Release Notes for v1.8.2-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@1.8.2-beta.5.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed devtools crash. #11673
• [SECURITY] Fixed case-sensitive command line arguments.

Windows

• Fixed issue using disableHardwareAcceleration and transparency. #11710

Other changes

• Added mips64el build.

Release Notes for v1.8.2-beta.4

Bug Fixes

• Backport various upstream libcc bugfixes. #11574
• Fix crash when using crypto module. #11457
• Fix debugger breakpoint regression. #11430
• Fix spellchecking in subframes. #11489
• Fix menu.popup bugs.
• Fix shift not showing in menu for certain accelerators. #11597
• Explicitly hide tooltip on window deactivation. #11629

Windows

• [SECURITY] Fixed protocol handler bug. CVE-2018-1000006

Other changes

• Allow disabling desktop capture throttling. #11692

Windows

• Enable Control Flow Guard on Windows builds