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Release Notes for v8.0.0-beta.9

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@8.0.0-beta.9.

Fixes

  • Added name of module to context-aware deprecation warning (#18397). #21958
  • Fixed build issue where ChromeDriver would fail to start. #21966
  • Fixed compilation error for native modules building with VS 2015. #21960

Release Notes for v8.0.0-beta.8

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@8.0.0-beta.8.

Fixes

  • Fixed Linux desktop tray icon size regression introduced in the 8.0 betas. #21936
  • Fixed BrowserWindow.setFocusable(true) not working on Windows. #21854
  • Fixed Tray.setContextMenu not updating the menu on Linux. #21902
  • Fixed a crash in webContents.print() caused by infinite recursion. #21905
  • Fixed an edge case in checkbox logic on Windows. #21861
  • Fixed an issue where window.print() only worked once on a single BrowserWindow. #21908
  • Fixed an issue where sites using ShadowDOMV0, CustomElementsV0, or HTMLImports would not load properly. #21866
  • Fixed an issue where the credits set in About Panel credits were not dark mode aware on macOS. #21926
  • Fixed crash when doing redirect navigation with webRequest listener. #21841
  • Fixed crash when restoring minimized hidden window on Windows. #21821
  • Fixed error thrown when importing powerMonitor on Linux before app's 'ready' event. #21942
  • Fixed native module size increase on windows, follow up fix to https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/20614. #21947

Other Changes

  • Fixed potential hang when sending synchronous IPC messages on process shutdown. #21948
  • Updated Chromium to 80.0.3987.75. #21932

Documentation

  • Documentation changes: #21874