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Release Notes for v17.0.1

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where frameless windows on Windows would incorrectly show a small frame during the loading process. #32707 (Also in 14, 15, 16, 18)
  • Fixed effect when hovering over window controls on Windows in a WCO-enabled window. #32719 (Also in 14, 15, 16, 18)
  • Fixed possible race conditions between frame state and electron ipc. #32815

Other Changes

  • Updated Chromium to 98.0.4758.82. #32832
 v17.0.1 on GitHub
 2022-02-15 (797 days ago) 98.0.4758.82 16.13.0

Release Notes for v17.0.0

Stack Upgrades

Breaking Changes

  • desktopCapturer.getSources is now only available in the main process. #30720

Features

Additions

  • 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 missing info to in-app purchase's transaction and product structures. #32602
  • 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)
  • Support obsolete blowfish ciphers bf-{cbc,cfb,ecb} through the Node.js crypto API. #32439

Removed/Deprecated

  • Deprecates webContents.getPrinters() and introduces webContents.getPrintersAsync(). #31023

Fixes

  • Fixed maxWidth not working in BrowserWindow constructor options. #32637
  • Fixed VoiceOver not reading typed words correctly in MAS builds. #32567
  • Fixed a crash when starting VoiceOver on macOS. #32578
  • Fixed a potential crash in v8 by using allocation type: kOld in v8 ScriptOrModule legacy lifetime. #32355
  • Fixed an issue where calling screen capture on macOS does not properly release underlying OS capture mechanisms. #32464
  • Fixed issue where not all serial devices were exposed to the handler specified by session.setDevicePermissionHandler. #32685
  • Fixed an issue with transparent windows failing to fire the maximize and unmaximize events on Windows. #32690
  • Fixed draggable regions not updating unless a relayout occurs. #32638

Also in earlier versions....

  • Allowed specifying x64 arch on Mac Rosetta via npm_config_arch. #32382 (Also in 15, 16)
  • Assertion failure happening in the showSaveDialogSync() code path has been fixed. (Fixes #31997). #32083 (Also in 14, 15, 16)
  • Bug fixed for registering protocol in windows which used to set invalid command if the execution path included space. #32329 (Also in 14, 15, 16)
  • 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 16)
  • Fixed clipboard.writeBuffer(), clipboard.readBuffer() and clipboard.read()'s ability to manipulate platform-specific clipboard formats. #31116 (Also in 15, 16)
  • Fixed window.open not overriding parent's webPreferences. #32107 (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 caused by app.getLocaleCountryCode(). #32322 (Also in 15, 16)
  • Fixed a crash that occurred when user attempted to download an edited PDF. #32539 (Also in 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 importing media files or custom file types. #31884 (Also in 16)
  • Fixed a potential crash when setting nativeTheme.themeSource on macOS. #31329 (Also in 14, 15, 16)
  • Fixed a potential issue when setting backgroundColor on BrowserViews. #31948 (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 that the alert() dialog title is corrupted. #32469 (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 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 ipcRenderer.postMessage would throw errors when the transfer argument was not passed. #32459 (Also in 14, 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 frameless vibrant windows would not show transparency correctly on macOS. #32649 (Also in 16)
  • Fixed an issue where if backgroundColor was set to undefined, vibrancy failed to work and the backgroundColor would show up as white. #32653 (Also in 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 the 'maximize' and 'unmaximize' events didn't fire properly on linux. #32492 (Also in 14, 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 aspect ratio resize for frameless windows on macOS. #32447 (Also in 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 console windows from ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE instances. #31972 (Also in 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 calling webContents.setZoomFactor(1.0). #32621 (Also in 13, 14, 15, 16)
  • Fixed crash when changing zoom level for webview. #31350 (Also in 14, 15, 16)
  • Fixed crash when playing media files on Windows 7/8 or macOS 10.11/10.12. #32214 (Also in 13, 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 incorrect skipTransformProcessType option parsing in win.setVisibleOnAllWorkspaces(). #32398 (Also in 13, 14, 15, 16)
  • Fixed issue where non-resizable frameless windows aren't draggable. #30925 (Also in 13, 14, 15, 16)
  • Fixed minimized BrowserWindow being restored by BrowserWindow.unmaximize(). #32496 (Also in 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 potential crash on Windows and Linux when using desktopCapturer.getSources. #32070 (Also in 16)
  • Fixed regression where console windows would open for execSync and some spawnSync calls for Windows users. #32378 (Also in 16)
  • Fixed respecting aspect ratio when maximum size is set on BrowserWindow. #31958 (Also in 14, 15, 16)
  • Fixed window frame glitch when calling setContentProtection. #31768 (Also in 14, 16)
  • Fixed windows with roundedCorners: false unable to be closed. #32612 (Also in 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)
  • Removes several Chromium private enterprise APIs from Mac Apple Store builds. #31482 (Also in 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
  • Strip symbols from crashpad_handler binary on Linux, reducing bundle size. #32549 (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)
  • ~/.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)

Documentation

  • Documentation changes

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 v17.0.0 on GitHub
 2022-02-01 (811 days ago) 98.0.4758.74 16.13.0