chore(deps): update dependency electron to v26

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This PR contains the following updates:

Package	Change	Age	Adoption	Passing	Confidence
electron	25.9.8 -> 26.6.10

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electron/electron (electron)

v26.6.10: electron v26.6.10

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Release Notes for v26.6.10

Electron 26.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.

v26.6.9: electron v26.6.9

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Release Notes for v26.6.9

Other Changes

• Security: backported fix for 1519980.
  • Security: backported fix for 1514777.
  • Security: backported fix for 1511085. #​41177

v26.6.8: electron v26.6.8

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Release Notes for v26.6.8

Fixes

• Fixed forked child process not able to send IPC message under some cases on macOS. #​41099 (Also in 27, 28, 29)

Other Changes

• Security: backported fix for CVE-2024-0807.
  • Security: backported fix for 1407197. #​41107

v26.6.7: electron v26.6.7

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Release Notes for v26.6.7

Other Changes

• Security: backported fix for CVE-2024-0519. #​40972

v26.6.6: electron v26.6.6

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Other Changes

• Security: backported fix for CVE-2024-0518.
  • Security: backported fix for 1506535.
  • Security: backported fix for CVE-2024-0517. #​41015

v26.6.5: electron v26.6.5

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Release Notes for v26.6.5

Fixes

• Fixed a crash resultant from trying to listen to power-related events before the ready event was emitted on Linux. #​40922 (Also in 27, 28, 29)
• Unset all Node envs in node process when parent is a foreign process. #​40882 (Also in 27, 28, 29)

Other Changes

• Security: backported fix for CVE-2024-0224.
  • Security: backported fix for 1511689.
  • Security: backported fix for CVE-2024-0225.
  • Security: backported fix for CVE-2024-0223.
  • Security: backported fix for CVE-2024-0222.
  • Security: backported fix for 1509576. #​40901

v26.6.4: electron v26.6.4

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Other Changes

• Security: backported fix for CVE-2023-6704.
  • Security: backported fix for CVE-2023-6705.
  • Security: backported fix for CVE-2023-6703.
  • Security: backported fix for 1505632.
  • Security: backported fix for 1506726.
  • Security: backported fix for CVE-2023-6702. #​40803

v26.6.3: electron v26.6.3

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Release Notes for v26.6.3

Fixes

• Fixed file paths passed to shell.showItemInFolder not being escaped in Linux. #​40560 (Also in 27, 28)
• Prevent node mode to be used as script runner by other apps on macOS. #​40738 (Also in 27, 28)

Other Changes

• Security: backported fix for CVE-2023-6508. #​40725
• Security: backported fix for CVE-2023-7024. #​40808

v26.6.2: electron v26.6.2

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Release Notes for v26.6.2

Fixes

• Backported fix for AVX related crashes on certain linux machines. #​40540 (Also in 27, 28)
• Fixed a potential issue with async_hook corruption in some error contexts. #​40592 (Also in 27, 28)
• Fixed child window opening in non-active macOS apps. #​40657

Other Changes

• Security: backported fix for 1491210.
  • Security: backported fix for CVE-2023-6345
  • Security: backported fix for CVE-2023-6346.
  • Security: backported fix for CVE-2023-6347.
  • Security: backported fix for CVE-2023-6350. #​40644

v26.6.1: electron v26.6.1

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Release Notes for v26.6.1

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where text replacement UI on macOS could be off-center in some circumstances. #​40535
• Fixed problem with bounds of maximized window when toggle BrowserWindow.setResizable function. #​40580 (Also in 27, 28)
• Fixed resizing performance issue on macOS. #​40584

Other Changes

• Security: backported fix for CVE-2023-5997. #​40537

v26.6.0: electron v26.6.0

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Release Notes for v26.6.0

Features

• Added keyboardLock to ses.setPermissionRequestHandler(handler). #​40458 (Also in 27, 28)

Fixes

• Fixed a unexpectedly thrown error in some unsupported chrome extensions. #​40512 (Also in 27, 28)

Other Changes

• Security: backported fix for CVE-2023-5996. #​40518

v26.5.0: electron v26.5.0

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Release Notes for v26.5.0

Features

• Added a tabbingIdentifier property to BrowserWindow. #​40410 (Also in 27)

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where WebViews could sometimes crash on unload. #​40443 (Also in 27, 28)
• Fixed rendering on Linux due to broken shader cache compilation with driver updates. #​40452 (Also in 25, 27)

Other Changes

• Security: backported fix for CVE-2023-5849.
  • Security: backported fix for CVE-2023-5482. #​40436

v26.4.3: electron v26.4.3

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Fixes

• Fixed an issue where navigator.keyboard.lock() did not work per latest expected behavior. #​40387 (Also in 27, 28)
• Fixed crash in renderer process due to partition allocator when sandbox is disabled. #​40377

v26.4.2: electron v26.4.2

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Fixes

• Fixed failing build when enable_electron_extensions=false. #​40269 (Also in 25, 27)

Other Changes

• Security: backported fix for chromium:1491912. #​40265

v26.4.1: electron v26.4.1

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Release Notes for v26.4.1

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where Windows Toast notifications weren't properly dismissed from the Action Center on notification.close() if they'd previously been dismissed. #​40242 (Also in 27, 28)
• Fixed an issue where fully occluded windows would return an empty image from webContents.capturePage() on Windows and Linux. #​40187 (Also in 25, 27, 28)
• Fixed an issue with webContents interaction with fullscreen and WCO on macOS. #​40218 (Also in 25, 27, 28)
• Fixed some redundant permission dialogs while screen sharing on Wayland. #​40191 (Also in 27, 28)

