# Electron v44.0.0-beta.4 — electron v44.0.0-beta.4

- Product: Electron (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/electron)
- Vendor: OpenJS Foundation
- Date: 2026-08-13
- Version: v44.0.0-beta.4
- Original notes: https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v44.0.0-beta.4
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/electron/releases/v44.0.0-beta.4
- Labels: Pre-release; 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 a 1-in-200 chance per renderer process on Windows of scripts on the first page load being compiled without their V8 code cache

Note: This is a beta release.  Please file new issues for any bugs you find in it.
 
 This release is published to npm under the beta tag and can be installed via `npm install electron@beta`, or `npm install electron@44.0.0-beta.4`.
 
 # Release Notes for v44.0.0-beta.4

##### Fixes

* Fixed a crash in `systemPreferences.promptTouchID(reason)` when an invalid reason value is passed. [#52781](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/52781) <sup>(Also in [42](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/52780), [43](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/52782))</sup>
* Fixed a potential crash in `contentTracing.stopRecording()` when the trace file could not be written to the requested path. [#52794](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/52794) <sup>(Also in [42](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/52796), [43](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/52795))</sup>
##### Other Changes

* Backported fixes from upstream Chromium and V8. [#52774](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/52774) 
* Fixed a 1-in-200 chance per renderer process on Windows of scripts on the first page load being compiled without their V8 code cache. [#52792](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/52792)