Electron Releases

Electron v36.0.0

npm
npm install --save-dev electron@36.0.0
yarn
yarn add --dev electron@36.0.0
Google ChromeChromium
136.0.7103.48
Node.jsNode.js
22.14.0
V8V8
13.6.233.8

Release Notes

Stack Upgrades

Breaking Changes

  • Deprecated NativeImage.getBitmap() and fixed incorrect documentation. #46736

  • Fixed an issue where badly formatted switches could cause crashes in app.commandLine functions. #46446 (Also in 35)

  • Moved Session extension APIs to Session.extensions. #45597

  • The deprecated systemPreferences.isAeroGlassEnabled() API has been removed. #45563

  • Updated Chromium to 135.0.7015.0 refactor: remove status, isDefault properties from PrinterInfo in 5b65cc7 #45500

  • Updated Chromium to 135.0.7047.0 docs: call out breaking change for GTK 4 default on GNOME in 02353aa #45859

  • Updated Chromium to 136.0.7054.0. Removed ses.clearDataStorage({ quota: 'syncable' }) in c180524 #45923

Features

Additions

  • Added BrowserWindow.isSnapped() to indicate whether a given window has been arranged via Snap. #46226

  • Added ServiceWorkerMain class to interact with service workers in the main process.

    • Added fromVersionID on ServiceWorkers to get an instance of ServiceWorkerMain.

    • Added running-status-changed event on ServiceWorkers to indicate when a service worker's running status has changed.

    • Added startWorkerForScope on ServiceWorkers to start a worker that may have been previously stopped. #45232 (Also in 35)

  • Added WebContents.focusedFrame to get the focused frame.

    • Fixed WebContents.opener to specify potential null type. #45667

  • Added contextBridge.executeInMainWorld to safely execute code across world boundaries. #45229 (Also in 35)

  • Added ffmpeg.dll to delay load configuration. #46173 (Also in 34, 35)

  • Added nativeTheme.shouldUseDarkColorsForSystemIntegratedUI to distinguish system and app theme. #46598 (Also in 35)

  • Added view.getVisible(). #44999 (Also in 34, 35)

  • Added webContents.navigationHistory.restore(index, entries) API that allows restoration of navigation history. #45433 (Also in 34, 35)

  • Added excludeUrls to webRequest filter and deprecated the use of empty arrays in urls property. #44692 (Also in 35)

  • Added permission support for document.executeCommand("paste"). #45377 (Also in 33, 34, 35)

  • Added support for Autofill, Writing Tools and Services macOS level menu items in context menus via the new frame option in menu.popup. #46350

  • Added support for roundedCorners BrowserWindow constructor option on Windows. #45594 (Also in 34, 35)

  • Added support for system-context-menu on Linux. #46399

  • Added support for service worker preload scripts. #44411 (Also in 35)

  • Redesigned preload script APIs by introducing registerPreloadScript, unregisterPreloadScript, getPreloadScripts on Session.

    • Deprecated getPreloads and setPreloads on Session. #45230 (Also in 35)

  • Removed 240 FPS limit when use shared texture OSR. #45669 (Also in 35)

  • Support Portal's globalShortcuts. Electron must be run with --enable-features=GlobalShortcutsPortal in order to have the feature working. #45171 (Also in 35)

Improvements

  • Improved ASAR integrity checks on Windows. #46537

  • Improved performance of desktopCapturer.getSources when not requesting thumbnails on macOS. #46251 (Also in 34, 35)

Removed/Deprecated

  • The systemPreferences.isAeroGlassEnabled() API has been deprecated and will be removed without replacement. #45434 (Also in 35)

Fixes

  • Fix: osr stutter fix backport for electron. #46709

  • Fixed getNativeWindowHandle() crash that affected 36 betas on macOS. #46750

  • Fixed a possible crash in shell.readShortcutLink. #46324

  • Fixed an issue where the backgroundMaterial feature did not work in a frameless window on initial window creation. #46792

  • Fixed an issue where context menu actions such as copy/paste did not correctly fire when a frame was not passed in. #46619

Also in earlier versions...

  • Addressed two possible crashes in the File System Access API. #45233 (Also in 34, 35)

  • Backported fix for a upstream bug that cause Offscreen Rendering to stutter. #45572 (Also in 32, 33, 34, 35)

  • Fix: don't copy 'package.json's out of ASAR file. #46477 (Also in 35)

  • Fixed ElectronAccessibilityUI bug. #46590 (Also in 33, 34, 35)

  • Fixed Minimize menu button to follow set window minimizability on Windows. #46714 (Also in 34, 35)

  • Fixed NODE_OPTIONS parsing for child processes on macOS. #46243 (Also in 34, 35)

  • Fixed WebFrameMain crash related to accessing speculative frames that have been destroyed. #45609 (Also in 33, 34, 35)

