Electron v42.9.2 release notes

Electron v42.9.2

v42.9.2Aug 16, 2026 · about 1 hour agoDesktop

electron v42.9.2

Changed 1

<webview> and window.open now inherit nodeIntegrationInWorker from the embedder, consistent with the other Node and sandbox preferences

Fixed 5

Fixed registerFileProtocol and registerHttpProtocol returning readable responses to cross-origin no-cors fetches; they now return opaque responses like protocol.handle
Fixed a WebContentsView staying blank after its window is shown when setBackgroundThrottling(false) was called while the window was hidden
Fixed a crash when resolving a path inside a malformed ASAR archive that contains cyclic link entries
Fixed downloading files that live inside an asar archive, including saving a packed PDF from the built-in PDF viewer
Fixed windows opened by a sandboxed top-level frame not inheriting the opener's sandbox restrictions

Fixed registerFileProtocol and registerHttpProtocol returning readable responses to cross-origin no-cors fetches; they now return opaque responses like protocol.handle. #52855 (Also in 41, 43, 44)
Fixed a WebContentsView staying blank after its window is shown when setBackgroundThrottling(false) was called while the window was hidden. #52865 (Also in 43, 44)
Fixed a crash when resolving a path inside a malformed ASAR archive that contains cyclic link entries. #52859 (Also in 43, 44)
Fixed downloading files that live inside an asar archive, including saving a packed PDF from the built-in PDF viewer. #52828 (Also in 43, 44)
Fixed windows opened by a sandboxed top-level frame not inheriting the opener's sandbox restrictions. #52850 (Also in 41, 43, 44)
<webview> and window.open now inherit nodeIntegrationInWorker from the embedder, consistent with the other Node and sandbox preferences. #52831 (Also in 41, 43, 44)