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@44.0.0-alpha.8.

Release Notes for v44.0.0-alpha.8

Features

Clipboard module is now aligned with the W3C Clipboard API. #52508
Frameless windows on Linux now use system-themed titlebar icons for Window Controls Overlay (WCO). #52531

Fixed BrowserWindow size corruption on Windows when created with explicit x/y on a secondary monitor whose DPI differs from the primary. #52499 ^{(Also in 42, 43)}
Fixed Dirent.parentPath being undefined for fs.readdir, fs.readdirSync, fs.glob, and fs.globSync with withFileTypes: true inside asar archives. #52507 ^{(Also in 42, 43)}
Fixed select-hid-device presenting HID devices that could not be granted, which caused navigator.hid.requestDevice() to resolve with no device. #52497
Fixed a UAF with protocol.registerStreamProtocol when an error is emitted during a read. #52515 ^{(Also in 41, 42, 43)}
Fixed a crash that could occur when closing DevTools while the host WebContents was being destroyed. #52509 ^{(Also in 41, 42, 43)}
Fixed an issue where loading ICO files from ASAR archives on Windows left temporary icon files behind. #52477 ^{(Also in 42, 43)}
Fixed an issue where some values passed into requestSingleInstanceLock could result in a crash. #52470 ^{(Also in 43)}