  • Fixed electron.shell.openExternal and electron.shell.openPath to honor user-defined system defaults on Linux. #46788 (Also in 33, 34, 35)

  • Fixed v8.setHeapSnapshotNearHeapLimit api in main and utility process, along with support for --diagnostic-dir Node.js cli flag to specify the directory to save the heap snapshots. #45606 (Also in 33, 34, 35)

  • Fixed webContents.print() after switch to OOP printing on macOS and Linux. #45266 (Also in 35)

  • Fixed a bug that could cause some maximized windows on Linux to report an incorrect window state. #46463 (Also in 34, 35)

  • Fixed a bug where the default path didn't always correctly fill the Name field in KDialogs on Linux. #45402 (Also in 34, 35)

  • Fixed a crash seen on Linux when calling webContents.print(). #46146 (Also in 35)

  • Fixed a crash that could occur in OSR on window close. #45573 (Also in 34, 35)

  • Fixed a crash that could occur when dragging and dropping files into the browser. #46312 (Also in 35)

  • Fixed a crash when calling shell.readShortcutLink caused by PKEY_AppUserModel_ToastActivatorCLSID sometimes being represented by a string uuid. #45195 (Also in 33, 34, 35)

  • Fixed a possible BrowserWindow crash caused by closing a parent window with focus or blur events. #46580 (Also in 34, 35)

  • Fixed a possible crash using Node.js on some arm32 devices. #46460 (Also in 35)

  • Fixed a possible crash when using navigator.bluetooth.requestDevice and the select-bluetooth-device event. #46782 (Also in 34, 35)

  • Fixed a potential crash in chrome.tabs.update(). #45276 (Also in 33, 34, 35)

  • Fixed a potential crash in parentPort. #46496 (Also in 34, 35)

  • Fixed a potential crash in utilityProcess.postMessage when calling with an invalid transferable. #46667 (Also in 35)

  • Fixed a potential crash when calling legacy getUserMedia with an invalid chromeMediaSourceId. #45733 (Also in 34, 35)

  • Fixed a potential crash when closing a window with child windows. #46773 (Also in 34, 35)

  • Fixed a potential issues permissions in the Pointer Lock API after focus loss and regain. #45574 (Also in 34, 35)

  • Fixed an error when calling window.emit('close') after toggling fullscreen mode. #46621 (Also in 35)

  • Fixed an inverted conditional in the above PR that caused broken window borders in some circumstances on Wayland. #46642 (Also in 33, 34, 35)

  • Fixed an issue where Electron could fail to load on some older Linux distributions. #45984 (Also in 34, 35)

  • Fixed an issue where Node.js OOM errors terminate the process directly without raising an OOM exception. #45912 (Also in 35)

  • Fixed an issue where RTL tooltips could be incorrect when using WCO on Windows. #45405 (Also in 33, 34, 35)

  • Fixed an issue where Web Workers crashed on unhandled rejections. #46021 (Also in 34, 35)

  • Fixed an issue where Windows Control Overlay didn't work with some window configurations. #45422 (Also in 33, 34, 35)

  • Fixed an issue where context-menu event weren't emitted as expected on Windows in draggable regions. #46032 (Also in 34, 35)

  • Fixed an issue where contextmenu events wouldn't be correctly dispatched in draggable regions on Linux. #45813 (Also in 34, 35)

  • Fixed an issue where navigationHistory.restore() failed to restore the userAgent if it was overridden. #46299 (Also in 34, 35)

  • Fixed an issue where setContentProtection(true) was reverted when a given window was hidden. #45868 (Also in 34, 35)

  • Fixed an issue where system-context-menu incorrectly fired for all regions in frameless windows. #46002 (Also in 33, 34, 35)

  • Fixed an issue where webContents.printToPDF() didn't work as expected with cross-process subframes. #46259 (Also in 34, 35)

  • Fixed an issue where calling UtilityProcess.fork prior to the app ready event would cause a crash. #46404 (Also in 34, 35)

  • Fixed an issue where drag-dropping two directories would cause getAsFileSystemHandle to never resolve. #45234 (Also in 33, 34, 35)

  • Fixed an issue where packages could be mistakenly not found in asar. #46023 (Also in 35)

  • Fixed an issue where print scaling could be too small during silent print. #45218 (Also in 34, 35)

  • Fixed an issue where printing from the renderer process crashes the main process when no printers are installed in the system or there's not a default printer. #46617 (Also in 34, 35)

  • Fixed an issue where selection of multiple directories with the dialog module didn't work on Linux. #45373 (Also in 34, 35)

  • Fixed an issue where snapped windows in Windows may sometimes be improperly restored. #46041 (Also in 33, 34, 35)

  • Fixed an issue where the renderer process crashed when loading about:blank in subframes. #45694 (Also in 35)

