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chore(deps): update dependency electron to v40.8.2#1730

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This PR contains the following updates:

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electron/electron (electron)

v40.8.2: electron v40.8.2

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Release Notes for v40.8.2

Other Changes

  • Backported fix for b/491421267. #​50229
  • Fixed an issue where running app icons were not correctly retrieved on macOS Tahoe. #​50188

v40.8.1: electron v40.8.1

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Release Notes for v40.8.1

Fixes

  • Added validation to protocol client methods to reject protocol names that do not conform to the RFC 3986 URI scheme grammar. #​50158 (Also in 38, 39, 41)
  • Fixed an issue on macOS where calling autoUpdater.quitAndInstall() could fail if checkForUpdates() was called again after an update was already downloaded. #​50216 (Also in 39, 41)
  • Fixed an issue where Chrome Devtools menus may not appear in certain embedded windows. #​50138 (Also in 39, 41)
  • Fixed an issue where additionalData passed to app.requestSingleInstanceLock on Windows could be truncated or fail to deserialize in the primary instance's second-instance event. #​50162 (Also in 38, 39, 41)
  • Fixed an issue where screen.getCursorScreenPoint() crashed on Wayland when it was called before a BrowserWindow had been created. #​50104 (Also in 39, 41)
  • Fixed an issue where calling setBounds on a WebContentsView could trigger redundant page-favicon-updated events even when the favicon had not changed. #​50084 (Also in 39, 41)
  • Fixed an issue where invalid characters in custom protocol or webRequest response header values were not rejected. #​50131 (Also in 38, 39, 41)
  • Fixed an issue where permission and device-chooser handlers received the top-level page origin instead of the requesting subframe's origin. #​50149 (Also in 38, 39, 41)
  • Fixed an issue where traffic light buttons would flash at position (0,0) when restoring a window with a custom trafficLightPosition from minimization on macOS. #​50207 (Also in 39, 41)
  • Fixed bug where opening a message box immediately upon closing a child window may cause the parent window to freeze on Windows. #​50189 (Also in 39, 41)
  • Reverted AltGr key fix that caused menu bar to no longer show on Windows. #​50110 (Also in 39, 41)

Other Changes

  • Backported fix for chromium:485622239. #​50168

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@samuv samuv merged commit a0a36c0 into main Mar 13, 2026
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@samuv samuv deleted the renovate/electron-40.x branch March 13, 2026 11:40
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