v35.7.5: electron v35.7.5

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Fixes

• Fixed an issue where shell.openPath was not non-blocking as expected. #​48079 (Also in 36, 37, 38)

v35.7.4: electron v35.7.4

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• Fix ffmpeg generation on Windows non-x64

v35.7.2: electron v35.7.2

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Fixes

• Fixed an issue where printing PDFs with webContents.print({ silent: true }) would fail. #​47645 (Also in 36, 37)

v35.7.0: electron v35.7.0

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Other Changes

• Updated Node.js to v22.16.0. #​47213

v35.6.0: electron v35.6.0

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Release Notes for v35.6.0

Features

• Added support for --no-experimental-global-navigator flag. #​47416 (Also in 36, 37)
• Added support for customizing system accent color and highlighting of active window border. #​47539 (Also in 36, 37)

Fixes

• Fixed a potential crash using session.clearData in some circumstances. #​47410 (Also in 36, 37)
• Fixed an error when importing electron for the first time from an ESM module loaded by a CJS module in a packaged app. #​47344 (Also in 36, 37)
• Fixed an issue where calling Fetch.continueResponse via debugger with WebContentsView could cause a crash. #​47443 (Also in 36, 37)
• Fixed an issue where utility processes could leak file handles. #​47542 (Also in 36, 37)
• Partially fixes an issue with printing a PDF via webContents.print() where the callback would not be called. #​47399 (Also in 36, 37)

Other Changes

• Backported fix for 4206375. #​47369

v35.5.1: electron v35.5.1

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Fixes

• Fixed addChildView() crashes when adding a closed WebContentsView. #​47339
• Fixed crash in autoUpdater on macOS when zip extraction failed. #​47299 (Also in 34, 36, 37)
• Fixed crash when pausing in loops due to missing context when desugared. #​47286

Other Changes

• Security: backported fix for CVE-2025-5419. #​47354

v35.5.0: electron v35.5.0

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Release Notes for v35.5.0

Features

• Added innerWidth and innerHeight options for window.open. #​47045 (Also in 36, 37)
• Added sublabel functionality for menus on macOS >= 14.4. #​47041 (Also in 36, 37)
• Added support for screen.dipToScreenPoint(point) and screen.screenToDipPoint(point) on Linux X11. #​47124 (Also in 36, 37)
• Added support for node option --experimental-network-inspection. #​47029 (Also in 36, 37)

Fixes

• Fixed a possible crash in shell.readShortcutLink. #​47226 (Also in 36)
• Fixed an issue where protected transparent windows inappropriately showed a titlebar after visibility change. #​47265 (Also in 36, 37)
• Fixed an issue where the 'suspend' and 'resume' events could be emitted in duplicate. #​47190 (Also in 36, 37)
• Fixed an issue where the backgroundMaterial feature did not work in a frameless window on initial window creation. #​47236 (Also in 36)
• Fixed opening package paths as directory when treatPackageAsDirectory is enabled on macOS. #​47110 (Also in 36, 37)
• Fixed regression with directory selection in macOS dialogs. #​47276 (Also in 36, 37)

Other Changes

• Security: backported fix for 4033643. #​47069
• Security: backported fix for CVE-2025-4609.
  • Security: backported fix for CVE-2025-4664. #​47175
• Updated Node.js to v22.15.1. #​47102

v35.4.0: electron v35.4.0

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Features

• Added support for system-context-menu on Linux. #​46977 (Also in 36)

Fixes

• Fixed a possible crash using the WebView tag and calling focus. #​47035 (Also in 36, 37)
• Fixed an issue where the window flickers with either a light or dark color before loading the desired background color. #​47052 (Also in 36, 37)
• Fixed crash in xdg portal version detection on startup. #​47025 (Also in 36, 37)
• Restored previous window-hiding behavior of win.setContentProtected() on Windows. #​47034 (Also in 36, 37)

