# Electron v42.9.0 — electron v42.9.0

- Product: Electron (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/electron)
- Vendor: OpenJS Foundation
- Date: 2026-08-11
- Version: v42.9.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v42.9.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/electron/releases/v42.9.0
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

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- **added** — Add webFrameMain.printToPDF() to allow printing individual frames to PDF from the main process
- **fixed** — Fix a browser process crash that could occur during Windows logoff, shutdown, or restart
- **fixed** — Fix a crash report when the X server or Wayland compositor exits while an app is running
- **fixed** — Fix a crash when quickly switching menus while the app is under heavy load
- **fixed** — Fix a potential crash when notifying user activation before the primary main frame was live
- **fixed** — Fix an issue where a JavaScript out-of-memory crash could be reported from inside the crash-key handler instead of at the out-of-memory site

#### Release Notes for v42.9.0

##### Features

* Added `webFrameMain.printToPDF()` to allow printing individual frames to PDF from the main process. [#52626](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/52626) <sup>(Also in [43](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/52627), [44](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/52625))</sup>
##### Fixes

* Fixed a browser process crash that could occur during Windows logoff, shutdown, or restart. [#52621](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/52621) <sup>(Also in [43](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/52620), [44](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/52619))</sup>
* Fixed a crash report when the X server or Wayland compositor exits while an app is running. [#52686](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/52686) <sup>(Also in [43](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/52685), [44](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/52684))</sup>
* Fixed a crash when quickly switching menus while the app is under heavy load. [#52671](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/52671) <sup>(Also in [43](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/52673), [44](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/52672))</sup>
* Fixed a potential crash when notifying user activation before the primary main frame was live. [#52699](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/52699) <sup>(Also in [43](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/52697), [44](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/52698))</sup>
* Fixed an issue where a JavaScript out-of-memory crash could be reported from inside the crash-key handler instead of at the out-of-memory site. [#52723](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/52723) <sup>(Also in [43](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/52725), [44](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/52724))</sup>
##### Other Changes

* Backported fixes from upstream ANGLE, Chromium and V8. [#52664](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/52664) 
* No user-facing change; semver/none. [#52733](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/52733)