Electron Releases - v5.0.0-beta.2 

npm install electron@v5.0.0-beta.2
yarn add electron@v5.0.0-beta.2
Note: This is a beta release, this means it may be shipping with an unreleased version of Chromium.
Please file new issues for any bugs you find in it.
72.0.3626.52 12.0.0 7.2.502.19-electron.0

Release Notes

Generating release notes between v5.0.0-beta.1 and v5.0.0-beta.2 for version v5.0.0-beta.2

Features

  • Added ELECTRON_DISABLE_SANDBOX environment variable to make it easier to disable sandboxing in Docker-based Linux CI environments. #16662
  • Added Promise support for the Cookies API. #16702
  • Converted contentTracing.getCategories() to return a promise instead taking a callback. #16624
  • Converted contentTracing.startRecording() and contentTracing.stopRecording() to return a promise instead taking a callback. #16642

Fixes

  • Electron no longer forwards IPC filtering events to app for dev-tools and extensions. #16613
  • Fixed an issue where data streamed from registerStreamProtocol could be truncated before completion. #16553
  • Fixed and re-enabled osr after it was turned off following updates to Chromium 71/72. #16616
  • Fixed broken save dialog on macOS for <a> downloads. #16640
  • Fixed defunct processes after quitting. #16672
  • Fixed memory leak caused by webFrame.setSpellCheckProvider. #16525
  • Fixed session preload scripts not being executed in sandboxed renderers. #16578
  • Moved webFrame custom scheme APIs to browser process under protocol. #16625
  • Restored support for AES-CFB cipher, which was lost when switching from OpenSSL to BoringSSL. #16618
  • Restored support for RIPEMD160 digest, which was lost when switching from OpenSSL to BoringSSL. #16572

Documentation

  • Documentation changes: #16549, #16614, #16675