LGTM1; this is an awesome addition. Thanks for making it happen.

On TAG review, can you please send an FYI?

Best,

Alex

On Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 2:47:22 PM UTC+1 Yoav Weiss wrote:

> *Contact emails*
> [email protected]
>
> *Explainer*
> https://github.com/w3c/long-animation-frames/pull/30#issue-3828859369
>
> *Specification*
> https://github.com/w3c/long-animation-frames/pull/30
>
> *Summary*
> Add `styleDuration` and `forcedStyleDuration` information to the Long 
> Animation Frame API, enabling developers to distinguish style and layout 
> times.
>
> *Blink component*
> Blink>PerformanceAPIs 
> <https://issues.chromium.org/issues?q=customfield1222907:%22Blink%3EPerformanceAPIs%22>
>
> *Web Feature ID*
> Missing feature - 
> https://github.com/web-platform-dx/web-features/issues/4453
>
> *Motivation*
> Currently performance-conscious developers have no way to distinguish 
> their style time from their layout time, making CSS performance issues less 
> actionable than they can be. This feature enables developers to make that 
> distinction.
>
> *Initial public proposal*
> https://github.com/w3c/long-animation-frames/pull/30
>
> *TAG review*
> I didn't file for a TAG review as these are a few new attributes that 
> break up the timings provided by an existing attribute, mimicking its 
> existing shape. I don't expect the TAG to have strong opinions on the shape 
> of the attributes.
>
> *TAG review status*
> Not applicable
>
> *Origin Trial Name*
> Long Animation Frames - separate style and layout durations
>
> *Goals for experimentation*
> See that the new attributes provide useful data to developers as they 
> debug their CSS performance issues.
>
> *Chromium Trial Name*
> LongAnimationFrameStyleDuration
>
> *Link to origin trial feedback summary*
>
> https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/qvGqBcSOFTQ/m/rU6rqKuMCAAJ
>
> *Origin Trial documentation link*
> https://github.com/w3c/long-animation-frames/pull/30#issue-3828859369
>
> *WebFeature UseCounter name*
> kLongAnimationFrameTimingStyleDuration
>
> *Risks*
>
>
> *Interoperability and Compatibility*
> *As these are new attributes, I don't expect them to have any compat 
> impact. As far as interop goes, I'd expect that when other engines adopt 
> LoAF, they'd also adopt these attributes.*
>
> *Gecko*: No signal 
> Positive on the broader LoAF: 
> https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/929 
> I'm asking if I should file a more specific issue for these extra 
> attributes.
>
> *WebKit*: No signal (
> https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/283) 
> No signal for the broader LoAF feature. Unlikely they'd have a strong 
> position on these attributes.
>
> *Web developers*: Positive (
> https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/qvGqBcSOFTQ/m/5DCTOu9KCgAJ
> )
>
> *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)?*
> Yes
>
> *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/long-animation-frame/loaf-style-duration.html: 
> styleDuration (9 subtests)
>  - https://wpt.fyi/results/long-animation-frame/loaf-layout-duration.html: 
> layoutDuration (7 subtests)
>  - 
> https://wpt.fyi/results/long-animation-frame/loaf-forced-style-duration.html: 
> forcedStyleDuration (4 subtests)
>  - 
> https://wpt.fyi/results/long-animation-frame/loaf-forced-layout-duration.html:
>  
> forcedLayoutDuration, including checking that forced style plus forced 
> layout
>    adds up to forcedStyleAndLayoutDuration (5 subtests)
>  - 
> https://wpt.fyi/results/long-animation-frame/loaf-container-queries.html: 
> all four attributes when container queries mix style and layout work (6 
> subtests)
>  - https://wpt.fyi/results/long-animation-frame/loaf-toJSON.html: now 
> also checks styleDuration and layoutDuration in toJSON()
>
> *Flag name on about://flags*
> *No information provided*
>
> *Finch feature name*
> LongAnimationFrameStyleDuration
>
> *Rollout plan*
> Will ship enabled for all users
>
> *Requires code in //chrome?*
> False
>
> *Tracking bug*
> https://issues.chromium.org/issues/476826067
>
> *Estimated milestones*
> Shipping on desktop 157
> Origin trial desktop first 148
> Origin trial desktop last 153
> Shipping on Android 157
> Shipping on WebView 157
>
> *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 changes expected.*
>
> *Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status*
> https://chromestatus.com/feature/5171478175809536?gate=6516503656660992
>
> *Links to previous Intent discussions*
> Intent to Prototype: 
> https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CAOmohSJxRuMp6Ha5RVCjzNfsG0Sj96Y%3Dgy9LnxtM%2Brq-S6DEew%40mail.gmail.com
> Intent to Experiment: 
> https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CAOmohSJ2PJ0dZxYH48PALOSUenSSV7VuZ9CzTHnGd8u_jTKkcg%40mail.gmail.com
>
>
> This intent message was generated by Chrome Platform Status 
> <https://chromestatus.com/>.
>

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