diff --git a/atom/app/atom_main.cc b/atom/app/atom_main.cc
index 9c255db5fb27..76a62399d6ea 100644
--- a/atom/app/atom_main.cc
+++ b/atom/app/atom_main.cc
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 namespace {
 
-const char* kRunAsNode = "ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE";
+const auto kRunAsNode = "ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE";
 
 bool IsEnvSet(const char* name) {
 #if defined(OS_WIN)
@@ -56,6 +56,30 @@ int APIENTRY wWinMain(HINSTANCE instance, HINSTANCE, wchar_t* cmd, int) {
 
   bool run_as_node = IsEnvSet(kRunAsNode);
 
+#ifdef _DEBUG
+  // Don't display assert dialog boxes in CI test runs
+  static const auto kCI = "ELECTRON_CI";
+  bool is_ci = IsEnvSet(kCI);
+  if (!is_ci) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < argc; ++i) {
+      if (!_wcsicmp(wargv[i], L"--ci")) {
+        is_ci = true;
+        _putenv_s(kCI, "1");  // set flag for child processes
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  if (is_ci) {
+    _CrtSetReportMode(_CRT_ERROR, _CRTDBG_MODE_DEBUG | _CRTDBG_MODE_FILE);
+    _CrtSetReportFile(_CRT_ERROR, _CRTDBG_FILE_STDERR);
+
+    _CrtSetReportMode(_CRT_ASSERT, _CRTDBG_MODE_DEBUG | _CRTDBG_MODE_FILE);
+    _CrtSetReportFile(_CRT_ASSERT, _CRTDBG_FILE_STDERR);
+
+    _set_error_mode(_OUT_TO_STDERR);
+  }
+#endif
+
   // Make sure the output is printed to console.
   if (run_as_node || !IsEnvSet("ELECTRON_NO_ATTACH_CONSOLE"))
     base::RouteStdioToConsole(false);
diff --git a/atom/renderer/atom_sandboxed_renderer_client.cc b/atom/renderer/atom_sandboxed_renderer_client.cc
index aa4780fa15b8..223cc4792e1a 100644
--- a/atom/renderer/atom_sandboxed_renderer_client.cc
+++ b/atom/renderer/atom_sandboxed_renderer_client.cc
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ void AtomSandboxedRendererClient::InvokeIpcCallback(
   auto callback_value = binding->Get(callback_key);
   DCHECK(callback_value->IsFunction());  // set by sandboxed_renderer/init.js
   auto callback = v8::Handle<v8::Function>::Cast(callback_value);
-  ignore_result(callback->Call(context, binding, args.size(), &args[0]));
+  ignore_result(callback->Call(context, binding, args.size(), args.data()));
 }
 
 }  // namespace atom
diff --git a/brightray/brightray.gypi b/brightray/brightray.gypi
index c0dc92b98c16..83406e4c8e0b 100644
--- a/brightray/brightray.gypi
+++ b/brightray/brightray.gypi
@@ -92,8 +92,6 @@
       'Common_Base': {
         'abstract': 1,
         'defines': [
-          # We are using Release version libchromiumcontent:
-          'NDEBUG',
           # Needed by gin:
           'V8_USE_EXTERNAL_STARTUP_DATA',
           # From skia_for_chromium_defines.gypi:
@@ -189,6 +187,7 @@
           # Use this instead of "NDEBUG" to determine whether we are in
           # Debug build, because "NDEBUG" is already used by Chromium.
           'DEBUG',
+          '_DEBUG',
           # Require when using libchromiumcontent.
           'COMPONENT_BUILD',
           'GURL_DLL',
@@ -198,15 +197,32 @@
         ],
         'msvs_settings': {
           'VCCLCompilerTool': {
-            'RuntimeLibrary': '2',  # /MD (nondebug DLL)
+            'RuntimeLibrary': '3',  # /MDd (debug DLL)
             'Optimization': '0',  # 0 = /Od
             # See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8wtf2dfz(VS.71).aspx
             'BasicRuntimeChecks': '3',  # 3 = all checks enabled, 0 = off
           },
+          'VCLinkerTool': {
+            'OptimizeReferences': 2, # /OPT:REF 
+            'EnableCOMDATFolding': 2, # /OPT:ICF
+          },
         },
+        'conditions': [
+          ['OS=="linux"', {
+            'defines': [
+              '_GLIBCXX_DEBUG',
+            ],
+            'cflags': [
+              '-g',
+            ],
+          }],  # OS=="linux"
+        ],
       },  # Debug_Base
       'Release_Base': {
         'abstract': 1,
+        'defines': [
+          'NDEBUG',
+        ],
         'msvs_settings': {
           'VCCLCompilerTool': {
             'RuntimeLibrary': '2',  # /MD (nondebug DLL)
diff --git a/vendor/libchromiumcontent b/vendor/libchromiumcontent
index 8cfd08f84e41..7a9d4a1c9c26 160000
--- a/vendor/libchromiumcontent
+++ b/vendor/libchromiumcontent
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 8cfd08f84e415f3c8e5fde061f8e17400ef8aa7f
+Subproject commit 7a9d4a1c9c265468dd54005f6c1920b2cc2c8ec3