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Electron v45.0.0-alpha.8

Electron: v45.0.0-alpha.8 Release

Release date:
September 17, 2026
Previous version:
v45.0.0-alpha.7 (released September 14, 2026)
Magnitude:
405 Diff Delta
Contributors:
2 total committers
Data confidence:
Commits:
17 impacting commits

17 Commits in this Release

Ordered by the degree to which they evolved the repo in this version.

chore: bump chromium to 155.0.8046.0 (45-x-y) (#53781)
Authored September 17, 2026
refactor: settle the loadURL() promise natively (#54000)
Authored September 16, 2026
build: run clang-tidy on Electron's headers (#54021)
Authored September 17, 2026
refactor: emit WebContents' forwarded events natively (#53979)
Authored September 16, 2026
test: tolerate Windows keeping asar internals fixtures open during cleanup (#53951)
Authored September 15, 2026
docs: search gitiles history before treating a Chrome fix CL as restricted (#53997)
Authored September 16, 2026
test: gate specs on testing bindings (#53967)
Authored September 15, 2026
ci: ignore transient curl error in audit (#54001)
Authored September 16, 2026
refactor: remove electron::ScopedHString in favor of base::win::ScopedHString (#54012)
Authored September 16, 2026
fix: don't crash if guest destroyed in select-usb-device handler (#54008)
Authored September 16, 2026
docs: remove outdated Linux quirk documentation (#53922)
Authored September 14, 2026
build: fix native addon cross-compilation (#54017)
Authored September 17, 2026
test: avoid exit race in utility process DNS spec (#53934)
Authored September 15, 2026
fix: post navigations started while a dead renderer is torn down (#53942)
Authored September 15, 2026
perf: dispatch IPC to its JavaScript listeners natively (#53957)
Authored September 15, 2026
test: isolate reporting API session (#53955)
Authored September 15, 2026
fix: correct SUCCEEDED/FAILED usage on non-HRESULT return values (#53958)
Authored September 15, 2026

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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@45.0.0-alpha.8.

# Release Notes for v45.0.0-alpha.8

Fixes

  • Fixed a main-process crash when an app called loadURL() again right after a load failed because the renderer process exited before the page committed. #53942 <sup>(Also in 43, 44)</sup>
  • Fixed a potential UAF when a select-usb-device handler destroys the requesting webContents. #54008 <sup>(Also in 43, 44)</sup>
  • Fixed default protocol client APIs falsely returning true on Windows. #53958 <sup>(Also in 43, 44)</sup>

Other Changes

  • Backported fix from upstream V8. #53987
  • Backported fixes from upstream ANGLE, Chromium, Skia and V8. #53983
  • Updated Chromium to 155.0.8046.0. #53781