Other Changes

• Updated Node.js to v22.15.0. #​46740

v35.3.0: electron v35.3.0

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Fixes

• Fixed a crash that could occur when opening some dialogs as windows are closing on macOS. #​46953 (Also in 36, 37)
• Fixed an issue where transparent child windows on macOS were rendering a grey block as opposed to their correct contents. #​46889 (Also in 36, 37)
• Fixed display id validation errors on certain versions of windows 10. #​46873
• Fixed log files written to the current working directory on Windows. #​46911 (Also in 36, 37)
• Fixed xdg portal version detection for file dialogs on linux. #​46936 (Also in 36, 37)

Other Changes

• Added support for --js-flags=--perf-prof on macOS. #​46877 (Also in 36)

v35.2.2: electron v35.2.2

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Fixes

• Fixed electron.shell.openExternal and electron.shell.openPath to honor user-defined system defaults on Linux. #​46789 (Also in 33, 34, 36)
• Fixed a possible crash when using navigator.bluetooth.requestDevice and the select-bluetooth-device event. #​46784 (Also in 34, 36)
• Fixed a potential crash when closing a window with child windows. #​46774 (Also in 34, 36)
• Fixed build error with enable_electron_extensions=false. #​46840 (Also in 34, 36)
• Fixed crash when renderer process crashes while webview is reloading. #​46769 (Also in 34, 36)
• Fixed documentation to mark Window.autoHideMenuBar as supported on Linux and Windows. #​46829 (Also in 34, 36)
• Fixed the visibleOnAllWorkspaces property on Linux. #​46861
• Fixed the border style of windows with vibrancy on macOS. #​46772 (Also in 36)
• Fixed the issue where maximizing and restoring the window does not respect the corner radius settings, and the corner radius is incorrect in fullscreen mode. #​46847 (Also in 36)

v35.2.1: electron v35.2.1

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Fixes

• Fixed Minimize menu button to follow set window minimizability on Windows. #​46715 (Also in 34, 36)
• Fixed a potential crash in utilityProcess.postMessage when calling with an invalid transferable. #​46666 (Also in 36)
• Fixed case where file dialog filters would get mixed up, if a * filter was included. #​46721 (Also in 34, 36)
• Fixed crash on reconversion with google IME and editcontext on macOS. #​46700 (Also in 34, 36)
• Microtasks are no longer (incorrectly) run by serializing values, including when sending IPC. #​46684 (Also in 34, 36)

v35.2.0: electron v35.2.0

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Features

• Added nativeTheme.shouldUseDarkColorsForSystemIntegratedUI to distinguish system and app theme. #​46599 (Also in 36)

Fixes

• Fixed ElectronAccessibilityUI bug. #​46591 (Also in 33, 34, 36)
• Fixed a possible BrowserWindow crash caused by closing a parent window with focus or blur events. #​46581 (Also in 34, 36)
• Fixed an error when calling window.emit('close') after toggling fullscreen mode. #​46620 (Also in 36)
• Fixed an inverted conditional in the above PR that caused broken window borders in some circumstances on Wayland. #​46644 (Also in 33, 34, 36)
• Fixed an issue where badly formatted switches could cause crashes in app.commandLine functions. #​46631 (Also in 36)
• Fixed an issue with --inspect-brk failing in packaged apps. #​46583 (Also in 36)
• Fixed an issue with the assert Node.js module in the renderer process. #​46632 (Also in 36)
• Fixed several paint and white flash issues on macOS. #​46628 (Also in 36)

Other Changes

• Fixed an issue where printing from the renderer process crashes the main process when no printers are installed in the system or there's not a default printer. #​46616 (Also in 34, 36)
• Updated Chromium to 134.0.6998.205. #​46655

v35.1.5: electron v35.1.5

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Fixes

• Fixed a potential crash in parentPort. #​46495 (Also in 34, 36)

