Note: This is an alpha release. Please file new issues for any bugs you find in it.

This release is published to npm under the alpha tag and can be installed via npm install electron@alpha, or npm install electron@32.0.0-alpha.1.

Release Notes for v32.0.0-alpha.1

Features

• Added cumulativeCPUUsage to AppMetrics and CPUUsage. #41819
• Added the following existing navigation related APIs to webcontents.navigationHistory: canGoBack, goBack, canGoForward, goForward, canGoToOffset, goToOffset, clear. #41752
• Extended WebContentsView to accept pre-existing webContents object. #42086 (Also in 31)
• Removed nonstandard File.path extension from the Web File API. #42053

Fixes

• BrowserWindow.show() now correctly restores focus to inactive apps on macOS. #42300 (Also in 30, 31)
• Don't check for Desktop Environment in setProgressBar and setBadgeCount. #41211
• Electron doesn't paint on offscreen-render mode after gpu process crashed. #41904 (Also in 29, 30, 31)
• Fixed a crash in addChildView if a view is added as its own child. #42067 (Also in 30, 31)
• Fixed a crash when the same WebContentsView is added via addChildView multiple times. #42085 (Also in 30, 31)
• Fixed an error when calling setAutoResize on a BrowserView. #42056 (Also in 30, 31)
• Fixed an inconsistent crash on maximizing window and relayout in Ubuntu. #42126 (Also in 30, 31)
• Fixed an issue where BrowserView webContents were getting destroyed even when preventDefault was being set on the owning BrowserWindow's close event. #42353 (Also in 30, 31)
• Fixed an issue where app.setLoginItemSettings incorrectly checked against loginItemService. #42380 (Also in 29, 30, 31)
• Fixed an issue where contentWindow.document.fonts.ready would never resolve in some circumstances. #42366 (Also in 30, 31)
• Fixed an issue where document.requestFullscreen didn't work when calling it from a webContents inside WebContentsView. #41966 (Also in 30, 31)
• Fixed an issue where fetch dependent interfaces in Node.js were not defined when nodeIntegration was enabled in some circumstances. #42419 (Also in 30, 31)
• Fixed an issue where navigator.usb.getDevices() could crash in some circumstances. #42443 (Also in 29, 30, 31)
• Fixed an issue where recentDOcuments wasn't populating properly on macOS. #41978 (Also in 29, 30, 31)
• Fixed an issue where setTitleBarOverlay didn't work as expected when called on BaseWindow. #41960 (Also in 29, 30, 31)
• Fixed an issue where webContents.navigationHistory was not an enumerable property. #42139 (Also in 30, 31)
• Fixed an issue where bad flags passed via --js-flags could cause a crash. #42414 (Also in 29, 30, 31)
• Fixed an issue where calling window.center() on Windows and Linux incorrectly centered the window. #42048 (Also in 30, 31)
• Fixed an issue where dialogs did not work if they were parented to a BaseWindow and not a BrowserWindow. #42315 (Also in 30, 31)
• Fixed an issue where some calls to WebUSB methods could crash. #42347 (Also in 29, 31)
• Fixed an issue where the window could be incorrectly centered in some circumstances when calling BrowserWindow.center(). #42195 (Also in 30, 31)
• Fixed crash after upgrade on Linux. #41046 (Also in 29, 30, 31)
• Fixed crash on window maximize on X11. #42179 (Also in 30, 31)
• Fixed data corruption when protocol.handle() processed incoming data asynchronously. #41894 (Also in 30, 31)
• Fixed issue where windows made visible with showInactive were blank. #42226 (Also in 31)
• Fixed nativeImage.createThumbnailFromPath and shell.openExternal not resolving when called in the renderer process. #41875 (Also in 30, 31)
• Fixed potentially incorrect exit code in UtilityProcess. #42297 (Also in 31)
• Fixed support for multiple folder/file selection in //shell_dialogs portal implementation. #42308 (Also in 29, 30, 31)
• Fixed the type of WebviewTag.webpreferences back to string. #42275 (Also in 30, 31)
• Re-adds functionality to check whether or not an app was launched as a login service on macOS. #42411 (Also in 29, 30, 31)
• BrowserWindow.focus() now correctly restore focus to inactive apps on macOS. #42180 (Also in 30, 31)
• originalFs.promises.cp now works. #42132 (Also in 31)

Other Changes

• Backported fix for 336625018. #42304 (Also in 31)
• Backported fix for 339458194. #42120
• Backported fix for 340221135. #42172
• Backported fix for 341663589. #42253
• Fixed partially broken state of chrome://accessibility. #41911 (Also in 31)
• Improved error messages when ses.cookies.set fails. #42362 (Also in 29, 30, 31)
• Updated Chromium to 127.0.6521.0. #42118
• Updated Node.js to v20.14.0. #42329

Documentation

• Documentation changes: #41567, #42027, #42028, #42243