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 install electron@38.0.0-beta.3.

Release Notes for v38.0.0-beta.3

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where importing from electron/utility in an ESM file threw an error at runtime. #48019
• Fixed an issue where windows opened with window.open would never be offscreen. #48026
• Fixed compilation error when disabling extensions and pdf_viewer. #47993 (Also in 37)

Documentation

• Documentation changes: #48028

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 install electron@38.0.0-beta.2.

Release Notes for v38.0.0-beta.2

Features

• Added webFrameMain.fromFrameToken(processId, frameToken) to get a WebFrameMain instance from its frame token. #47942
• Added support for app.getRecentDocuments() on Windows and macOS. #47924 (Also in 36, 37)
• Adds the ability to change window accent color on Windows after initial window initialization via {get|set}AccentColor. #47939
• Internally switched to using DIR_ASSETS instead of DIR_MODULE/DIR_EXE to locate assets and resources, and added "assets" as a key that can be queried via app.getPath. #47950 (Also in 37)

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where importing from electron/utility threw a ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND error at runtime. #47989
• Fixed an issue where video scrubbing would not correctly hold the new position on playback. #47965 (Also in 37)

Other Changes

• Updated Chromium to 140.0.7327.0. #47930

Release Notes for v37.2.6

Fixes

• Fixed a bug where the Referer header was not being set correctly when using webContents.downloadurl(""). #47865 (Also in 36, 38)
• Fixed a crash when calling some webContents functions after window.close(). #47954 (Also in 36, 38)
• Fixed an issue on some older Windows versions where setContentProtection didn't work as expected. #47887 (Also in 36, 38)
• Fixed an issue where an invalid color passed as a string to accentColor would result in a white accent color. #47800 (Also in 38)
• Fixed an issue where video scrubbing would not correctly hold the new position on playback. #47971 (Also in 38)
• Fixed an issue where windows used dark theme on Linux all the time without reacting to system theme changes. #47920 (Also in 38)
• Fixed applying background material correctly when creating windows on Windows, restored animations, and also fixed the issue where dynamically setting the background material had no effect. #47956 (Also in 36, 38)

Other Changes

• Updated Chromium to 138.0.7204.185. #47909

Release Notes for v36.7.4

Fixes

• Fixed a bug where the Referer header was not being set correctly when using webContents.downloadurl(""). #47866 (Also in 37, 38)
• Fixed a crash when calling some webContents functions after window.close(). #47953 (Also in 37, 38)
• Fixed an issue on some older Windows versions where setContentProtection didn't work as expected. #47888 (Also in 37, 38)
• Fixed an issue where an invalid color passed as a string to accentColor would result in a white accent color. #47921 (Also in 37, 38)
• Fixed applying background material correctly when creating windows on Windows, restored animations, and also fixed the issue where dynamically setting the background material had no effect. #47957 (Also in 37, 38)

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 install electron@38.0.0-beta.1.

Release Notes for v38.0.0-beta.1

Other Changes

• Updated Node.js to v22.18.0. #47936

Release Notes for v35.7.4

• Fix ffmpeg generation on Windows non-x64

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@38.0.0-alpha.13.

Release Notes for v38.0.0-alpha.13

Fixes

• Fixed a crash when calling some webContents functions after window.close(). #47952 (Also in 37)

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@38.0.0-alpha.12.

Release Notes for v38.0.0-alpha.12

Fixes

• Fixed an issue on some older Windows versions where setContentProtection didn't work as expected. #47886 (Also in 36, 37)
• Fixed an issue where windows used dark theme on Linux all the time without reacting to system theme changes. #47919 (Also in 37)

Other Changes

• Updated Chromium to 140.0.7314.0. #47903

Release Notes for v37.2.5

Other Changes

• Updated Chromium to 138.0.7204.168. #47861

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@38.0.0-alpha.11.

Release Notes for v38.0.0-alpha.11

Other Changes

• Updated Chromium to 140.0.7312.0. #47881