Unknown

• Reverts a change that greyed out disabled menu items on macOS (#​46307). #​46521 (Also in 34, 36)

v35.1.4: electron v35.1.4

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Fixes

• Fix: don't copy 'package.json's out of ASAR file. #​46478 (Also in 36)
• Fixed a bug that could cause some maximized windows on Linux to report an incorrect window state. #​46464 (Also in 34, 36)
• Fixed a possible crash using Node.js on some arm32 devices. #​46461 (Also in 36)
• Fixed crash on application exit with pending app.getGPUInfo promise. #​46470 (Also in 34, 36)

v35.1.3: electron v35.1.3

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Fixes

• Fixed a crash that could occur when dragging and dropping files into the browser. #​46311 (Also in 36)
• Fixed an issue where context-menu event weren't emitted as expected on Windows in draggable regions. #​46334 (Also in 34, 36)
• Fixed an issue where calling UtilityProcess.fork prior to the app ready event would cause a crash. #​46403 (Also in 34, 36)
• Fixed flickering and ghosting artifacts in transparent windows on macOS. #​46392 (Also in 36)
• Fixed memory leak in AutofillPopupView. #​46413 (Also in 34, 36)
• Fixed the issue where rounded corners disappear momentarily when closing on Windows 11. #​46408 (Also in 36)
• When a menu item on macOS is disabled (enabled = false), it is now greyed out. #​46341 (Also in 34, 36)

Other Changes

• Updated Chromium to 134.0.6998.179. #​46313

v35.1.2: electron v35.1.2

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Fixes

• Fixed an issue where navigationHistory.restore() failed to restore the userAgent if it was overridden. #​46300 (Also in 34, 36)

Other Changes

• Security: backported fix for CVE-2025-2783. #​46303
• Updated Chromium to 134.0.6998.178. #​46287

v35.1.1: electron v35.1.1

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Fixes

• Fixed build failure when building with printing disabled. #​46285 (Also in 34, 36)

v35.1.0: electron v35.1.0

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Features

• Added ffmpeg.dll to delay load configuration. #​46172 (Also in 34, 36)

Fixes

• Fixed NODE_OPTIONS parsing for child processes on macOS. #​46244 (Also in 34, 36)
• Fixed a crash seen on Linux when calling webContents.print(). #​46147 (Also in 36)
• Fixed an issue where system-context-menu incorrectly fired for all regions in frameless windows. #​46178 (Also in 33, 34, 36)
• Fixed an issue where webContents.printToPDF() didn't work as expected with cross-process subframes. #​46257 (Also in 34, 36)
• Fixed an issue where the resizing border didn't work as expected on Wayland windows. #​46224 (Also in 33, 34, 36)
• Fixed an issue with token formatting for tokens received after calling pushNotifications.registerForAPNSNotifications(). #​46148 (Also in 34, 36)
• Fixed crash on Linux when PipeWire screenshare source selection is cancelled. #​46234 (Also in 36)
• Fixed crash with out-of-bounds string read when parsing NODE_OPTIONS. #​46248 (Also in 34, 36)

Other Changes

• Improved performance of desktopCapturer.getSources when not requesting thumbnails on macOS. #​46249 (Also in 34, 36)
• Updated Chromium to 134.0.6998.165. #​46196

v35.0.3: electron v35.0.3

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Fixes

• Fixed an issue where snapped windows in Windows may sometimes be improperly restored. #​46040 (Also in 33, 34, 36)
• Fixed incorrect titlebar in file save dialogs. #​46074 (Also in 33, 34, 36)

Documentation

• Documentation changes: #​46102

v35.0.2: electron v35.0.2

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Fixes

• Fixed an issue where Web Workers crashed on unhandled rejections. #​46020 (Also in 34, 36)
• Fixed an issue where packages could be mistakenly not found in asar. #​46022 (Also in 36)
• Fixed title changes to not occur while navigating within a page. #​46035 (Also in 34, 36)

Other Changes

• Fixed an issue where Electron could fail to load on some older Linux distributions. #​45983 (Also in 34, 36)
• Updated Chromium to 134.0.6998.88. #​45972

v35.0.1: electron v35.0.1

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Fixes

• Fixed an issue where Node.js OOM errors terminate the process directly without raising an OOM exception. #​45911 (Also in 36)
• Fixed an issue where setContentProtection(true) was reverted when a given window was hidden. #​45889 (Also in 34)
• Fixed invalid memory access in pdf viewer which lead to random crashes. #​45879 (Also in 34)
• Improved webContents loading time when resolving fonts for uncommon scripts. #​45918 (Also in 34, 36)

