Bump electron from 44.5.1 to 44.8.0

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Bumps electron from 44.5.1 to 44.8.0.

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electron v44.8.0

Release Notes for v44.8.0

Features

  • Added support for Notification action buttons on Linux. #54890 (Also in 45)

Fixes

  • Fixed mouse cursor missing over native dialogs in certain scenarios on Windows. #54987
  • Fixed net.fetch and session.fetch failing permanently with net::ERR_FAILED after the Network Service process restarts. #54909 (Also in 42, 43, 45)
  • Fixed utilityProcess dropping messages posted with process.parentPort.postMessage() right before the process exits. #54960 (Also in 42, 43, 45)
  • Fixed win.isFullScreen() being stale in fullscreen events on Windows. #55009 (Also in 45)

Other Changes

  • Backported fixes from upstream Chromium and V8. #55034
  • Updated Chromium to 152.0.7977.167. #54928
  • Updated Node.js to v24.22.0. #55004

electron v44.7.2

Release Notes for v44.7.2

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where clicks posted to a background app were dropped on macOS. #54819 (Also in 45)
  • Fixed interrupted macOS updates leaving a broken app behind. #54844 (Also in 45)

Other Changes

  • Backported fixes from upstream ANGLE, Chromium, PDFium and V8. #54898

Documentation

  • Documentation changes: #54880

electron v44.7.1

Release Notes for v44.7.1

Fixes

  • Fixed a crash when starting without an available display server on Linux. #54794 (Also in 45)
  • Fixed a Linux crash creating a window with a menu bar when GTK failed to load. #54859 (Also in 45)
  • Fixed a WebContentsView that was removed with removeChildView() and re-added with addChildView() staying hidden behind its sibling views on Linux. #54798
  • Fixed asar archives in non-ASCII folders failing to load on Linux. #54849 (Also in 45)
  • Fixed renderer crashes during garbage collection inside ShadowRealms. #54865 (Also in 45)

Other Changes

  • Refactored mouse forwarding on Windows to fix setIgnoreMouseEvents(true, { forward: true }) related issues. #54802 (Also in 45)

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Commits
  • 60169b4 chore: cherry-pick 10 changes from chromium and v8 (#55034)
  • ae54339 ci: bump build-tools to pick up the Windows clang-cl siso timeout (#55026)
  • e67a209 chore: bump node to v24.22.0 (44-x-y) (#55004)
  • 2aa795a chore: bump chromium to 152.0.7977.167 (44-x-y) (#54928)
  • 369074e fix: restore cursor for native dialogs on windows (#54987)
  • 69d6262 test: wait for service worker activation before stopping it (#55020)
  • dc60e20 fix: report the new state in fullscreen events on Windows (#55009)
  • 91a5dbd test: keep running deferred cleanup and afterEach hooks when one throws or ha...
  • 55de8b8 test: deep-sign the signed-app NODE_OPTIONS specs' app only once (#54992)
  • a21e2ef test: report child process failures from the import/require parity fixture (#...
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Summary by cubic

Updates electron from 44.5.1 to 44.8.0. This minor release includes bug fixes across Windows, macOS, and Linux, and updates the bundled Chromium (to 152.0.7977.167) and Node.js (to v24.22.0) runtimes.

Notable fixes:

  • Fixed net.fetch and session.fetch failing permanently after the Network Service process restarts.
  • Fixed macOS clicks dropped on background apps and interrupted updates leaving a broken app behind.
  • Fixed a Linux crash when no display server is available and asar archives in non-ASCII folders failing to load.