From be209c55300b47809778d69caeeeb687b6f18514 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Niklas Wenzel Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2025 01:11:23 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] chore: add deletion of `databases` directory to 32 blog post --- blog/electron-32-0.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/blog/electron-32-0.md b/blog/electron-32-0.md index 44148c1e0..7feb7a518 100644 --- a/blog/electron-32-0.md +++ b/blog/electron-32-0.md @@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ win.webContents.navigationHistory.canGoToOffset(); win.webContents.navigationHistory.goToOffset(index); ``` +#### Behavior changed: Directory `databases` in `userData` will be deleted + +If you have a directory called `databases` in the directory returned by `app.getPath('userData')`, it will be deleted when Electron 32 is first run. The `databases` directory was used by WebSQL, which was removed in Electron 31. Chromium now performs a cleanup that deletes this directory. See [issue #45396](https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/45396). + ## End of Support for 29.x.y Electron 29.x.y has reached end-of-support as per the project's [support policy](https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/tutorial/electron-timelines#version-support-policy). Developers and applications are encouraged to upgrade to a newer version of Electron.