v133.4.20

February 23, 2024, CEF 133.4.2+g0852ba6+chromium-133.0.6943.127 / Chromium 133.0.6943.127

• 🛑 The Alloy Bootstrap has been removed see #4795
• 🛑 Upgrading from Alloy Bootstrap to Chrome bootstrap ignore cookies from the previous version as the encryption keys are likely different. See #4847 for possible workaround
• CEF now supports the Chromium process singleton, this brings with it changes to how CachePath/RootCachePath are accessed from multiple processes. See #4668 for more details
• ⚠️ Microsoft Visual C++ 2019 Redistributable is required. A minimum of VC++ 2019 is required, higher versions are backwards compatible. For those upgrading from a previous version which only required VC++ 2015 minimum see #3636 for some guidance.

✅ Change Log

For a list of CefSharp specific changes see the 133.4.x Milestone. See also Release Notification.

⚠️ Breaking Changes

• #5052 FolderSchemeHandlerFactory Handle URL encoded paths only in absolute path

ℹ️ Notes

• You can bin deploy the Visual C++ dependencies, read the FAQ for more details.
• For a list of files included in the packages see Output files description table (Redistribution) Wiki
• Due to licensing issues default builds do not support proprietary codecs like H264/AAC, sites like Netflix/Twitter/Instagram/Facebook/Spotify/Apple Music won't play video/audio. See #1479 for more info. MP3 audio is supported, playing MP4 files are not supported.
• Anyone new to CefSharp should read the General Usage Guide
• This project uses Microsoft SourceLink for better debugging, you can step directly into much of the project source directly.

❌ Known Issues

• See #4795 (comment) for some of the known issues after migrating to the Chrome bootstrap.
• See https://github.com/chromiumembedded/cef/issues for other known issues
• See https://github.com/cefsharp/CefSharp/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Aknown-issue for other known issues

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• All paths (CachePath, BrowserSubProcessPath, etc) must be absolute paths, if using a non-absolute path an exception will be throw. See #3102 for details.
• When using a RequestContext you must ensure that RequestContextSettings.CachePath is equal to or a child of CefSettings.RootCachePath See #3111 (comment) for details
• Starting in June 2019 Google will block logins from CEF based browsers to Google Services, this includes Gmail, Drive, Docs, see https://security.googleblog.com/2019/04/better-protection-against-man-in-middle.html?m=1 for further discussion see https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msg/embedder-dev/STyM5ZNTHMM/POj1v_cqBgAJ
• WPF the browser stops redrawing when running on Intel Iris Xe Integrated GPU(11th Gen). Intel have released an updated driver, see https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000058136/graphics/graphics-for-11th-generation-intel-processors.html See dotnet/wpf#3817 for workaround if you are unable to install the updated driver.

v132.3.11

February 01, 2024, CEF 132.3.1+g144febe+chromium-132.0.6834.83 / Chromium 132.0.6834.83

• 🛑 The Alloy Bootstrap has been removed see #4795
• 🛑 Upgrading from Alloy Bootstrap to Chrome bootstrap appears to ignore cookies from the previous version as the encryption keys are likely different. See #4847 for possible workaround
• CEF now supports the Chromium process singleton, this brings with it changes to how CachePath/RootCachePath are accessed from multiple processes. See #4668 for more details
• ⚠️ Microsoft Visual C++ 2019 Redistributable is required. A minimum of VC++ 2019 is required, higher versions are backwards compatible. For those upgrading from a previous version which only required VC++ 2015 minimum see #3636 for some guidance.

✅ Change Log

For a list of CefSharp specific changes see the 132.3.x Milestone. See also Release Notification.

⚠️ Breaking Changes

No CefSharp specific breaking changes

ℹ️ Notes

• You can bin deploy the Visual C++ dependencies, read the FAQ for more details.
• For a list of files included in the packages see Output files description table (Redistribution) Wiki
• Due to licensing issues default builds do not support proprietary codecs like H264/AAC, sites like Netflix/Twitter/Instagram/Facebook/Spotify/Apple Music won't play video/audio. See #1479 for more info. MP3 audio is supported, playing MP4 files are not supported.
• Anyone new to CefSharp should read the General Usage Guide
• This project uses Microsoft SourceLink for better debugging, you can step directly into much of the project source directly.

