Electron: v9.0.0-beta.5 Release

Release date:
March 2, 2020
Previous version:
v9.0.0-beta.4 (released February 28, 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.5

Fixes

  • Fixed session.setSpellCheckerDictionaryDownloadURL to append the dictionary name at the end of requests instead of requesting the same URL for all dictionaries. #22385
  • Fixed webRequest not working for CORS requests. #22468
  • Fixed an occasional segfault with modal windows being closed or destroyed. #22445
  • Fixed issue where dictionary files for the spellchecker would be downloaded to the app install directory instead of the user data directory. #22447
  • MacOS VoiceOver is now able to find its way back into web contents after it navigated "out" of an application. #22469