  • Fixed an issue where the resizing border didn't work as expected on Wayland windows. #46225 (Also in 33, 34, 35)

  • Fixed an issue where windows on Windows with backgroundMaterial lost effect on maximization. #45456 (Also in 34, 35)

  • Fixed an issue with --inspect-brk failing in packaged apps. #46584 (Also in 35)

  • Fixed an issue with the assert Node.js module in the renderer process. #46561 (Also in 35)

  • Fixed an issue with token formatting for tokens received after calling pushNotifications.registerForAPNSNotifications(). #46149 (Also in 34, 35)

  • Fixed broken OOP window.print() on macOS/Linux. #45214 (Also in 35)

  • Fixed build error with enable_electron_extensions=false. #46842 (Also in 34, 35)

  • Fixed build failure when building with printing disabled. #46284 (Also in 34, 35)

  • Fixed case where file dialog filters would get mixed up, if a * filter was included. #46722 (Also in 34, 35)

  • Fixed crash in gin::wrappable::secondweakcallback. #45368 (Also in 33, 34, 35)

  • Fixed crash on Linux when PipeWire screenshare source selection is cancelled. #46235 (Also in 35)

  • Fixed crash on application exit with pending app.getGPUInfo promise. #46471 (Also in 34, 35)

  • Fixed crash on reconversion with google IME and editcontext on macOS. #46699 (Also in 34, 35)

  • Fixed crash on startup with asan build on macOS. #45541 (Also in 33, 34, 35)

  • Fixed crash when accessing WebFrameMain frames and name attributes on destroyed frames. #45487 (Also in 33, 34, 35)

  • Fixed crash when renderer process crashes while webview is reloading. #46768 (Also in 34, 35)

  • Fixed crash with out-of-bounds string read when parsing NODE_OPTIONS. #46247 (Also in 34, 35)

  • Fixed displaying content on macOS when using BaseWindow.showInactive. #45427 (Also in 35)

  • Fixed documentation to mark Window.autoHideMenuBar as supported on Linux and Windows. #46830 (Also in 34, 35)

  • Fixed drag and drop icons not showing on Windows. #45767 (Also in 34, 35)

  • Fixed file preview window reappearing when calling win.closeFilePreview twice on macOS. #45319 (Also in 32, 33, 34, 35)

  • Fixed flickering and ghosting artifacts in transparent windows on macOS. #46393 (Also in 35)

  • Fixed incorrect titlebar in file save dialogs. #46077 (Also in 33, 34, 35)

  • Fixed invalid memory access in pdf viewer which lead to random crashes. #45389 (Also in 33, 34, 35)

  • Fixed memory leak in AutofillPopupView. #46412 (Also in 34, 35)

  • Fixed several paint and white flash issues on macOS. #46629 (Also in 35)

  • Fixed spellcheck suggestions not correctly populating on Windows. #45712 (Also in 35)

  • Fixed the border style of windows with vibrancy on macOS. #46771 (Also in 35)

  • Fixed the issue where maximizing and restoring the window does not respect the corner radius settings, and the corner radius is incorrect in fullscreen mode. #46848 (Also in 35)

  • Fixed the issue where rounded corners disappear momentarily when closing on Windows 11. #46407 (Also in 35)

  • Fixed the path for a needed library used for mksnapshot. #45488 (Also in 32, 33, 34, 35)

  • Fixed title changes to not occur while navigating within a page. #46036 (Also in 34, 35)

  • Fixed web worker scripts failing to load for chrome extensions. #45698 (Also in 32, 33, 34, 35)

  • Improved webContents loading time when resolving fonts for uncommon scripts. #45919 (Also in 34, 35)

  • Microtasks are no longer (incorrectly) run by serializing values, including when sending IPC. #46682 (Also in 34, 35)

  • Optimized webFrame.getZoomLevel and webFrame.getZoomFactor APIs. #45499 (Also in 35)

  • Re-enables the MacWebContentsOcclusion feature flag for Mac, with plans to make it enabled by default in a future release. #45775 (Also in 35)

  • Reverts a change that greyed out disabled menu items on macOS (https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/46307). #46523 (Also in 34, 35)

  • When a menu item on macOS is disabled (enabled = false), it is now greyed out. #46342 (Also in 34, 35)

Other Changes

  • Added NSPrefersDisplaySafeAreaCompatibilityMode = false to Info.plist to remove "Scale to fit below built-in camera." from app options. #45318 (Also in 33, 34, 35)

  • Added more helpful logging if Node.js fails to initialize. #45286 (Also in 35)

  • Backported fix for 387258077,383070811. #45495

  • Backported fix for 401059730. #45937

  • Backported fix for 401059730. #45942

Documentation

Notices

End of Support for 33.x.y

Electron 33.x.y has reached end-of-support as per the project's support policy. Developers and applications are encouraged to upgrade to a newer version of Electron.