Chrome Releases: August 2012

Dev Channel Update

Friday, August 31, 2012

Windows

IndexedDB.open no longer hangs on windows (Issue: 143680)

More details about additional changes are available in the svn log of all revisions.

You can find out about getting on the Dev channel here: http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel.

If you find new issues, please let us know by filing a bug at http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/entry

Karen Grunberg
Google Chrome

The Dev channel has been updated to 23.0.1251.2 for Windows, Mac and ChromeFrame platforms.

All

Fixes several known top crashers (Issue: 144436)

Fixed tab strip menu not working (Issue: 144425)

Windows

IndexedDB.open no longer hangs on windows (Issue: 143680)

Chrome OS Management Console Update

Thursday, August 30, 2012

Delegate Chrome OS administration

Erase all local user info, settings, and state after each sign-out

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Beta Channel Update for Chrome OS

Thursday, August 30, 2012

Known issues:

33591 - There are reports on Samsung Chromebook devices that visiting websites that enables the webcam causes a crash.

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.

Danielle Drew
Google Chrome

The Beta channel has been updated to 22.0.1229.26 (Platform versions: 2723.52.0 on Samsung Chromebook Series 5, and 2723.50.0 on Samsung Chromebook Series 5 550, Samsung Chromebox Series 3, Acer AC700, and Cr-48). This build contains a number of stability improvements.
Highlights of these changes are:

Updated Pepper Flash version

Fixed 142422 - Ctrl-W in a maximized window no longer causes a crash

Fixed 140381 - Formatting a USB device from File Manager

Known issues:

33591 - There are reports on Samsung Chromebook devices that visiting websites that enables the webcam causes a crash.

Stable Channel Update

Thursday, August 30, 2012

If you find new issues, please let us know by filing a bug at http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/entry

Karen Grunberg
Google Chrome

The Stable channel has been updated to 21.0.1180.89 for Linux, Mac, Windows and Chrome Frame
This build fixes the following issues:

Several Pepper Flash fixes (Issue 140577, 144107, 140498, 142479).

Microphone issues with tinychat.com (Issue: 143192)

devtools regression with "save as" of edited source (issue: 141180)

mini ninjas shaders fails (Issue: 142705)

page randomly turns red/green gradient boxes (Issue: 110343)

Security fixes and rewards:
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] [121347] Medium CVE-2012-2865: Out-of-bounds read in line breaking. Credit to miaubiz.
[$1000] [134897] High CVE-2012-2866: Bad cast with run-ins. Credit to miaubiz.
[135485] Low CVE-2012-2867: Browser crash with SPDY.
[$500] [136881] Medium CVE-2012-2868: Race condition with workers and XHR. Credit to miaubiz.
[137778] High CVE-2012-2869: Avoid stale buffer in URL loading. Credit to Fermin Serna of the Google Security Team.
[138672] [140368] Low CVE-2012-2870: Lower severity memory management issues in XPath. Credit to Nicolas Gregoire.
[$1000] [138673] High CVE-2012-2871: Bad cast in XSL transforms. Credit to Nicolas Gregoire.
[$500] [142956] Medium CVE-2012-2872: XSS in SSL interstitial. Credit to Emmanuel Bronshtein.

Many of the above bugs were detected using AddressSanitizer.

If you find new issues, please let us know by filing a bug at http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/entry

Karen Grunberg
Google Chrome

Beta Channel Update

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

The Beta channel has been updated to 22.0.1229.26 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. A complete log of what changed can be found in the svn revision log. Instructions and download links for our different release channels are available on the Chromium wiki. If you find what you think is a new bug, please file it in our issue tracker.

Jason Kersey
Google Chrome

Beta Channel Update for Chrome OS

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

The Beta channel has been updated to 22.0.1229.21 (Platform versions: 2723.37.0) for Chromebooks (Samsung Series 3, Samsung Series 5 550, Acer AC700, and Cr-48) and Samsung Chromebox Series 3. This build contains a number of feature, security and stability improvements. Machines will receive the update over the next several days.