❌ Known Issues

• See #4795 (comment) for some of the known issues after migrating to the Chrome bootstrap.
• See https://github.com/chromiumembedded/cef/issues for other known issues
• See https://github.com/cefsharp/CefSharp/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Aknown-issue for other known issues

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• All paths (CachePath, BrowserSubProcessPath, etc) must be absolute paths, if using a non-absolute path an exception will be throw. See #3102 for details.
• When using a RequestContext you must ensure that RequestContextSettings.CachePath is equal to or a child of CefSettings.RootCachePath See #3111 (comment) for details
• Starting in June 2019 Google will block logins from CEF based browsers to Google Services, this includes Gmail, Drive, Docs, see https://security.googleblog.com/2019/04/better-protection-against-man-in-middle.html?m=1 for further discussion see https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msg/embedder-dev/STyM5ZNTHMM/POj1v_cqBgAJ
• WPF the browser stops redrawing when running on Intel Iris Xe Integrated GPU(11th Gen). Intel have released an updated driver, see https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000058136/graphics/graphics-for-11th-generation-intel-processors.html See dotnet/wpf#3817 for workaround if you are unable to install the updated driver.

v131.3.50

December 23, 2024, CEF 131.3.5+g573cec5+chromium-131.0.6778.205 / Chromium 131.0.6778.205

✅ Change Log

For a list of CefSharp specific changes see the 131.2.x Milestone. See also Release Notification.

v131.3.10

December 11, 2024, CEF 131.3.1+gcb062df+chromium-131.0.6778.109 / Chromium 131.0.6778.109

✅ Change Log

For a list of CefSharp specific changes see the 131.2.x Milestone. See also Release Notification.

v131.2.70

November 23, 2024, CEF 131.2.7+g9a14dc9+chromium-131.0.6778.86 / Chromium 131.0.6778.86

• 🛑 The Alloy Bootstrap has been removed see #4795
• 🛑 Upgrading from Alloy Bootstrap to Chrome bootstrap appears to ignore cookies from the previous version as the encryption keys are likely different. See #4847 for possible workaround
• CEF now supports the Chromium process singleton, this brings with it changes to how CachePath/RootCachePath are accessed from multiple processes. See #4668 for more details
• ⚠️ Microsoft Visual C++ 2019 Redistributable is required. A minimum of VC++ 2019 is required, higher versions are backwards compatible. For those upgrading from a previous version which only required VC++ 2015 minimum see #3636 for some guidance.

✅ Change Log

For a list of CefSharp specific changes see the 131.2.x Milestone. See also Release Notification.

⚠️ Breaking Changes

No CefSharp specific breaking changes

ℹ️ Notes

• WPF the browser stops redrawing when running on Intel Iris Xe Integrated GPU(11th Gen). Intel have released an updated driver, see https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000058136/graphics/graphics-for-11th-generation-intel-processors.html See dotnet/wpf#3817 for workaround if you are unable to install the updated driver.
• You can bin deploy the Visual C++ dependencies, read the FAQ for more details.
• For a list of files included in the packages see Output files description table (Redistribution) Wiki
• Starting in June 2019 Google will block logins from CEF based browsers to Google Services, this includes Gmail, Drive, Docs, see https://security.googleblog.com/2019/04/better-protection-against-man-in-middle.html?m=1 for further discussion see https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msg/embedder-dev/STyM5ZNTHMM/POj1v_cqBgAJ
• Due to licensing issues default builds do not support proprietary codecs like H264/AAC, sites like Netflix/Twitter/Instagram/Facebook/Spotify/Apple Music won't play video/audio. See #1479 for more info. MP3 audio is supported, playing MP4 files are not supported.
• Anyone new to CefSharp should read the General Usage Guide
• This project uses Microsoft SourceLink for better debugging, you can step directly into much of the project source directly.

