Release Notes for v17.0.0-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 install electron@17.0.0-beta.5.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue that the alert() dialog title is corrupted. #32469 (Also in 14, 15, 16)
• Fixed an issue where ipcRenderer.postMessage would throw errors when the transfer argument was not passed. #32459 (Also in 14, 15, 16)
• Fixed an issue where calling screen capture on macOS does not properly release underlying OS capture mechanisms. #32464

Release Notes for v17.0.0-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 install electron@17.0.0-beta.4.

Fixes

• Fixed aspect ratio resize for frameless windows on macOS. #32447 (Also in 15, 16)
• The <webview> implementation was made more robust, it no longer breaks when will-attach-webview handler modifies the internal params.instanceId. #32430 (Also in 16)

Other Changes

• Updated Chromium to 98.0.4758.11. #32417

Documentation

• Documentation changes: #32449