Highlights of these changes are:

Boot up and startscreen improvements with animation and wallpapers

New avatar images for users and guests

Use Google Drive apps from the Files app

Updated Pepper Flash version

Fixes to VPN functionality

Updated version of ChromeVox (accessibility tool)

Dev Channel Update

Monday, August 27, 2012

The Dev channel has been updated to 23.0.1246.0 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame. This build contains following updates:

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

Dev Channel Update for Chrome OS

Saturday, August 25, 2012

Highlights of these changes are:

New avatar images for users and guests
Fixed an issue where machines updating from older versions of Chrome OS may encounter a hang at the Chrome logo when booting up
Updated Pepper Flash version to 11.3.31.318
Fixed an issue to retain a user's custom wallpaper between sessions
Fixed an issue causing the machine to fail to boot when the wallpaper setting was set to change daily

The Dev channel has been updated to 22.0.1229.21 (Platform versions: 2723.37.0) for Chromebooks (Samsung Series 3, Samsung Series 5 550, Acer AC700, and Cr-48) and Samsung Chromebox Series 3. This build contains a number of stability improvements.
Highlights of these changes are:

New avatar images for users and guests
Fixed an issue where machines updating from older versions of Chrome OS may encounter a hang at the Chrome logo when booting up
Updated Pepper Flash version to 11.3.31.318
Fixed an issue to retain a user's custom wallpaper between sessions
Fixed an issue causing the machine to fail to boot when the wallpaper setting was set to change daily

Dev Channel Update

Thursday, August 23, 2012

The Dev channel has been updated to 23.0.1243.2 for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame platforms

All

Updated V8 - 3.13.1.0

Updated WebKit - 537.6

SessionStorage is now persisted on disk; it’s stored and restored by the session restore system

Windows
Fix Print Preview on WIndows XP (Issue: 140044)
Linux

Fix GPU rendering failing on Nvidia cards if the kernel supports BPF sandboxing (Issue: 140214).

Known Issues

Tab strip context menu not working (Issue: 144425)

More details about additional changes are available in the svn log of all revision.

You can find out about getting on the Dev channel here: http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel.

If you find new issues, please let us know by filing a bug at http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/entry
Karen Grunberg
Google Chrome

Beta Channel Update

Thursday, August 23, 2012

The Chrome team is exceedingly excited to announce the promotion of Chrome 22 to the Beta channel. Chrome 22.0.1229.14 has a number of new and exciting updates including:

Mouse Lock API availability for Javascript

Additional Windows 8 enhancements

Continued polish for users of HiDPI/Retina screens

You can find out more about Chrome 22 on the Official Chrome Blog. Full details about what's in this release are available in the SVN revision log. Found a bug? Report it! On a different channel, but want to join us on the Beta train? The Chromium wiki has you covered.
Jason KerseyGoogle Chrome

Dev Channel Update for Chrome OS

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Highlights of these changes are:

New avatar images for users and guests
Fixed an issue where machines updating from older versions of Chrome OS may encounter a hang at the Chrome logo when booting up
Updated Pepper Flash version to 11.3.31.318
Fixed an issue to retain a user's custom wallpaper between sessions

***Update 22 Aug 3pm PDT - Dev channel updates have been halted temporarily due to an issue identified with this build. If your machine is unable to boot after receiving this update, please follow the steps below to recover your Chrome OS device.***

The Dev channel has been updated to 22.0.1229.12 (Platform versions: 2723.25.0) for Chromebooks (Acer AC700, Samsung Series 5 550, Samsung Chromebook Series 3, and Cr-48) and Samsung Chromebox Series 3. This build contains a number of stability improvements.
Highlights of these changes are:

New avatar images for users and guests
Fixed an issue where machines updating from older versions of Chrome OS may encounter a hang at the Chrome logo when booting up
Updated Pepper Flash version to 11.3.31.318
Fixed an issue to retain a user's custom wallpaper between sessions

