chore(deps): update dependency electron to v40 #46

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Package	Change	Age	Confidence
electron	^39.0.0 → ^40.0.0

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Release Notes

electron/electron (electron)

v40.1.0: electron v40.1.0

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Release Notes for v40.1.0

Features

• DevTools errors are no longer printed to console. #​49359

Fixes

• Fixed setRepresentedFilename() not setting AXDocument accessibility attribute on macOS. #​49417 ^{(Also in 39)}
• Fixed a potential race condition crash when opening DevTools. #​49422 ^{(Also in 39)}
• Fixed an issue in chrome://accessibility. #​49560 ^{(Also in 39, 41)}
• Fixed an issue where shell.writeShortcutLink was throwing TypeError: Insufficient number of arguments when called with just [(path, options)]. #​49501 ^{(Also in 39, 41)}
• Fixed crash in platform_util::Beep() on Linux. #​49482 ^{(Also in 39, 41)}
• Made toplevel icon Wayland protocol work. #​49414 ^{(Also in 39)}

Other Changes

• Backported fix for 4738514. #​49487
• Updated Chromium to 144.0.7559.96. #​49474

Unknown

• Fixed an issue where some packages weren't correctly filtered on macOS in dialogs. #​49473 ^{(Also in 38, 39, 41)}

v40.0.0: electron v40.0.0

Compare Source

Release Notes for v40.0.0

Stack Upgrades

• Chromium 144.0.7559.60
  • New in 144
  • New in 143
• Node v24.11.1
  • Node 24.11.1 blog post
• V8 14.4

Breaking Changes

• Deprecated clipboard API access from renderer processes #​48923
• Fixed an error on debug symbol upload by moving dsym.zip to use tar.xz compression. #​48952

Features

Additions

• Added "memory-eviction" as a possible reason for a child process to exit. #​48362
• Added RGBAF16 output format with scRGB HDR color space support to Offscreen Rendering. #​48265 ^{(Also in 39)}
• Added app.isHardwareAccelerationEnabled(). #​47614 ^{(Also in 37, 38, 39)}
• Added bypassCustomProtocolHandlers option to net.request. #​48883 ^{(Also in 38, 39)}
• Added methods to enable more granular accessibility support management. #​48042 ^{(Also in 37, 38, 39)}
• Added support for WebSocket authentication through the login event on webContents. #​49064 ^{(Also in 39)}
• Added support to import external shared texture as VideoFrame. #​48831
• Added the ability to retrieve the system accent color on Linux using systemPreferences.getAccentColor. #​48027 ^{(Also in 39)}
• Allowed for persisting File System API grant status within a given session. #​48170 ^{(Also in 37, 38, 39)}
• Automatically focus DevTools when element is inspected or breakpoint is triggered. #​46386 ^{(Also in 37, 38, 39)}

Improvements

• Enables resetting accent color to follow system accent settings if a previous color has been set via window.setAccentColor(null). #​48274 ^{(Also in 38, 39)}
• Support dynamic ESM imports in non-context isolated preloads. #​48375 ^{(Also in 37, 38, 39)}
• Updated nativeImage.createFromNamedImage to support SF Symbol names. #​48772 ^{(Also in 39)}

Fixes

• Added support for --no-stdio-init to be used when nul device is disabled on windows. #​47870
• Fixed an issue on Windows and Linux where no cookie encryption key provider was passed into the network service when cookie encryption was enabled. #​49375
• Fixed an issue where no cookie encryption provider was passed into the network service when cookie encryption was enabled. #​49350
• Fixed crash when attempting to resolve modules during process exit. #​49104
• Fixed drag regions in child windows. #​49312
• Fixed draw smoothing round corner issue. #​48782
• Fixed the cookie encryption logic to use the old os_crypt sync implementation present in M142. #​49384
• Fixed visual artifacts while resizing a window on Windows. #​49191

Also in earlier versions...

