- Added app.getRecentDocuments() for Windows/macOS and get/setAccentColor API to change window accent color on Windows after initialization.
- Fixed crash when calling webContents.loadURL() inside a failed loadURL catch handler, resolved import errors from electron/utility (ESM and CommonJS), and corrected accent border drawing on inactive windows.
- Updated bundled Node.js version to v22.18.0.
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Fixed numerous crashes and stability issues (DevTools popup, promptTouchID, malformed ASAR, login item settings, sharedTexture GPU, main process exit, etc.).
Fixed Linux frameless window drop‑shadow glitch and a memory leak when creating BrowserWindows.
Fixed registerFileProtocol and registerHttpProtocol to return opaque responses for cross-origin no‑CORS fetches.