app.setLoginItemSettings() API to factor in startup approval keys when determining whether an application is able to launch on login. #24494
  • Expose sessionId associated with a target from debugger module. #24170 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
  • Implemented systemPreferences.getMediaAccessStatus() on Windows. #24275 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
  • V8CacheOptions is a new webpreference option to enforce code caching policy. #23842 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
  • When the disabled-by-default-v8.cpu_profiler tracing category is enabled, cpu samples will now be collected from the main process as well as the renderer. #24819

Fixes

    • fix loading shared worker scripts over custom protocol * fix crash when loading worker scripts with nodeIntegration enabled. #20625 (Also in 9, 10)
  • Added missing support for isComposing KeyboardEvent property. #23971 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
  • Added {stream:} option to registerSchemeAsPrivileged to enable custom protocols to stream video and audio. #22955
  • Enable NTLM v2 for POSIX platforms and added --disable-ntlm-v2 switch to disable it. #23846 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9, 10)
  • Fix: Allow windows behind macOS elements if "frame" is false. #23976 (Also in 9, 10)
  • Fix: remove unnecessary corner mask overriding to increase window resize performance. #24642 (Also in 9, 10)
  • Fixed "Paste and Match Style" shortcut on macOS to match OS's "Option-Shift-Command-V". #24153 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
  • Fixed "null path-to-app" in test-app when Electron's path contains spaces or special characters. #24214 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
  • Fixed GTK dark theme setting not respected in Electron on Linux. #23678 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9, 10)
  • Fixed chrome://accessibility access in Electron. #24437
  • Fixed chrome://media-internals and chrome://webrtc-internals pages not loading. #24010 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
  • Fixed powerMonitor not emitting suspend/resume events on some Windows machines. #25076 (Also in 10)
  • Fixed process.windowsStore returning undefined in AppX packages. #23785 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9, 10)
  • Fixed a 10.0.0-beta.1 issue that broke dark mode window titlebars on Linux. #25055 (Also in 10)
  • Fixed a bezeling issue on vibrant non-frameless BrowserWindows. #23779 (Also in 9, 10)
  • Fixed a crash in TouchBar for certain methods. #23936 (Also in 10)
  • Fixed a crash that could happen when using hookWindowMessage on Windows. #24716 (Also in 9, 10)
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when using in-memory sessions. #24964 (Also in 9, 10)
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when using the ipcRenderer module after blink had released the context. Instead, a JS exception will be thrown. #23917 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
  • Fixed a termination crash on Web Workers with Node.js integration enabled. #24436 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
  • Fixed an error when calling dialog.showCertificateTrustDialog with no BrowserWindow. #24091 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9, 10)
  • Fixed an intermittent high-CPU usage problem caused a system clock issue during sleep. #24394 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
  • Fixed an issue where VoiceOver was unable to navigate from the top-level window back into the web contents. #24655 (Also in 9, 10)
  • Fixed an issue where rmdir and rmdirSync work with original-fs in an asar context. #23890 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
  • Fixed an issue where shutdown would be emitted both on app and system shutdown on macOS. #24111 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
  • Fixed an issue where webContents.print() would sometimes hang with invalid settings. #24476 (Also in 9, 10)
  • Fixed an issue where window.location properties would throw an error for windows opened with window.open. #23776 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
  • Fixed an issue where withFileTypes was not supported as an option to fs.readdir or fs.readdirSync under asar. #24062 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
  • Fixed an issue where cpu and heap profiling in Node.js did not work properly with --cpu-prof, --heap-prof, and related CLI flags. #24528 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
  • Fixed an issue where errors were seen for nonexistent asar files. #24890
  • Fixed an issue where frameless modal windows with a vibrancy setting had bezeled corners. #24250 (Also in 9, 10)
  • Fixed an issue where macOS window vibrancy active state did not always match the active state of the window. #24471 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
  • Fixed an issue where many uses of the Node.js assert module would throw in both the browser and renderer processes. #24579
  • Fixed an issue where notifications with a reply button could potentially be destroyed too early when a user clicked on the notification body before replying. #25086 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
  • Fixed an issue where some Node.js methods would not work with URL instances constructed in the renderer process. #24831 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
  • Fixed an issue where some apps might be rejected from the Mac App Store owing to a private font-related API added in Chromium. #25117 (Also in 10)
  • Fixed an issue where some old notifications were not properly removed from the Notification Center on macOS. #24302 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
  • Fixed an issue where suspend/resume were emitted twice on macOS. #24818 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
  • Fixed an issue where the 'about' role had on effect on Windows menus. #23687 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9, 10)
