Bump electron from 38.1.0 to 42.5.0

[dependabot]

Bumps electron from 38.1.0 to 42.5.0.

Release notes

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electron v42.5.0

Release Notes for v42.5.0

Fixes

• Fixed Windows edge case in NativeWindowViews::MoveBehindTaskBarIfNeeded(). #52022 (Also in 41, 43)
• Fixed an issue where clicking the maximize button could progressively shrink the window in some Wayland environments. #52045 (Also in 43)

Other Changes

• Backported fixes from upstream Chromium. #51975
• Updated Chromium to 148.0.7778.271. #52038
• Updated Node.js to v24.17.0. #52066

electron v42.4.1

Release Notes for v42.4.1

Fixes

• Fixed DevTools Network panel missing most requests after navigating when webContents.debugger is attached. #51965 (Also in 43)
• Fixed safeStorage.isAsyncEncryptionAvailable() incorrectly reporting false shortly after the app ready event, and a crash when calling safeStorage.encryptStringAsync() or safeStorage.decryptStringAsync() before async encryption initialization completed. safeStorage.isAsyncEncryptionAvailable() now returns a Promise as documented. #51924
• Fixed a bug on Linux where a 1px line appeared at the top of frameless windows if the window and web contents had different background colors. #52005 (Also in 41, 43)
• Fixed a renderer crash when calling WebAssembly.compileStreaming() or WebAssembly.instantiateStreaming() with nodeIntegration enabled. #51956 (Also in 43)

Other Changes

• Backported fixes from upstream Chromium, Skia and Dawn. #51942
• Updated Chromium to 148.0.7778.265. #51979

Documentation

• Documentation changes: #51927

electron v42.4.0

Release Notes for v42.4.0

Fixes

• Fixed a browser process crash when calling webContents.reload() or navigating synchronously from the render-process-gone event; the event is now emitted after the renderer's teardown notification has completed. #51916 (Also in 43)
• Fixed an issue on Linux and Windows where frameless windows would shrink when calling win.center(). Additionally, fixed an issue where frameless windows would appear slightly off-center on Windows. #51921 (Also in 41, 43)
• Fixed an issue where the "Toggle Developer Tools" menu item failed to function correctly with BaseWindow. #51903 (Also in 41, 43)
• Fixed sandboxed preload scripts running a stale cached version after the script was modified without its file size changing. #51933 (Also in 43)
• Fixed the context menu in a detached DevTools window focusing the inspected page's window instead of the DevTools window. #51864 (Also in 43)

Other Changes

• Backported fixes from upstream Chromium and V8. #51934
• Security: backported fixes for CVE-2026-9115, CVE-2026-9116. #51904
• Updated Chromium to 148.0.7778.254. #51878
• Updated Node.js to v24.16.0. #51747

electron v42.3.3

Release Notes for v42.3.3

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Commits

• d7bccf5 fix: UAF in api::UtilityProcessWrapper (#52094)
• fb151dc chore: bump chromium to 148.0.7778.271 (42-x-y) (#52038)
• 526fa0d chore: bump node to v24.17.0 (42-x-y) (#52066)
• 22b84b5 fix: frameless window shrinks on maximize() when compositor declines (#52045)
• 15e8d1c docs: fix heap dump screenshot in contentTracing (#52031)
• 8902c75 build: bump @​electron/docs-parser to 3.0.1 (#52052)
• 30bf7db test: use node16 moduleResolution in tsconfig and clean up imports (#52040)
• d251bae ci: bump linux 64k kernel version (#52037)
• ad73d52 fix: win: check for valid taskbar handle (#52022)
• 6abd034 ci: replace dorny/paths-filter usage (reland) (#52033)
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[dependabot]

Superseded by #88.