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Beta Channel Update - The Beta channel has been updated to 17.0.963.46 for all platforms including Chromebooks
The Beta channel has been updated to 17.0.963.46 for all platforms including Chromebooks (Platform versions: 1412.150). This update fixes a number of stability and UI issues. For Chromebook users, it also includes a new version of Pepper Flash. Full details about what changes are in this version of Chrome are available in the SVN revision log. Interested in switching release channels? Find out how on Chrome / Chromebooks. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a Chrome or Chrome OS bug.
The Dev channel has been updated to 18.0.1017.3 for Chromebooks (Acer AC700, Samsung Series 5, and Cr-48)
The Dev channel has been updated to 18.0.1017.3 (Platform versions: 1625.0.0) for Chromebooks (Acer AC700, Samsung Series 5, and Cr-48).
This build contains a number of performance, stability and security improvements. Additional changes:
- Fixes to login problems that users may have encountered on machines that were shipped with versions R11 and earlier.
- Updated Pepper flash version.
Known issues:
- 25557 & 25559 - Hangouts will not display video of yourself or participants on Chromebooks. Audio does work, and other Hangout participants will be able to see you if video is enabled. This problem does not affect GTalk Video.
- 25509 - Occasionally when switching tabs, the screen will not redraw the content to the new tab. Workaround: Closing all tabs or restarting the machine resolves the issue.
Beta Channel Update for Chromebooks
The Beta channel has been updated to 17.0.963.43 (Platform versions: 1412.142) for Chromebooks (Samsung Series 5 , and Cr-48).
Highlights:
Beta Channel Update
The Beta channel has been updated to 17.0.963.44 for all platforms other than Chrome OS. This update fixes a number of stability and UI issues. Full details about what changes are in this build are available in the SVN revision log. Interested in switching release channels?
Dev Channel Update
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Stable Channel Update for Chromebooks
The Dev channel has been updated to 16.0.912.77 (Platform versions: 1193.194.0) for Chromebooks (Acer AC700, Samsung Series 5, and Cr-48).
Stable Channel Update - The Stable channel has been updated to 16.0.912.77 for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame
The Stable channel has been updated to 16.0.912.77 for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame
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] [106484] High CVE-2011-3924: Use-after-free in DOM selections. Credit to Arthur Gerkis.
- [$3133.7] [107182] Critical CVE-2011-3925: Use-after-free in Safe Browsing navigation. Credit to Chamal de Silva. *
- [108461] High CVE-2011-3928: Use-after-free in DOM handling. Credit to wushi of team509 reported through ZDI (ZDI-CAN-1415).
- [$1000] [108605] High CVE-2011-3927: Uninitialized value in Skia. Credit to miaubiz.
- [$1000] [109556] High CVE-2011-3926: Heap-buffer-overflow in tree builder. Credit to Arthur Gerkis.
The bugs 106484, 107182, 108461, and 109556 were detected using AddressSanitizer.
* Bug 107182 was fixed in 16.0.912.75 but accidentally excluded from the release notes.
Dev Channel Update for Chromebooks - updated to 18.0.1010.2
The Dev channel has been updated to 18.0.1010.2 (Platform versions: 1590.2.0) for Chromebooks (Acer AC700, Samsung Series 5, and Cr-48).
This build contains a number of performance, stability and security improvements. Additional changes:
- Improvement to wifi stability.
- Improved system hardening [Yama support, etc]
Known issues:
- 25144 - External storage devices fail to automount. Workaround: Login using Guest mode and automount of the device will work.
- Machines shipped with R11 and earlier versions may encounter problems with users being able to login to the machine. This may also occur after the user changes their password. Workaround: You may recover either from erasing the stateful partition or performing a machine recovery. Instructions can be found here.
Beta Channel Update for Chromebooks - updated to 17.0.963.38
Beta Channel Release - The Beta channel has been updated to 17.0.963.38 for all platforms other than Chrome OS
The Beta channel has been updated to 17.0.963.38 for all platforms other than Chrome OS. This update fixes a number of stability and UI issues. Full details about what changes are in this build are available in the SVN revision log. Interested in switching release channels? Find out how. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.
Dev Channel Update - The Dev channel has been updated to 18.0.1010.1 for Windows and Chrome Frame
All
- The PDF plugin now adds ‘Rotate Clockwise’ and ‘Rotate Counterclockwise’ commands to context menus, so users can more easily view documents scanned horizontally.
