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Release Notes for v4.0.0-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@4.0.0-beta.5.

Bug Fixes/Changes

  • fix: correctly enable and disable windows on Windows and Linux (backport: 4-0-x). #15256

  • fix: enable NODE_OPTIONS env var. #15259

  • fix: Convert to lower case in upload symbols script (backport: 4-0-x). #15262

  • fix: make release-artifact-cleanup executable (backport: 4-0-x). #15273

  • chore: make macOS release builds higher priority to skip the queue. #15285

  • fix: trim app name and productName. #15287

  • test: asyncawaitify one of sandbox related tests. #15278

  • fix: loading of devtools extensions on startup (backport: 4-0-x). #15265

  • fix: convert wstring to string on windows in node_bindings. #15268

  • chore: roll node (backport: 4-0-x). #15260

  • spec: increase MAS timeout for login items. #15297

  • build: document env vars expected to be set for the CI configs (backport: 4-0-x). #15301

  • fix: ability to fetch separators by id. #15294

  • docs: we don't emit an event object for session-created. #15307

  • feat: security: add an option to disable the remote module. #15222

  • fix: correct reversed logic in NativeWindowMac::SetEnabled. #15325

Release Notes for v4.0.0-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@4.0.0-beta.4.

Bug Fixes/Changes

  • fix: natively implement LoginItem functions (backport: 4-0-x). #15127

  • chore: mark browserview api as not-experimental. #15134

  • ci: Fix timeout when generating breakpad symbols (backport: 4-0-x). #15136

  • split out login item tests. #15142

  • fix: Revert "fix: export zlib symbols (#15103)". #15141

  • fix: Memory > Profiles > Load in DevTools. #15156

  • fix: preserve background color through reload (backport: 4-0-x). #15162

  • fix: add microtask runner and fix promise test (backport: 4-0-x). #15171

  • fix: do not enable node integration in child window if not enabled. #15190

  • docs: deprecation warning for using nativeWindowOpen with nodeIntegration (4-0-x). #15193

  • add width to webview iframe. #15205

  • fix: don't call ReadRawDataComplete if it's not necessary. #15210

  • fix: small refactoring regressions (backport: 4-0-x). #15224

  • ci: make sure git directories don't have unneeded files in them. #15248

  • fix: allow renaming electron.exe (backport: 4-0-x). #15249