- Added allowExtensions privilege to protocol.registerSchemesAsPrivileged, enabling Chrome extensions on custom protocols.
- Fixed numerous bugs: fs.stat block values, Menu memory leak, intermittent quit crash, macOS show/hide events, DevTools reattach, fullscreen exit, getFileHandle stalls, aspect‑ratio clamping, crash‑reporter key loss, and moved help menu l...
- Backported several upstream fixes (V8 maglev/inspector/arm64, macOS crash keys, etc.)
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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.