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Starting in August 2025 the number of builds produced for ECS will be reduced to one build per month for each of the supported release-series. This effectively means that not every release of Electron will have a corresponding ECS release build produced. Exceptions to this rule can be made for high severity issues, assuming we are made aware of them, and premium customers will also be able to request specific versions to be produced (regardless of other considerations).
We do this in an effort to manage the resources we have available for running the ECS project, and are hopefull it will not significantly affect our users. The outcome will be evaluated in a few months time when there has been time to collect data on how this works out in practice.
We'd also like to take this opportunity to highlight of two recent additions to ECS.
- Support for Windows on ARM was introduced in April, for version 36 and later.
- Limited support for Electron Fuses was introduced this week (see FAQ).
Full functionality for EVS has been restored. There are still some concerns about the service itself from Widevine which may prompt future changes to the terms of the service. We'll keep you posted.
At the request of Widevine we have temporarily disabled EVS for signing ECS releases while they are investigating possible misuse of ECS. We are hopeful that the situation can be resolved quickly and EVS restored.
This week we publicly rolled out a new service, EVS, that allows users of Electron for Content Security to VMP-sign their applications for production use without applying for their own VMP certificate. EVS is a free service, but requires signup to use, and it supports both streaming-only and offline-capable applications depending on the kind of VMP signature that is requested.
For futher information, and usage instructions, check out the EVS wiki page.
The CDM release and deprecation schedule is no longer official information, but the current Google policy for CDM availability is that a supported CDM will be available through the Component Updater for a years worth of Chromium releases (which at the time of this writing means the last 11 releases, e.g. M118-M107 or ECS v27-v22). For older releases there is no guarantee that they will be able to retrieve a CDM update through the Component Updater, and the ability to do so can be revoked at any time. The Chromium release schedule page can be consulted to get a picture of upcoming and historical releases.
Once a CDM is deprecated and removed that version will no longer be able to retrieve licenses, effectively also ending support for Electron for Content Security versions that can no longer get or support more recent CDMs. To help keep track of this the table below depicts the Chromium and CDM versions used by different Electron for Content Security release series, and their current CDM removal status (to the extent that we are able to share that information).
The goal is to mimic the Electron team policy and support the three latest stable major versions, but in cases where this happens to be in conflict with CDM version deprecations deviations may occur.
| Electron | Chromium | CDM | Delivery | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
40.x |
TBD | TBD | CUS |
⏳ | In development |
39.x |
142 |
4.10.x |
CUS |
✅ | |
38.x |
140 |
4.10.x |
CUS |
✅ | |
37.x |
138 |
4.10.x |
CUS |
✅ | |
36.x |
136 |
4.10.x |
CUS |
End-of-support |
|
35.x |
134 |
4.10.x |
CUS |
End-of-support |
|
34.x |
132 |
4.10.x |
CUS |
End-of-support |
|
| ⛔️ | ⛔️ | Releases below this line are out of the official CUS support window for the Widevine CDM, a years worth of Chromium releases, and can lose the ability to download a CDM without notice. | |||
33.x |
130 |
4.10.x |
CUS |
End-of-support |
|
32.x |
128 |
4.10.x |
CUS |
End-of-support |
|
31.x |
126 |
4.10.x |
CUS |
End-of-support |
|
30.x |
124 |
4.10.x |
CUS |
End-of-support |
|
29.x |
122 |
4.10.x |
CUS |
End-of-support |
|
28.x |
120 |
4.10.x |
CUS |
End-of-support |
|
27.x |
118 |
4.10.x |
CUS |
End-of-support |
|
26.x |
116 |
4.10.x |
CUS |
End-of-support |
|
25.x |
114 |
4.10.x |
CUS |
End-of-support |
|
24.x |
112 |
4.10.x |
CUS |
End-of-support |
|
23.x |
110 |
4.10.x |
CUS |
End-of-support |
|
22.x |
108 |
4.10.x |
CUS |
End-of-support |
|
21.x |
106 |
4.10.x |
CUS |
End-of-support |
|
20.x |
104 |
4.10.x |
CUS |
End-of-support |
|
19.x |
102 |
4.10.x |
CUS |
End-of-support |
|
18.x |
100 |
4.10.x |
CUS |
End-of-support |
|
17.x |
98 |
4.10.x |
CUS |
End-of-support |
|
16.x |
96 |
4.10.x |
CUS |
End-of-support |
|
15.x |
94 |
4.10.x |
Lorry |
End-of-supportCDM >= 4.10.2557.0 not officially supported
|
|
14.x |
93 |
4.10.x |
Lorry |
End-of-supportCDM >= 4.10.2557.0 not officially supported
|
|
13.x |
91 |
4.10.x |
Lorry |
End-of-supportCDM >= 4.10.2557.0 not officially supported
|
|
12.x |
89 |
4.10.x |
Lorry |
End-of-supportCDM >= 4.10.2557.0 not officially supported
|
|
11.x |
87 |
4.10.x |
Lorry |
End-of-supportCDM >= 4.10.2557.0 not officially supported
|
|
10.x |
85 |
4.10.x |
Lorry |
End-of-supportCDM >= 4.10.2557.0 not officially supported
|
|
9.x |
83 |
4.10.x |
Lorry |
End-of-supportCDM >= 4.10.2557.0 not officially supported
|
|
8.x |
80 |
4.10.x |
Lorry |
End-of-supportCDM >= 4.10.2557.0 not officially supported
|
|
7.x |
78 |
4.10.x |
Lorry |
End-of-supportCDM >= 4.10.2557.0 not officially supported
|
|
6.x |
76 |
4.10.x |
Lorry |
End-of-supportCDM >= 4.10.2557.0 not officially supported
|
|
5.x |
73 |
4.10.x |
Lorry |
End-of-supportCDM >= 4.10.2557.0 not officially supported
|
|
4.x |
69 |
4.10.x |
Lorry |
End-of-supportCDM >= 4.10.2557.0 not officially supported
|
|
3.x |
66 |
1.4.9.x |
Lorry |
⛔️ |
End-of-supportCDM removed Aug 13, 2019
|
1.8 |
59 |
1.4.8.1010 |
Lorry |
⛔️ |
End-of-supportCDM removed Jan 8, 2019
|