updated feature: Direct Sockets API

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Aug 8, 2024, 5:11:36 PM8/8/24
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 Updated feature entry:
Direct Sockets API
Updates made by green...@google.com:
  • all_platforms_descr:
    old: This feature is supported on Win/Mac/Linux/ChromeOS.Android is excluded for historical reasons, although there are no apparent interoperability blockers here.
    new: This feature is supported on Win/Mac/Linux/ChromeOS. Android is excluded for historical reasons, although there are no apparent interoperability blockers here.

  • category:
    old: Capabilities (Fugu)
    new: Isolated Web Apps-specific API

  • debuggability:
    old: TBD
    new:

  • flag_name:
    old:
    new: #enable-direct-sockets-web-api

  • finch_name:
    old: None
    new: DirectSockets

  • launch_bug_url:
    old: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1093208
    new: https://launch.corp.google.com/launch/4339602

  • motivation:
    old: Many network devices use their own protocols over TCP or UDP, instead of using HTTPS. Like WebUSB, WebMIDI and WebBluetooth, this API allows web apps to communicate with local devices and information systems.
    new: Many network devices use their own protocols over TCP or UDP, instead of using HTTPS. Like WebUSB, WebMIDI and WebBluetooth, this API allows web apps to communicate with local devices and information systems.

  • owner_emails:
    old: ['green...@google.com', 'ericwilligers@chromium.org']
    new: green...@google.com

  • wpt:
    old: False
    new: True

  • wpt_descr:
    old:
    new: These tests require a specific --isolated-context-origins flag to be tested in WPTs, so they're run as a part of a virtual suite and are not reflected on wpt.fyi.

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 Updated feature entry:
Direct Sockets API
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  • active_stage_id:
    old: 6152423475773440
    new: 5501349121228800

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  • active_stage_id:
    old: 5501349121228800
    new: 6152423475773440

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 Updated feature entry:
Direct Sockets API
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  • category:
    old: Capabilities (Fugu)
    new: Isolated Web Apps-specific API

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 Updated feature entry:
Direct Sockets API
Updates made by green...@google.com:
  • measurement:
    old: We have the following histograms for tracking network failures upon creating sockets (prefixed with DirectSockets.*): * TCPNetworkFailures * UDPNetworkFailures * TCPServerNetworkFailures Separate programmatic counters for the .idl methods and attributes (via MeasureAs) are also included to track the stats for API usage.
    new: We have the following histograms for tracking network failures upon creating sockets (prefixed with DirectSockets.*): * TCPNetworkFailures * UDPNetworkFailures * TCPServerNetworkFailures Separate programmatic counters for the .idl methods and attributes (via MeasureAs) are also included to track the stats for API usage.

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Direct Sockets API
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  • summary:
    old: Allows web apps to establish direct transmission control protocol (TCP) and user datagram protocol (UDP) communications with network devices and systems.
    new: Allows Isolated Web Apps to establish direct transmission control protocol (TCP) and user datagram protocol (UDP) communications with network devices and systems as well as listen to and accept incoming connections.

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Direct Sockets API
Updates made by green...@google.com:
  • interop_compat_risks:
    old: Other browsers may choose to implement this API. Note that only Chromium-based browsers are shipping WebUSB or WebBluetooth.
    new: Other browsers may choose to implement this API.

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 Updated feature entry:
Direct Sockets API
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  • adoption_expectation:
    old: Expected to be used initially by a small number (<10) number of partners inside Isolated Web Apps.
    new: Expected to be used initially by a small number of developers inside Isolated Web Apps.

  • adoption_plan:
    old: Working directly with partners that are planning to rely on the API.
    new: Working directly with developers that are planning to rely on the API.

  • all_platforms_descr:
    old: This feature is supported on Win/Mac/Linux/ChromeOS. Android is excluded for historical reasons, although there are no apparent interoperability blockers here.
    new: This feature is implemented on desktop platforms, although it will only be readily available on platforms that support Isolated Web Apps, which is currently only ChromeOS. Android is excluded for historical reasons, although there are no apparent interoperability blockers here.

  • security_risks:
    old: Various security risks and mitigations are noted in https://github.com/WICG/raw-sockets/blob/master/docs/explainer.md#security-considerations This is a powerful API. Users will have opportunity to give web apps access to local hardware, and information systems behind organization firewalls. Mitigations are designed to ensure this cannot happen accidentally, and only with comparable friction to installing a native app.
    new: Various security risks and mitigations are noted in https://github.com/WICG/raw-sockets/blob/master/docs/explainer.md#security-considerations This is a powerful API. Users will have opportunity to give web apps access to local hardware, and information systems behind organization firewalls. Mitigations are designed to ensure this cannot happen accidentally, and only through enterprise policies or the friction of installing a native app.

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 Updated feature entry:
Direct Sockets API
Updates made by green...@google.com:
  • security_risks:
    old: Various security risks and mitigations are noted in https://github.com/WICG/raw-sockets/blob/master/docs/explainer.md#security-considerations This is a powerful API. Users will have opportunity to give web apps access to local hardware, and information systems behind organization firewalls. Mitigations are designed to ensure this cannot happen accidentally, and only through enterprise policies or the friction of installing a native app.
    new: Various security risks and mitigations are noted in https://github.com/WICG/raw-sockets/blob/master/docs/explainer.md#security-considerations This is a powerful API. Users will have the opportunity to give Isolated Web Apps access to local hardware, and information systems behind organization firewalls. Mitigations are designed to ensure this cannot happen accidentally, and only through enterprise policies or the friction of installing a native app.

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 Updated feature entry:
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  • standard_maturity:
    old: Unknown standards status - check spec link for status
    new: Specification being incubated in a Community Group

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 Updated feature entry:
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  • debuggability:
    old:
    new: The code using this API can be debugged using the standard tools. Integrating the API with the DevTools Networking tab to enable easier introspection of the state of these connections as well as the data transferred could be a beneficial future improvement.

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 Updated feature entry:
Direct Sockets API
Updates made by green...@google.com:
  • all_platforms_descr:
    old: This feature is implemented on desktop platforms, although it will only be readily available on platforms that support Isolated Web Apps, which is currently only ChromeOS. Android is excluded for historical reasons, although there are no apparent interoperability blockers here.
    new: This feature is implemented on desktop platforms, although it will only be available to the end users on platforms that support Isolated Web Apps, which is currently only ChromeOS. Android is excluded for historical reasons, although there are no apparent interoperability blockers here.

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 Updated feature entry:
Direct Sockets API
Updates made by green...@google.com:
  • measurement:
    old: We have the following histograms for tracking network failures upon creating sockets (prefixed with DirectSockets.*): * TCPNetworkFailures * UDPNetworkFailures * TCPServerNetworkFailures Separate programmatic counters for the .idl methods and attributes (via MeasureAs) are also included to track the stats for API usage.
  • new: We have the following histograms for tracking network failures upon creating sockets (prefixed with DirectSockets.*): - TCPNetworkFailures - UDPNetworkFailures - TCPServerNetworkFailures Separate programmatic counters for the .idl methods and attributes (via MeasureAs) are also included to track the stats for API usage.

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  • old: review_started
    new: approved

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  • new: approved

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 Updated feature entry:
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  • shipped_milestone:
    old: 130
    new: 131

  • shipping_year:
    old: None
    new: 2024

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