chore(deps): update dependency electron to v27

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This PR contains the following updates:

Package	Change	Age	Adoption	Passing	Confidence
electron	26.6.1 -> 27.1.2

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Release Notes

electron/electron (electron)

v27.1.2: electron v27.1.2

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Release Notes for v27.1.2

Fixes

• Fixed resizing performance issue on macOS. #​40585 (Also in 26, 28)

v27.1.0: electron v27.1.0

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Release Notes for v27.1.0

Features

• Added keyboardLock to ses.setPermissionRequestHandler(handler). #​40459 (Also in 26, 28)

Fixes

• Fixed "will-navigate" not being emitted when pressing links in chrome: pages. #​40524 (Also in 28)
• Fixed a unexpectedly thrown error in some unsupported chrome extensions. #​40513 (Also in 26, 28)

Other Changes

• Updated Chromium to 118.0.5993.144. #​40522

v27.0.4: electron v27.0.4

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Release Notes for v27.0.4

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where WebViews could sometimes crash on unload. #​40444 (Also in 26, 28)
• Fixed rendering on Linux due to broken shader cache compilation with driver updates. #​40467

Other Changes

• Updated Chromium to 118.0.5993.129. #​40417

v27.0.3: electron v27.0.3

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Release Notes for v27.0.3

Fixes

• Fixed an error changing file format in dialog.showOpenDialog on macOS. #​40347 (Also in 28)
• Fixed an issue where navigator.keyboard.lock() did not work per latest expected behavior. #​40388 (Also in 26, 28)

Other Changes

• Updated Chromium to 118.0.5993.120. #​40404

v27.0.2: electron v27.0.2

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Release Notes for v27.0.2

Fixes

• Functions called over the contextBridge are now called with the expected receiver (this). #​40262 (Also in 28)

Other Changes

• Backported fix for 1473422. #​40280

v27.0.1: electron v27.0.1

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Release Notes for v27.0.1

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where Windows Toast notifications weren't properly dismissed from the Action Center on notification.close() if they'd previously been dismissed. #​40244 (Also in 26, 28)
• Fixed an issue where calling loadURL during some webContents url loading events could crash. #​40162 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
• Fixed an issue where fully occluded windows would return an empty image from webContents.capturePage() on Windows and Linux. #​40188 (Also in 25, 26, 28)
• Fixed an issue with webContents interaction with fullscreen and WCO on macOS. #​40217 (Also in 25, 26, 28)
• Fixed some redundant permission dialogs while screen sharing on Wayland. #​40193 (Also in 26, 28)

Other Changes

• Updated Chromium to 118.0.5993.89. #​40240

v27.0.0: electron v27.0.0

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Release Notes for v27.0.0

Stack Upgrades

• Chromium 118.0.5993.32
  • New in 117
  • New in 118
• Node 18.17.1
  • Node 18.17.1 blog post
• V8 11.8

Breaking Changes

• macOS 10.13 and 10.14 support has been removed 38891
• The ipcRenderer.sendTo() API has been deprecated in favor of sharing a MessageChannel between two renderers. #​39091
• The senderId and senderIsMainFrame properties of IpcRendererEvent have been deprecated. #​39381
• The systemPreferences.getAppLevelAppearance and systemPreferences.setAppLevelAppearance APIs have been deprecated, as well as the alternate-selected-control-text value for systemPreferences.getColor. #​39343 (Also in 26)
• The systemPreferences.getAppLevelAppearance, systemPreferences.setAppLevelAppearance and systemPreferences.appLevelAppearance APIs have been removed, as well as the alternate-selected-control-text value for systemPreferences.getColor. #​39804
• The webContents.getPrinters API has been deprecated. #​39356 (Also in 26)
• The deprecated webContents.getPrinters() API has been removed. #​39735
• The deprecated color scheme changed events in systemPreferences have been removed. #​39341

Features

Additions

• Added safeStorage.setUsePlainTextEncryption and safeStorage.getSelectedStorageBackend api. #​38873 (Also in 25, 26)
• Added senderIsMainFrame to messages sent via ipcRenderer.sendTo(). #​38868 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
• Added a tabbingIdentifier property to BrowserWindow. #​40082
• Added a title parameter to webContents.openDevTools()to specify the DevTools window title. #​39047
• Added partial support for chrome.tabs.query. #​39330 (Also in 25, 26)
• Added support for --dns-result-order Node.js cli flag. #​39376 (Also in 25, 26)
• Added support for chrome.scripting extension APIs. #​39675 (Also in 25, 26)
• Added support for customization of the default math font along with other fonts. #​38514
• Added support for flagging a Menu as being keyboard initiated. #​38903 (Also in 26)
• Added support for several more Node.js cli flags in the main process. #​39344 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
• Added support for several more extensions manifest keys including host_permissions, author, and short_name. #​39672 (Also in 26)
• Added the ability to send HTTP headers with session.downloadURL(). #​38785 (Also in 25, 26)
• Added the ability to send HTTP headers with webContents.downloadURL(). #​39560 (Also in 25, 26)
• Added transparent color support for WCO on Windows. #​38693 (Also in 25, 26)
• BrowserWindow.getBrowserView() started to guarantee returning z-index sorted array. #​38943
• BrowserWindow.showAllTabs api added. #​38965
• Detect system dark theme preference via xdg settings portal on Linux. #​40010 (Also in 25, 26)
• Exposed an API to allow apps to determine whether to avoid using semitransparent backgrounds. #​40074 (Also in 26)
• Support Chrome Extensions minimum_chrome_version manifest key. #​39256 (Also in 26)
• node: prefixed requires are now supported in sandboxed renderer preloads for events, timers and url. #​38567 (Also in 24, 25, 26)

