# Electron v42.9.1 — electron v42.9.1

- Product: Electron (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/electron)
- Vendor: OpenJS Foundation
- Date: 2026-08-15
- Version: v42.9.1
- Original notes: https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v42.9.1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/electron/releases/v42.9.1
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

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- **fixed** — Fixed a crash in systemPreferences.promptTouchID(reason) when an invalid reason value is passed
- **fixed** — Fixed a potential crash in contentTracing.stopRecording() when the trace file could not be written to the requested path
- **fixed** — Fixed an issue on macOS where a page's first use of speechSynthesis could block the main process for several hundred milliseconds

#### Release Notes for v42.9.1

##### Fixes

* Fixed a crash in `systemPreferences.promptTouchID(reason)` when an invalid reason value is passed. [#52780](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/52780) <sup>(Also in [43](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/52782), [44](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/52781))</sup>
* Fixed a potential crash in `contentTracing.stopRecording()` when the trace file could not be written to the requested path. [#52796](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/52796) <sup>(Also in [43](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/52795), [44](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/52794))</sup>
##### Other Changes

* Backported fixes from upstream ANGLE, Chromium, Skia and V8. [#52706](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/52706) 
* Backported fixes from upstream Chromium and V8. [#52785](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/52785) 
* Fixed an issue on macOS where a page's first use of `speechSynthesis` could block the main process for several hundred milliseconds. [#52813](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/52813)