• AccentColor set distinguishes the frame. #​48405 ^{(Also in 37, 38, 39)}
• Corrected the appearance of tiled windows on GNOME (when frame: true), and removed resize handles from tiled edges. #​48835 ^{(Also in 38, 39)}
• Fix: ESM-from-CJS import when CJK characters are in path. #​48862 ^{(Also in 39)}
• Fix: runtime JS error that crashes GetPackageJSON. #​48293 ^{(Also in 37, 38, 39)}
• Fixed Wayland configuration through the XDG_SESSION_TYPE environment variable. #​48301 ^{(Also in 38, 39)}
• Fixed Windows dialog.showMessageBox default button handling. #​48216 ^{(Also in 36, 37, 38, 39)}
• Fixed a Windows notification issue where clicking a native notification would result in an application hang on certain Windows environments. #​49129 ^{(Also in 39)}
• Fixed a potential crash in dialog.showOpenDialog on Windows with an empty extension filter array. #​48640 ^{(Also in 37, 38, 39)}
• Fixed an application crash when clicking or hovering over the native MacOS "Window" menu. Reverts #​48598. #​48799 ^{(Also in 37, 38, 39)}
• Fixed an error when checking environmental variables when using remote checksums when installing Electron via npm. #​48634 ^{(Also in 37, 38, 39)}
• Fixed an issue that menu items on macOS could not be disabled under all circumstances. #​48598 ^{(Also in 37, 38, 39)}
• Fixed an issue where menu-did-close was not emitted properly for some application menus. #​49092 ^{(Also in 38, 39)}
• Fixed an issue where shell.openExternal caused an unexpected dialog to open when there was no app suitable to open the url. #​48502 ^{(Also in 38, 39)}
• Fixed an issue where systemPreferences.getAccentColor inverted the color. #​48511 ^{(Also in 37, 38, 39)}
• Fixed an issue where trafficLightPosition would not be correctly applied when using titleBarStyle: 'customButtonsOnHover' on macOS 26. #​48538 ^{(Also in 37, 38, 39)}
• Fixed an issue where authentication via websockets can crash. #​48510 ^{(Also in 37, 38, 39)}
• Fixed an issue where button background on mouse hover with titleBarOverlay wasn't always calculated to provide appropriate minimum contrast. #​48568 ^{(Also in 37, 38, 39)}
• Fixed an issue where calling webContents.openDevTools({ mode: 'detach' }) would cause a crash on Wayland. #​48600 ^{(Also in 38, 39)}
• Fixed an issue where changing the resizable property on a window would break the styles of a transparent window. #​48378 ^{(Also in 37, 38, 39)}
• Fixed an issue where icons didn't show up as expected on Windows Toast notifications. #​48543 ^{(Also in 38, 39)}
• Fixed an issue where snapped windows aren't correctly snapped when minimized and then unminimized. #​48296 ^{(Also in 37, 38, 39)}
• Fixed an issue where some apps would throw an exception on launch. #​48976 ^{(Also in 39)}
• Fixed an issue where the close callback param for menu.popup would fire when any arbitrary submenu of the given menu closed, and not the menu itself. #​49046 ^{(Also in 38, 39)}
• Fixed crash on windows when UTF-8 is in path. #​48942 ^{(Also in 38, 39)}
• Fixed crash when accessing webContents.session or webContents.debugger. #​48318 ^{(Also in 39)}
• Fixed crash when creating event object for ipc events. #​48991 ^{(Also in 39)}
• Fixed crash when inspector agent attempts to evaluate on provisional frames. #​48503 ^{(Also in 37, 38, 39)}
• Fixed crash when passing feature param from commandline --enable-features=Feature:ParamA/Value. #​48411 ^{(Also in 39)}
• Fixed crash when reading system certificates via nodejs tls module. #​49041 ^{(Also in 39)}
• Fixed download button does not work in PDF Viewer. #​48372 ^{(Also in 38, 39)}
• Fixed excessive WindowServer GPU usage on macOS Tahoe 26. #​48376 ^{(Also in 36, 37, 38, 39)}
• Fixed high CPU usage with <input> tag on macOS 26. #​48379 ^{(Also in 36, 37, 38, 39)}
• Fixed incorrect signal variable reference in nan-spec-runner that could cause install failures to go undetected. #​48639 ^{(Also in 38, 39)}
• Fixed oom crash when optimizing certain wasm functions involving large phi nodes. #​48816 ^{(Also in 38, 39)}
• Fixed shader-f16 to work on Windows. #​48342 ^{(Also in 37, 38, 39)}
• Fixed the issue where the parent window leave disabled after the modal window call show() multiple time. #​49021 ^{(Also in 38, 39)}
• Fixed the issue where the parent window remained interactive after the modal window was opened. #​48864 ^{(Also in 38, 39)}
• Fixed white flash on call to BrowserWindow.show. #​47151 ^{(Also in 37, 38, 39)}
• Reenable V8 trap handlers for wasm in browser and utility process, improves runtime execution of wasm. #​48839 ^{(Also in 39)}
• Requests sent via net are now capable of having their headers modified to use reserved headers via webRequest. #​49241 ^{(Also in 39)}
• Titlebar buttons now appear on the correct side of windows on Wayland in Ubuntu. #​48490 ^{(Also in 38, 39)}
• Windows: Calling window.setFocusable(true) will no longer cause a window to lose focus. #​48927 ^{(Also in 39)}