  • Fixed an issue where the Save button did not function in PDF previews. #24946 (Also in 9, 10)
  • Fixed an issue which would cause streaming protocol responses to stall in some cases. #24022 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
  • Fixed an issue with click events not being emitted on macOS for Trays with context menus set. #24200 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
  • Fixed an issue with volume-related globalShortcut registration. #23782 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
  • Fixed an occasional menu crash on macOS Catalina when menu is closing. #23778 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
  • Fixed broken --trace-sync-io flag in Node.js. #24529 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
  • Fixed broken toolbar text in the PDF viewer. #24913 (Also in 10)
  • Fixed bug on macOS where the main window could be targeted for a focus event when it was disabled behind a modal. #24286 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
  • Fixed clipboard.readBuffer returning incorrect value. #24454 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
  • Fixed crash that could occur when passing a non-absolute path to session.loadExtension. #25068 (Also in 10)
  • Fixed crash when navigating between origins in a child window with nativeWindowOpen and contextIsolation enabled. #23684 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
  • Fixed crash when navigating from a page with webview that has inherited zoom level. #24757 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
  • Fixed crash when opening offscreen transparent windows with gpu acceleration off. #24390
  • Fixed crash when using client certificate. #24868 (Also in 10)
  • Fixed delayed execution of some Node.js callbacks in the main process. #24131 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
  • Fixed disabling color correct rendering with --disable-color-correct-rendering. #23787 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
  • Fixed executeJavaScriptInIsolatedWorld not respecting hasUserGesture argument. #24396
  • Fixed frameless window's size being changed when restored from minimized state. #25014 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
  • Fixed inactive windows having active titlebar on Windows. #24847 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
  • Fixed intercepted protocols not raising Redirect information back to Chromium. #23742 (Also in 7.3)
  • Fixed issued where voice over would not read words as you typed them. #24801 (Also in 10)
  • Fixed media keys working unilaterally when registered with globalShortcut. #24145
  • Fixed missing guid parameter in Linux crash reports. #24881 (Also in 9, 10)
  • Fixed no session in webContents of type remote. #23989 (Also in 9, 10)
  • Fixed node's TLS stack not allowing renegotiation. #25022 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
  • Fixed potentially invalid duplex mode settings on Linux. #24489 (Also in 9, 10)
  • Fixed serialization of nativeImages over remote when moving from the main process to the renderer process. #23759 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9, 10)
  • Fixed the acceptLanguages argument being ignored in session.setUserAgent(). #23944 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9, 10)
  • Fixed tray menu on Windows not keyboard navigable. #23843 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
  • Fixed tray menu showing in taskbar on Windows. #24097 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
  • Fixed undefined symbol error when loading native modules that uses uv_dlopen. #24659
  • Fixed window size being changed after unmaximizing. #25051 (Also in 9, 10)
  • Fixed window titlebar not responding to pen on Windows 10. #24042 (Also in 7.3, 8, 9, 10)
  • Fixed: On some Windows machines, especially Windows Insider builds, Electron would crash silently during startup. #24030 (Also in 9, 10)
  • Increased maximum length for crash keys from 127B to 20KB. #24782 (Also in 9, 10)
  • None. #24240 (Also in 9)
  • None. #25112
  • Protocol response streams are now destroyed if the request is aborted. #24014 (Also in 9, 10)
  • Resolve app-scoped bookmarks without mounting network drives. #24708
  • Restored old implementation of Linux Tray icons to fix a collection of issues where the tray icon wouldn't appear, would be the wrong size or would randomly disappear. #23674 (Also in 8, 9, 10)
  • Save crash reports locally when uploadToServer: false on linux. #24778 (Also in 9, 10)
  • The element highlighter in devtools works again. #24921 (Also in 10)
  • shell.showItemInFolder uses the FileManager DBUS API on Linux, only falling back to xdg-open if that fails. #25087

Other Changes

  • Added V8 crash message and location information to crashReport parameters. #24771 (Also in 10)
  • Added new experimental apple silicon (darwin arm64) builds. #24545
  • Deprecated the default of contextIsolation, it will change from false to true in a future Electron release. #23507
  • Fixed an issue with a consistent unwanted exception appearing during a debugging session with the VSCode debugger. #24191
  • Fixed mac app store rejection notice for invalid symbolic link in bundle. #23831
  • Fixed mac app store rejection notice for invalid symbolic link in bundle. #24158 (Also in 9, 10)
  • Improved the default REPL experience when running Electron with the --interactive flag. #24204
  • Improved the performance of sending JS primitives over the context bridge. #24531 (Also in 9, 10)
  • Improved the performance of sending wide objects over the context bridge. #24671
  • None. #24987
  • Removed experimental APIs: BrowserView.{fromId, fromWebContents, getAllViews} and the id property of BrowserView. #23578
  • Updated Node.js to v12.18.3. #24707

Documentation

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  • Fixed issues with CORS when making requests from extensions. #24483 (Also in 9, 10)
  • Fixed not working WebSQLDatabase in extension background pages. #24798 (Also in 9, 10)