Google Chrome Releases

Beta Channel Update for Chromebooks

2012-01-25T19:27:00.000-08:00

The Beta channel has been updated to 17.0.963.43 (Platform versions: 1412.142) for Chromebooks (Samsung Series 5 , and Cr-48).

Highlights:

This update fixes a number of stability and UI issues.
Introduces new Verizon activation and top-up portal featuring many user-requested improvements:

Enables recurring billing as the default for pre-paid monthly plans
Greatly simplifies the Verizon activation and top-up process
Allows purchase of additional data prior to current bundle expiration
Eliminates credit card requirement for free 100MB plan

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.

Update: The transition to Verizon's new portal is being rolled out gradually over the next week.

Orit Mazor
Google Chrome

Beta Channel Update

2012-01-25T16:47:00.001-08:00

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? Find out how. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Jason Kersey
Google Chrome

Dev Channel Update

2012-01-24T17:52:00.000-08:00

The Dev channel has been updated to 18.0.1017.2 for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame. This build contains the following updates:

All

Updated V8 - 3.8.7.1
Enable linear scaling for Chrome Remote Desktop’s scale-to-fit feature. (issue 93451)
Fixed popup windows issue (Issue: 106967)
Fixed crashes in extension binding (Issue: 110694)
When Strict Transport Security mandates that HTTPS certificate errors must be fatal, add a string telling the user why. (Issue: 110191)

Mac

Fixed flashing window while deleting profile (Issue: 108801)

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

Stable Channel Update for Chromebooks

2012-01-24T14:23:00.000-08:00

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).

This build contains a number of performance, stability and security improvements. Additional fixes include:

24748 - Device not scanning for networks
23518 - No UI notification given on connection timeout

Stable Channel Update

2012-01-23T15:00:00.000-08:00

The Stable channel has been updated to 16.0.912.77 for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame

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.

[$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.

Full details about what changes have been made in this release are available in the SVN revisions log. Interested in switching to another channel? Find out how. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Anthony Laforge
Google Chrome

Dev Channel Update for Chromebooks

2012-01-20T15:23:00.000-08:00

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

2012-01-19T17:16:00.000-08:00

The Beta channel has been updated to 17.0.963.38 (Platform versions: 1412.121 and 1412.123) for Chromebooks (Acer AC700, Samsung Series 5, and Cr-48).

This update fixes a number of stability and UI issues.

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.

Orit Mazor
Google Chrome

Beta Channel Release

2012-01-18T16:30:00.000-08:00

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.

Jason Kersey
Google Chrome

Dev Channel Update

2012-01-17T18:14:00.000-08:00

Update: Enabling getusermedia, PeerConnection and MediaStream functionality behind switch --enable-media-stream. (r117430)

The Dev channel has been updated to 18.0.1010.1 for Windows and Chrome Frame; 18.0.1010.0 for Mac and Linux. This build contains the following updates:

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

2012-01-12T18:26:00.000-08:00

The Beta channel has been updated to 17.0.963.33 (Platform versions: 1412.87 and 1412.88) for Chromebooks (Samsung Series 5 , and Cr-48).

Beta Channel Update

2012-01-11T16:00:00.000-08:00

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.

Jason Kersey
Google Chrome

Dev Channel Update

2012-01-10T20:41:00.000-08:00

The Dev channel has been updated to 18.0.1003.1 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame. This build contains the following updates:

All

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

2012-01-10T09:02:00.001-08:00

The Google Chrome team is happy to announce the release of Chrome 17 on the Beta Channel for Chromebooks (Acer AC700, Samsung Series 5, and Cr-48).

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

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.

Orit Mazor
Google Chrome

Stable Channel Update for Chromebooks

2012-01-06T09:36:00.000-08:00

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).

Highlights:

Security fixes
Stability fixes

If you find new issues, please let us know by visiting our help site or filing a bug. You can also submit feedback using "Report an issue" under the wrench icon. Interested in switching to the Dev channel? Find out how.

Josafat Garcia

Google Chrome

Stable Channel Update

2012-01-05T18:00:00.000-08:00

The Stable channel has been updated to 16.0.912.75 for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame

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

[$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

2012-01-05T12:00:00.000-08:00

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

More detailed updates are available on the Chrome Blog. Full details about what changes are in this release are available in the SVN revision log. Interested in chilling on the beta channel? Find out how. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Jason Kersey
Google Chrome

Dev Channel Update for Chromebooks

2012-01-05T10:13:00.000-08:00

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

2012-01-04T16:09:00.000-08:00

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)

Full details about what changes are in this release are available in the SVN revision log. Interested in switching to a different release channel? Find out how. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Jason Kersey
Google Chrome

Stable Channel Update for Chromebooks

2011-12-16T15:14:00.000-08:00

The Google Chrome team is happy to announce the release of Chrome 16 on the Stable Channel for Chromebooks (Acer AC700, Samsung Series 5, and Cr-48).

Chrome version 16.0.912.66 (Platform version: 1193.117)

Release highlights:

Read about improvements to Chrome over on the Google Chome blog
Support for .zip files
Onscreen indication when caps lock is enabled
Warning messages regarding low disk space
Telegu and Kannada languages now supported
Updated Pepper Flash version
Crash fixes
Security updates

If you find new issues, please let us know by visiting our help site or filing a bug. Interested in switching to the Beta channel? Find out how. You can submit feedback using ‘Report an issue’ under the wrench menu.

Danielle Drew

Google Chrome

Dev Channel Update for Chromebooks

2011-12-16T10:51:00.000-08:00

The Dev channel has been updated to 17.0.963.10 (Platform version: 1412.24) for Chromebooks (Acer AC700, Samsung Series 5 , and Cr-48).