Removed/Deprecated

• The app.runningUnderRosettaTranslation property has been deprecated. #​39984 (Also in 25, 26)
• The enable_osr build flag has been removed. #​38703
• The enable_picture_in_picture build flag has been removed. #​38620
• The enable_run_as_node build flag has been removed in favor of the runAsNode fuse. #​38413

Fixes

• Fixed Windows Mica/Acrylic background material effects on frameless windows. #​39802
• Fixed an issue where window.open can interfere with various aspects of Node.js functionality. #​38754
• Fixed an issue where using webcrypto.subtle.importKey() could error and fail if SharedArrayBuffers are not defined. #​40100
• Fixed how screen readers are detected on Windows to reduce false positives. #​40065
• Fixed problem with promise resolved to early when browser intendent in-page navigation. #​39260
• Fixed same-party cookie functionality for first party sets. #​39976
• Fixed window size constraints not working on macOS. #​39992
• Prevent DWM from redrawing video frames rendered on opaque windows. #​40003

Also in earlier versions...

• Fixed BrowserView.setBounds calls not painting view in new bounds in some cases. #​40037 (Also in 25, 26)
• Fixed app.runningUnderARM64Translation() always returning true on ARM64. #​39931 (Also in 25, 26)
• Fixed clipboard.readImage() getting blocked when there is no PNG image in the clipboard. #​39466 (Also in 26)
• Fixed desktopCapturer thumbnail generation after screen sharing is cancelled on Wayland. #​39194 (Also in 25, 26)
• Fixed preload script may not run in some child windows opened by window.open. #​38910 (Also in 23, 24, 25, 26)
• Fixed webContents.printToPDF preferCSSPageSize type error. #​38761 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
• Fixed a crash calling nativeImage.resize() before the app ready event. #​38836 (Also in 26)
• Fixed a crash in. #​39069 (Also in 26)
• Fixed a crash seen when trying to change nativeTheme source during mara context menu close. #​38824 (Also in 25, 26)
• Fixed a crash when listing desktop capture sources on Wayland with PipeWire. #​38833 (Also in 23, 24, 25, 26)
• Fixed a potential crash calling BrowserWindow.removeBrowserView() with a destroyed webContents. #​38842 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
• Fixed a potential crash when calling BrowserWindow.moveTop() on modal child windows. #​39499 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
• Fixed a potential crash when calling tray.popUpContextMenu on macOS. #​39231 (Also in 26)
• Fixed a potential crash when re-parenting a BrowserWindow whose first parent has been destroyed. #​39062 (Also in 26)
• Fixed a rare crash when closing active native tab on macOS. #​39394 (Also in 25, 26)
• Fixed a redundant permission popup while fetching screens and windows using desktopCapturer.getSources() on Wayland. #​39111 (Also in 26)
• Fixed an accessibility issue where VoiceOver couldn't trigger the tray action when selected to emit the click event. #​39352 (Also in 26)
• Fixed an error where listening to certain chrome.tabs events would throw incorrectly. #​39771 (Also in 25, 26)
• Fixed an error with webContents.print parameter validation by adding missing options required to set printer printable area. #​38614 (Also in 25, 26)
• Fixed an issue on Windows 10 where the title bar was not correct after changing native theme. #​39287 (Also in 25, 26)
• Fixed an issue where BrowserWindows could crash on macOS with frame: false and roundedCorners: false when going fullscreen. #​39796 (Also in 25, 26)
• Fixed an issue where <datalist> popups are positions incorrectly in BrowserViews. #​38489 (Also in 23, 24, 25, 26)
• Fixed an issue where BrowserViews that had their bounds set prior to being added to a BrowserWindow could have unexpected incorrect offsets. #​39627 (Also in 25, 26)
• Fixed an issue where BrowserWindow.moveAbove() and BrowserWindow.moveTop() did not work for child windows on macOS. #​39034 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
• Fixed an issue where browserView.removeBrowserView could cause a crash in some cases. #​39387 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
• Fixed an issue where chrome.i18n did not work properly with Chrome Extensions Manifest V3. #​39291 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
• Fixed an issue where chrome.tabs.update did not return a tab object that properly reflected potential properties that were changed. #​39365 (Also in 25, 26)
• Fixed an issue where chrome://gpu failed to load. #​39583 (Also in 25, 26)
• Fixed an issue where protocol.handle() never called its callback with the 'file' scheme. #​39048 (Also in 25, 26)
• Fixed an issue where webContents.print() stopped triggering its callback when the user cancelled the print dialog. #​38709 (Also in 25, 26)
• Fixed an issue where webContents.print could fail when options is a frozen object. #​40030 (Also in 25, 26)
• Fixed an issue where accelerators representing DOM keys were not correctly converted in webContents.sendInputEvent(). #​39822 (Also in 25, 26)
