Electron: v8.5.1 Release

Release date:
September 2, 2020
Previous version:
v8.5.0 (released August 5, 2020)
Magnitude:
139 Diff Delta
Contributors:
8 total committers
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Top Contributors in v8.5.1

MarshallOfSound
zcbenz
nornagon
trop[bot]
electron-bot
ppontes
deepak1556
miniak

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Release Notes Published

Release Notes for v8.5.1

Fixes

  • * Fixes the following issues for frameless when maximized on Windows: > * fix unreachable task bar when auto hidden with position top > * fix 1px extending to secondary monitor > * fix 1px overflowing into taskbar at certain resolutions > * fix white line on top of window under 4k resolutions. #25219
  • Fixed powerMonitor not emitting suspend/resume events on some Windows machines. #25163
  • Fixed an issue where notifications with a reply button could potentially be destroyed too early when a user clicked on the notification body before replying. #25102
  • Fixed an issue where some Node.js methods would not work with URL instances constructed in the renderer process. #24861
  • Fixed frameless window's size being changed when restored from minimized state. #25057
  • Fixed inactive windows having active titlebar on Windows. #24875
  • Fixed network permission error when there are multiple WebContents sharing same session are created with web security disabled. #25181
  • Fixed node's TLS stack not allowing renegotiation. #25042
  • Fixed window size being changed after unmaximizing. #25148

Other Changes

  • Backported the fix to CVE-2020-6532: Use after free in SCTP. #24886
  • Security: Backported fix for CVE-2020-6541. #25025
  • Security: backported fix for 1095584. #25227
  • Security: backported fix for 1103827. #25244
  • Security: backported fix for 1104046. #25243
  • Security: backported fix for 1105202. #25262
  • Security: backported fix for 1105426. #25241
  • Security: backported fix for 1106682,1109467. #25239
  • Security: backported fix for 1107433. #25235
  • Security: backported fix for 1107815. #25232
  • Security: backported fix for 1115345. #25266