Update dependency electron to v26

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This PR contains the following updates:

Package	Change	Age	Adoption	Passing	Confidence
electron	^25.0.0 -> ^26.0.0

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Release Notes

electron/electron (electron)

v26.0.0: electron v26.0.0

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Release Notes for v26.0.0

Stack Upgrades

• Chromium 116.0.5845.62
  • New in 116
  • New in 115
• Node 18.6.1
  • Node 18.16.1 blog post
• V8 11.2

Breaking Changes

• The webContents.getPrinters API has been deprecated. #​39459
• The systemPreferences.getAppLevelAppearance and systemPreferences.setAppLevelAppearance APIs have been deprecated, as well as the alternate-selected-control-text value for systemPreferences.getColor. #​39492

Features

Additions

• Added safeStorage.setUsePlainTextEncryption and safeStorage.getSelectedStorageBackend api. #​39107 (Also in 25)
• Added safeStorage.setUsePlainTextEncryption and safeStorage.getSelectedStorageBackend api. #​39155 (Also in 25)
• Added senderIsMainFrame to messages sent via ipcRenderer.sendTo(). #​39206 (Also in 24, 25)
• Added net.resolveHost that resolves hosts using defaultSession object. #​37853 (Also in 24, 25)
• Added new 'did-resign-active' event on app. #​37933 (Also in 25)
• Added partial support for chrome.tabs.query. #​39431 (Also in 25)
• Added setUSBProtectedClassesHandler to allow access to protected USB classes with WebUSB. #​38263 (Also in 24, 25)
• Added several new cursor values to the cursor-changed event. #​38210 (Also in 24, 25)
• Added support for Mica and Acrylic background effects on Windows. #​38163 (Also in 24, 25)
• Added support for flagging a Menu as being keyboard initiated. #​38954
• Added support for several more Node.js cli flags in the main process. #​39373 (Also in 24, 25)
• Added the ability to send HTTP headers with session.downloadURL(). #​38871 (Also in 25)
• Added thermal management information to powerMonitor. #​37935 (Also in 24, 25)
• Expose webContents methods to center text selection, scroll to the page bottom and top, as well as adjust selected text. #​37978 (Also in 25)
• Support Chrome Extensions minimum_chrome_version manifest key. #​39357
• Surface the context-menu event from extensions. #​38029 (Also in 25)
• node: prefixed requires are now supported in sandboxed renderer preloads for events, timers and url. #​38728 (Also in 24, 25)

Improvements

• Improved error message when contentTracing.stopRecording() fails because no trace was in progress. #​38488 (Also in 23, 24, 25)

Removed/Deprecated

• The enable_desktop_capturer build flag has been removed. #​38412

Fixes

• Fixed clipboard.readImage() getting blocked when there is no PNG image in the clipboard. #​39487
• Fixed a crash calling nativeImage.resize() before the app ready event. #​38861
• Fixed a crash in clipboard.readImage() when reading images copied via context menu on macOS. #​39101
• Fixed a crash while screen sharing on Wayland with PipeWire. #​39264
• Fixed a potential crash when calling tray.popUpContextMenu on macOS. #​39313
• Fixed a potential crash when re-parenting a BrowserWindow whose first parent has been destroyed. #​39297
• Fixed a redundant permission popup while fetching screens and windows using desktopCapturer.getSources() on Wayland. #​39189
• Fixed an accessibility issue where VoiceOver couldn't trigger the tray action when selected to emit the click event. #​39439
• Fixed an issue where calls to window.setKiosk(false) would exit fullscreen regardless of the fullscreen state prior to kiosk mode. #​38219

Also in earlier versions...