Other Changes

• Backported fix for 4453807. #​48335 ^{(Also in 36, 37, 38, 39)}
• Backported fix for 4667866. #​49286
• Backported fix for chromium:466192044. #​49201
• Fixed a development issue where the metal toolchain could not be found when building on macOS 26. #​48467 ^{(Also in 37, 38, 39)}
• Fixed devtools element panel flickering when with node inspection. #​49043 ^{(Also in 39)}

Documentation

• Documentation change
  • #​48665
  • #​48841

Notices

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Electron 37.x.y has reached end-of-support as per the project's support policy. Developers and applications are encouraged to upgrade to a newer version of Electron.

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This PR contains the following updates: | Package | Change | [Age](https://docs.renovatebot.com/merge-confidence/) | [Confidence](https://docs.renovatebot.com/merge-confidence/) | |---|---|---|---| | [electron](https://github.com/electron/electron) | [`^39.0.0` → `^40.0.0`](https://renovatebot.com/diffs/npm/electron/39.4.0/40.1.0) |  |  | --- ### Release Notes <details> <summary>electron/electron (electron)</summary> ### [`v40.1.0`](https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v40.1.0): electron v40.1.0 [Compare Source](https://github.com/electron/electron/compare/v40.0.0...v40.1.0) ### Release Notes for v40.1.0 #### Features - DevTools errors are no longer printed to console. [#&#8203;49359](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49359) #### Fixes - Fixed `setRepresentedFilename()` not setting `AXDocument` accessibility attribute on macOS. [#&#8203;49417](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49417) ^{(Also in [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49418))} - Fixed a potential race condition crash when opening DevTools. [#&#8203;49422](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49422) ^{(Also in [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49423))} - Fixed an issue in `chrome://accessibility`. [#&#8203;49560](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49560) ^{(Also in [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49559), [41](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49561))} - Fixed an issue where `shell.writeShortcutLink` was throwing `TypeError: Insufficient number of arguments` when called with just `[(path, options)]`. [#&#8203;49501](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49501) ^{(Also in [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49502), [41](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49503))} - Fixed crash in platform\_util::Beep() on Linux. [#&#8203;49482](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49482) ^{(Also in [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49484), [41](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49483))} - Made toplevel icon Wayland protocol work. [#&#8203;49414](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49414) ^{(Also in [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49415))} #### Other Changes - Backported fix for [`4738514`](https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/473851441). [#&#8203;49487](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49487) - Updated Chromium to 144.0.7559.96. [#&#8203;49474](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49474) #### Unknown - Fixed an issue where some packages weren't correctly filtered on macOS in dialogs. [#&#8203;49473](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49473) ^{(Also in [38](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49471), [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49472), [41](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49470))} ### [`v40.0.0`](https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v40.0.0): electron v40.0.0 [Compare Source](https://github.com/electron/electron/compare/v39.4.0...v40.0.0) ### Release Notes for v40.0.0 #### Stack Upgrades - Chromium `144.0.7559.60` - [New in 144](https://developer.chrome.com/blog/new-in-chrome-144/) - [New in 143](https://developer.chrome.com/blog/new-in-chrome-143/) - Node `v24.11.1` - [Node 24.11.1 blog post](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v24.11.1/) - V8 `14.4` #### Breaking Changes - Deprecated clipboard API access from renderer processes [#&#8203;48923](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48923) - Fixed an error on debug symbol upload by moving dsym.zip to use tar.xz compression. [#&#8203;48952](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48952) #### Features ##### Additions - Added "memory-eviction" as a possible reason for a child process to exit. [#&#8203;48362](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48362) - Added `RGBAF16` output format with scRGB HDR color space support to Offscreen Rendering. [#&#8203;48265](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48265) ^{(Also in [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48504))} - Added `app.isHardwareAccelerationEnabled()`. [#&#8203;47614](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/47614) ^{(Also in [37](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48679), [38](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48681), [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48680))} - Added bypassCustomProtocolHandlers option to net.request. [#&#8203;48883](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48883) ^{(Also in [38](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48881), [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48882))} - Added methods to enable more granular accessibility support management. [#&#8203;48042](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48042) ^{(Also in [37](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48627), [38](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48626), [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48625))} - Added support for WebSocket authentication through the `login` event on `webContents`. [#&#8203;49064](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49064) ^{(Also in [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49065))} - Added support to import external shared texture as VideoFrame. [#&#8203;48831](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48831) - Added the ability