Electron: v39.0.0-beta.4 Release

Release date:
October 22, 2025
Previous version:
v39.0.0-beta.3 (released October 13, 2025)
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This release is published to npm under the beta tag and can be installed via npm install electron@beta, or npm install [email protected].

# Release Notes for v39.0.0-beta.4

Features

  • Added RGBAF16 output format with scRGB HDR color space support to Offscreen Rendering. #48504
  • Support dynamic ESM imports in non-context isolated preloads. #48488 <span style="font-size:small;">(Also in 37, 38)</span>

    Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where systemPreferences.getAccentColor inverted the color. #48624

  • Fixed an issue where trafficLightPosition would not be correctly applied when using titleBarStyle: 'customButtonsOnHover' on macOS 26. #48621 <span style="font-size:small;">(Also in 38)</span>

  • Fixed an issue where button background on mouse hover with titleBarOverlay wasn't always calculated to provide appropriate minimum contrast. #48597 <span style="font-size:small;">(Also in 37)</span>

  • Fixed an issue where calling webContents.openDevTools({ mode: 'detach' }) would cause a crash on Wayland. #48623

  • Fixed an issue where icons didn't show up as expected on Windows Toast notifications. #48629 <span style="font-size:small;">(Also in 38)</span>

  • Fixed shader-f16 to work on Windows. #48557 <span style="font-size:small;">(Also in 37, 38)</span>

  • Fixed white flash on call to BrowserWindow.show. #48559 <span style="font-size:small;">(Also in 37, 38)</span>

  • Titlebar buttons now appear on the correct side of windows on Wayland in Ubuntu. #48603 <span style="font-size:small;">(Also in 38)</span>

    Other Changes

  • Updated Chromium to 142.0.7444.34. #48571