- Fixed DevTools Network panel missing requests when a debugger is attached and resolved safeStorage async encryption initialization crashes.
- Fixed Linux frameless window 1 px line issue and renderer crashes using WebAssembly.compileStreaming/instantiateStreaming with nodeIntegration.
- Backported upstream Chromium, Skia, and Dawn fixes and updated Chromium to version 148.0.7778.265, plus documentation updates.
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Added process.getSystemMemoryInfo() on Linux, exposing MemAvailable via /proc/meminfo
Added net.WebSocket, a WHATWG‑compatible WebSocket client for the main process using Chromium's network stack.
Fixed app.disableHardwareAcceleration() not fully disabling GPU on Windows.