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Release Notes for v17.0.0-alpha.1

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

This release is published to npm under the alpha tag and can be installed via npm install electron@alpha, or npm install electron@17.0.0-alpha.1.

Features

  • Added WebHID support. #30213 (Also in 15, 16)
  • Added commandLine.removeSwitch to allow apps to remove command line switches from Chromiums internal command line representation. #30933 (Also in 15, 16)
  • Added textWidth option to dialog.showMessageBox() / dialog.showMessageBoxSync(). #30474 (Also in 15, 16)
  • Added webContents.getMediaSourceId(), can be used with getUserMedia to get a stream for a WebContents. #31204
  • Added new data parameter to app.requestSingleInstanceLock(). #30891 (Also in 16)
  • Added warning when ipcRenderer.sendSync() is called with no listeners for channel on ipcMain. #31344 (Also in 13, 14, 15, 16)
  • Began passing securityOrigin in details for permission request handlers for media requests in addition to permission check handlers. #31357 (Also in 13, 14, 15, 16)
  • Deprecates webContents.getPrinters() and introduces webContents.getPrintersAsync(). #31023
  • desktopCapturer.getSources is now only available in the main process. #30720

Fixes

  • Changed WebHID to use disable-hid-blocklist flag to enable FIDO devices. #31626 (Also in 15, 16)
  • Enables support for navigator.keyboard.lock(). #31572 (Also in 16)
  • Fixed "Failed to serialize arguments" error when emitting 'context-menu' event for webview. #31259 (Also in 15, 16)
  • Fixed Let's Encrypt DST Root CA X3 certificate expiration. #31213 (Also in 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
  • Fixed <webview> background transparency regression. #31722 (Also in 16)
  • Fixed BrowserView.setBackgroundColor() not working correctly. #31746 (Also in 14, 15, 16)
  • Fixed clipboard.writeBuffer(), clipboard.readBuffer() and clipboard.read()'s ability to manipulate platform-specific clipboard formats. #31116 (Also in 15, 16)
  • Fixed a JavaScript exception from webContents if render frame was disposed in WebFrameMain, resets the value of render_frame_disposed_ after updating render frame host. #31401 (Also in 14, 15, 16)
  • Fixed a crash when a BrowserWindow is closed subsequent to its webContents being destroyed. #31620 (Also in 14, 15, 16)
  • Fixed a potential crash when setting nativeTheme.themeSource on macOS. #31329 (Also in 14, 15, 16)
  • Fixed a tracing agent-related crash when initializing Node.js in service workers. #31459 (Also in 14, 15, 16)
  • Fixed an issue where BrowserView dragging behavior was inconsistent with MacOS window dragging. #31114 (Also in 13, 14, 15, 16)
  • Fixed an issue where BrowserView may sometimes crash on browserView.webContents.destroy(). #31796 (Also in 14, 15, 16)
  • Fixed an issue where BrowserViews crashed if view.webContents.destroy() is called after loading a URL. #31794 (Also in 14, 15, 16)
  • Fixed an issue where Content-Disposition filenames would be incorrectly truncated at the first comma for a filename attachment which contained one. #31669 (Also in 13, 14, 15, 16)
  • Fixed an issue where MediaMetadata did not work properly. #31492 (Also in 13, 14, 15, 16)
  • Fixed an issue where app.getPath('crashDumps') returned an incorrect path for Linux. #31668 (Also in 15, 16)
  • Fixed an issue where clipboard.read() could cause crashes with custom clipboard formats. #31566 (Also in 15, 16)
  • Fixed an issue where button labels in file choosers were improperly localized on Linux. #30888 (Also in 14, 15, 16)
  • Fixed an issue where changes to draggable regions in a BrowserWindow incorrectly affected those in an attached BrowserView. #31085 (Also in 13, 14, 15, 16)
  • Fixed an issue where out-of-focus BrowserViews could not be immediately dragged. #31062 (Also in 13, 14, 15, 16)
  • Fixed an issue where playing media would open Accessibility permissions dialog on macOS. #31805 (Also in 15, 16)
  • Fixed an issue where some calls to crypto.createPrivateKey made with algorithms unsupported by BoringSSL cause a crash when invoking methods on their return values. #31087 (Also in 15, 16)
  • Fixed an issue where transparency was not always set correctly on webContents. #31685 (Also in 16)
  • Fixed an issue where windows with vibrancy types set on them would incorrectly have a white instead of transparent background. #31493 (Also in 16)
  • Fixed an issue which caused print settings to not work properly when printing silently. #31489 (Also in 13, 14, 15, 16)
  • Fixed an potential crash in WebContents::MessageTo when a render frame has been destroyed. #31289 (Also in 13, 14, 15, 16)
  • Fixed behaviour on posix when passing lists into app.requestSingleInstanceLock(additionalData) API. #31661 (Also in 16)
  • Fixed black border around the page after resizing is disabled. #31021 (Also in 13, 14, 15, 16)
  • Fixed black window when screen capturing a content-protected BrowserWindow on Windows 10. #31340 (Also in 13, 14, 15, 16)
  • Fixed clipboard.read to once again work like clipboard.readBuffer. #31623 (Also in 15, 16)
  • Fixed crash caused by GetHostNameW on Windows 7. #31804 (Also in 16)
  • Fixed crash caused by double free when destroying WebContents. #31104 (Also in 14, 15, 16)
  • Fixed crash in GTK open dialog when trying to preview huge image files. #31799 (Also in 14, 15, 16)
  • Fixed crash in v8 due to (Check failed: !regexp_stack_->is_in_use()). #31102 (Also in 13, 14, 15, 16)
  • Fixed crash when changing zoom level for webview. #31350 (Also in 14, 15, 16)
  • Fixed crash when using singleton api with packaged apps on macOS. #31608 (Also in 16)
  • Fixed crash when using sync dialog APIs immediately after async dialog APIs. #31606 (Also in 15, 16)
  • Fixed default label text in GTK dialogs. #31798 (Also in 14, 15, 16)
  • Fixed default setting used when setting an insecure cookie on a secure site. #31800 (Also in 16)
  • Fixed event with invalid timestamp in trace log. #31349 (Also in 14, 15, 16)
  • Fixed issue where non-resizable frameless windows aren't draggable. #30925 (Also in 13, 14, 15, 16)
  • Fixed possible 'Object has been destroyed' error when calling window.open with a frame name and using setWindowOpenHandler. #31208 (Also in 14, 15, 16)
  • Fixed window frame glitch when calling setContentProtection. #31768 (Also in 13, 14, 15, 16)
  • Generate valid config.gypi file in Node.js headers. #31404 (Also in 14, 15, 16)
  • Having a secure CSP will no longer cause a CSP violation warning to appear in console. #30991 (Also in 16)
  • None. #31470 (Also in 15, 16)
  • None. #31757
  • Removes several Chromium private enterprise APIs from Mac Apple Store builds. #31482 (Also in 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
  • ~/.config/{App Name} will no longer be incorrectly deleted if it is a symlink on unix systems. #31777 (Also in 16)

Other Changes

  • Changed Web Serial to use ses.setDevicePermissionHandler to allow developers more control over Web Serial permissioning. #31181 (Also in 15, 16)
  • Updated Chromium to 96.0.4664.4. #31317 (Also in 16)
  • Updated Node.js to v16.13.0. #31607
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