Electron Releases

Electron v45.0.0-alpha.14

Latest Pre Release
Released Oct 1, 2026Today
npm
npm install --save-dev electron@45.0.0-alpha.14
yarn
yarn add --dev electron@45.0.0-alpha.14
Google ChromeChromium
156.0.8077.0
Node.jsNode.js
24.21.0
V8V8
15.6.69

Release Notes

Features

  • Added the experimental protocol.registerSource() to serve a custom scheme from directories on disk without a JavaScript handler. #54521 (Also in 44)

Fixes

  • Fixed a potential crash during application shutdown. #54526

  • Fixed a potential crash when cleaning up download items. #54517

  • Fixed a potential crash when closing detached DevTools. #54538

  • Fixed an issue where crashReporter.setUploadToServer() had no effect after crashReporter.start() was called. #54519 (Also in 44)

  • Fixed webview.findInPage() hanging when the host page also has an iframe. #54585 (Also in 43, 44)

Performance Improvements

  • Improved cold-launch time on macOS by prefetching Electron's framework files. #54528

Other Changes

  • Updated Chromium to 156.0.8077.0. #54557

Documentation

  • Documentation changes: #54588