❌ Known Issues

• See #4795 (comment) for some of the known issues after migrating to the Chrome bootstrap.
• See https://github.com/chromiumembedded/cef/issues for other known issues
• See https://github.com/cefsharp/CefSharp/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Aknown-issue for other known issues

---

• All paths (CachePath, BrowserSubProcessPath, etc) must be absolute paths, if using a non-absolute path an exception will be throw. See #3102 for details.
• When using a RequestContext you must ensure that RequestContextSettings.CachePath is equal to or a child of CefSettings.RootCachePath See #3111 (comment) for details

v130.1.90

October 30, 2024, CEF 130.1.9+gfc42567+chromium-130.0.6723.70 / Chromium 130.0.6723.70

• 🛑 The Alloy Bootstrap has been removed see #4795
• 🛑 Upgrading from Alloy Bootstrap to Chrome bootstrap appears to ignore cookies from the previous version as the encryption keys are likely different. See #4835 for possible workaround
• CEF now supports the Chromium process singleton, this brings with it changes to how CachePath/RootCachePath are accessed from multiple processes. See #4668 for more details
• ⚠️ Microsoft Visual C++ 2019 Redistributable is required. A minimum of VC++ 2019 is required, higher versions are backwards compatible. For those upgrading from a previous version which only required VC++ 2015 minimum see #3636 for some guidance.

✅ Change Log

For a list of CefSharp specific changes see the 130.1.x Milestone. See also Release Notification.

⚠️ Breaking Changes

No CefSharp specific breaking changes

ℹ️ Notes

• WPF the browser stops redrawing when running on Intel Iris Xe Integrated GPU(11th Gen). Intel have released an updated driver, see https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000058136/graphics/graphics-for-11th-generation-intel-processors.html See dotnet/wpf#3817 for workaround if you are unable to install the updated driver.
• You can bin deploy the Visual C++ dependencies, read the FAQ for more details.
• For a list of files included in the packages see Output files description table (Redistribution) Wiki
• Starting in June 2019 Google will block logins from CEF based browsers to Google Services, this includes Gmail, Drive, Docs, see https://security.googleblog.com/2019/04/better-protection-against-man-in-middle.html?m=1 for further discussion see https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msg/embedder-dev/STyM5ZNTHMM/POj1v_cqBgAJ
• Due to licensing issues default builds do not support proprietary codecs like H264/AAC, sites like Netflix/Twitter/Instagram/Facebook/Spotify/Apple Music won't play video/audio. See #1479 for more info. MP3 audio is supported, playing MP4 files are not supported.
• Anyone new to CefSharp should read the General Usage Guide
• This project uses Microsoft SourceLink for better debugging, you can step directly into much of the project source directly.

❌ Known Issues

• NTLM Authentication not working correctly
• CEF creates a Download directory in the User Director
• WinForms when running on Windows 10 Anniversary pressing certain key combinations freezes the browser see #1822 The issue has been reported upstream, there are workarounds listed in #1822
• WPF touch scroll aborted if browser navigates within document
• window.focus() does not bring popup window to front
• OnProtocolExecution Page goes blank after link click
• Crash on Win10 when computer wakes from sleep
• Cef.AddCrossOriginWhitelistEntry doesn't work correctly
• See https://github.com/chromiumembedded/cef/issues for other known issues
• See https://github.com/cefsharp/CefSharp/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Aknown-issue for other known issues

---

• All paths (CachePath, BrowserSubProcessPath, etc) must be absolute paths, if using a non-absolute path an exception will be throw. See #3102 for details.
• When using a RequestContext you must ensure that RequestContextSettings.CachePath is equal to or a child of CefSettings.RootCachePath See #3111 (comment) for details

v129.0.110

October 07, 2024, CEF 129.0.11+g57354b8+chromium-129.0.6668.90 / Chromium 129.0.6668.90

• 🛑 The Alloy Bootstrap has been removed see #4795
• 🛑 Upgrading from Alloy Bootstrap to Chrome bootstrap appears to ignore cookies from the previous version as the encryption keys are likely different. See #4835 for possible workaround
• CEF now supports the Chromium process singleton, this brings with it changes to how CachePath/RootCachePath are accessed from multiple processes. See #4668 for more details
• ⚠️ Microsoft Visual C++ 2019 Redistributable is required. A minimum of VC++ 2019 is required, higher versions are backwards compatible. For those upgrading from a previous version which only required VC++ 2015 minimum see #3636 for some guidance.

✅ Change Log

For a list of CefSharp specific changes see the 129.0.x Milestone. See also Release Notification.

