v4.5.2

gradio-app/fastrtcv4.5.2Jun 19, 2026by alyssaxuu

AI Summary

This update enhances the extension's resilience against Chrome's background worker restarts and improves compatibility with other video conferencing applications by resolving startup issues on slower devices.

Key Highlights

Improved resilience against Chrome background worker restarts
Fixed errors when using Chrome's native 'Stop sharing' feature
Fixed recording startup failures on slower devices
Improved reliability when hardware is used by other apps like Teams or Zoom
Editor now opens quicker immediately after recording is finalized

New Features

Faster editor opening process
Improved hardware encoder compatibility

Full Release Notes

- Recordings are more resilient when Chrome restarts the extension's background worker mid-session.
- Fixed an issue with Chrome's own "Stop sharing", that sometimes threw an error.
- Fixed recordings failing to start on slower devices, where acquiring the capture stream could take a few seconds.
- More reliable recording when another app (Teams, Zoom, etc.) takes over the hardware video encoder.
- The editor opens quicker, as soon as the recording is finalized.