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v42.0.1

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🐛 4 fixes🔧 4 symbols

Summary

This patch release (v42.0.1) focuses on stability fixes, including resolving a DesktopCapturer crash on macOS and addressing an issue with executable path resolution during installation. It also updates the underlying Chromium version.

🐛 Bug Fixes

  • Fixed DesktopCapturer crash on macOS.
  • Fixed ELECTRON_INSTALL_PLATFORM being ignored during postinstall, preventing correct resolution of the Electron executable path and causing incorrect path.txt generation.
  • Fixed app.getLoginItemSettings() returning undefined for executableWillLaunchAtLogin on macOS; the property is now guaranteed to be a boolean.
  • Fixed a potential race condition crash when closing DevTools.

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