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electron v44.4.0

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Added initiatorOrigin APIs (webRequest, protocol handlers, DownloadItem) and a trailing frame argument to will-download and preconnect session events.
Added validation for protocol.registerSchemesAsPrivileged() and updated the bundled Node.js to v24.21.0.
Fixed multiple crashes, memory leaks, and stability issues on Windows, macOS, and in renderer processes (e.g., Chrome Web Store API crash, loadURL race, iframe crashes, locale detection, drag‑and‑drop checks, helper executable launch, V8...

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