Electron v44.6.0

Latest Stable
Released Oct 5, 2026Yesterday
npm
npm install --save-dev electron@44.6.0
yarn
yarn add --dev electron@44.6.0
Google ChromeChromium
152.0.7977.130
Node.jsNode.js
24.21.0
V8V8
15.2.124.28

Release Notes

Features

  • Added the experimental protocol.registerSource() to serve a custom scheme from directories on disk without a JavaScript handler. #54522 (Also in 45)

Fixes

  • Fixed a crash on launch on macOS when the system refused to register the app for sleep/wake notifications. #54596

  • Fixed a crash on navigator.usb.requestDevice() in in-memory sessions. #54616 (Also in 45)

  • Fixed webview.findInPage() hanging when the host page also has an iframe. #54586 (Also in 43, 45)

  • Updated time zone data to tzdata 2026d, including British Columbia's move to permanent UTC-7. #54623

Documentation

  • Documentation changes: #54589