Bump electron from 44.4.5 to 44.7.0 #8056

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  • Opened on October 12, 2026
  • Status Open
  • Commit count 1 with first commit October 12, 2026

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Bump electron from 44.4.5 to 44.7.0

Bumps electron from 44.4.5 to 44.7.0.

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electron v44.7.0


Release Notes for v44.7.0


Features



  • The macOS autoUpdater now streams update downloads to disk, resumes an interrupted download on the next check instead of starting over, and applies a binary delta when the update feed offers one for the running version. #54204


Fixes



  • Fixed an uncatchable TypeError in net.fetch when receiving response headers with non-ASCII characters, and preserved multiple Set-Cookie headers. #54672


Other Changes



  • Backported fixes from upstream ANGLE, Chromium, Dawn, fontconfig, Skia, V8 and WebRTC. #54666

  • Backported fixes from upstream ANGLE, Chromium, Skia, V8 and WebRTC. #54657


electron v44.6.0


Release Notes for v44.6.0


Features



  • Added the experimental protocol.registerSource() to serve a custom scheme from directories on disk without a JavaScript handler. #54522 <!-- raw HTML omitted -->(Also in 45)<!-- raw HTML omitted -->


Fixes



  • Fixed a crash on launch on macOS when the system refused to register the app for sleep/wake notifications. #54596

  • Fixed a crash on navigator.usb.requestDevice() in in-memory sessions. #54616 <!-- raw HTML omitted -->(Also in 45)<!-- raw HTML omitted -->

  • Fixed webview.findInPage() hanging when the host page also has an iframe. #54586 <!-- raw HTML omitted -->(Also in 43, 45)<!-- raw HTML omitted -->

  • Updated time zone data to tzdata 2026d, including British Columbia's move to permanent UTC-7. #54623


Documentation



  • Documentation changes: #54589


electron v44.5.1


Release Notes for v44.5.1


Other Changes



  • Backported fixes from upstream ANGLE, Chromium, Dawn and V8. #54564


electron v44.5.0


Release Notes for v44.5.0


Features



  • Added launch-failure reporting with systemErrorCode to the app child-process-gone event. #54231 <!-- raw HTML omitted -->(Also in 45)<!-- raw HTML omitted -->


Fixes


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Commits



  • 61f55c4 test: bound hidden overlay cold-process runs (#54689)


  • a0c11d9 feat: roll Squirrel.Mac for streamed, resumable and delta update downloads (#...


  • 44cac48 test: wait for stable focus before checking openExternal removes focus (#54690)


  • 505edea test: wait for the webview guest to load before navigating it (#54673)


  • fbb54bb test: run WebContentsView focusOnNavigation and shell.openExternal specs seri...


  • 06209a5 fix(net): support non-ASCII headers and multiple cookies in net.fetch (#54672)


  • 74f6399 chore: cherry-pick 47 changes from angle, chromium, dawn, fontconfig, skia, v...


  • 3d7bdb5 test: add mouse-input addon for setIgnoreMouseEvents specs (#54605)


  • 0498bc7 chore: cherry-pick 8 changes from angle, chromium, skia, v8 and webrtc (#54657)


  • d165ab9 test: listen for both singleton exits before either can happen (#54601)

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