to retrieve the system accent color on Linux using `systemPreferences.getAccentColor`. [#&#8203;48027](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48027) ^{(Also in [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48628))} - Allowed for persisting File System API grant status within a given session. [#&#8203;48170](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48170) ^{(Also in [37](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48328), [38](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48327), [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48344))} - Automatically focus DevTools when element is inspected or breakpoint is triggered. [#&#8203;46386](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/46386) ^{(Also in [37](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48703), [38](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48701), [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48702))} ##### Improvements - Enables resetting accent color to follow system accent settings if a previous color has been set via `window.setAccentColor(null)`. [#&#8203;48274](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48274) ^{(Also in [38](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48853), [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48852))} - Support dynamic ESM imports in non-context isolated preloads. [#&#8203;48375](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48375) ^{(Also in [37](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48487), [38](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48489), [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48488))} - Updated `nativeImage.createFromNamedImage` to support SF Symbol names. [#&#8203;48772](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48772) ^{(Also in [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48773))} #### Fixes - Added support for `--no-stdio-init` to be used when nul device is disabled on windows. [#&#8203;47870](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/47870) - Fixed an issue on Windows and Linux where no cookie encryption key provider was passed into the network service when cookie encryption was enabled. [#&#8203;49375](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49375) - Fixed an issue where no cookie encryption provider was passed into the network service when cookie encryption was enabled. [#&#8203;49350](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49350) - Fixed crash when attempting to resolve modules during process exit. [#&#8203;49104](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49104) - Fixed drag regions in child windows. [#&#8203;49312](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49312) - Fixed draw smoothing round corner issue. [#&#8203;48782](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48782) - Fixed the cookie encryption logic to use the old os\_crypt sync implementation present in M142. [#&#8203;49384](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49384) - Fixed visual artifacts while resizing a window on Windows. [#&#8203;49191](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49191) ##### Also in earlier versions... - AccentColor set distinguishes the frame. [#&#8203;48405](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48405) ^{(Also in [37](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48449), [38](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48451), [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48450))} - Corrected the appearance of tiled windows on GNOME (when frame: true), and removed resize handles from tiled edges. [#&#8203;48835](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48835) ^{(Also in [38](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48836), [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48834))} - Fix: ESM-from-CJS import when CJK characters are in path. [#&#8203;48862](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48862) ^{(Also in [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48873))} - Fix: runtime JS error that crashes `GetPackageJSON`. [#&#8203;48293](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48293) ^{(Also in [37](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48423), [38](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48424), [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48425))} - Fixed Wayland configuration through the `XDG_SESSION_TYPE` environment variable. [#&#8203;48301](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48301) ^{(Also in [38](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48309), [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48310))} - Fixed Windows `dialog.showMessageBox` default button handling. [#&#8203;48216](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48216) ^{(Also in [36](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48522), [37](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48520), [38](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48519), [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48521))} - Fixed a Windows notification issue where clicking a native notification would result in an application hang on certain Windows environments. [#&#8203;49129](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49129) ^{(Also in [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49130))} - Fixed a potential crash in `dialog.showOpenDialog` on Windows with an empty extension filter array. [#&#8203;48640](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48640) ^{(Also in [37](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48659), [38](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48660), [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48658))} - Fixed an application crash when clicking or hovering over the native MacOS "Window" menu. Reverts [#&#8203;48598](https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/48598). [#&#8203;48799](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48799) ^{(Also in [37](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48803), [38](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48801), [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48800))} - Fixed an error when checking environmental variables when using remote checksums when