LGTM3

On Wed, Apr 29, 2026 at 5:16 PM Rick Byers <[email protected]> wrote:

> Seems pretty minor and reasonable architecturally, it doesn't seem worth
> the effort to me to relitigate whether this should be in the HTML spec or
> not.  LGTM2
>
> On Tue, Apr 28, 2026 at 2:34 PM Alex Russell <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks, Patrick.
>>
>> In the interest of our bias to exposing what's available through other
>> means in a reasonable way, and to solve the problems of the developers
>> we've talked to from Edge first-party discussions, LGTM1.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Alex
>>
>> On Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 9:10:40 AM UTC-7 Patrick Brosset wrote:
>>
>>> Sorry about the late reply you all.
>>> I did try to probe for developer interest but couldn't get much:
>>>
>>> See these posts and their replies:
>>>
>>> -
>>> https://www.linkedin.com/posts/patrickbrosset_if-you-use-a-service-workers-fetch-event-activity-7437930521302740992-uLE2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAABm63wB9NIFWK7Z8l7ky8iGh6Y2nJRE5dY
>>> - https://bsky.app/profile/patrickbrosset.com/post/3mgv2eqiwr22f
>>> - https://mas.to/@patrickbrosset/116217663912018070
>>>
>>> Hope those are still a little bit helpful.
>>>
>>> Patrick
>>> On Tuesday, 3 March 2026 at 20:42:26 UTC+1 Alex Russell wrote:
>>>
>>>> A random thought: I don't know that we're going to get great data from
>>>> other vendors, rather than web developers directly.
>>>>
>>>> Thomas, Patrick: any chance we can use the various browser devrel bat
>>>> signals to ask developers if they'd like/hate this addition?
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>>
>>>> Alex
>>>>
>>>> On Thursday, February 26, 2026 at 10:16:19 PM UTC-8 Philip Jägenstedt
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>> For a small addition to an existing API, developer signals are often not
>>>>> as easy to come by, in particular it's not going to come up in surveys and
>>>>> https://github.com/web-platform-dx/developer-signals doesn't track at
>>>>> this granularity.
>>>>>
>>>>> You can look for the discussion that occurred when the spec change was
>>>>> made. These issues and PRs seem relevant:
>>>>> https://github.com/w3c/ServiceWorker/issues/1167
>>>>> https://github.com/whatwg/fetch/pull/685
>>>>> https://github.com/whatwg/fetch/issues/1280
>>>>>
>>>>> "Developers want to simply know if a navigation was due to reload or
>>>>> back/forward" makes sense, but do you know what developers have been doing
>>>>> to work around this all these years?
>>>>>
>>>>> I think the main risk is that this has been sitting idle in the spec
>>>>> for so long and nobody has given it any thought recently. Letting the
>>>>> standards positions sit for a week or two to get some reactions would be
>>>>> good.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Feb 27, 2026 at 6:02 AM Helmut Januschka <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> asking for standard positions:
>>>>>> https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/1360
>>>>>> https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/620
>>>>>>
>>>>>> not sure how to get "developer signal"
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [email protected] schrieb am Dienstag, 17. Februar 2026 um
>>>>>> 20:08:25 UTC+1:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 2/14/26 5:48 p.m., Helmut Januschka wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> hello olli,
>>>>>>> sorry, messed up the entry, fixed it
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Looking at the chromestatus entry - it now shows "No Signal" for
>>>>>>> both. Can we request Signals?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Am Sa., 14. Feb. 2026 um 22:56 Uhr schrieb Smaug <[email protected]
>>>>>>> >:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *> Gecko*: Shipped/Shipping
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *> WebKit*: Shipped/Shipping
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Is that correct given the following.