Chrome for iOS Update

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

The Chrome team is happy to announce the first update to Chrome for iPhone and iPad. This version (Chrome 21 / 21.0.1180.77) brings in a number of fixes to user-reported issues including:

Ability to share directly from Chrome to your favorite social network or via email

More actionable sync sign in error messages

Improved language detection for welcome tour

Fixes for pages loading blank in Incognito* mode

You can get the update via the App Store, or from the prompt inside of Chrome. Known issues are available on the Chrome support site. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.
Angela StrangeGoogle Chrome

Dev Channel Update

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

The Dev channel has been updated to 22.0.1229.12 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. A complete log of what changed can be found in the svn revision log. Instructions and download links for our different release channels are available on the Chromium wiki. If you find what you think is a new bug, please file it in our issue tracker.

Jason Kersey
Google Chrome

Stable Channel Update

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

If you find new issues, please let us know by filing a bug at http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/entry

Karen Grunberg
Google Chrome

The Stable channel has been updated to 21.0.1180.81 for Linux, 21.0.1180.83 for Windows and Chrome Frame and both Beta and Stable channels have been updated to 21.0.1180.82 for Mac and
This build fixes the following issues:

Duplex Printing defaults to Yes, which prints extra pages even for a 1 page print out (Issue 138312).

Print preview takes forever on Win XP (issue: 140044)

Anti-DDoS inversion of logic (Issues: 141643, 141081)

Pepper Flash: in file uploads, treats HTTP status != 200 as failure, breaking (e.g.) uploads to Amazon S3 (Issue: 140468)

Projectmanager.com application causes Flash to hang (Issue: 141018)

Turn off TLS 1.1 in Chrome 21 Stable (Issue: 142172)

Setting and unsetting display:none obliterates current scroll position (issue: 140101)

These builds also have a new version of Flash with security and other fixes. More information can be found here.

If you find new issues, please let us know by filing a bug at http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/entry

Karen Grunberg
Google Chrome

Stable Channel Update for Chrome OS

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Known issues:

141717 - 3G: Clicking 'Buy Plan' not working if Wifi disabled

141737 - Tab hangs when playing a Vimeo playlist in the couch mode

23789 - Occasionally unable to unlock SIM cards on Gobi2k

32643 - Cannot connect to OpenVPN from number of home networks

33484 - Cellular network name sometimes mis-identified

Google Chrome

*** Update 5 Sept 10 am PDT - 21 Stable wifi issues are resolved, we are rolling out a new update to 21.0.1183.89 (Platform version: 2268.142.0) ***
The Google Chrome team is happy to announce the arrival of Chrome 21 to the Stable Channel for Chrome OS. More detailed updates are available on the Google Chrome Blog.

The Stable channel has been updated to 21.0.1183.0 (Platform version: 2465.127.0) for Chromebooks (Acer AC700, Samsung Series 5 550, Samsung Series 5, and Cr-48) and Samsung Chromebox Series 3. Machines will be receiving updates to this version over the next several days.

This build contains a number of new features, as well as security & stability improvements.

Some highlights of these changes are:

We re-designed the App list to work alongside your browser and apps

New Print UI - please see the blog post for more details

You can select your own custom wallpaper

New, offline-capable Google Docs app

Update Adobe Flash to version 11.3.31.230

Flash Access Support

Seccomp Flash sandbox

New Shill connection manager

WiMax support in Shill

LTE Support for modem manager

Support Standard USB audio devices

Support wireless (bluetooth and others) Gamepads

Update GTalk Plug-In to version 3.3.3

Update Netflix Plug-in to version 2.0.5

Kernel rebased to 3.4

Gestures: support 3-finger tap/click as middle button

Resolved issues Samsung users were experiencing with Verizon Wireless activation

Security fixes and rewards:

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.

[$3133.7] [141901] Critical CVE-2012-2864: Mesa array overflow. Credit to miaubiz.

Known issues:

141717 - 3G: Clicking 'Buy Plan' not working if Wifi disabled

141737 - Tab hangs when playing a Vimeo playlist in the couch mode

23789 - Occasionally unable to unlock SIM cards on Gobi2k

32643 - Cannot connect to OpenVPN from number of home networks

33484 - Cellular network name sometimes mis-identified

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.