• Added about panel for menu role about on Linux as well. #​37828 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
• Added transparent color support for WCO on Windows. #​38716 (Also in 25)
• Ensured that Electron's custom AXManualAccessibility attribute works as expected in all relevant protocol methods. #​38142 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
• Fixed desktopCapturer thumbnail generation after screen sharing is cancelled on Wayland. #​39246 (Also in 25)
• Fixed preload script may not run in some child windows opened by window.open. #​38930 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
• Fixed webContents.printToPDF preferCSSPageSize type error. #​38793 (Also in 24, 25)
• Fixed a console error seen when loading PDFs. #​38127 (Also in 25)
• Fixed a crash seen when trying to change nativeTheme source during mara context menu close. #​38840 (Also in 25)
• Fixed a crash when listing desktop capture sources on Wayland with PipeWire. #​39049 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
• Fixed a potential crash calling BrowserWindow.removeBrowserView() with a destroyed webContents. #​38885 (Also in 24, 25)
• Fixed a potential crash when calling webContents.print with invalid settings. #​38165 (Also in 25)
• Fixed a potential crash when right-clicking on macOS windows with draggable regions. #​38100 (Also in 24, 25)
• Fixed a rare crash when closing active native tab on macOS. #​39410 (Also in 25)
• Fixed an error with webContents.print parameter validation by adding missing options required to set printer printable area. #​38721 (Also in 25)
• Fixed an error seen in the Top Level Windows section of chrome://accessibility. #​38179 (Also in 25)
• Fixed an issue on Linux where menus would not open after resizing/maximizing/unmaximizing a window. #​37798 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
• Fixed an issue on Windows 10 where the title bar was not correct after changing native theme. #​39309 (Also in 25)
• Fixed an issue where Windows FrameViews always appeared inactive regardless of focus status. #​38468 (Also in 25)
• Fixed an issue where <datalist> popups are positions incorrectly in BrowserViews. #​38610 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
• Fixed an issue where BrowserWindow.isMaximized() could incorrectly return true for minimized or fullscreened windows on macOS. #​38291 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
• Fixed an issue where BrowserWindow.isVisible() would incorrectly return true for minimized windows on Windows. #​38242 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
• Fixed an issue where BrowserWindow.moveAbove() and BrowserWindow.moveTop() did not work for child windows on macOS. #​39070 (Also in 24, 25)
• Fixed an issue where MediaStreamTrack.getCaptureHandle() always returned null. #​38390 (Also in 24, 25)
• Fixed an issue where browserView.removeBrowserView could cause a crash in some cases. #​39406 (Also in 24, 25)
• Fixed an issue where chrome.i18n did not work properly with Chrome Extensions Manifest V3. #​39328 (Also in 24, 25)
• Fixed an issue where chrome.tabs did not work properly with Chrome Extensions Manifest V3. #​39360 (Also in 25)
• Fixed an issue where chrome.tabs.update did not return a tab object that properly reflected potential properties that were changed. #​39389 (Also in 25)
• Fixed an issue where getNormalBounds() returns incorrect bounds for transparent maximized windows on Windows. #​38218 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
• Fixed an issue where navigator.connection returned incorrect data. #​38491 (Also in 24, 25)
• Fixed an issue where protocol.handle() never called its callback with the 'file' scheme. #​39065 (Also in 25)
• Fixed an issue where webContents.print() stopped triggering its callback when the user cancelled the print dialog. #​38735 (Also in 25)
• Fixed an issue where accessing BrowserWindow.id threw an error after the window was destroyed. #​38241 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
• Fixed an issue where calling win.minimize() directly after calling win.maximize(), and then calling win.isMaximized() incorrectly returns true. #​38234 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
• Fixed an issue where certain Electron classes had incorrect prototype class names. #​39036 (Also in 25)
• Fixed an issue where certain buttons in the PDF viewer didn't work. #​37856 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
• Fixed an issue where default background color for windows might be incorrect. #​36914 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
• Fixed an issue where files could in some circumstances be selection when openFile was not passed as a dialog property. #​38590 (Also in 24, 25)
• Fixed an issue where macOS traffic lights could malfunction on child windows in some circumstances. #​39242 (Also in 24, 25)
• Fixed an issue where mksnapshot would crash with a sigbus error. #​38490 (Also in 25)
• Fixed an issue where non-resizable windows incorrectly enabled the fullscreen/maximize button on initial window creation on macOS. #​39229 (Also in 24, 25)
• Fixed an issue where notifications created on macOS which have no actions will erroneously have a Show button visible. #​39013 (Also in 24, 25)
• Fixed an issue where passing webContents.print(null) could incorrectly trigger an error. #​38641 (Also in 24, 25)
• Fixed an issue where printing on Windows could trigger a crash. #​39039 (Also in 25)
• Fixed an issue where removing a webview in a close callback could cause crashes. #​39007 (Also in 24, 25)
• Fixed an issue where service workers could not run Chrome APIs in Chrome Extensions Manifest V3. #​39310 (Also in 25)
• Fixed an issue where setting bounds on BrowserViews can behave inconsistently across platforms. #​39004 (Also in 25)
• Fixed an issue where the 'swipe' event wasn't being emitted properly on macOS. #​37946 (Also in 24, 25)
• Fixed an issue where the pageVisibility API returned incorrect values in some situations when backgroundThrottling was disabled. #​39298 (Also in 25)
• Fixed an issue which made defaultFontFamily in webPreferences have no effect. #​37863 (Also in 22, 23, 24, 25)
• Fixed an issue with webContents.print({ silent: true }) not working correctly. #​38812 (Also in 25)
• Fixed an issue with potential use-after-free of child windows on close and reparent. #​38679 (Also in 24, 25)
• Fixed an issue with the application menu overlapping menu items on Windows 11. #​39010 (Also in 25)
• Fixed an perceived failure when when using Accessibility attribute AXManualAccessibility to enable a11y features in Electron. #​38102 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
• Fixed asar integration for node:child_process imports. #​39234 (Also in 24, 25)
• Fixed broken defaults in shell.openExternal() options. #​38038 (Also in 22, 23, 24, 25)
• Fixed crash in message ports when utility process exits. #​39346 (Also in 25)
• Fixed crash when executing eval in the utility process. #​38014 (Also in 22, 23, 24, 25)
• Fixed display of title bar buttons on Wayland. #​39045 (Also in 25)
• Fixed potential invalid protocol error handling. #​38635 (Also in 25)
• Fixed potential issues when minimizing parent windows with non-modal children on macOS. #​38460 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
• Fixed recommended node-gyp version in node.h error. #​37829 (Also in 22, 23, 24, 25)
• Fixed visibility of menu bar when exiting full screen. #​38683 (Also in 23, 24, 25)
• Fixed an issue where chrome.tabs did not work properly with Chrome Extensions Manifest V3. #​39360 (Also in 25)

