Electron v40.8.5

npm
npm install --save-dev electron@40.8.5
yarn
yarn add --dev electron@40.8.5
Google ChromeChromium
144.0.7559.236
Node.jsNode.js
24.14.0
V8V8
14.4.258.32

Release Notes

Fixes

  • Fixed a bug where Windows notification icons could fail to save because their temporary filenames contained invalid characters. #50484 (Also in 41)

  • Fixed a crash in clipboard.readImage() when the clipboard contains malformed image data. #50491 (Also in 39, 41, 42)

  • Fixed a crash when calling an offscreen shared texture's release() after the texture object was garbage collected. #50500 (Also in 39, 41, 42)

  • Fixed an accessibility issue where the AXMenuOpened event was not fired on menu creation. #50505 (Also in 41, 42)

  • Fixed an issue where an app shortcut may lose its icon after auto-updating on Windows. #50518

Other Changes

  • Backported fix for chromium:475877320. #50438