- Updated the first-run bubble text and added a link to change the current search engine. (Issue: 117521)
- Fixed HTML5 showing download bar in fullscreen mode. (Issue: 99673)
Mac
- Fixed issue where Cmd-W would close the whole window in fullscreen mode. (Issue: 109793)
- Fixed best-fit-window-zoom. (Issue: 104170)
Beta Channel Update for Chromebooks - updated to 17.0.963.33
If you find new issues, please let us know by visiting our help site or filing a bug. Interested in switching channels? Find out how. You can submit feedback using ‘Report an issue’ under the wrench menu.
Beta Channel Update
The Beta channel has been updated to 17.0.963.33 for all platforms other than Chrome OS. This update fixes a number of stability and UI issues. Full details about what changes are in this build are available in the SVN revision log. Interested in switching release channels? Find out how. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.
Dev Channel Update - The Dev channel has been updated to 18.0.1003.1 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame
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- Updated V8 - 3.8.4.1
- Fixed several crashes (Issues 106869, 104046, 106989, 107574, 106891, 108687, 107171, 109002)
- When a profile is synced, use GAIA name + GAIA photo for avatar - Use Google OAuth userinfo API to get profile information (Issue: 91241)
- Added support for manifest_version attribute for extensions (Issue: 62897)
- Eliminate drawing glitch on WebUI radio controls. (Issue: 105755)
- Fixed regression with extension omnibox API where whitespace would get trimmed (Issue: 106355)
- Fix page zoom for plug-in documents (Issues: 106013, 106228)
- Fix race condition in extension service that causes extensions installed (Issue: 101935)
- Folders in the wrench menu and application menu are greyed out (Issue: 109196)
- Better error handling in audio wave out. (Issue: 108685)
- Made URL filter for web request API mandatory (Issue: 106590)
- Reject weak RSA and DSA keys when validating certificate chains for HTTPS; related UI (r114879, r116442, r115924)
Windows
- Popups opened from a maximized window should now be unmaximized (Issue: 106967)
- Hide panels in presence of full screen app for windows. (Issue: 102731)
- Provide windows notification of thread termination (Issues: 107974, 103209)
- Abort in-flight load tasks if the DB has been closed. (Issue: 106722)
Linux
- Native Client applications should now work on Linux systems where /dev/shm is mounted with the “noexec” option, such as Gentoo (r113228).
- Fixed issue where Google Chrome does not start on RHEL 6 and derivative Linux distributions. (r116534)
Full details about what changes are in this build are available in the SVN revision log.
Interested in switching release channels? Find out how. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.
Dharani Govindan
Google Chrome
Beta Channel Update for Chromebooks
Chrome version 17.0.963.27 (Platform version: 1412.64.0)
Release highlights:
- Update Pepper Flash
- New photo editor
- File browser improvements
- OpenVPN support
- Stability & security fixes
Stable Channel Update for Chromebooks - updated to 16.0.912.75
The Stable channel has been updated to 16.0.912.75 (Platform version: 1193.158 for Chromebooks (Acer AC700, Samsung Series 5, and Cr-48).
- Security fixes
- Stability fixes
Stable Channel Update - The Stable channel has been updated to 16.0.912.75 for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame
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] [106672] High CVE-2011-3921: Use-after-free in animation frames. Credit to Boris Zbarsky of Mozilla.
- [$1000] [107128] High CVE-2011-3919: Heap-buffer-overflow in libxml. Credit to Jüri Aedla.
- [108006] High CVE-2011-3922: Stack-buffer-overflow in glyph handling. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Cris Neckar).
The bug [108006] was detected using AddressSanitizer.
Beta Channel Update - the release of Chrome 17 to the Beta Channel
The Chrome team is excited to announce the release of Chrome 17 to the Beta Channel. 17.0.963.26 contains a number of new features including:
- New Extensions APIs
- Updated Omnibox Prerendering
- Download Scanning Protection
- Many other small changes
Dev Channel Update for Chromebooks - The Dev channel has been updated to 17.0.963.27
The Dev channel has been updated to 17.0.963.27 (Platform version: 1412.64) for Chromebooks (Acer AC700, Samsung Series 5 , and Cr-48).
Highlights:
- Pepper flash: release 11.1.31.209
- Stability improvements
- File Browser improvements
Dev Channel Update - The Dev channel has been updated to 17.0.963.26 for all platforms except ChromeOS
The Dev channel has been updated to 17.0.963.26 for all platforms except ChromeOS. This release contains the following updates:
All
- Updated V8 - 3.7.12.12
- Make webstore installs work when the Downloads folder is missing. (Issue: 108812)
Mac
- Fixed crashes when running on top of Apple's software OpenGL renderer. (Issue: 106891)
- Fix the fullscreen exit bubble's shadow on lion. (Issue: 106798)