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@42.0.0-alpha.6.

Release Notes for v42.0.0-alpha.6

Fixes

• Fixed Electron child process titles on Linux so they show their types (render, gpu, etc.) and complete command-line arguments and flags in ps aux. #50533
• Fixed a bug where Windows notification icons could fail to save because their temporary filenames contained invalid characters. #50482 ^{(Also in 40, 41)}
• Fixed an issue where an app shortcut may lose its icon after auto-updating on Windows. #50517 ^{(Also in 40, 41)}

Other Changes

• Updated Chromium to 148.0.7751.0. #50429

Documentation

• Documentation changes: #50526