Note: This is an alpha release. Please file new issues for any bugs you find in it.

This release is published to npm under the alpha tag and can be installed via npm install electron@alpha, or npm install electron@46.0.0-alpha.8.

Release Notes for v46.0.0-alpha.8

Features

• Added support for chrome.storage.managed in extensions. It's read-only and will reject on writes. #55525 ^{(Also in 45)}

Fixes

• Fixed a possible hang on quit on macOS when using systemPreferences.subscribeLocalNotification, subscribeNotification, or subscribeWorkspaceNotification. #55646 ^{(Also in 44)}
• Fixed hasShadow: false and focusable being ignored in macOS app shims. #55633 ^{(Also in 45)}
• Fixed renderer crashes caused by unbounded webRequest redirect loops. #55654 ^{(Also in 43, 44, 45)}
• Fixed setIgnoreMouseEvents(true, { forward: true }) not tracking legacy windows when they are reparented. #55619 ^{(Also in 44, 45)}

Note: This is an alpha release. Please file new issues for any bugs you find in it.

This release is published to npm under the alpha tag and can be installed via npm install electron@alpha, or npm install electron@46.0.0-alpha.7.

Release Notes for v46.0.0-alpha.7

Fixes

• Fixed a crash when extensions access chrome.system.storage APIs. #55624 ^{(Also in 45)}
• Fixed proxy switches replacing ses.setProxy() after a network service restart. #55575

Other Changes

• Updated Chromium to 159.0.8140.0. #55577

Documentation

• Documentation changes: #55599

Note: This is an alpha release. Please file new issues for any bugs you find in it.

This release is published to npm under the alpha tag and can be installed via npm install electron@alpha, or npm install electron@46.0.0-alpha.6.

Release Notes for v46.0.0-alpha.6

Fixes

• Fixed a crash when using hidden window as the parent in Wayland. #55570 ^{(Also in 43, 44, 45)}

Other Changes

• Backported fixes from upstream ANGLE, Chromium, Skia and V8. #55584
• Updated Chromium to 159.0.8130.0. #55211

Release Notes for v45.2.3

Other Changes

• Backported fixes from upstream ANGLE, Chromium, Dawn, FFmpeg, minigbm, PDFium, Skia and V8. #55592

Documentation

• Documentation changes: #55600

Release Notes for v45.2.2

Fixes

• Fixed a crash when using hidden window as the parent in Wayland. #55571 ^{(Also in 43, 44, 46)}
• Fixed removeInsertedCSS() not removing cssOrigin: 'user' stylesheets. #55538 ^{(Also in 46)}

Other Changes

• Updated Chromium to 156.0.8078.80. #55512
• Updated Node.js to v24.22.2. #55474

Release Notes for v44.10.2

Fixes

• Fixed a crash when using hidden window as the parent in Wayland. #55572 ^{(Also in 43, 45, 46)}

Other Changes

• Backported fixes from upstream ANGLE, Chromium, libaom, libvpx, PDFium, Skia, V8 and WebRTC. #55515
• Updated Node.js to v24.22.2. #55473

Release Notes for v43.8.7

Fixes

• Fixed a crash when using hidden window as the parent in Wayland. #55569 ^{(Also in 44, 45, 46)}

Note: This is an alpha release. Please file new issues for any bugs you find in it.

This release is published to npm under the alpha tag and can be installed via npm install electron@alpha, or npm install electron@46.0.0-alpha.5.

Release Notes for v46.0.0-alpha.5

Breaking Changes

• Upgraded to Node.js v26.13.0. Removed the --experimental-transform-types switch, which Node.js no longer supports. #55527

Features

• Added support for chrome.storage.sync in extensions. It behaves as a second local storage area with Chrome's sync quotas; there is no cross-device sync. #55254 ^{(Also in 45)}

Fixes

• Fixed removeInsertedCSS() not removing cssOrigin: 'user' stylesheets. #55539 ^{(Also in 45)}

Note: This is an alpha release. Please file new issues for any bugs you find in it.

This release is published to npm under the alpha tag and can be installed via npm install electron@alpha, or npm install electron@46.0.0-alpha.4.

Release Notes for v46.0.0-alpha.4

Features

• Added Menu.setHighlightColors() to set menu highlight colors on Windows. #55494 ^{(Also in 45)}

Fixes

• Fixed a leak where right-clicked elements stayed alive after removal. #55502
• Fixed DevTools "Save" prompting for a location every time instead of reusing the previously chosen file. #55486
  • Fixed DevTools "Save As" using the old file and Linux cancels treated as saved.
• Fixed fractional opacity being truncated in window.open feature strings. #55498 ^{(Also in 45)}

Other Changes

• Backported fixes from upstream Chromium and Skia. #55490

Release Notes for v45.2.1

Other Changes

• Backported fixes from upstream Chromium. #55523
• Updated Chromium to 156.0.8078.75. #55419