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

This release is published to npm under the beta tag and can be installed via npm install electron@beta, or npm install electron@41.0.0-beta.8.

Release Notes for v41.0.0-beta.8

Features

Added a reason property to the Notification 'closed' event on Windows to allow developers to know the reason the Notification was dismissed. #50029 ^{(Also in 40)}

Fixed an issue on macOS where Universal Links were not delivered to app.on('continue-activity') on cold launch when NSUserActivity.userInfo was nil. #50006 ^{(Also in 39, 40)}
Fixed an issue where VideoFrame objects returned through contextBridge had an incorrect prototype. #50023 ^{(Also in 39, 40)}
Fixed an issue where calling setBounds on a WebContentsView could trigger redundant page-favicon-updated events even when the favicon had not changed. #50085 ^{(Also in 39, 40)}
Fixed build failure when printing is disabled. #50077
Fixed shutdown crash on windows when hidden titlebar is enabled. #50055 ^{(Also in 39, 40)}
Global shortcuts can now be registered more reliably on Wayland using the globalShortcut API. #50051

Fixed CSS selector syntax in default app styles to properly apply animations to hero icons. #50033