v2.14.0

wailsapp/wailsv2.14.0Aug 10, 2026by leaanthony

AI Summary

Wails v2.14.0 resolves a critical stability issue where the application would crash unexpectedly during the WebView2 bootstrapper download process. This update fixes a nil pointer error and ensures that network installation failures are properly surfaced to the user via an error dialog instead of silently exiting the application.

Key Highlights

Fixed nil pointer crash during WebView2 bootstrapper download
Fixed network errors being swallowed, preventing error dialogs
Improved application stability during initial setup
Contributed by @jannskiee

Full Release Notes

## Installation

```bash
go install github.com/wailsapp/wails/v2/cmd/wails@v2.14.0
```

## Changes

### Fixed

- Fixed nil pointer crash and swallowed network error when downloading the WebView2 bootstrapper, which made the app exit instead of showing the installation error dialog by @jannskiee