electron v9.0.0-beta.3

Note: This is a beta release. Please file new issues for any bugs you find in it.

This release is published to npm under the beta tag and can be installed via npm install electron@beta, or npm i electron@9.0.0-beta.3.

Release Notes for v9.0.0-beta.3

Features

• Added support for the chrome.extension.getBackgroundPage API. #22177

Fixes

• Fixed "will-navigate" event not being emitted for sandboxed contents. #22327
• Fixed Electron apps getting rejected to Mac App Store. #22354
• Fixed an issue where TypeError occurred on initializing CrashReporter. #22322
• Fixed issue where navigating with the mouse buttons 4/5 would result in full page loads instead of in-page popstate navigations. #22204
• Removed unneccessary breakpad_symbols directory from the dsym zip file. #22221
• Reverted a change to the name of the NSPrincipalClass, which could cause issues with protocol handlers on macOS (e.g. my-app://). #22325

Other Changes

• Fixed an issue that caused PDFs to load as a grey page. #22366

Documentation

• Documentation changes: #22264