Electron Releases

Features

• Added support for chrome.storage.managed in extensions. It's read-only and will reject on writes. #55526 ^{(Also in 46)}

Fixes

• Fixed a crash when extensions access chrome.system.storage APIs. #55625 ^{(Also in 46)}

• Fixed a main process crash when a setPermissionRequestHandler callback answered a pointer or keyboard lock request after its <webview> was destroyed. #55676

• Fixed a possible hang on quit on macOS when using systemPreferences.subscribeLocalNotification, subscribeNotification, or subscribeWorkspaceNotification. #55680 ^{(Also in 44, 46)}

• Fixed hasShadow: false and focusable being ignored in macOS app shims. #55632 ^{(Also in 46)}

• Fixed incorrect display of hidden windows on Windows. #55630

• Fixed renderer crashes caused by unbounded webRequest redirect loops. #55656 ^{(Also in 43, 44, 46)}

• Fixed setIgnoreMouseEvents(true, { forward: true }) not tracking legacy windows when they are reparented. #55620 ^{(Also in 44, 46)}

• Fixed unhandled rejection and hang in net.fetch on upload stream error. #55691 ^{(Also in 44, 46)}

• Fixed win.setHasShadow() having no effect in macOS app shims. #55648

Other Changes

• Backported fixes from upstream Chromium, Dawn and V8. #55708

• Updated Chromium to 156.0.8078.96. #55703