Release Notes for v44.2.0

Fixes

• Fixed a pending read on a net.request chunked upload stream inside a protocol handler never settling when the request failed or was aborted. #53373 ^{(Also in 43, 45)}
• Fixed a potential crash when using menu.popup with a frame from an offscreen rendered window. #53362 ^{(Also in 43)}
• Fixed an intermittent crash (access violation) on Windows when an ASAR integrity violation is detected, so the process now exits with code 1 as intended. #53455 ^{(Also in 43, 45)}
• Fixed application crash after a large number of IPC messages from renderers. #53417 ^{(Also in 42, 43, 45)}
• Fixed native addons deriving from node::ObjectWrap aborting during garbage collection on Node.js 24.19.0 and later. #53392 ^{(Also in 42, 43, 45)}

Other Changes

• Backported fixes from upstream ANGLE, Chromium, Skia and V8. #53479
• Improved throughput of responses that protocol.handle handlers return straight from net.fetch. #53378
• Updated Chromium to 152.0.7977.76. #53382
• Updated Node.js to v24.20.0. #53250