Electron: v12.0.2 Release

Release date:
March 23, 2021
Previous version:
v12.0.1 (released March 10, 2021)
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Release Notes for v12.0.2

Fixes

  • Colors returned from systemPreferences.getAccentColor(), getSystemColor and getColor are now correctly converted into the devices color space. Previously the color would have been subtly incorrect. #28172 <span style="font-size:small;">(Also in 11, 13)</span>
  • Fixed desktopCapturer.getSources() promise result sometimes never resolving. #28281 <span style="font-size:small;">(Also in 10, 11, 13)</span>
  • Fixed a rare crash on Windows that could occur when emitting certain Tray events. #28111
  • Fixed an issue where some Node.js modules would hang on page reload on Windows. #28337 <span style="font-size:small;">(Also in 13)</span>
  • Fixed an issue where the drag regions in BrowserViews on macOS could be off in their y-axis. #28296 <span style="font-size:small;">(Also in 10, 11, 13)</span>
  • Fixed context menus not being positioned correctly when near the edge of the screen. #28277 <span style="font-size:small;">(Also in 11, 13)</span>
  • Fixed crash when calling getBackgroundColor on a transparent window with no assigned background color. #28188 <span style="font-size:small;">(Also in 11, 13)</span>
  • Fixed intensive I/O from asar files causing ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND after a while. #28202 <span style="font-size:small;">(Also in 11, 13)</span>
  • URLS passed to shell.openExternal on windows are now correctly URI encoded. This was already occurring on macOS and Linux. #28341 <span style="font-size:small;">(Also in 10, 11, 13)</span>

    Other Changes

  • Fixed native module compilation with AsyncCleanupHooks on windows. #28109 <span style="font-size:small;">(Also in 11, 13)</span>

  • Updated Chromium to 89.0.4389.90. #28174

    Documentation

    • Documentation changes: #28214