⚠️ Breaking Changes

• #4935 PermissionRequestType is out of sync compared to cef_permission_request_types_t

ℹ️ Notes

• WPF the browser stops redrawing when running on Intel Iris Xe Integrated GPU(11th Gen). Intel have released an updated driver, see https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000058136/graphics/graphics-for-11th-generation-intel-processors.html See dotnet/wpf#3817 for workaround if you are unable to install the updated driver.
• You can bin deploy the Visual C++ dependencies, read the FAQ for more details.
• For a list of files included in the packages see Output files description table (Redistribution) Wiki
• Starting in June 2019 Google will block logins from CEF based browsers to Google Services, this includes Gmail, Drive, Docs, see https://security.googleblog.com/2019/04/better-protection-against-man-in-middle.html?m=1 for further discussion see https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msg/embedder-dev/STyM5ZNTHMM/POj1v_cqBgAJ
• Due to licensing issues default builds do not support proprietary codecs like H264/AAC, sites like Netflix/Twitter/Instagram/Facebook/Spotify/Apple Music won't play video/audio. See #1479 for more info. MP3 audio is supported, playing MP4 files are not supported.
• Anyone new to CefSharp should read the General Usage Guide
• This project uses Microsoft SourceLink for better debugging, you can step directly into much of the project source directly.

❌ Known Issues

• NTLM Authentication not working correctly
• CEF creates a Download directory in the User Director
• WinForms when running on Windows 10 Anniversary pressing certain key combinations freezes the browser see #1822 The issue has been reported upstream, there are workarounds listed in #1822
• WPF touch scroll aborted if browser navigates within document
• window.focus() does not bring popup window to front
• OnProtocolExecution Page goes blank after link click
• Crash on Win10 when computer wakes from sleep
• Cef.AddCrossOriginWhitelistEntry doesn't work correctly
• See https://github.com/chromiumembedded/cef/issues for other known issues
• See https://github.com/cefsharp/CefSharp/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Aknown-issue for other known issues

---

• All paths (CachePath, BrowserSubProcessPath, etc) must be absolute paths, if using a non-absolute path an exception will be throw. See #3102 for details.
• When using a RequestContext you must ensure that RequestContextSettings.CachePath is equal to or a child of CefSettings.RootCachePath See #3111 (comment) for details

v128.4.90

September 21, 2024, CEF 128.4.9+g9840ad9+chromium-128.0.6613.120 / Chromium 128.0.6613.120

• 🛑 The Alloy Bootstrap has been removed see #4795
• 🛑 Upgrading from Alloy Bootstrap to Chrome bootstrap appears to ignore cookies from the previous version as the encryption keys are likely different. See #4835 for possible workaround
• CEF now supports the Chromium process singleton, this brings with it changes to how CachePath/RootCachePath are accessed from multiple processes. See #4668 for more details
• ⚠️ Microsoft Visual C++ 2019 Redistributable is required. A minimum of VC++ 2019 is required, higher versions are backwards compatible. For those upgrading from a previous version which only required VC++ 2015 minimum see #3636 for some guidance.

✅ Change Log

For a list of CefSharp specific changes see the 128.4.x Milestone. See also Release Notification.

⚠️ Breaking Changes

• #4795 Remove Alloy Bootstrap (There are a number of breaking changes related to this)

ℹ️ Notes

• WPF the browser stops redrawing when running on Intel Iris Xe Integrated GPU(11th Gen). Intel have released an updated driver, see https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000058136/graphics/graphics-for-11th-generation-intel-processors.html See dotnet/wpf#3817 for workaround if you are unable to install the updated driver.
• You can bin deploy the Visual C++ dependencies, read the FAQ for more details.
• For a list of files included in the packages see Output files description table (Redistribution) Wiki
• Starting in June 2019 Google will block logins from CEF based browsers to Google Services, this includes Gmail, Drive, Docs, see https://security.googleblog.com/2019/04/better-protection-against-man-in-middle.html?m=1 for further discussion see https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msg/embedder-dev/STyM5ZNTHMM/POj1v_cqBgAJ
• Due to licensing issues default builds do not support proprietary codecs like H264/AAC, sites like Netflix/Twitter/Instagram/Facebook/Spotify/Apple Music won't play video/audio. See #1479 for more info. MP3 audio is supported, playing MP4 files are not supported.
• Anyone new to CefSharp should read the General Usage Guide
• This project uses Microsoft SourceLink for better debugging, you can step directly into much of the project source directly.

