v42.4.1
electron v42.4.1
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Release Notes

Release Notes for v42.4.1

Fixes

  • Fixed DevTools Network panel missing most requests after navigating when webContents.debugger is attached. #51965 (Also in 43)
  • Fixed safeStorage.isAsyncEncryptionAvailable() incorrectly reporting false shortly after the app ready event, and a crash when calling safeStorage.encryptStringAsync() or safeStorage.decryptStringAsync() before async encryption initialization completed. safeStorage.isAsyncEncryptionAvailable() now returns a Promise as documented. #51924
  • Fixed a bug on Linux where a 1px line appeared at the top of frameless windows if the window and web contents had different background colors. #52005 (Also in 41, 43)
  • Fixed a renderer crash when calling WebAssembly.compileStreaming() or WebAssembly.instantiateStreaming() with nodeIntegration enabled. #51956 (Also in 43)

Other Changes

  • Backported fixes from upstream Chromium, Skia and Dawn. #51942
  • Updated Chromium to 148.0.7778.265. #51979

Documentation

  • Documentation changes: #51927