electron v11.0.0-beta.8

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 install electron@11.0.0-beta.8.

Release Notes for v11.0.0-beta.8

Removed the desktopCapturer.getMediaSourceIdForWebContents() API. #25455 (Also in 11)

Added missing module delay loads on windows to reduce per process reference set impact. #25436 (Also in 9, 10, 11)
Excess menu item separators are now only removed after item re-ordering is done to avoid accidental removal of needed separators. #25599 (Also in 11)
Fixed CORS not being disabled by webSecurity: false. #25504 (Also in 9, 10, 11)
Fixed ready-to-show event not emitted on some machines. #25471 (Also in 10, 11)
Fixed a crash in app.importCertificate() on Linux. #25537 (Also in 9, 10, 11)
Fixed a crash that could happen when a window was closed while a webview was in the process of being attached. #25598 (Also in 11)
Fixed a crash when closing window in an event listener after exiting fullscreen on macOS. #25524 (Also in 10, 11)
Fixed an issue that could cause a normally-exiting process to fail with an "illegal access" message and exit code 7. #25459 (Also in 8, 9, 10, 11)
Fixed an issue where an error would be displayed when using webContents.print() if no default was set and no device name provided. #25562 (Also in 9, 10, 11)
Fixed crashes caused by attempting to modify destroyed views. #25509 (Also in 11)
Fixed the remote-debugging-port discovery page showing garbled text. #25602 (Also in 10, 11)
Fixed unsubscribe from observers when window is closing. #25585 (Also in 9, 10, 11)
Updated Node root certs to use NSS 3.56. #25362 (Also in 8, 9, 10, 11)

Added a small console hint to console to help debug renderer crashes. #25474 (Also in 9, 10, 11)