- Fixed BrowserWindow size corruption on Windows when using explicit coordinates on a secondary monitor with different DPI.
- Resolved crashes and a use‑after‑free: Dirent.parentPath undefined in asar archives, protocol.registerStreamProtocol UAF, and DevTools shutdown crash.
- Improved asar integrity error messages and upgraded the bundled Node.js to v24.18.1.
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