# Electron v42.11.0 — electron v42.11.0

- Product: Electron (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/electron)
- Vendor: OpenJS Foundation
- Date: 2026-08-31
- Version: v42.11.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v42.11.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/electron/releases/v42.11.0
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

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- **fixed** — Fixed fs.constants.O_DIRECTORY, O_NOFOLLOW and O_DIRECT holding x86 values on Linux arm64 and armv7l, which made opening a directory fail with EINVAL, and made require('trace_events') behave the same on cross-compiled builds as on native ones
- **fixed** — Fixed a crash when calling node:wasi functions in optimized code
- **fixed** — Fixed a regression where a window created with a custom title can show an empty title after using back/forward navigation
- **fixed** — Fixed desktopCapturer thumbnail generation and premature portal timeout on Linux with Wayland
- **fixed** — Fixed region-qualified --lang values such as de-DE loading no locale resources on macOS, which left localized strings empty and could crash WebAuthn Touch ID prompts
- **fixed** — Fixed the GPU process being terminated in AppX/MSIX packaged apps on Windows when WebGPU fell back to SwiftShader
- **changed** — Updated Node.js to v24.19.0

#### Release Notes for v42.11.0

##### Fixes

* Fixed `fs.constants.O_DIRECTORY`, `O_NOFOLLOW` and `O_DIRECT` holding x86 values on Linux arm64 and armv7l, which made opening a directory fail with `EINVAL`, and made `require('trace_events')` behave the same on cross-compiled builds as on native ones. [#53318](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53318) <sup>(Also in [43](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53319), [44](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53320), [45](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53321))</sup>
* Fixed a crash when calling `node:wasi` functions in optimized code. [#53267](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53267) <sup>(Also in [43](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53265), [44](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53268), [45](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53266))</sup>
* Fixed a regression where a window created with a custom title can show an empty title after using back/forward navigation. [#53217](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53217) <sup>(Also in [43](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53219), [44](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53218))</sup>
* Fixed desktopCapturer thumbnail generation and premature portal timeout on Linux with Wayland. [#51784](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/51784) <sup>(Also in [43](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/51783))</sup>
* Fixed region-qualified `--lang` values such as `de-DE` loading no locale resources on macOS, which left localized strings empty and could crash WebAuthn Touch ID prompts. [#53187](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53187) <sup>(Also in [43](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53186), [44](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53188))</sup>
* Fixed the GPU process being terminated in AppX/MSIX packaged apps on Windows when WebGPU fell back to SwiftShader. [#53199](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53199) <sup>(Also in [43](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53197), [44](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53198))</sup>
##### Other Changes

* Backported fixes from upstream ANGLE, Chromium, Dawn, V8 and WebRTC. [#53191](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53191) 
* Updated Node.js to v24.19.0. [#52634](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/52634)