LGTM2

On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 3:20 AM Domenic Denicola <dome...@chromium.org>
wrote:

> LGTM1. This is a nice focused interop and spec-compliance change that
> should have approximately zero compat impact. I agree with the plan of
> shipping enabled-by-default and using Finch as an emergency kill switch if
> something (very) unexpected happens.
>
> On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 5:32 AM 'Issack John' via blink-dev <
> blink-dev@chromium.org> wrote:
>
>> We plan to deploy the feature as an enabled-by-default base::Feature,
>> primarily to act as an emergency shutoff valve rather than going through a
>> formal feature rollout. This approach aligns with the consensus-based
>> standards section, which doesn’t call for a gradual rollout, and given the
>> low risk, we believe a full rollout process isn’t necessary.
>>
>> That said, we’re calling this out here to give an opportunity to raise
>> any concerns about deploying it in this way.
>> On Monday, May 19, 2025 at 1:25:59 PM UTC-7 Issack John wrote:
>>
>>> Contact emails
>>> issac...@microsoft.com, dan...@microsoft.com
>>>
>>> Explainer
>>> None
>>>
>>> Specification
>>> https://mimesniff.spec.whatwg.org/#json-mime-type
>>>
>>> Summary
>>> Chromium now recognizes all valid JSON MIME types as defined by the
>>> WHATWG mimesniff specification. This includes any MIME type whose subtype
>>> ends with “+json”, in addition to the traditional application/json and
>>> text/json. This change ensures that web APIs and features relying on JSON
>>> detection behave consistently with the web platform standard and other
>>> browsers. A key motivation for this change is to fix JSON module import
>>> behavior, where previously valid JSON MIME types like text/html+json and
>>> image/svg+json would fail to load as modules. Draft CL:
>>> https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/6525687
>>> Related Issues: https://github.com/whatwg/mimesniff/issues/112. The
>>> consensus was to retain the broad definition of JSON MIME types—including
>>> all */*+json.
>>>
>>>
>>> Blink component
>>> Blink>Network
>>> <https://issues.chromium.org/issues?q=customfield1222907:%22Blink%3ENetwork%22>
>>>
>>> Search tags
>>> json <https://chromestatus.com/features#tags:json>, mime
>>> <https://chromestatus.com/features#tags:mime>, sniffing
>>> <https://chromestatus.com/features#tags:sniffing>, spec-compliance
>>> <https://chromestatus.com/features#tags:spec-compliance>,
>>> interoperability
>>> <https://chromestatus.com/features#tags:interoperability>
>>>
>>> TAG review
>>> None; this is a small change to match an existing spec and behavior of
>>> other browsers.
>>>
>>> TAG review status
>>> Not applicable
>>>
>>> Risks
>>>
>>>
>>> Interoperability and Compatibility
>>> Interoperability risk is low. This change brings Chromium into alignment
>>> with the WHATWG MIME Sniffing Standard §4.6, which defines a JSON MIME type
>>> as any MIME type whose subtype ends with +json (e.g., text/html+json,
>>> image/svg+json), or is exactly application/json or text/json. Firefox and
>>> Safari already match this behavior, and the change improves
>>> interoperability for web developers.
>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/html/semantics/scripting-1/the-script-element/json-module/valid-content-type.html
>>> A specific compatibility consequence is that JSON module imports (both
>>> static and dynamic) of files with */*+json MIME types would previously have
>>> produced an error but will now succeed. This seems low risk.
>>>
>>>
>>> *Gecko*: Shipped/Shipping
>>>
>>> *WebKit*: Shipped/Shipping
>>>
>>> *Web developers*: No signals
>>>
>>> *Other signals*:
>>>
>>> Ergonomics
>>> None expected
>>>
>>>
>>> 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?*
>>> None
>>>
>>>
>>> Debuggability
>>> None
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
>>> Test:
>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/html/semantics/scripting-1/the-script-element/json-module/valid-content-type.html
>>>
>>>
>>> Flag name on about://flags
>>> None
>>>
>>> Finch feature name
>>> SpecCompliantJsonMimeTypes
>>>
>>> Rollout plan
>>> Will ship enabled for all users
>>>
>>> Requires code in //chrome?
>>> False
>>>
>>> Estimated milestones
>>> Shipping on desktop
>>> 138
>>> Shipping on Android
>>> 138
>>> Shipping on WebView
>>> 138
>>>
>>>
>>> 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).*
>>> None
>>>
>>> Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status
>>> https://chromestatus.com/feature/5470594816278528?gate=6275763980206080
>>>
>>> This intent message was generated by Chrome Platform Status
>>> <https://chromestatus.com/>.
>>>
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