Electron: v9.0.0-beta.4 Release

Release date:
February 28, 2020
Previous version:
v9.0.0-beta.3 (released February 25, 2020)
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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 v9.0.0-beta.4

Breaking Changes

  • Changed the default value of app.allowRendererProcessReuse to true, this will prevent loading of non-context-aware native modules in renderer processes. See #18397 for more information on this change. #22401

Features

  • Added session.serviceWorkerContext API to access basic service worker info and receive console logs from service workers. #22313

Fixes

  • Backported V8 patch to fix bug in type inference. #22426
  • Fixed an issue with safeDialog preferences not being passed properly. #22378