Electron v45.2.0

Latest Stable
Released Oct 30, 2026Today
npm
npm install --save-dev electron@45.2.0
yarn
yarn add --dev electron@45.2.0
Google ChromeChromium
156.0.8078.49
Node.jsNode.js
24.22.1
V8V8
15.6.75.19

Release Notes

Features

  • Added Menu.setHighlightColors() to set menu highlight colors on Windows. #55493 (Also in 46)

  • Added support for chrome.storage.sync in extensions. It behaves as a second local storage area with Chrome's sync quotas; there is no cross-device sync. #55253

Fixes

  • Fixed DevTools "Save" prompting for a location every time instead of reusing the previously chosen file. #55485

    • Fixed DevTools "Save As" using the old file and Linux cancels treated as saved.

  • Fixed fractional opacity being truncated in window.open feature strings. #55499 (Also in 46)

  • Fixed webContents.adjustSelection() ignoring the end option. #55462 (Also in 44, 46)

Performance Improvements

  • Improved performance of net.fetch() requests without a body. #55446 (Also in 43, 44, 46)

  • Improved performance of repeated net.fetch() calls for file: URLs. #55459 (Also in 44, 46)

Other Changes

  • Backported fixes from upstream Chromium, Dawn, Skia and V8. #55491