Electron: v10.4.0 Release

Release date:
February 19, 2021
Previous version:
v10.3.2 (released February 5, 2021)
Magnitude:
38 Diff Delta
Contributors:
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Release Notes Published

Release Notes for v10.4.0

Features

  • Added win.setTopBrowserView() so that BrowserViews can be raised. #27711 <span style="font-size:small;">(Also in 11, 12)</span>

    Fixes

  • Fixed OS-level shortcuts on macOS (e.g. Ctrl + F2, ⌘ + ~). #27812 <span style="font-size:small;">(Also in 11, 12)</span>

  • Fixed an Uncaught TypeError when opening DevTools. #27691 <span style="font-size:small;">(Also in 11)</span>

  • Fixed an erroneous enableBlinkFeatures warning shown webviews which enabled no Blink features. #27788 <span style="font-size:small;">(Also in 11, 12)</span>

  • Fixed an issue where deleted download directories would be sometimes recreated by the operating system. #27807 <span style="font-size:small;">(Also in 11, 12)</span>

  • Fixed an occasional white flicker present when rendering BrowserViews in close succession. #27660 <span style="font-size:small;">(Also in 11, 12)</span>

  • Fixed crash when destroying WebContents in the crashed event. #27758 <span style="font-size:small;">(Also in 11, 12)</span>

  • Fixed memory leak when sending non-primitives over the context bridge. #27637 <span style="font-size:small;">(Also in 11, 12)</span>

    Other Changes

  • Fixed slow child process spawning on macOS Big Sur. #27655 <span style="font-size:small;">(Also in 11, 12)</span>

  • Reverted posix_spawn change in libuv that affected child process spawning on macOS Big Sur. #27811 <span style="font-size:small;">(Also in 11, 12)</span>

  • Security: backported fix for 1154965. #27611

  • Security: backported fix for 1155974. #27795

  • Security: backported fix for 1166504. #27794

  • Security: backported fix for 1170657. #27796

  • Security: backported fix for 1171954. #27793

  • Security: backported fix for 1172192. #27791

  • Security: backported fix for 1177341. #27749

  • Security: backported fix for chromium:1162942. #27613

  • Security: backported fix for https://crbug.com/1161705. #27608

    Documentation

    • Documentation changes: #27816