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@41.0.0-alpha.6.

Release Notes for v41.0.0-alpha.6

Features

Added the ability to disable auto-focusing of WebContents on navigation using webPreferences.focusOnNavigation. #49511

Fixed a crash that could occur when using the File System Access API. #49636 ^{(Also in 39, 40)}
Fixed an application crash on MacOS where the menu observer was not being properly removed before garbage collection. #49658 ^{(Also in 40)}
Fixed an issue where alt+space triggered th system context menu even if an accelerator was registered for the hotkey combination. #49642 ^{(Also in 39, 40)}
Fixed an issue where cookie changed events weren't properly emitted in all cases. #49631
Fixed an issue where native modules would either crash or not compile for MacOS 12. #49703 ^{(Also in 40)}
Fixed an issue where role-based menu items were incorrectly returning null for their accelerator property. #49668 ^{(Also in 39)}
Fixed an issue where some shell functionality may not work on Linux if the target window is already open. #49594
Fixed dock menu items not respecting enabled and checked properties on macOS. #49625 ^{(Also in 38, 39, 40)}
Fixed rendering glitches on macOS. #49621 ^{(Also in 40)}

Refactored our MSIX updater code to use an upstream Chromium pattern and eliminates the need for special exception handling build flags. #49686 ^{(Also in 39, 40)}

Fixed squirrel.mac stacked update behavior to old staged updates. #49639 ^{(Also in 39, 40)}