electron v1.6.3 beta
https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v1.6.3Note: This is a beta release. This is release is running on an
upgraded version of Chrome and may have some instability and/or regressions.
Please file new issues for any bugs you find in it.
This release is published to npm (
https://www.npmjs.com/package/electron) under the beta tag and can be installed via npm install electron@beta.
Bug Fixes
Fixed a crash in preload scripts when using the fetch API when context
isolation was enabled. #8804 (
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/8804)
The Node environment is now properly destroyed when V8 contexts are released.
#8811 (
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/8811)
Fixed an issue where the done event would be emitted twice for canceled
DownloadItem instances. #8678 (
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/8678)
Fixed a crash when loading a URL while there was a pending navigation entry.
#8724 (
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/8724)
Fixed an issue where the promise returned from webContents.executeJavaScript
would not resolve when no callback was specified. #8744 (
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/8744)
Windows
Fixed an issue where process.windowStore would be incorrect on machines with
a non-standard WindowsApps folder location. #8806 (
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/8806)
API Changes
Added a baseURLForDataURL option to the loadURL API that can be used
to set the base URL to load relative paths from in data URLs. #8799 (
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/8799)
macOS
Added an experimental touch bar API that can be set on a window via
BrowserWindow.setTouchBar. #8096 (
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/8096)