Skip to content

Build(deps): Bump electron from 40.6.0 to 40.8.0#5507

Open
dependabot[bot] wants to merge 1 commit intomasterfrom
dependabot/npm_and_yarn/electron-40.8.0
Open

Build(deps): Bump electron from 40.6.0 to 40.8.0#5507
dependabot[bot] wants to merge 1 commit intomasterfrom
dependabot/npm_and_yarn/electron-40.8.0

Conversation

@dependabot
Copy link
Contributor

@dependabot dependabot bot commented on behalf of github Mar 6, 2026

Bumps electron from 40.6.0 to 40.8.0.

Release notes

Sourced from electron's releases.

electron v40.8.0

Release Notes for v40.8.0

Features

  • Added a reason property to the Notification 'closed' event on Windows to allow developers to know the reason the Notification was dismissed. #50030 (Also in 41)

Fixes

  • Fixed shutdown crash on windows when hidden titlebar is enabled. #50053 (Also in 39, 41)

Other Changes

  • Updated Chromium to 144.0.7559.236. #50060

electron v40.7.0

Release Notes for v40.7.0

Features

  • Added support for --experimental-transform-types. #49883 (Also in 39, 41)

Fixes

  • Allow dynamically updating menu item labels, sublabels, and icons. #49973 (Also in 41)
  • Fixed safeStorage failing to clean up legacy keychain entries when migrating to suffixed account names on macOS, and fixed first launch creating entries with the wrong (unsuffixed) account name. #49817
  • Fixed a bug that cause offscreen rendering doesn't have valid screen info and unable to get valid result of related media queries.
    • Added webPreference.offscreen.deviceScaleFactor to allow user specify a value, instead of using user's primary display's value. #49681
  • Fixed a macOS crash when creating a new tab from the tab overview. #49934 (Also in 41)
  • Fixed an issue on macOS where Universal Links were not delivered to app.on('continue-activity') on cold launch when NSUserActivity.userInfo was nil. #50005 (Also in 39, 41)
  • Fixed an issue where VideoFrame objects returned through contextBridge had an incorrect prototype. #50022 (Also in 39, 41)
  • Fixed an issue where malformed custom toastXml could cause a Notification crash. #49952 (Also in 41)
  • Fixed menu bar hiding after a call to win.setFullScreen(false) when not in fullscreen on Linux. #49994 (Also in 41)
  • Fixed menus to correctly emit menu-will-close event when closed after any submenu has been open. #49963 (Also in 41)

Other Changes

  • Updated Chromium to 144.0.7559.225. #49928
  • Updated Node.js to v24.14.0. #49939

electron v40.6.1

Release Notes for v40.6.1

Fixes

  • Fixed globalShortcut not working on Wayland with GlobalShortcutsPortal feature enabled. #49870 (Also in 41)
  • Fixed an issue where making a window fullscreen on Windows, minimizing it and then restoring it broke previous fullscreen state. #49892 (Also in 41)
  • Fixed an issue where menu item enabled state wasn't updated during key equivalent dispatch when the menu was closed on macOS. #49889 (Also in 39, 41)
  • Fixed an issue where pressing AltGr could activate or focus the menu bar. #49915 (Also in 39, 41)
  • Fixed an issue where setting zoomFactor in setWindowOpenHandler's overrideBrowserWindowOptions had no effect on windows opened via window.open(). #49909 (Also in 41)
  • Fixed draggable regions not updating position when DevTools is docked to the left or right in a frameless window. #49847 (Also in 39, 41)
  • Fixed memory leak when setting icons on Linux/GTK. #49898 (Also in 38, 39, 41)
  • Fixed startup crash when V8 sandbox is disabled. #49884 (Also in 41)

Other Changes

... (truncated)

Commits
  • de61f6c feat: show toast dismissal reason on Windows (#50030)
  • 90f85f2 chore: bump chromium to 144.0.7559.236 (40-x-y) (#50060)
  • 60951cd fix: use proper quoting for exe paths and args on Windows (#50075)
  • a3022df build: fix code-signing for MacOS x64 tests (#50072)
  • 996fbfd chore: remove applescript from trash (#50065)
  • 79d1e32 fix: uaf in non-client hittest during view teardown (#50053)
  • 1598b91 fix: validate USB device selection against filtered device list (#50048)
  • 68cd111 fix: use setter's creation context when proxying setter in OverrideGlobalProp...
  • 1e2d590 fix: bind offscreen paint callback to child WebContents (#50024)
  • 1bbe8c9 fix: use destination context when wrapping VideoFrame in contextBridge (#50022)
  • Additional commits viewable in compare view

Dependabot compatibility score

Dependabot will resolve any conflicts with this PR as long as you don't alter it yourself. You can also trigger a rebase manually by commenting @dependabot rebase.


Dependabot commands and options

You can trigger Dependabot actions by commenting on this PR:

  • @dependabot rebase will rebase this PR
  • @dependabot recreate will recreate this PR, overwriting any edits that have been made to it
  • @dependabot show <dependency name> ignore conditions will show all of the ignore conditions of the specified dependency
  • @dependabot ignore this major version will close this PR and stop Dependabot creating any more for this major version (unless you reopen the PR or upgrade to it yourself)
  • @dependabot ignore this minor version will close this PR and stop Dependabot creating any more for this minor version (unless you reopen the PR or upgrade to it yourself)
  • @dependabot ignore this dependency will close this PR and stop Dependabot creating any more for this dependency (unless you reopen the PR or upgrade to it yourself)

Bumps [electron](https://github.com/electron/electron) from 40.6.0 to 40.8.0.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/electron/electron/releases)
- [Commits](electron/electron@v40.6.0...v40.8.0)

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: electron
  dependency-version: 40.8.0
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-minor
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>
@dependabot dependabot bot added the PR: Dependencies 🔩 Changes only update dependencies label Mar 6, 2026
@dependabot dependabot bot requested a review from remusao as a code owner March 6, 2026 04:05
@dependabot dependabot bot added the PR: Dependencies 🔩 Changes only update dependencies label Mar 6, 2026
Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment

Labels

PR: Dependencies 🔩 Changes only update dependencies

Projects

None yet

Development

Successfully merging this pull request may close these issues.

0 participants