Bump electron from 44.7.2 to 44.8.0 #8063

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  • Opened on October 20, 2026
  • Status Closed
  • Commit count 1 with first commit October 20, 2026

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Bump electron from 44.7.2 to 44.8.0

Bumps electron from 44.7.2 to 44.8.0.

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electron v44.8.0


Release Notes for v44.8.0


Features



  • Added support for Notification action buttons on Linux. #54890 <!-- raw HTML omitted -->(Also in 45)<!-- raw HTML omitted -->


Fixes



  • Fixed mouse cursor missing over native dialogs in certain scenarios on Windows. #54987

  • Fixed net.fetch and session.fetch failing permanently with net::ERR_FAILED after the Network Service process restarts. #54909 <!-- raw HTML omitted -->(Also in 42, 43, 45)<!-- raw HTML omitted -->

  • Fixed utilityProcess dropping messages posted with process.parentPort.postMessage() right before the process exits. #54960 <!-- raw HTML omitted -->(Also in 42, 43, 45)<!-- raw HTML omitted -->

  • Fixed win.isFullScreen() being stale in fullscreen events on Windows. #55009 <!-- raw HTML omitted -->(Also in 45)<!-- raw HTML omitted -->


Other Changes



  • Backported fixes from upstream Chromium and V8. #55034

  • Updated Chromium to 152.0.7977.167. #54928

  • Updated Node.js to v24.22.0. #55004


Commits



  • 60169b4 chore: cherry-pick 10 changes from chromium and v8 (#55034)


  • ae54339 ci: bump build-tools to pick up the Windows clang-cl siso timeout (#55026)


  • e67a209 chore: bump node to v24.22.0 (44-x-y) (#55004)


  • 2aa795a chore: bump chromium to 152.0.7977.167 (44-x-y) (#54928)


  • 369074e fix: restore cursor for native dialogs on windows (#54987)


  • 69d6262 test: wait for service worker activation before stopping it (#55020)


  • dc60e20 fix: report the new state in fullscreen events on Windows (#55009)


  • 91a5dbd test: keep running deferred cleanup and afterEach hooks when one throws or ha...


  • 55de8b8 test: deep-sign the signed-app NODE_OPTIONS specs' app only once (#54992)


  • a21e2ef test: report child process failures from the import/require parity fixture (#...

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