[INFORMATION NEEDED] Chrome 93 is Coming; Let us Know What's Shipping

Joe Medley

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Jun 18, 2021, 1:49:51 PM6/18/21

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Gang,

There are two things you need to know about why I ask for information so far ahead of beta. The closer we get to July 29 the harder it is to prepare good outreach for a feature. Also the drop-off for readers of the beta blog happens drastically and soon after a release. It never recovers. I've included an example below from a few years ago. By the way, the second bump is not the release of stable. It's Google IO.

Chrome 93 beta is planned for release on July 29. Developer Relations needs information to help us plan. We want a complete list of everything in Chrome beta for the beta post. We try when possible to have articles for important new features on web.dev.

Please let me know of anything that might be shipping in Chrome 93 or 94. I don't care if it's a new API, a bug to add a missing interface member, a spec change or whatever. I need to know all of it. If you have any questions about this, just ask, or refer to the FAQ in my communication instructions.

Also, please make sure your Chrome Status entries reflect the current state of your feature. Origin trial and shipping milestone numbers may be edited by clicking the "Edit all fields" link and scrolling down the page.

The list of what I currently believe might be shipping is in this spreadsheet. For those who can't reach it, here's a summary.

AbortSignal.abort() static method
battery-savings meta tag	Ticket says the direction may be abandoned.
Block ports 989 and 990
Conversion Measurement API	New origin trial
CSS Flexbox: support alignment keywords start, end, self-start, self-end, left, right
Dedicated workers as service worker clients
(Disallow sync XHR in page dismissal)	Enterprise policy goes away.
Extend Intl.DateTimeFormat timeZoneName Option
preferCurrentTab
noplaybackrate in HTMLMediaElement.controlsList
(Remove 3DES in TLS)
Subresource loading with Web Bundles	first release out of origin trial
WebOTP API: cross-device support	Desktop only
WebXR Plane Detection API	Android only, first release out of origin trial

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François Beaufort 🇫🇷

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Jun 21, 2021, 4:46:10 AM6/21/21

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Hey Joe,

Here are other features that should make it in Chrome 93:

https://www.chromestatus.com/feature/5764461413531648

https://www.chromestatus.com/feature/5642300464037888

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Mike Taylor

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Jun 21, 2021, 2:08:45 PM6/21/21

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https://www.chromestatus.com/feature/5733498725859328 should also be in 93.

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Una Kravets

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Jun 22, 2021, 10:32:06 AM6/22/21

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Hi Joe,

GridNG is slated to ship in Chromium 93 also (work primarily done by the Microsoft team)

- Una

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Scott Haseley

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Jun 23, 2021, 6:13:31 PM6/23/21

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Hi Joe,

We're hoping to ship scheduler.postTask() (https://www.chromestatus.com/feature/6031161734201344) in M93, but it could get pushed back depending on TAG/vendor feedback.

- Scott

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Joe Medley

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Jun 28, 2021, 10:45:01 AM6/28/21

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François,

Thanks for the information. Regarding prefers color scheme, I can't quite tell what's going on. There's an intent to experiment sent on May 18. Is this starting an origin trial in 93?

Joe

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Joe Medley

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Jun 28, 2021, 11:05:47 AM6/28/21

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I added it to my list. Thanks.

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Shu-yu Guo

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Jun 28, 2021, 7:17:17 PM6/28/21

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Sorry for belated reply and updating of chromestatus. The Error.cause JS feature is shipping in M93.

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Thomas Steiner

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Jun 29, 2021, 4:32:38 AM6/29/21

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Hi Joe,

Two features here:

1) A scheme-dependent theme color:

2) A client hint (HTTP header) that communicates the user's preferred color scheme at request time, so the server can, for example, inline only the scheme-relevant CSS.

Cheers,

Tom

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Joe Medley

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Jun 29, 2021, 10:16:06 AM6/29/21

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Got it. Thanks!

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Joe Medley

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Jun 29, 2021, 10:25:28 AM6/29/21

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Thomas,

Thanks for the heads up. Fortunately, I had the first item already.

The second item is problematic. I can't find a status entry for it. If there isn't one, then there also isn't an intent to ship. I'm not allowed to include it in the beta post if it doesn't have an intent to ship.

Joe

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Thomas Steiner

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Jun 29, 2021, 10:39:48 AM6/29/21

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Hey Joe,

The Intent to Ship for this feature is here: https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/tEZ4RVsP1ms/m/9h-yQpmJAgAJ.

Cheers,

Tom

Joe Medley

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Jun 29, 2021, 11:00:59 AM6/29/21

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Thanks. The status entry goes by the name "User Preference Media Features Client Hints Headers".

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Thomas Steiner

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Jun 29, 2021, 11:55:36 AM6/29/21

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That's right. We start with one header, but there will be more.

François Beaufort 🇫🇷

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Jul 1, 2021, 5:00:56 AM7/1/21

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On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 5:55 PM Thomas Steiner <to...@google.com> wrote:

That's right. We start with one header, but there will be more.

On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 5:00 PM Joe Medley <jme...@google.com> wrote:
Thanks. The status entry goes by the name "User Preference Media Features Client Hints Headers".

And it's tagged with "sec-ch-prefers-color-scheme". See https://www.chromestatus.com/features#tags:sec-ch-prefers-color-scheme

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On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 7:39 AM Thomas Steiner <to...@google.com> wrote:
Hey Joe,

The Intent to Ship for this feature is here: https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/tEZ4RVsP1ms/m/9h-yQpmJAgAJ.

Cheers,
Tom

On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 4:25 PM Joe Medley <jme...@google.com> wrote:
Thomas,

Thanks for the heads up. Fortunately, I had the first item already.

The second item is problematic. I can't find a status entry for it. If there isn't one, then there also isn't an intent to ship. I'm not allowed to include it in the beta post if it doesn't have an intent to ship.

Joe
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On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 1:32 AM Thomas Steiner <to...@google.com> wrote:
Hi Joe,

Two features here:

1) A scheme-dependent theme color:

<meta name="theme-color" content="maroon" media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)">

See https://twitter.com/quicksave2k/status/1407326048526770176

2) A client hint (HTTP header) that communicates the user's preferred color scheme at request time, so the server can, for example, inline only the scheme-relevant CSS.

Cheers,
Tom

On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 4:44 PM Joe Medley <jme...@google.com> wrote:
François,

Thanks for the information. Regarding prefers color scheme, I can't quite tell what's going on. There's an intent to experiment sent on May 18. Is this starting an origin trial in 93?

There is no intent to experiment. Only for prototype and ship.

See https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/search?q=sec-ch-prefers-color-scheme and https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/search?q=%22name%3Dtheme-color%22

Asami Doi

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Jul 15, 2021, 1:17:13 AM7/15/21

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Hello Joe,

"Dedicated workers as service worker clients" listed in the table can't be released yet. Shipping will be postponed to M94.

I updated chromestatus (https://chromestatus.com/feature/6591543769038848).

Sorry for the short notice.

Thanks,
Asami

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Shu-yu Guo

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Jul 15, 2021, 2:03:17 PM7/15/21

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Another small JS feature for M93: Object.hasOwn.

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