Highlights:

Pepper flash: release 11.1.31.205

Stability improvements

File Browser improvements

New icon for guest session

If you find new issues, please let us know by visiting our help site or filing a bug. You can also submit feedback using "Report an issue" under the wrench icon. Interested in switching to the Dev channel? Find out how.

Orit Mazor
Google Chrome

Dev Channel Update

2011-12-15T18:47:00.000-08:00

The Dev channel has been updated to 17.0.963.12 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. This release contains stability and feature improvements. Full details about what changes are in this release are available in the SVN revision log. Interested in switching to a different release channel? Find out how. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Jason Kersey
Google Chrome

Dev Channel Update for Chromebooks

2011-12-13T15:18:00.000-08:00

The Dev channel has been updated to 17.0.963.6 (Platform versions: 1412.18.0) for Chromebooks (Acer AC700, Samsung Series 5 , and Cr-48). This release contains stability and feature improvement.

If you find new issues, please let us know by visiting our help site or filing a bug. You can also submit feedback using "Report an issue" under the wrench icon. Interested in switching to the Dev channel? Find out how.

Orit Mazor
Google Chrome

Stable Channel Update

2011-12-13T08:00:00.000-08:00

The Google Chrome team is happy to announce the arrival of Chrome 16.0.912.63 to the Stable Channel for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame. Chrome 16 contains some really great improvements including enhancements to Sync and the ability to create multiple profiles on a single instance of Chrome. You can read about it more on the Google Chome blog.

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

[81753] Medium CVE-2011-3903: Out-of-bounds read in regex matching. Credit to David Holloway of the Chromium development community.

[95465] Low CVE-2011-3905: Out-of-bounds reads in libxml. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Inferno).

[$500] [98809] Medium CVE-2011-3906: Out-of-bounds read in PDF parser. Credit to Aki Helin of OUSPG.

[$1000] [99016] High CVE-2011-3907: URL bar spoofing with view-source. Credit to Luka Treiber of ACROS Security.

[100863] Low CVE-2011-3908: Out-of-bounds read in SVG parsing. Credit to Aki Helin of OUSPG.

[101010] Medium CVE-2011-3909: [64-bit only] Memory corruption in CSS property array. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (scarybeasts) and Chu.

[101494] Medium CVE-2011-3910: Out-of-bounds read in YUV video frame handling. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Cris Neckar).

[101779] Medium CVE-2011-3911: Out-of-bounds read in PDF. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (scarybeasts) and Robert Swiecki of the Google Security Team.

[$1000] [102359] High CVE-2011-3912: Use-after-free in SVG filters. Credit to Arthur Gerkis.

[$1000] [103921] High CVE-2011-3913: Use-after-free in Range handling. Credit to Arthur Gerkis.

[$1000] [104011] High CVE-2011-3914: Out-of-bounds write in v8 i18n handling. Credit to Sławomir Błażek.

[$1000] [104529] High CVE-2011-3915: Buffer overflow in PDF font handling. Credit to Atte Kettunen of OUSPG.

[$500] [104959] Medium CVE-2011-3916: Out-of-bounds reads in PDF cross references. Credit to Atte Kettunen of OUSPG.

[105162] Medium CVE-2011-3917: Stack-buffer-overflow in FileWatcher. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Marty Barbella).

[107258] High CVE-2011-3904: Use-after-free in bidi handling. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Inferno) and miaubiz.

The bugs [95465], [100863], [101494], [102359], [103921] and [105162] were detected using AddressSanitizer.

In addition, we would like to thank miaubiz, Eric Bidelman, and Sławomir Błażek for working with us in the development cycle and preventing bugs from ever reaching the stable channel. Various rewards were issued.

Thanks for using Chrome! If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Have a happy holiday season!

Anthony Laforge

Google Chrome

Dev Channel Update for Chromebooks

2011-12-09T10:34:00.001-08:00

The Dev channel has been updated to 17.0.963.2 (Platform versions: 1412.5.0 and 1412.7.0) for Chromebooks (Acer AC700, Samsung Series 5 , and Cr-48).

Highlights:

Updated Chrome version (stability and feature improvements)

Pepper flash: release 11.1.31.202

Update Chromevox (features and bug fixes)

Known issues:

Issue 23560: Power button does not respond (rare).

Issue 23908: chrome://system output truncated after "touchpad_activity"

Issue 23244: Browser context menu is displayed when right-clicking on File browser window

Issue 23379: Selected text disappears in file browser

Issue 23571: Angry birds : graphics problems

Issue 23802: Crash: Chrome crash on enabling and disabling Capslock (or) accessibility

Issue 23848: Playing youtube video in gtalk window causes all gtalk windows to disappear

If you find new issues, please let us know by visiting our help site or filing a bug. You can also submit feedback using "Report an issue" under the wrench icon. Interested in switching to the Dev channel? Find out how.

Orit Mazor
Google Chrome

Beta Channel Update for Chromebooks

2011-12-08T17:12:00.001-08:00

The Google Chrome team is happy to announce the release of Chrome 16 on the Beta Channel for Chromebooks (Acer AC700, Samsung Series 5, and Cr-48).

Chrome version 16.0.912.63 (Platform version: 1193.105.0)

Release highlights:

Stability & security fixes

Known issues:

23151 - Signing in with a custom encryption passphrase does not prompt users to fill in the passphrase. Workaround: If sync is not happening and you have an encryption passphrase for your account data, go to the Settings > Personal Stuff tab to fill in the passphrase.

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