chore(deps-dev): bump electron from 36.9.5 to 42.1.0 in /desktop in the npm_and_yarn group across 1 directory

[dependabot]

Bumps the npm_and_yarn group with 1 update in the /desktop directory: electron.

Updates electron from 36.9.5 to 42.1.0

Release notes

Sourced from electron's releases.

electron v42.1.0

Release Notes for v42.1.0

Fixes

• Fixed a crash in the macOS Touch ID WebAuthn prompt caused by a missing string resource, and added touchID.promptReason to app.configureWebAuthn() to customize the prompt text. #51594 (Also in 41, 43)
• Fixed a crash on MacOS when a user clicked into a title bar or top view. #51605 (Also in 43)

Other Changes

• Improved performance of webRequest header conversions and several other gin converter hot paths. #51607 (Also in 43)
• Improved performance of native event emission, IPC dispatch, and option-dictionary parsing. #51614 (Also in 41)

electron v42.0.1

Release Notes for v42.0.1

Fixes

• Fixed DesktopCapturer crash on macOS. #51506
• Fixed ELECTRON_INSTALL_PLATFORM being ignored when resolving the Electron executable path during postinstall, which caused path.txt to be written for the host platform instead of the requested target and made isInstalled() always re-download on subsequent installs. #51370
• Fixed app.getLoginItemSettings() returning undefined for executableWillLaunchAtLogin on macOS; the property is now always a boolean. #51507 (Also in 40, 41)
• Fixed a potential race condition crash when closing DevTools. #51473 (Also in 41)

Other Changes

• Updated Chromium to 148.0.7778.97. #51517

electron v42.0.0

Release Notes for v42.0.0

Stack Upgrades

• Chromium 148.0.7778.96
  • New in 148
  • New in 147
• Node v24.15.0
  • Node 24.15.0 blog post
• V8 14.8

Breaking Changes

Behavior Changed: macOS notifications now use UNNotification API

Electron has migrated from the deprecated NSUserNotification API to the UNNotification API on macOS. The new API requires that an application be code-signed in order for notifications to be displayed. If an application is not code-signed, notifications will emit a failed event on the Notification object. #47817

Behavior Changed: electron no longer downloads itself via postinstall script

Previously, the electron npm package would download the Electron binary from the repository's GitHub Releases in the package's postinstall script. With recent supply chain security attacks against the npm ecosystem with postinstall scripts as a common attack vector, Electron will now download itself dynamically the first time that its main bin script is run (e.g. via npx electron). See [RFC #22](electron/rfcs#22) for more context. #49328

Behavior Changed: Offscreen rendering default device scale factor

Previously, OSR used the primary display's device scale factor for rendering. Starting from Electron 42, the default changes to a constant value of 1.0 for more consistent output sizes. Use webPreferences.offscreen.deviceScaleFactor to specify a custom value. #49683

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Commits

• 9604c46 refactor: simplify content_view_ hit-test transparency on macOS (#51626)
• e229b1d perf: reduce per-call overhead in gin converters (#51607)
• e639fa0 fix: don't return a nullptr from TargetForRect (#51605)
• bce23fc perf: reduce per-call overhead in gin_helper hot paths (#51614)
• eac794f fix: ship IDS_WEBAUTHN_TOUCH_ID_PROMPT_REASON and allow overriding it (#51594)
• b133532 ci: pin Homebrew version in CI runs (#51545)
• a8a9854 chore: update breaking changes for Electron 42 (#51550)
• e7021e3 fix: test idempotency issues (#51526)
• e49c3c6 test: make sure there are no orphaned electron processes running (#51485)
• 90ef05b chore: bump chromium to 148.0.7778.97 (42-x-y) (#51517)
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