Electron: v8.0.0-beta.2 Release

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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 i [email protected].

# Release Notes for v8.0.0-beta.2

Features

  • Added support for the built-in spellchecker. We will use the OS spellchecker on macOS and hunspell on all other platforms. #20897

Fixes

  • Fixed a crash in Menus related to menu.popup(). #20785
  • Fixed a label mismatch on open and save dialogs on GTK. #20883
  • Fixed an issue with Node.js context initialization in renderer processes. #20836
  • Fixed crashes when calling webContents.printToPDF() multiple times. #20802
  • Fixed devtools extensions not loading due to "Connect to unknown extension [object Object]" errors. #20842
  • Fixed flicker when switching between BrowserViews. #20847
  • Fixed memory leaks caused by callbacks not being released when the remote module is used in sub-frames (<iframe> or scriptable popup). #20813
  • Fixed several deprecation warnings in Electron code. #20805