Other Changes

• Security: backported fix for 1486316.
  • Security: backported fix for CVE-2023-5218.
  • Security: backported fix for 1472365.
  • Security: backported fix for 1472366. #​40209

v26.4.0: electron v26.4.0

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Release Notes for v26.4.0

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where calling loadURL during some webContents url loading events could crash. #​40163 (Also in 24, 25, 27)
• Fixed an issue where calling show() on a child BrowserWindow would show all other children attached to the same parent on macOS. #​40107 (Also in 24, 25, 27)
• Fixed an issue where closing and opening a minimized DevTools window would not work as expected. #​40118 (Also in 25, 27)
• Fixed deprecated gpu-process-crashed / renderer-process-crashed events being emitted twice and with incorrect arguments. #​40112 (Also in 22, 24, 25, 27)

Other Changes

• Fixed launch failure with child_process.spawn on windows affected by launching store applications. #​40127 (Also in 25, 27)
• Security: backported fix for 1480184.
  • Security: backported fix for 1481179. #​40077

v26.3.0: electron v26.3.0

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Release Notes for v26.3.0

Features

• Added support for chrome.scripting extension APIs. #​39676 (Also in 25, 27)

Fixes

• Fixed BrowserView.setBounds calls not painting view in new bounds in some cases. #​40036 (Also in 25, 27)
• Fixed an issue where webContents.print could fail when options is a frozen object. #​40029 (Also in 25, 27)
• Fixed an issue where vibrant windows incorrectly have square corners when they're modals on macOS. #​39998 (Also in 25, 27)

Other Changes

• Updated Chromium to 116.0.5845.228. #​40043

v26.2.4: electron v26.2.4

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Release Notes for v26.2.4

Features

• Detect system dark theme preference via xdg settings portal on Linux. #​40011 (Also in 25, 27)

Other Changes

• Fixed build failure when PDF viewer is disabled. #​39999 (Also in 25, 27)
• Security: backported fix for CVE-2023-5217. #​40023

v26.2.3: electron v26.2.3

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Release Notes for v26.2.3

Fixes

• Fixed app.runningUnderARM64Translation() always returning true on ARM64. #​39932 (Also in 25, 27)

Other Changes

• Fixed crash on shutdown in tls sockets with Node.js HTTP/2 connections. #​39946 (Also in 25, 27)
• The app.runningUnderRosettaTranslation property has been deprecated. #​39983 (Also in 25, 27)

Documentation

• Documentation changes: #​39967

v26.2.2: electron v26.2.2

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Release Notes for v26.2.2

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where BrowserViews that had their bounds set prior to being added to a BrowserWindow could have unexpected incorrect offsets. #​39850 (Also in 25, 27)

Other Changes

• Security: backported fix for 1477588. #​39918
• Updated Chromium to 116.0.5845.190. #​39887

v26.2.1: electron v26.2.1

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Release Notes for v26.2.1

Fixes

• Fixed an error where listening to certain chrome.tabs events would throw incorrectly. #​39772 (Also in 25, 27)
• Fixed an issue where BrowserWindows could crash on macOS with frame: false and roundedCorners: false when going fullscreen. #​39795 (Also in 25, 27)
• Fixed an issue where accelerators representing DOM keys were not correctly converted in webContents.sendInputEvent(). #​39821 (Also in 27)
• Fixed devtools to allow restoring saved dock state on Windows. #​39768 (Also in 25, 27)
• Fixed issue where titlebar would be transparent for transparent windows that are fullscreen. #​39780 (Also in 25, 27)

Other Changes

• Fixed missing type for Electron.TitleBarOverlay. #​39805 (Also in 27)
• Updated Chromium to 116.0.5845.188. #​39828

v26.2.0: electron v26.2.0

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Release Notes for v26.2.0

Features

• Added support for several more extensions manifest keys including host_permissions, author, and short_name. #​39673 (Also in 27)
• Added the ability to send HTTP headers with webContents.downloadURL(). #​39562 (Also in 25, 27)

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where child windows opened when the parent window is already fullscreen did not respect the child windows' fullscreenability and resizability settings. #​39641 (Also in 24, 25, 27)
• Fixed an issue where pressing the escape key did not properly trigger PDF presentation mode exit. #​39705 (Also in 27)
• Fixed an issue where the Node.js assert module did not work in the renderer process. #​39624 (Also in 24, 25, 27)
• Fixed problem with promise resolved to early when browser initiated in-page navigation. #​39679 (Also in 25, 27)

Other Changes

• Updated Chromium to 116.0.5845.141. #​39692

v26.1.0: electron v26.1.0

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Release Notes for v26.1.0

Features

• Added support for --dns-result-order Node.js cli flag. #​39501 (Also in 25)

Fixes

• Fixed a potential crash when calling BrowserWindow.moveTop() on modal child windows. #​39527 (Also in 24, 25)
• Fixed an issue where chrome://gpu failed to load. #​39584 (Also in 27)
• Fixed an issue where certain properties of chrome.tabs Tab objects were not properly considered privileged. #​39607 (Also in 25, 27)
• Fixed decorations for tiled windows on Wayland. #​39571 (Also in 22, 24, 25, 27)
• Fixed to regenerate thumbnail toolbar buttons when explorer is restarted. #​39587 (Also in 24, 25)
• Support Region Capture API with tab MediaStream. #​39618

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-2023-4069.
  • 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. #​39516
• Updated Chromium to 116.0.5845.97. #​39530

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

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[setchy]

v26 support ends in 4 days... so so close!

[setchy]

Initial shakedown looks promising!

[setchy]

This major update has been working well for the past week, so I'm happy to now merge this and move onto the v27 update