Chrome Releases: April 2010

Stable Update: Bug and Security Fixes

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Google Chrome 4.1.249.1064 has been released to the Stable channel on Windows.

This release fixes the following issues:

Google Chrome was not using the correct path for the Java plugin for Java Version 6 Update 20.
4.1.249.1059 was much slower on JavaScript benchmarks than 4.1.249.1045. (Issue 42158)

This release also fixes the following security issues:

Please see the Chromium security page for more detail. Note that the referenced bugs may be kept private until a majority of our users are up to date with the fix.

[$1000] [40445] High Cross-origin bypass in Google URL (GURL). Credit: Jordi Chancel.
[40487] High Memory corruption in HTML5 Media handling. Credit: David Bloom of Google Security Team.
[$500] [42294] High Memory corruption in font handling. Credit: wushi of team509.

If you find issues, please let us know: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/entry

--Mark Larson, Google Chrome Team

Dev Channel Update

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Update: Windows, Mac, and Linux have been updated to 5.0.375.23, this was a crash fix release.
Update:Windows and Mac All

Disabled profile based Autofill (this will return in a future release)

Various UI features related to the url bar/ omnibox have been removed from this release (e.g. http:// truncation, star icon, etc...)

We are currently examining ways to address the usability issues that were raised and plan to reintroduce in the near future

Various crash fixes

Windows

We have restored the shortcuts for the bookmarks bar and bookmarks manager (Ctrl+B and Ctrl+Shift+B respectively)

Mac

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Known Issues

Drop down box does not close after clicking on the expand arrow a second time. (Issue: 42350)
[Linux] Autofill preference settings not being retained (Issue: 42446)

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Google Chrome 4.1.249.1059 has been released to the Stable channel on Windows.
This release fixes the following security issues:Please see the Chromium security page for more detail. Note that the referenced bugs may be kept private until a majority of our users are up to date with the fix.

[$500] [39443] High Type confusion error with forms. Credit: kuzzcc.

[39698] High HTTP request error leading to possible XSRF. Credit: Meder Kydyraliev, Google Security Team.

[40136] Medium Local file reference through developer tools. Credit: Robert Swiecki, Google Security Team; Tavis Ormandy, Google Security Team.

[40137] Medium Cross-site scripting in chrome://net-internals. Credit: Robert Swiecki, Google Security Team; Tavis Ormandy, Google Security Team.

[40138] High Cross-site scripting in chrome://downloads. Credit: Robert Swiecki, Google Security Team; Tavis Ormandy, Google Security Team.

[40575] Medium Pages might load with privileges of the New Tab page.

[$500] [40635] High Memory corruption in V8 bindings. Credit: kuzzcc; Google Chrome Security Team (SkyLined); Michal Zalewski, Google Security Team.

If you find issues, please let us know: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/entry
--Mark Larson, Google Chrome Team

Dev Channel Update

Monday, April 12, 2010

Update: Linux, Mac, Windows have been updated to 5.0.375.9 to fix crashes.
Update: Linux and Chrome Frame have been released at 5.0.375.3, Mac has been released at 5.0.375.6

Flash enabled by default

Implement patterns for content setting exceptions.

A nicer looking video scaling algorithm is now used

See All

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Dev Channel Update

Thursday, April 8, 2010

The Dev channel has been updated to 5.0.371.0 for Windows, Mac, and LinuxAll

Geolocation support (Issue 11246 and many others)

Fixed bug where HTML5 audio/video elements stopped firing timeupdate events (Issue 25185)

WebGL is running inside the sandbox under the --enable-webgl flag (i.e. this no longer requires the --no-sandbox flag to run). Browsing with the --no-sandbox is dangerous and we strongly recommend that you not do it.

Changes to the Omnibox (e.g. the bookmark star has moved, icon changes, etc...)

Windows

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Mac

More omnibox reshuffling work-in-progress (Issue: 37865)

Linux

After some churn in recent dev channels, we now obey more font settings from fontconfig while still not sacrificing web compatibility. Unhappy about how your fonts look? Read a document about how to diagnose the various issues.

Known Issues

[Linux] HTML5 audio/video elements are not firing the ended event

[Linux] Right clicking "Copy Image" causes a crashe (Issue: 40448)

More details about additional changes are available in the svn log of all revision. WebKit has been updated from r56820 to r57160.You can find out about getting on the Dev channel here: http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel.http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/entryAnthony Laforge
Google Chrome

Beta Update: Fix extensions installer

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Google Chrome 5.0.342.9 has been released to the Beta channel on all platforms. This update fixes issue 38220: some extensions cannot be installed.
--Mark Larson, Google Chrome Team

Dev Channel Update

Thursday, April 1, 2010

All

[r42843] Fixed a bug with incognito extensions like RSS Subscription. (Issue: 39351)

[r42400] Will no longer automatically offer to translate in incognito mode. (Issue: 38107)

[r42981] Fix file upload code to not hang the HTTP session when the file is unreadable. (Issue: 30850)

Windows

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Mac

[r42411] Improvements to the bookmark manager (Issue: 39085)

[r42548] Re-enable pinned tabs; add support for mini and app tabs. (Issue: 36798)

[r43157] Fix selection issues with the cookie manager after deleting cookies. (Issue: 33320)

Linux

Some minor UI changes in the omnibox.

Recent regressions in font rendering have been fixed.

Known Issues

The location bar is undergoing renovation. Please excuse our dust.

The bookmark bar is not visible on the New Tab Page, will be fixed in next dev channel. Temporary workaround to bring it back is to enable it with a keyboard shortcut "Ctrl+B".

Important NotesWebGL support in Chrome now runs inside the security sandbox. If you
have been testing WebGL, please remove the --no-sandbox flag from your
Chrome options. WebGL may be enabled via the --enable-webgl command
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