Electron 17.0.0 has been released! It includes upgrades to Chromium
98
, V8
9.8
, and Node.js
16.13.0
. Read below for more details!
The Electron team is excited to announce the release of Electron 17.0.0! You can install it with npm via
npm install electron@latest
or download it from our
releases website
. Continue reading for details about this release and please share any feedback you have!
Notable Changes
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Electron Release Cadence Change
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As of Electron 15, Electron will release a new major stable version every 8 weeks. You can read the
full details here
.
Additionally, Electron has changed supported versions from latest three versions to latest four versions until May 2022.
See our versioning document
for more detailed information about versioning in Electron. After May 2022, we will return to supporting latest three versions.
Stack Changes
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- Chromium
98
- Node.js
16.13.0
- V8
9.8
Highlighted Features
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- Added
webContents.getMediaSourceId()
, can be used with
getUserMedia
to get a stream for a WebContents.
#31204
- Deprecates
webContents.getPrinters()
and introduces
webContents.getPrintersAsync()
.
#31023
desktopCapturer.getSources
is now only available in the main process.
#30720
See the
17.0.0 release notes
for a full list of new features and changes.
Breaking Changes
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Below are breaking changes introduced in Electron 17. More information about these and future changes can be found on the
Planned Breaking Changes
page.
desktopCapturer.getSources in the renderer
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The desktopCapturer.getSources API is now only available in the main process. This has been changed in order to improve the default security of Electron apps.
API Changes
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There were no API changes in Electron 17.
Removed/Deprecated Changes
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- Usage of the
desktopCapturer.getSources
API in the renderer has been removed. See
here
for details on how to replace this API in your app.
End of Support for 13.x.y
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Electron 13.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.
As of Electron 15, we have changed supported versions from latest three versions to latest four versions until May 2022 with Electron 19. After Electron 19, we will return to supporting the latest three versions. This version support change is part of our new cadence change. Please see
our blog post for full details here
.
| E15 (Sep'21)
| E16 (Nov'21)
| E17 (Feb'22)
| E18 (Mar'22)
| E19 (May'22)
|
|---|
| 15.x.y
| 16.x.y
| 17.x.y
| 18.x.y
| 19.x.y
|
| 14.x.y
| 15.x.y
| 16.x.y
| 17.x.y
| 18.x.y
|
| 13.x.y
| 14.x.y
| 15.x.y
| 16.x.y
| 17.x.y
|
| 12.x.y
| 13.x.y
| 14.x.y
| 15.x.y
| --
|
What's Next
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In the short term, you can expect the team to continue to focus on keeping up with the development of the major components that make up Electron, including Chromium, Node, and V8. Although we are careful not to make promises about release dates, our plan is to release new major versions of Electron with new versions of those components approximately every 2 months.
You can find
Electron's public timeline here
.
More information about future changes can be found on the
Planned Breaking Changes
page.