Other Changes

• Backported fix for 4010597. #​45938
• Backported fix for 4010597. #​45943

v35.0.0: electron v35.0.0

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Stack Upgrades

• Chromium 134.0.6998.44
  • New in 134
  • New in 133
• Node 22.14.0
  • Node 22.14.0 blog post
• V8 13.4

Breaking Changes

• Added excludeUrls to webRequest filter and deprecated the use of empty arrays in urls property. #​45678
• Added fromVersionID on ServiceWorkers to get an instance of ServiceWorkerMain. #​45341
• Deprecated getPreloads and setPreloads on Session. #​45329
• Fixed file chooser dialogs for flaptak applications. #​44426 (Also in 34)
• Moved 'console-message' arguments into event object. #​43617
• The systemPreferences.isAeroGlassEnabled() API has been deprecated and will be removed without replacement. #​45554

Features

Additions

• Added APIs to manage shared dictionaries for compression efficiency using Brotli or ZStandard. The new APIs are session.getSharedDictionaryUsageInfo(), session.getSharedDictionaryInfo(options), session.clearSharedDictionaryCache(), and session.clearSharedDictionaryCacheForIsolationKey(options). #​44750 (Also in 33, 34)
• Added NSPrefersDisplaySafeAreaCompatibilityMode = false to Info.plist to remove "Scale to fit below built-in camera." from app options. #​45357 (Also in 33, 34)
• Added ServiceWorkerMain class to interact with service workers in the main process. #​45341
  • Added running-status-changed event on ServiceWorkers to indicate when a service worker's running status has changed.
  • Added startWorkerForScope on ServiceWorkers to start a worker that may have been previously stopped.
• Added WebFrameMain.collectJavaScriptCallStack() for accessing the JavaScript call stack of unresponsive renderers. #​44204 (Also in 33, 34)
• Added contextBridge.executeInMainWorld to safely execute code across world boundaries. #​45330
• Added frame to 'console-message' event. #​43617
• Added query-session-end event and improved session-end events on Windows. #​44598
• Added view.getVisible(). #​45409 (Also in 34)
• Added webContents.navigationHistory.restore(index, entries) API that allows restoration of navigation history. #​45583 (Also in 34)
• Added optional animation parameter to BrowserWindow.setVibrancy. #​35987
• Added permission support for document.executeCommand("paste"). #​45471 (Also in 33, 34)
• Added support for roundedCorners BrowserWindow constructor option on Windows. #​45740 (Also in 34)
• Added support for service worker preload scripts. #​45408
• Support Portal's globalShortcuts. Electron must be run with --enable-features=GlobalShortcutsPortal in order to have the feature working. #​45297

Improvements

• Performance improvements when processing microtasks. #​44439 (Also in 32, 33, 34)
• Redesigned preload script APIs by introducing registerPreloadScript, unregisterPreloadScript, getPreloadScripts on Session.#​45329

Removed/Deprecated

• Removed 240 FPS limit when use shared texture OSR. #​45781

Fixes

• Fixed webContents.print() after switch to OOP printing on macOS and Linux. #​45285
• Fixed an issue where the renderer process crashed when loading about:blank in subframes. #​45758
• Fixed broken OOP window.print() on macOS/Linux. #​45259
• Fixed desktopCapturer.getSources not returning electron windows on Windows. #​45000
• Fixed spellcheck suggestions not correctly populating on Windows. #​45763
• Optimized webFrame.getZoomLevel and webFrame.getZoomFactor APIs. #​45557
• Re-enables the MacWebContentsOcclusion feature flag for Mac, with plans to make it enabled by default in a future release. #​45801

Also in earlier versions...

