Release Notes for v9.0.0-beta.5

Note: This is a beta release. Please file new issues for any bugs you find in it.

This release is published to npm under the beta tag and can be installed via npm install electron@beta, or npm i electron@9.0.0-beta.5.

Fixes

• Fixed session.setSpellCheckerDictionaryDownloadURL to append the dictionary name at the end of requests instead of requesting the same URL for all dictionaries. #22385
• Fixed webRequest not working for CORS requests. #22468
• Fixed an occasional segfault with modal windows being closed or destroyed. #22445
• Fixed issue where dictionary files for the spellchecker would be downloaded to the app install directory instead of the user data directory. #22447
• MacOS VoiceOver is now able to find its way back into web contents after it navigated "out" of an application. #22469

Release Notes for v9.0.0-beta.4

Note: This is a beta release. Please file new issues for any bugs you find in it.

This release is published to npm under the beta tag and can be installed via npm install electron@beta, or npm i electron@9.0.0-beta.4.

Breaking Changes

• Changed the default value of app.allowRendererProcessReuse to true, this will prevent loading of non-context-aware native modules in renderer processes. See #18397 for more information on this change. #22401

Features

• Added session.serviceWorkerContext API to access basic service worker info and receive console logs from service workers. #22313

Fixes

• Backported V8 patch to fix bug in type inference. #22426
• Fixed an issue with safeDialog preferences not being passed properly. #22378