Josafat Garcia Google Chrome

Dev Channel Update for Chrome OS

Monday, August 20, 2012

Highlights of these changes are:

137941 - Update to a new default wallpaper
Updated Flash version
Fixed 137941 - Wifi networks no longer show up as VPNs
Updated version of ChromeVox (accessibility tool)
New profile picture for guest user avatar

Known issues:

31866 - Unable to enable mobile data for locked SIM card
136885 - Battery level indicator may be incorrect for a short time
143442 - Ctrl + w (close tab) doesnt work on going full screen. Workaround: Press the full screen button on the keyboard or click the "Exit full screen" link.

The Dev channel has been updated to 22.0.1229.8 (Platform versions: 2723.18.0) for Chromebooks (Acer AC700, Samsung Series 5 550, Samsung Chromebook Series 3, and Cr-48) and Samsung Chromebox Series 3. This build contains a number of UI, stability & security improvements.
Highlights of these changes are:

137941 - Update to a new default wallpaper
Updated Flash version
Fixed 137941 - Wifi networks no longer show up as VPNs
Updated version of ChromeVox (accessibility tool)
New profile picture for guest user avatar

Known issues:

31866 - Unable to enable mobile data for locked SIM card

136885 - Battery level indicator may be incorrect for a short time

143442 - Ctrl + w (close tab) doesnt work on going full screen. Workaround: Press the full screen button on the keyboard or click the "Exit full screen" link.

Beta Channel Update

Friday, August 17, 2012

Karen Grunberg
Google Chrome

ETA: We've updated the Beta channel for Windows only to 21.0.1180.83. This fixes issue 143434 but brings back issue 140101.
The Beta channel has been updated to 21.0.1180.81 for Mac, Linux, Windows and Chrome Frame
This build fixes the following issues:

Duplex Printing defaults to Yes, which prints extra pages even for a 1 page print out (Issue 138312).

Print preview takes forever on Win XP (issue: 140044)

Anti-DDoS inversion of logic (Issues: 141643, 141081)

Pepper Flash: in file uploads, treats HTTP status != 200 as failure, breaking (e.g.) uploads to Amazon S3 (Issue: 140468)

Projectmanager.com application causes Flash to hang (Issue: 141018)

Turn off TLS 1.1 in Chrome 21 Stable (Issue: 142172)

An additional scroll bar appears at the right on many sites (issue: 140239)

Setting and unsetting display:none obliterates current scroll position (issue: 140101)

If you find new issues, please let us know by filing a bug at http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/entry

Karen Grunberg
Google Chrome

Dev Channel Update

Thursday, August 16, 2012

The Dev channel has been updated to 22.0.1229.8 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. A complete log of what changed can be found in the svn revision log. Instructions and download links for our different release channels are available on the Chromium wiki. If you find what you think is a new bug, please file it in our issue tracker.

Jason Kersey
Google Chrome

Beta Channel Update for Chrome OS

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Update Adobe Flash to version 11.3.31.227
Wifi/3G stability fixes

Known Issues:

141717 - 3G: Clicking 'Buy Plan' not working if Wifi disabled
141737 - Tab hangs when playing a Vimeo playlist in the couch mode
31866 - Unable to unlock SIM sometimes
33484 - Cellular network sometimes mis-identified

The Beta channel has been updated to 21.0.1180.79 (Platform versions: 2465.121.0) for Chromebooks (Acer AC700, Samsung Series 5 550, Samsung Chromebook Series 3, and Cr-48) and Samsung Chromebox Series 3. This build contains a number stability & security improvements.

