[Bug]: Extend support for Windows Server 2012 R2 / 8.1?

[pushkin-]

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Electron Version

23

What operating system are you using?

Windows

Operating System Version

Windows 10

What arch are you using?

x64

Last Known Working Electron version

No response

Expected Behavior

Electron is ending support for Windows 8.1 in Electron 23, because Chromium was doing the same.

Chromium has extended their support for Windows Server 2012 R2 (for security fixes) to October 10, 2023 (source), so can Electron extend the timeline as well?

Actual Behavior

n/a

Testcase Gist URL

No response

Additional Information

No response

[miniak]

Chrome running on Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 (OSes based on Windows 8/8.1) will also not be updated beyond Chrome 109. However, to ease customer transitions, Critical security fixes and fixes for bugs where Google is aware of exploits in the wild will be issued to Chrome 109 on these two OS versions until October 10, 2023.

Electron 23 includes Chromium 110, so there is nothing we can do here. The only thing we could consider is extending the EOL of Electron 22 support and backport those security fixes from Chromium 109 to 108, which is used there.

[miniak]

According to https://chromiumdash.appspot.com/schedule, Chromium 114 to be used in Electron 25 will be released May 30, 2023. At this point Electron 22 would be normally deprecated.

[miniak]

This is something for the @electron/wg-releases to decide.

[miniak]

Also Chromium has started actively removing support for Windows 7 / 8 in the codebase. Examples:
https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/4034413
https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/4032294
https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/4032372
https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/4032432

[pushkin-]

@miniak Any update on this. What has electron/wg-releases decided?

[miniak]

I don't know as I am not in the @electron/wg-releases

[mlaurencin]

The timeline has been extended, and information regarding this can be found here.