Other Changes

• Backported fix for 1404797. #​38323 (Also in 25)

Documentation

• Documentation change
  • #​37955
  • #​38035

Notices

End of Support for 23.x.y

Electron 23.x.y has reached end-of-support as per the project's support policy. Developers and applications are encouraged to upgrade to a newer version of Electron.

v25.7.0: electron v25.7.0

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Release Notes for v25.7.0

Features

• Added support for --dns-result-order Node.js cli flag. #​39500 (Also in 26)

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where certain properties of chrome.tabs Tab objects were not properly considered privileged. #​39609 (Also in 26, 27)
• Fixed decorations for tiled windows on Wayland. #​39569 (Also in 22, 24, 26, 27)
• Fixed to regenerate thumbnail toolbar buttons when explorer is restarted. #​39586 (Also in 24, 26)

Other Changes

• Security: backported fix for CVE-2023-4071.
  • Security: backported fix for CVE-2023-4070.
  • Security: backported fix for CVE-2023-4075.
  • Security: backported fix for CVE-2023-4076.
  • Security: backported fix for CVE-2023-4074.
  • Security: backported fix for CVE-2023-4072.
  • Security: backported fix for CVE-2023-4068.
  • Security: backported fix for 1464682.
  • Security: backported fix for 1464680.
  • Security: backported fix for CVE-2023-4073.
  • Security: backported fix for 1465224. #​39517
• Security: backported fix for CVE-2023-4355.
  • Security: backported fix for CVE-2023-4354.
  • Security: backported fix for CVE-2023-4353.
  • Security: backported fix for CVE-2023-4351. #​39557

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[andybalaam]

Breaking Changes

The webContents.getPrinters API has been deprecated. electron/electron#39459
The systemPreferences.getAppLevelAppearance and systemPreferences.setAppLevelAppearance APIs have been deprecated, as well as the alternate-selected-control-text value for systemPreferences.getColor. electron/electron#39492

[andybalaam]

We don't use the deprecated APIs, so should be good to upgrade.