installing Electron via npm. [#&#8203;48634](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48634) ^{(Also in [37](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48671), [38](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48672), [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48673))} - Fixed an issue that menu items on macOS could not be disabled under all circumstances. [#&#8203;48598](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48598) ^{(Also in [37](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48712), [38](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48710), [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48711))} - Fixed an issue where `menu-did-close` was not emitted properly for some application menus. [#&#8203;49092](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49092) ^{(Also in [38](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49094), [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49093))} - Fixed an issue where `shell.openExternal` caused an unexpected dialog to open when there was no app suitable to open the url. [#&#8203;48502](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48502) ^{(Also in [38](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48517), [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48518))} - Fixed an issue where `systemPreferences.getAccentColor` inverted the color. [#&#8203;48511](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48511) ^{(Also in [37](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49067), [38](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49066), [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48624))} - Fixed an issue where `trafficLightPosition` would not be correctly applied when using `titleBarStyle: 'customButtonsOnHover'` on macOS 26. [#&#8203;48538](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48538) ^{(Also in [37](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48622), [38](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48620), [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48621))} - Fixed an issue where authentication via websockets can crash. [#&#8203;48510](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48510) ^{(Also in [37](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48540), [38](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48539), [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48541))} - Fixed an issue where button background on mouse hover with `titleBarOverlay` wasn't always calculated to provide appropriate minimum contrast. [#&#8203;48568](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48568) ^{(Also in [37](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48596), [38](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48595), [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48597))} - Fixed an issue where calling `webContents.openDevTools({ mode: 'detach' })` would cause a crash on Wayland. [#&#8203;48600](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48600) ^{(Also in [38](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48926), [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48623))} - Fixed an issue where changing the resizable property on a window would break the styles of a transparent window. [#&#8203;48378](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48378) ^{(Also in [37](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48500), [38](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48499), [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48501))} - Fixed an issue where icons didn't show up as expected on Windows Toast notifications. [#&#8203;48543](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48543) ^{(Also in [38](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48630), [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48629))} - Fixed an issue where snapped windows aren't correctly snapped when minimized and then unminimized. [#&#8203;48296](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48296) ^{(Also in [37](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48439), [38](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48437), [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48438))} - Fixed an issue where some apps would throw an exception on launch. [#&#8203;48976](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48976) ^{(Also in [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48975))} - Fixed an issue where the close callback param for `menu.popup` would fire when any arbitrary submenu of the given menu closed, and not the menu itself. [#&#8203;49046](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49046) ^{(Also in [38](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49047), [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49045))} - Fixed crash on windows when UTF-8 is in path. [#&#8203;48942](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48942) ^{(Also in [38](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48947), [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48944))} - Fixed crash when accessing `webContents.session` or `webContents.debugger`. [#&#8203;48318](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48318) ^{(Also in [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48344))} - Fixed crash when creating event object for ipc events. [#&#8203;48991](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48991) ^{(Also in [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48992))} - Fixed crash when inspector agent attempts to evaluate on provisional frames. [#&#8203;48503](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48503) ^{(Also in [37](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48514), [38](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48513), [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48515))} - Fixed crash when passing feature param from commandline `--enable-features=Feature:ParamA/Value`. [#&#8203;48411](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48411) ^{(Also in [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48442))} - Fixed crash when reading system certificates via nodejs tls module. [#&#8203;49041](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49041) ^{(Also in [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49042))} - Fixed download button does not work in PDF Viewer. [#&#8203;48372](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48372) ^{(Also in [38](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48409), [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48404))} - Fixed excessive WindowServer GPU usage on macOS Tahoe 26. [#&#8203;48376](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48376) ^{(Also in [36](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48401), [37](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48400), [38](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48398), [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48399))} - Fixed high CPU usage with `<input>` tag on macOS 26. [#&#8203;48379](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48379) ^{(Also in [36](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48419), [37](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48392), [38](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48394), [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48393))} - Fixed incorrect signal variable reference in nan-spec-runner that could cause install failures to go undetected. [#&#8203;48639](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48639) ^{(Also in [38](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48708), [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48709))} - Fixed oom crash when optimizing certain wasm functions involving large phi nodes. [#&#8203;48816](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48816) ^{(Also in [38](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48817), [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48815))} - Fixed shader-f16 to work on Windows. [#&#8203;48342](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48342) ^{(Also in [37](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48556), [38](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48555), [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48557))} - Fixed the issue where the parent window leave disabled after the modal window call show() multiple time. [#&#8203;49021](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49021) ^{(Also in [38](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49020), [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49019))} - Fixed the issue where the parent window remained interactive after the modal window was opened. [#&#8203;48864](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48864) ^{(Also in [38](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48866), [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48865))} - Fixed white flash on call to BrowserWindow\.show. [#&#8203;47151](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/47151) ^{(Also in [37](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48558), [38](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48560), [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48559))} - Reenable V8 trap handlers for wasm in browser and utility process, improves runtime execution of wasm. [#&#8203;48839](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48839) ^{(Also in [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48837))} - Requests sent via `net` are now capable of having their headers modified to use reserved headers via `webRequest`. [#&#8203;49241](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49241) ^{(Also in [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49242))} - Titlebar buttons now appear on the correct side of windows on Wayland in Ubuntu. [#&#8203;48490](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48490) ^{(Also in [38](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48602), [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48603))} - Windows: Calling window\.setFocusable(true) will no longer cause a window to lose focus. [#&#8203;48927](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48927) ^{(Also in [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48928))} #### Other Changes - Backported fix for [`4453807`](https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/445380761). [#&#8203;48335](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48335) ^{(Also in [36](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48339), [37](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48338), [38](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48337), [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48336))} - Backported fix for [`4667866`](https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/466786677). [#&#8203;49286](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49286) - Backported fix for chromium:466192044. [#&#8203;49201](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49201) - Fixed a development issue where the metal toolchain could not be found when building on macOS 26. [#&#8203;48467](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48467) ^{(Also in [37](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48471), [38](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48473), [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48472))} - Fixed devtools element panel flickering when with node inspection. [#&#8203;49043](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49043) ^{(Also in [39](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/49044))} #### Documentation - Documentation change - [#&#8203;48665](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48665) - [#&#8203;48841](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48841) #### Notices ##### End of Support for 37.x.y Electron 37.x.y has reached end-of-support as per the project's [support policy](https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/tutorial/electron-timelines#version-support-policy). Developers and applications are encouraged to upgrade to a newer version of Electron. </details> --- ### Configuration 📅 **Schedule**: Branch creation - At any time (no schedule defined), Automerge - At any time (no schedule defined). 🚦 **Automerge**: Disabled by config. 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chore(deps): update dependency electron to v40 0f401ed86f

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Reference: daanselen/akartonplanning#46