Highlights of these changes are:

Update Adobe Flash to version 11.3.31.227

Wifi/3G stability fixes

Known Issues:

141717 - 3G: Clicking 'Buy Plan' not working if Wifi disabled

141737 - Tab hangs when playing a Vimeo playlist in the couch mode

31866 - Unable to unlock SIM sometimes

33484 - Cellular network sometimes mis-identified

Dev Channel Update

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

The Dev channel has been updated to 22.0.1229.6 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. A complete log of what changed can be found in the svn revision log. Instructions and download links for our different release channels are available on the Chromium wiki. If you find what you think is a new bug, please file it in our issue tracker.

Jason Kersey
Google Chrome

Stable Channel Update

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Karen Grunberg
Google Chrome

The Stable channel has been updated to 21.0.1180.79 for Mac, Linux, Windows and Chrome Frame
This build fixes a security issue with Adobe Flash. You can read more about this in Adobe's Security Bulletin.

If you find new issues, please let us know by filing a bug at http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/entry

Karen Grunberg
Google Chrome

Stable Channel Update

Monday, August 13, 2012

Karen Grunberg
Google Chrome

The Stable channel has been updated to 21.0.1180.77 for Mac, Linux, Windows and Chrome Frame
This build fixes a problem with aIssue 140473).

If you find new issues, please let us know by filing a bug at http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/entry

Karen Grunberg
Google Chrome

Beta Channel Update for Chrome OS

Thursday, August 9, 2012

Update Adobe Flash to version 11.3.31.226
Update GTalk Plug-In to version 3.3.3
Wifi/3G stability fixes
Audio fixes

Known Issues:

29198 - Built-in Ethernet link cycles up & down sometimes
141717 - 3G: Clicking 'Buy Plan' not working if Wifi disabled
141737 - Tab hangs when playing a Vimeo playlist in the couch mode

The Beta channel has been updated to 21.0.1180.78 (Platform versions: 2465.116.0) for Chromebooks (Acer AC700, Samsung Series 5 550, Samsung Chromebook Series 3, and Cr-48) and Samsung Chromebox Series 3. This build contains a number of UI, stability & security improvements.

Highlights of these changes are:

Update Adobe Flash to version 11.3.31.226

Update GTalk Plug-In to version 3.3.3

Wifi/3G stability fixes

Audio fixes

Known Issues:

29198 - Built-in Ethernet link cycles up & down sometimes

141717 - 3G: Clicking 'Buy Plan' not working if Wifi disabled

141737 - Tab hangs when playing a Vimeo playlist in the couch mode

Dev Channel Update

Thursday, August 9, 2012

The Dev channel has been updated to 22.0.1229.2 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. A complete log of what changed can be found in the svn revision log. Instructions and download links for our different release channels are available on the Chromium wiki. If you find what you think is a new bug, please file it in our issue tracker.

Jason Kersey
Google Chrome

Dev Channel Update for Chrome OS

Thursday, August 9, 2012

Known issues:

141182 - NBC streaming videos have been observed to occasionally consume too much memory. Workaround: Close tab or reboot machine.
33388 - Screen flickers every 5-6 seconds on DP to VGA connection
(Newly reported as of 8/14): 142440 - Some systems in Dev mode do not boot past the Chrome logo after being updated to this version. Workaround: Switch system to normal mode.

The Dev channel has been updated to 22.0.1229.0 (Platform versions: 2723.0.0) for Chromebooks (Acer AC700, Samsung Series 5 550, Samsung Chromebook Series 3, and Cr-48) and Samsung Chromebox Series 3. This build contains a number of UI, stability & security improvements.
Known issues:

141182 - NBC streaming videos have been observed to occasionally consume too much memory. Workaround: Close tab or reboot machine.

33388 - Screen flickers every 5-6 seconds on DP to VGA connection

(Newly reported as of 8/14): 142440 - Some systems in Dev mode do not boot past the Chrome logo after being updated to this version. Workaround: Switch system to normal mode.

Beta Channel Update

Thursday, August 9, 2012

Karen Grunberg
Google Chrome

The Beta channel has been updated to 21.0.1180.77 for Mac, Linux, Windows and Chrome Frame
This build fixes a problem with aIssue 140473).

If you find new issues, please let us know by filing a bug at http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/entry

Karen Grunberg
Google Chrome

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