>>>>>>>> Gecko:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> https://searchfox.org/firefox-main/rev/c3797cdebac1316dd7168e995e3468c5a597e8d1/dom/webidl/Request.webidl#17
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Webkit:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> https://searchfox.org/wubkat/rev/db628492e5f463663cc3c393dfdd3a641f23d8f8/Source/WebCore/Modules/fetch/FetchRequest.idl#36-37,54
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/service-workers/service-worker/fetch-event.https.html?label=experimental&label=master&aligned
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -Olli
>>>>>>>> On Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 11:33:29 PM UTC+2
>>>>>>>> [email protected] wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *Contact emails*
>>>>>>>>> [email protected]
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *Specification*
>>>>>>>>> https://fetch.spec.whatwg.org/#dom-request-isreloadnavigation
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *Summary*
>>>>>>>>> Adds the read-only boolean attribute isReloadNavigation to the
>>>>>>>>> Fetch API's Request interface. This attribute indicates whether the 
>>>>>>>>> current
>>>>>>>>> navigation request was initiated as a user-triggered reload (e.g., 
>>>>>>>>> using
>>>>>>>>> the refresh button, location.reload(), or history.go(0)). This signal 
>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>> primarily exposed on the Request object within a Service Worker's
>>>>>>>>> FetchEvent.
>>>>>>>>> https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/7137783
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *Blink component*
>>>>>>>>> Blink>Network
>>>>>>>>> <https://issues.chromium.org/issues?q=customfield1222907:%22Blink%3ENetwork%22>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *Web Feature ID*
>>>>>>>>> network-information
>>>>>>>>> <https://webstatus.dev/features/network-information>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *Motivation*
>>>>>>>>> Web developers, particularly those implementing Service Worker
>>>>>>>>> caching logic, currently lack a reliable, standardized way to 
>>>>>>>>> distinguish
>>>>>>>>> between a regular navigation (forward/back) and a user-initiated 
>>>>>>>>> reload.
>>>>>>>>> This capability is crucial for implementing sophisticated and 
>>>>>>>>> efficient
>>>>>>>>> caching strategies, such as bypassing the cache or enforcing a
>>>>>>>>> Network-First strategy specifically during a reload to ensure the 
>>>>>>>>> user gets
>>>>>>>>> the freshest content. This attribute standardizes the mechanism 
>>>>>>>>> required by
>>>>>>>>> the Fetch spec.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *Initial public proposal*
>>>>>>>>> *No information provided*
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *TAG review*
>>>>>>>>> *No information provided*
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *TAG review status*
>>>>>>>>> Not applicable
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *Risks*
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *Interoperability and Compatibility*
>>>>>>>>> Low Risk: The feature is additive. It introduces a new, read-only
>>>>>>>>> property to the existing Request interface, meaning it does not 
>>>>>>>>> change the
>>>>>>>>> behavior or signature of any existing methods or properties. Existing 
>>>>>>>>> web
>>>>>>>>> content that does not reference isReloadNavigation will continue to
>>>>>>>>> function exactly as before.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *Gecko*: Shipped/Shipping
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *WebKit*: Shipped/Shipping
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *Web developers*: Strongly positive
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *Other signals*:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *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?
>>>>>>>>> *No information provided*
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *Debuggability*
>>>>>>>>> *No information provided*
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *Will this feature be supported on all six Blink platforms
>>>>>>>>> (Windows, Mac, Linux, ChromeOS, Android, and Android WebView)?*
>>>>>>>>> No
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Where will it be supported?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests
>>>>>>>>> <https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/main/docs/testing/web_platform_tests.md>?*
>>>>>>>>> No
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> There seems to be some test coverage. What's missing?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *DevTrial instructions*
>>>>>>>>> https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/7137783
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *Flag name on about://flags*
>>>>>>>>> *No information provided*
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *Finch feature name*
>>>>>>>>> RequestIsReloadNavigation
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *Rollout plan*
>>>>>>>>> Will ship enabled for all users
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *Requires code in //chrome?*
>>>>>>>>> False
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *Tracking bug*
>>>>>>>>> https://issues.chromium.org/issues/40487194
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *Estimated milestones*
>>>>>>>>> Shipping on desktop 146
>>>>>>>>> Shipping on Android 146
>>>>>>>>> Shipping on WebView 146
>>>>>>>>> Shipping on iOS 146
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *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).
>>>>>>>>> *No information provided*
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status*
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> https://chromestatus.com/feature/5154214529597440?gate=6489806081228800
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> This intent message was generated by Chrome Platform Status
>>>>>>>>> <https://chromestatus.com/>.
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