The Topics API experiment is ramped up to 50% of the beta population as well now. This ramp-up began on May 27th. Remember that it takes a week or more after usage of the API for a user to start returning topics.
Josh On Mon, May 23, 2022 at 3:24 PM Josh Karlin <jkar...@chromium.org> wrote: > Hi all. The Topics API experiment is back up and running. 50% of canary & > dev users are now in the experiment group. We'll add 50% of beta within the > next couple of days. While I have your attention I'd like to also point you > to our new chrome://topics-internals page (available on canary and dev for > M103) that will provide handy developer information about the topics that > have been selected in each epoch and it also allows you to query the site > classifier to understand the mapping of sites to topics. More improvements > to the internals page are in consideration as well. > > Sorry about the delay, > > Josh > > On Mon, May 2, 2022 at 3:42 PM Josh Karlin <jkar...@chromium.org> wrote: > >> Update: we've discovered a stability issue with the Topics API and fixed >> the code, but the Topics API has been disabled in the Privacy Sandbox Ads >> APIs Origin Trial for users that aren't running a version of Chrome with >> the fix applied. It will take a couple of weeks for the updated >> canary/dev/beta releases to propagate to the majority of users. >> >> Best, >> >> Josh >> >> On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 11:58 AM Philip Jägenstedt <foo...@chromium.org> >> wrote: >> >>> I was not clear about the connection between this intent and 2 other >>> intents that are under review now. >>> >>> While my LGTM stands, please make sure that the total package of 3 make >>> sense :) >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 5:49 PM Philip Jägenstedt <foo...@chromium.org> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> LGTM to experiment >>>> >>>> On Fri, Mar 25, 2022 at 10:31 PM Josh Karlin <jkar...@chromium.org> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Contact emails >>>>> >>>>> yao...@chromium.org, jkar...@chromium.org >>>>> >>>>> Developers interested in the Topics API can also join the Topics API >>>>> announcements >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/topics-api-announce> >>>>> group for updates and announcements. >>>>> >>>>> Explainer >>>>> >>>>> https://github.com/jkarlin/topics >>>>> >>>>> Specification >>>>> >>>>> TBD >>>>> >>>>> Summary >>>>> >>>>> The intent of the Topics API is to provide callers (including >>>>> third-party ad-tech or advertising providers on the page that run script) >>>>> with coarse-grained advertising topics that the page visitor might >>>>> currently be interested in. These topics will supplement the contextual >>>>> signals from the current page and can be combined to help find an >>>>> appropriate advertisement for the visitor. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Blink component >>>>> >>>>> Blink>InterestCohort >>>>> <https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/list?q=component:Blink%3EInterestCohort> >>>>> >>>>> Search tags >>>>> >>>>> Topics <https://chromestatus.com/features#tags:Topics>, browsingTopics >>>>> <https://chromestatus.com/features#tags:browsingTopics>, FLoC >>>>> <https://chromestatus.com/features#tags:FLoC> >>>>> >>>>> TAG request >>>>> >>>>> https://github.com/w3ctag/design-reviews/issues/726 >>>>> >>>>> Risks >>>>> Interoperability and Compatibility >>>>> >>>>> Gecko: issue >>>>> <https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/622> – >>>>> requested March 17th 2022 >>>>> >>>>> WebKit: webkit-dev thread >>>>> <https://lists.webkit.org/pipermail/webkit-dev/2022-March/032159.html> >>>>> – requested March 17th 2022 >>>>> >>>>> Web developers: Lots of interest in issues in the explainer. Concerns >>>>> center around utility. Balancing privacy/utility and making tweaks to the >>>>> algorithms so that we get this right is what the OT is all about. >>>>> >>>>> 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 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Goals for experimentation >>>>> >>>>> The intent is for experimenters to try Topics out and see how it >>>>> performs for them. We expect there to be bumps along the road toward >>>>> optimizing privacy and utility trade-offs. We also expect it may be >>>>> necessary to change parameters and algorithms along the way (e.g., we’re >>>>> already having discussions around adding Topics in request headers and >>>>> weighting topics by frequency). So please experiment and provide feedback >>>>> on the issue tracker <https://github.com/jkarlin/topics/issues> to >>>>> help us improve it. >>>>> >>>>> Experiment Configuration >>>>> >>>>> The origin trial for this experiment will be shared among various >>>>> Privacy Sandbox APIs. Our goal is to allow for coordinated experiments to >>>>> be run by multiple different sites, across multiple APIs in one OT. >>>>> >>>>> This shared origin trial, Privacy Sandbox Ads APIs, will be a >>>>> third-party origin trial. To ensure that developers can run coordinated >>>>> experiments without concern for exceeding page load usage thresholds, this >>>>> Origin Trial will be available for a subset of users by default. >>>>> Therefore, >>>>> it will be necessary to feature test to ensure that the API surface you >>>>> want to use is available after providing your OT token. A second advantage >>>>> of this configuration is that different experimenters will experiment with >>>>> the same users, which enables coordination for APIs like FLEDGE across >>>>> third parties. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Reason this experiment is being extended >>>>> >>>>> N/A >>>>> >>>>> Ongoing technical constraints >>>>> >>>>> Debuggability >>>>> >>>>> There are no particular debugging APIs made available or dev-tools >>>>> integrations for this OT. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Will this feature be supported on all six Blink platforms (Windows, >>>>> Mac, Linux, Chrome OS, Android, and Android WebView)? >>>>> >>>>> All but webview. >>>>> >>>>> Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests >>>>> <https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/docs/testing/web_platform_tests.md> >>>>> ? >>>>> >>>>> Not yet, but those tests are coming. >>>>> >>>>> Flag name >>>>> >>>>> privacy-sandbox-ads-apis >>>>> >>>>> Requires code in //chrome? >>>>> >>>>> False >>>>> >>>>> Launch bug >>>>> >>>>> https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1286877 >>>>> >>>>> Estimated milestones >>>>> >>>>> We hope to start the Origin Trial sometime during M101 beta. We plan >>>>> to continue the Origin Trial until at least M104 to give developers time >>>>> to >>>>> test the API and provide feedback. Once we are confident that the APIs are >>>>> working properly, we will transition the OT from beta to stable channel. >>>>> >>>>> Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status >>>>> >>>>> https://chromestatus.com/feature/5680923054964736 >>>>> >>>>> Links to previous Intent discussions >>>>> >>>>> Intent to prototype: >>>>> https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/b845db21-f158-4bf3-9109-7f4665126ec1n%40chromium.org >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/b845db21-f158-4bf3-9109-7f4665126e...@chromium.org> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> This intent message was generated by Chrome Platform Status >>>>> <https://chromestatus.com/>. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "blink-dev" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to blink-dev+unsubscr...@chromium.org. >>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CAANMuaNXE3KYymq%3Dd0jcOmw%2Br2si_DOJK4cc%2BqMCU8mCoQBWTA%40mail.gmail.com >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CAANMuaNXE3KYymq%3Dd0jcOmw%2Br2si_DOJK4cc%2BqMCU8mCoQBWTA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "blink-dev" group. 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