Desktop Electron upgrades tied to eMudhra CA distrust
Cluster 142533 · apps/desktop. Data as of
Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #142727 on 22 Oct 2026. Check it covers your case.
The short answer
- Known?
- Yes. 3 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
- Fix event
- A fix was merged to main in PR #142727. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
- Tracker
- The maintainers' tracker marks this
resolved, deciding PR #142727. That is separate from the fix event. - Still open
- Nothing open on GitHub.
The members concern the desktop app's Electron version: one issue reports Electron 40 still trusting compromised eMudhra intermediates, and two pull requests propose bumping Electron (to 42.11.18 and to 44.9.3). One PR also mentions avoiding breakage on fresh Windows installs and salvaging earlier PRs.
Open issues0
Open PRs0
Fixes on record
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#142727 fix(desktop): upgrade to Electron 44.9.3 without breaking fresh Windows installs (salvage #128267, #137648)
files:
.github/workflows/e2e-desktop-core.yml,.github/workflows/e2e-desktop.yml,.github/workflows/js-tests.yml,.github/workflows/windows-desktop-attach-e2e.yml,.npmrc,Dockerfile,apps/desktop/electron-builder.config.cjs,apps/desktop/electron/clipboard-image.test.ts,apps/desktop/electron/clipboard-image.ts,apps/desktop/electron/clipboard-ipc.ts,apps/desktop/electron/desktop-electron-pin.test.ts,apps/desktop/electron/main.ts,apps/desktop/electron/renderer-log.ts,apps/desktop/package.json,hermes_cli/main_desktop.py,hermes_cli/source_build.py,package.json,requirements-payload.txt,scripts/build/electron-runtime.mjs,scripts/build/node-deps.mjs(+3 more)
1 PR closed without merging
From the close comments: done elsewhere 1
- #142530 fix(desktop): bump Electron to 42.11.18 for the eMudhra CA distrust · done elsewhere
Closed issues · 1
- Closed#142533[Bug]: desktop's Electron 40 still trusts the compromised eMudhra intermediates
How this cluster was grouped
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Link evidence (
structural links throughout): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference. -
Pairwise link density
0.67: the share of item pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36.1.00means every pair is linked.
Pick up a Lab task
Check whether a fix covers the open issues here, with your own agent. Bring back evidence for maintainers.
Open the LabAt a glance
- Subsystem
- apps/desktop
- Merged PRs
- #142727
- Closed issues
- 1
- Attempts
- 1 PR closed without merging
- Fix link checked
- 22 Oct 2026