• Fixed an issue where calling show() on a child BrowserWindow would show all other children attached to the same parent on macOS. #​40105 (Also in 25, 26)
• Fixed an issue where certain Electron classes had incorrect prototype class names. #​39006 (Also in 25, 26)
• Fixed an issue where certain properties of chrome.tabs Tab objects were not properly considered privileged. #​39608 (Also in 25, 26)
• Fixed an issue where child windows opened when the parent window is already fullscreen did not respect the child windows' fullscreenability and resizability settings. #​39640 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
• Fixed an issue where closing and opening a minimized DevTools window would not work as expected. #​40116 (Also in 25, 26)
• Fixed an issue where files could in some circumstances be selection when openFile was not passed as a dialog property. #​38557 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
• Fixed an issue where macOS traffic lights could malfunction on child windows in some circumstances. #​39225 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
• Fixed an issue where non-resizable windows incorrectly enabled the fullscreen/maximize button on initial window creation on macOS. #​39086 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
• Fixed an issue where notifications created on macOS which have no actions will erroneously have a Show button visible. #​38997 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
• Fixed an issue where passing webContents.print(null) could incorrectly trigger an error. #​38612 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
• Fixed an issue where pressing the escape key did not properly trigger PDF presentation mode exit. #​39660 (Also in 26)
• Fixed an issue where printing on Windows could trigger a crash. #​38976 (Also in 25, 26)
• Fixed an issue where removing a webview in a close callback could cause crashes. #​38996 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
• Fixed an issue where service workers could not run Chrome APIs in Chrome Extensions Manifest V3. #​39290 (Also in 25, 26)
• Fixed an issue where setting bounds on BrowserViews can behave inconsistently across platforms. #​38981 (Also in 25, 26)
• Fixed an issue where the Node.js assert module did not work in the renderer process. #​39623 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
• Fixed an issue where the pageVisibility API returned incorrect values in some situations when backgroundThrottling was disabled. #​39223 (Also in 25, 26)
• Fixed an issue where vibrant windows incorrectly have square corners when they're modals on macOS. #​39996 (Also in 25, 26)
• Fixed an issue with webContents.print({ silent: true }) not working correctly. #​38741 (Also in 25, 26)
• Fixed an issue with potential use-after-free of child windows on close and reparent. #​38603 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
• Fixed an issue with the application menu overlapping menu items on Windows 11. #​38998 (Also in 25, 26)
• Fixed asar integration for node:child_process imports. #​38742 (Also in 24, 25, 26)
• Fixed build failure when PDF viewer is disabled. #​40001 (Also in 25, 26)
• Fixed crash in message ports when utility process exits. #​39335 (Also in 25, 26)
• Fixed crash on shutdown in tls sockets with Node.js HTTP/2 connections. #​39947 (Also in 25, 26)
• Fixed decorations for tiled windows on Wayland. #​39570 (Also in 22, 24, 25, 26)
• Fixed devtools to allow restoring saved dock state on Windows. #​39767 (Also in 25, 26)
• Fixed display of title bar buttons on Wayland. #​39003 (Also in 25, 26)
• Fixed issue where titlebar would be transparent for transparent windows that are fullscreen. #​39781 (Also in 25, 26)
• Fixed minimize button to be visible when all buttons reenabled. #​38860 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
• Fixed missing type for Electron.TitleBarOverlay. #​39806 (Also in 26)
• Fixed potential invalid protocol error handling. #​38587 (Also in 25, 26)
• Fixed problem with promise resolved to early when browser initiated in-page navigation. #​39680 (Also in 25, 26)
• Fixed visibility of menu bar when exiting full screen. #​38599 (Also in 23, 24, 25, 26)
• Notes: Fixes an issue where chrome.tabs did not work properly with Chrome Extensions Manifest V3. #​39317 (Also in 25, 26)
• Support Region Capture API with tab MediaStream. #​39619 (Also in 25, 26)

Other Changes

• Security: backported fix for CVE-2023-4863. #​39823
• Security: backported fix for CVE-2023-5217. #​40022

Documentation

• Documentation change
  • #​39966

Notices

End of Support for 22.x.y and 24.x.y

Electron 24.x.y has reached end-of-support as per the project's support policy.

Electron 22.x.y has also now reached end of life (see Farewell, Windows 7/8/8.1 for more details). All currently supported versions of Electron have dropped support for Windows 7/8/8.1.

Developers and applications are encouraged to upgrade to a newer version of Electron.

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