cefsharp/CefSharp v94.4.20 on GitHub

September 29, 2021, CEF 94.4.2+g6a963ca+chromium-94.0.4606.61 / Chromium 94.0.4606.61

⚠️ Visual C++ 2019 is required for the CefSharp.Wpf/CefSharp.WinForms/CefSharp.OffScreen nuget packages see #3636
ARM64 support is now included #2944
Nuget Packages have been restructured if upgrading from version prior to 87 please make sure you read #3319 for details
For CefSharp.Wpf.NetCore/CefSharp.WinForms.NetCore/CefSharp.OffScreen.NetCore nuget packages then Visual C++ 2019 is required,
For CefSharp.Wpf/CefSharp.WinForms/CefSharp.OffScreen nuget packages then Visual C++ 2019 is required, see Notes below for more information

Change Log

There is one breaking changes included in this release. For a list of changes see the 94.3.x Milestone. See also Release Notification.

ℹ️ Notes

Panning mouse cursor not showing is now fixed https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/3174/panning-mouse-cursors-not-showing
WPF Browser goes blank if used in combination with TabControl should now be fixed (upstream) #2779
Widevine CDM is now automatically downloaded at runtime see https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/3149/alloy-add-component-updater-support-for
WPF the browser stops redrawing when running on Intel Iris Xe Integrated GPU(11th Gen). Intel have released an updated driver, see https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000058136/graphics/graphics-for-11th-generation-intel-processors.html See dotnet/wpf#3817 for workaround if you are unable to install the updated driver.
Adobe Flash is no longer supported as per the Chromium Flash Roadmap
For CefSharp.Wpf.NetCore/CefSharp.WinForms.NetCore/CefSharp.OffScreen.NetCore nuget packages then Visual C++ 2019 is required,
For CefSharp.Wpf/CefSharp.WinForms/CefSharp.OffScreen nuget packages then Visual C++ 2019 is required, see Notes below for more information
You can bin deploy the VC++ dependencies, read the FAQ for more details. For a list of files included in the packages see https://github.com/cefsharp/CefSharp/wiki/Output-files-description-table-%28Redistribution%29
Starting in June 2019 Google will block logins from CEF based browsers to Google Services, this includes Gmail, Drive, Docs, see https://security.googleblog.com/2019/04/better-protection-against-man-in-middle.html?m=1 for further discussion see https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msg/embedder-dev/STyM5ZNTHMM/POj1v_cqBgAJ
Due to licensing issues default builds do not support proprietary codecs like H264/AAC, sites like Netflix/Twitter/Instagram/Facebook/Spotify/Apple Music won't play video/audio. See #1479 for more info. MP3 audio is supported, playing MP4 files are not supported.
Anyone new to CefSharp should read the General Usage Guide
This project uses GitLink for better debugging, you can step directly into much of the project source directly from Visual Studio see #1680 for details on how to enable GitLink

⚠️ Known Issues

Swiftshader vulkan not current shipped as part of packages https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/3176/win-linux-ship-vk_swiftshaderdll-vulkan
CEF creates a Download directory in the User Directory see https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/3094/cef-force-creates-a-donwloads-directory-in
WinForms when running on Windows 10 Anniversary pressing certain key combinations freezes the browser see #1822 The issue has been reported upstream, there are workarounds listed in #1822
Save as PDF is not working when viewing PDF with Print Preview enabled see https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/2867/save-as-pdf-is-not-working-in-pdf-viewer
WPF touch scroll aborted if browser navigates within document https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/2936/osr-touch-scrolling-initiated-by-touch
Fonts incorrectly loaded on Win7 see https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/2858/fonts-not-loading-look-wrong-on-windows-7
window.focus() does not bring popup window to front see https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/2931/windowfocus-does-not-bring-the-window-to
OnProtocolExecution Page goes blank after link click see https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/2715/onprotocolexecution-page-goes-blank-after
Crash on Win10 when computer wakes from sleep see https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/2924/crash-on-libcef-when-windows-10-wakes-from
Background colour cannot be override for popups see https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/2482/background_color-cannot-be-overridden-for
Cef.AddCrossOriginWhitelistEntry doesn't work correctly see https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/2918/cefaddcrossoriginwhitelistentry-not-fully
CefSettings.IgnoreCertificateErrors no longer works, use the ignore-certificate-errors command line arg as a workaround or alternatively use OnCertificateError to selectively allow a certificate and/or display a dialog to your users see https://stackoverflow.com/a/35564187/852806 for an example.
See https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues?status=new&status=open for other known issues
See https://github.com/cefsharp/CefSharp/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Aknown-issue for other known issues

⚠️ Breaking Changes ⚠️

IFrameHandler.OnFrameAttached add reattached param #3816

Min required Visual C++ runtime upgrade from 2015 to 2019 #3636
All paths (CachePath, BrowserSubProcessPath, etc) must be absolute paths, if using a non-absolute path an exception will be throw. See #3102 for details.
When using a RequestContext you must ensure that RequestContextSettings.CachePath is equal to or a child of CefSettings.RootCachePath See #3111 (comment) for details
CEF now supports the Chromium Network Service: If you are upgrading from a version prior to 75.1.x please make sure you read #2743.
The following resources have been removed in version 90, anyone upgrading from a prior version be aware:

cef.pak,
cef_100_percent.pak,
cef_200_percent.pak,
cef_extensions.pak,
devtools_resources.pak

They have been replaced by:

chrome_100_percent.pak,
chrome_200_percent.pak,
resources.pak