• Addressed two possible crashes in the File System Access API. #​45261 (Also in 34)
• Backported fix for a upstream bug that cause Offscreen Rendering to stutter. #​45660 (Also in 32, 33, 34)
• Fixed WebFrameMain crash related to accessing speculative frames that have been destroyed. #​45686 (Also in 33, 34)
• Fixed chrome.i18n extension API being unavailable in service workers. #​45031 (Also in 31, 32, 33, 34)
• Fixed trace-startup not working on macOS. #​44257 (Also in 32, 33, 34)
• Fixed v8.setHeapSnapshotNearHeapLimit api in main and utility process, along with support for --diagnostic-dir Node.js cli flag to specify the directory to save the heap snapshots. #​45632 (Also in 33, 34)
• Fixed a bug where the default path didn't always correctly fill the Name field in KDialogs on Linux. #​45420 (Also in 34)
• Fixed a crash that could occur in OSR on window close. #​45630 (Also in 34)
• Fixed a crash that could occur when calling shell.readShortcutLink on Windows. #​44784 (Also in 33, 34)
• Fixed a crash when calling shell.readShortcutLink caused by PKEY_AppUserModel_ToastActivatorCLSID sometimes being represented by a string uuid. #​45348 (Also in 33, 34)
• Fixed a potential crash in chrome.tabs.update(). #​45302 (Also in 33, 34)
• Fixed a potential crash when calling legacy getUserMedia with an invalid chromeMediaSourceId. #​45755 (Also in 34)
• Fixed a potential issues permissions in the Pointer Lock API after focus loss and regain. #​45628 (Also in 34)
• Fixed an issue where RTL tooltips could be incorrect when using WCO on Windows. #​45425 (Also in 33, 34)
• Fixed an issue where Windows Control Overlay didn't work with some window configurations. #​45477 (Also in 33, 34)
• Fixed an issue where EventSource was undefined in both renderer and worker processes when Node.js integration was enabled. #​44475 (Also in 32, 33, 34)
• Fixed an issue where WebContentsViews were being improperly removed. #​44656 (Also in 31, 32, 33, 34)
• Fixed an issue where contextmenu events wouldn't be correctly dispatched in draggable regions on Linux. #​45841 (Also in 34)
• Fixed an issue where resize wasn't being emitted for single-pixel resizes on Windows. #​44700 (Also in 32, 33, 34)
• Fixed an issue where a utilityProcess pid would not be undefined after exit. #​44677 (Also in 32, 33, 34)
• Fixed an issue where buttons shown under the Window Controls Overlay API were missing tooltips. #​44721 (Also in 32, 33, 34)
• Fixed an issue where closing a window after printing on Linux triggered a crash. #​44246 (Also in 31, 32, 33, 34)
• Fixed an issue where drag-dropping two directories would cause getAsFileSystemHandle to never resolve. #​45256 (Also in 33, 34)
• Fixed an issue where print scaling could be too small during silent print. #​45262 (Also in 34)
• Fixed an issue where selection of multiple directories with the dialog module didn't work on Linux. #​45394 (Also in 34)
• Fixed an issue where the exit event could be emitted twice from the utilityProcess. #​44243 (Also in 31, 32, 33, 34)
• Fixed an issue where the webContents context-menu event was not emitted when using -webkit-app-region: drag. #​44761 (Also in 32, 33, 34)
• Fixed an issue where the windows control overlay was unexpectedly visible in fullscreen on Linux. #​44621 (Also in 31, 32, 33, 34)
• Fixed an issue where windows on Windows with backgroundMaterial lost effect on maximization. #​45525 (Also in 34)
• Fixed an possible crash when using draggable regions and BaseWindows to get the context-menu event. #​44940 (Also in 32, 33, 34)
• Fixed build failure when the PDF viewer is disabled. #​44960 (Also in 33, 34)
• Fixed calling setAlwaysOnTop on a hidden window which is then shown with showInactive on Linux under X11. #​44078 (Also in 31, 32, 33, 34)
• Fixed crash in gin::wrappable::sec