Update applicationinsights-core-js to 3.4.2, fix audit vulnerabilities, bump to 4.4.1

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ jobs:
 
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
+    # The puppeteer browser download into the shared ~/.cache/puppeteer can race
+    # across the npm install steps and intermittently fail extraction
+    # ("browser folder exists but the executable is missing"). Skip the puppeteer
+    # browser download entirely and run the QUnit tests against the runner's
+    # pre-installed Chrome (see the "pre-installed Chrome" step below).
+    env:
+      PUPPETEER_SKIP_DOWNLOAD: 'true'
+
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -26,6 +34,16 @@ jobs:
       with:
         node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
     - run: npm install
+    - name: Use the runner's pre-installed Chrome for Puppeteer
+      run: |
+        CHROME_BIN="${CHROME_BIN:-$(command -v google-chrome || command -v google-chrome-stable || command -v chromium-browser || command -v chromium)}"
+        if [ -z "$CHROME_BIN" ]; then
+          echo "No system Chrome/Chromium found on the runner" >&2
+          exit 1
+        fi
+        echo "Using Chrome at: $CHROME_BIN"
+        "$CHROME_BIN" --version || true
+        echo "PUPPETEER_EXECUTABLE_PATH=$CHROME_BIN" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
     - run: npm run build --verbose
       timeout-minutes: 10
     - run: npm run test --verbose

RELEASES.md

@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Releases
 
+## 4.4.1 (June 22nd, 2026)
+
+### Changelog
+
+- Updated `@microsoft/applicationinsights-core-js` dependency from `^3.4.1` to `^3.4.2`.
+- Addressed reported npm audit vulnerabilities by applying available non-breaking fixes and adding `overrides` for `braces` (`^3.0.3`), `micromatch` (`^4.0.8`), and `ws` (`^8.18.3`).
+
 ## 4.4.0 (April 8th, 2026)
 
 ### Potential Breaking Changes (from @microsoft/applicationinsights-web v3.4.1)

applicationinsights-react-native/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "@microsoft/applicationinsights-react-native",
-    "version": "4.4.0",
+    "version": "4.4.1",
     "description": "Microsoft Application Insights React Native Plugin",
     "main": "dist-esm/index.js",
     "exports": {
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
         "@types/node": "^18.0.0"
     },
     "dependencies": {
-        "@microsoft/applicationinsights-core-js": "^3.4.1",
+        "@microsoft/applicationinsights-core-js": "^3.4.2",
         "@microsoft/applicationinsights-shims": "^3.0.1",
         "@microsoft/dynamicproto-js": "^2.0.3",
         "@nevware21/ts-utils": ">= 0.11.3 < 2.x"