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@45.0.0-alpha.8.

Release Notes for v45.0.0-alpha.8

Fixes

• Fixed a main-process crash when an app called loadURL() again right after a load failed because the renderer process exited before the page committed. #53942 ^{(Also in 43, 44)}
• Fixed a potential UAF when a select-usb-device handler destroys the requesting webContents. #54008 ^{(Also in 43, 44)}
• Fixed default protocol client APIs falsely returning true on Windows. #53958 ^{(Also in 43, 44)}

Other Changes

• Backported fix from upstream V8. #53987
• Backported fixes from upstream ANGLE, Chromium, Skia and V8. #53983
• Updated Chromium to 155.0.8046.0. #53781