❌ Known Issues

• NTLM Authentication not working correctly
• CEF creates a Download directory in the User Director
• WinForms when running on Windows 10 Anniversary pressing certain key combinations freezes the browser see #1822 The issue has been reported upstream, there are workarounds listed in #1822
• WPF touch scroll aborted if browser navigates within document
• window.focus() does not bring popup window to front
• OnProtocolExecution Page goes blank after link click
• Crash on Win10 when computer wakes from sleep
• Cef.AddCrossOriginWhitelistEntry doesn't work correctly
• See https://github.com/chromiumembedded/cef/issues for other known issues
• See https://github.com/cefsharp/CefSharp/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Aknown-issue for other known issues

---

• All paths (CachePath, BrowserSubProcessPath, etc) must be absolute paths, if using a non-absolute path an exception will be throw. See #3102 for details.
• When using a RequestContext you must ensure that RequestContextSettings.CachePath is equal to or a child of CefSettings.RootCachePath See #3111 (comment) for details

v127.3.50

August 22, 2024, CEF 127.3.5+g114ea2a+chromium-127.0.6533.120 / Chromium 127.0.6533.120

• ⚠️ This is the last version to support the Alloy Bootstrap (upstream) (#4835). Those using the Chrome Runtime previously will need to set CefSharpSettings.RuntimeStyle = CefRuntimeStyle.Chrome;
• 🛑 Switching from Alloy Bootstrap to Chrome bootstrap appears to ignore cookies from the previous version as the encryption keys are likely different. You can switch back to the Alloy bootstrap if required via cefSettings.ChromeRuntime = false; #4835
• CEF now supports the Chromium process singleton, this brings with it changes to how CachePath/RootCachePath are accessed from multiple processes. See #4668 for more details
• ⚠️ Microsoft Visual C++ 2019 Redistributable is required. A minimum of VC++ 2019 is required, higher versions are backwards compatible. For those upgrading from a previous version which only required VC++ 2015 minimum see #3636 for some guidance.

✅ Change Log

For a list of CefSharp specific changes see the 127.3.x Milestone. See also Release Notification.

⚠️ Breaking Changes

• #4867 Change Cef.IsInitialized from bool to bool?

ℹ️ Notes

• WPF the browser stops redrawing when running on Intel Iris Xe Integrated GPU(11th Gen). Intel have released an updated driver, see https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000058136/graphics/graphics-for-11th-generation-intel-processors.html See dotnet/wpf#3817 for workaround if you are unable to install the updated driver.
• You can bin deploy the Visual C++ dependencies, read the FAQ for more details.
• For a list of files included in the packages see Output files description table (Redistribution) Wiki
• Starting in June 2019 Google will block logins from CEF based browsers to Google Services, this includes Gmail, Drive, Docs, see https://security.googleblog.com/2019/04/better-protection-against-man-in-middle.html?m=1 for further discussion see https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msg/embedder-dev/STyM5ZNTHMM/POj1v_cqBgAJ
• Due to licensing issues default builds do not support proprietary codecs like H264/AAC, sites like Netflix/Twitter/Instagram/Facebook/Spotify/Apple Music won't play video/audio. See #1479 for more info. MP3 audio is supported, playing MP4 files are not supported.
• Anyone new to CefSharp should read the General Usage Guide
• This project uses Microsoft SourceLink for better debugging, you can step directly into much of the project source directly.

❌ Known Issues

• NTLM Authentication not working correctly
• CEF creates a Download directory in the User Director
• WinForms when running on Windows 10 Anniversary pressing certain key combinations freezes the browser see #1822 The issue has been reported upstream, there are workarounds listed in #1822
• WPF touch scroll aborted if browser navigates within document
• window.focus() does not bring popup window to front
• OnProtocolExecution Page goes blank after link click
• Crash on Win10 when computer wakes from sleep
• Cef.AddCrossOriginWhitelistEntry doesn't work correctly
• See https://github.com/chromiumembedded/cef/issues for other known issues
• See https://github.com/cefsharp/CefSharp/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Aknown-issue for other known issues

---

• All paths (CachePath, BrowserSubProcessPath, etc) must be absolute paths, if using a non-absolute path an exception will be throw. See #3102 for details.
• When using a RequestContext you must ensure that RequestContextSettings.CachePath is equal to or a child of CefSettings.RootCachePath See #3111 (comment) for details

v126.2.180

June 20, 2024, CEF 126.2.18+g3647d39+chromium-126.0.6478.183 / Chromium 126.0.6478.183

✅ Change Log

For a list of CefSharp specific changes see the 126.2.x Milestone. See also Release Notification.