LGTM for an extension to, inclusive, milestone 151.
/Daniel
On 2026-04-22 20:28, Michael Wilson wrote:
Hi Daniel,
Is it correct that you are requesting a single milestone extension?
Yes, I'm requesting a single milestone extension to 151. Sorry that
wasn't clear.
can you tell us more about current feedback and why an extension
beyond 150 is needed?
Feedback on the feature itself and its ergonomics has been positive.
However, the OT uncovered implementation issues we were not previously
aware of, and time spent fixing them has pushed out my estimate of
when we can ship. We would like the OT to be extended to coincide with
the new shipping estimate.
Best,
Michael
On Wed, Apr 22, 2026 at 7:59 AM Daniel Bratell <[email protected]>
wrote:
Your current experiment is approved up to and including milestone
150 (branching in a month or two). You mentioned 151 in your post.
Is it correct that you are requesting a single milestone extension?
If you do request that extension, or more, can you tell us more
about current feedback and why an extension beyond 150 is needed?
/Daniel
On 2026-04-14 01:22, Chromestatus wrote:
*Contact emails*
[email protected], [email protected]
*Specification*
https://webaudio.github.io/web-audio-api/#dom-baseaudiocontext-renderquantumsize
*Design docs*
/No information provided/
https://github.com/WebAudio/web-audio-api/blob/main/explainer/user-selectable-render-size.md
*Summary*
AudioContext and OfflineAudioContext now take an optional
renderSizeHint, which allows users to ask for a particular render
quantum size when an integer is passed, to use the default of 128
frames if nothing or "default" is passed, or to ask the
User-Agent to pick a good render quantum size if "hardware" is
specified.
*Blink component*
Blink>WebAudio
<https://issues.chromium.org/issues?q=customfield1222907:%22Blink%3EWebAudio%22>
*Web Feature ID*
web-audio <https://webstatus.dev/features/web-audio>
*TAG review*
/No information provided/
*TAG review status*
Issues addressed
*Origin Trial Name*
WebAudio Configurable Render Quantum
*Goals for experimentation*
Validate performance improvement gained by matching render
quantum size to software buffer sizes when using a numeric
renderSizeHint. Verify actual audio processing output is
unchanged when using a numeric renderSizeHint. We have a primary
partner for this Origin Trial, and we would like to see if the
performance and ergonomics of the API satisfy this partner's
need. This partner is not going to use the "hardware" hint, and
we think that it is still valuable to conduct an Origin Trial to
gather feedback on the rest of the API.
*Chromium Trial Name*
WebAudioConfigurableRenderQuantum
*Origin Trial documentation link*
https://webaudio.github.io/web-audio-api/#dom-audiocontextoptions-rendersizehint
*WebFeature UseCounter name*
kWebAudioRenderSizeHint
*Risks*
*Interoperability and Compatibility*
Low. The feature is already specified.
/Gecko/: No
signal (https://github.com/WebAudio/web-audio-api/pull/2469) A
Firefox developer wrote the specification change.
/WebKit/: No signal
/Web developers/:
Positive (https://github.com/WebAudio/web-audio-api/issues/1503) Developers
have requested a way to increase the render quantum size, and are
looking forward to the feature being implemented.
/Other signals/:
*Ergonomics*
An identified use case of this feature is to match buffer sizes
used by other Chromium audio APIs, in order to improve performance.
*Activation*
There is an ongoing privacy discussion about how to mitigate
fingerprinting concerns around the "hardware" hint
(https://github.com/WebAudio/web-audio-api/issues/2659). The
"hardware" hint as implemented in Chromium currently will always
return the default 128 render quantum size, which exposes no user
information. This is allowed by the spec, which says "It is a
hint that might not be honored."
*Security*
There is concern that a very low render quantum size could allow
an AudioWorklet to create a high-resolution timer, but very high
sample rates are already allowed and have a similar risk so the
marginal change in security is probably low.
*WebView application risks*
Does this intent deprecate or change behavior of existing APIs,
such that it has potentially high risk for Android WebView-based
applications?
Low. The change is to ship a new API.
*Reason this experiment is being extended*
Unexpected delays in implementation, due in part to issues which
were uncovered by the Origin Trial itself. We would like one more
milestone for the trial.
*Ongoing technical constraints*
None.
*Debuggability*
It may be worth exposing the render quantum size value in the
DevTools WebAudio pane, similar to sample rate.
*Will this feature be supported on all six Blink platforms
(Windows, Mac, Linux, ChromeOS, Android, and Android WebView)?*
Yes
All supported platforms have mechanisms to implement this feature.
*Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests
<https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/main/docs/testing/web_platform_tests.md>?*
Yes
https://wpt.fyi/results/webaudio/the-audio-api/the-audiocontext-interface/audiocontext-rendersizehint.html
https://wpt.fyi/results/webaudio/the-audio-api/the-offlineaudiocontext-interface/offlineaudiocontext-rendersizehint.html
*Flag name on about://flags*
N/A (launch with
--enable-features=WebAudioConfigurableRenderQuantum)
*Finch feature name*
WebAudioConfigurableRenderQuantum
*Requires code in //chrome?*
False
*Tracking bug*
https://crbug.com/40637820
*Launch bug*
https://launch.corp.google.com/launch/4416924
*Measurement*
UseCounters: WebAudioRenderSizeHint, WebAudioRenderQuantumSize
*Availability expectation*
We expect that Firefox will implement the feature independently
at some point.
*Adoption expectation*
We expect that specific partners will use this functionality
immediately upon its launch in Chrome.
*Adoption plan*
We are communication with partners, and also in communication
with Mozilla via the Audio Working Group.
*Non-OSS dependencies*
Does the feature depend on any code or APIs outside the Chromium
open source repository and its open-source dependencies to function?
No.
*Estimated milestones*
Shipping on desktop 151
Origin trial desktop first 145
Origin trial desktop last 151
Origin trial extension 1 end milestone 151
DevTrial on desktop 145
Shipping on Android 151
Origin trial Android first 145
Origin trial Android last 151
Shipping on WebView 151
Origin trial WebView first 145
Origin trial WebView last 151
*Anticipated spec changes*
Open questions about a feature may be a source of future web
compat or interop issues. Please list open issues (e.g. links to
known github issues in the project for the feature specification)
whose resolution may introduce web compat/interop risk (e.g.,
changing to naming or structure of the API in a
non-backward-compatible way).
https://github.com/WebAudio/web-audio-api/issues/2663
https://github.com/WebAudio/web-audio-api/issues/2664
*Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status*
https://chromestatus.com/feature/5078190552907776?gate=5366651127201792
*Links to previous Intent discussions*
Intent to Prototype:
https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/688d3254.2b0a0220.361edb.0299.GAE%40google.com
Intent to Experiment:
https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CA%2BuAeqS%3DygCo2wPaf0Cfo%2B%2BdEoHGWx%2Byc4%2BfO84U%2B_5hQqOvYg%40mail.gmail.com
This intent message was generated by Chrome Platform Status
<https://chromestatus.com>.
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