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Electron 42.1.0

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  1. # Release Notes for v42.1.0
  2. ## Fixes
  3. * 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](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/51594) <sup>(Also in [41](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/51604), [43](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/51595))</sup>
  4. * Fixed a crash on MacOS when a user clicked into a title bar or top view. [#51605](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/51605) <sup>(Also in [43](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/51606))</sup>
  5. ## Other Changes
  6. * Improved performance of `webRequest` header conversions and several other gin converter hot paths. [#51607](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/51607) <sup>(Also in [43](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/51608))</sup>
  7. * Improved performance of native event emission, IPC dispatch, and option-dictionary parsing. [#51614](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/51614) <sup>(Also in [41](https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/51613))</sup>

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