LGTM to extend through Chrome 146

Responsibly deprecating unload is going to be a long process, we should
expect this deprecation trial to be useful for an extended period...

On Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at 5:54 AM Chromestatus <
ad...@cr-status.appspotmail.com> wrote:

> Contact emails fer...@chromium.org, kenjibah...@chromium.org
>
> Explainer None
>
> Specification https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/7915
>
> Design docs
>
> https://github.com/fergald/docs/blob/master/explainers/permissions-policy-deprecate-unload.md
>
> Summary
>
> A Permission-Policy for creating unload event listeners will be added.
> Initially the default policy will be to allow but Chrome will gradually
> migrate the default policy to deny creating unload event listeners until it
> is fully opt-in. The eventual goal is to remove support for unload event.
>
>
> Blink component Blink>PermissionsAPI
> <https://issues.chromium.org/issues?q=customfield1222907:%22Blink%3EPermissionsAPI%22>
>
> TAG review None
>
> TAG review status Not applicable
>
> Origin Trial Name DeprecateUnloadOptOut
>
> Chromium Trial Name DeprecateUnloadOptOut
>
> Origin Trial documentation link
> https://github.com/fergald/docs/blob/master/explainers/permissions-policy-deprecate-unload.md
>
> Risks
>
>
> Interoperability and Compatibility
>
> If no other browsers implement this, there is a risk that devs continue to
> use unload widely and pages malfunction on chrome. However given that
> alternatives to unload exist AND we are providing an opt-out it seems
> entirely possible for sites that are actively maintained to move off unload.
>
>
> *Gecko*: Closed Without a Position (
> https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/691#issuecomment-1484997320)
> It's possible that pages are depending on `unload` handlers in subframes
> for functionality even without any main frame navigation. We should try to
> understand how common this is before breaking it. It should be possible to
> measure how often subframe unloads fire when the mainframe is not
> navigating. This will give us an upper bound on the size of the problem, -
> Chrome: we have landed code to measure the occurrence of unload in
> different scenarios. We will report back the findings.
>
> *WebKit*: Closed Without a Position (
> https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/127)
>
> *Web developers*: Positive (
> https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/bfcache-dev/c/zTIMx7u4uxo/m/-M4IS6LDBgAJ)
> We have had some positive response and no negative responses from devs
>
> *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?
>
> N/A this is not rolling out to WebView.
>
>
> Goals for experimentation
>
>
>
> Reason this experiment is being extended
>
> The deprecation was paused since early 2024, it is now resuming.
>
>
> Ongoing technical constraints
>
>
>
> Debuggability
>
>
>
> Will this feature be supported on all six Blink platforms (Windows, Mac,
> Linux, ChromeOS, Android, and Android WebView)? No
>
> [NOT FINAL] On WebView, we will introduce the Permissions-Policy but not
> move the default to "deny". BFCache does not work on WebView, so the
> benefit is lower. Meanwhile the risk seems higher as we have far less
> visibility into the HTML being run in WebViews.
>
>
> 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/permissions-policy/experimental-features?label=master&label=experimental&aligned&view=subtest&q=unload
>
>
> Flag name on about://flags
>
> Finch feature name DeprecateUnload
>
> Requires code in //chrome? False
>
> Tracking bug http://crbug.com/40063983
>
> Estimated milestones
> Origin trial desktop first 122
> Origin trial desktop last 146
> Origin trial extension 1 end milestone 146
> DevTrial on desktop 117
> Origin trial Android first 122
> Origin trial Android last 146
> DevTrial on Android 117
>
> Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status
> https://chromestatus.com/feature/5579556305502208?gate=5133680617717760
>
> Links to previous Intent discussions Intent to Experiment:
> https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/dvusqw9-IhI/m/IbI2V-3VAQAJ
>
>
> This intent message was generated by Chrome Platform Status
> <https://chromestatus.com>.
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