Predictable updates for PWAs #593
Description
WebKittens
Title of the proposal
Predictable app updating
URL to the spec
https://www.w3.org/TR/appmanifest/#updating
URL to the spec's repository
https://github.com/w3c/manifest
Issue Tracker URL
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Explainer URL
https://github.com/WICG/manifest-incubations/blob/gh-pages/predictable-app-updating.md
TAG Design Review URL
Mozilla standards-positions issue URL
mozilla/standards-positions#1330
WebKit Bugzilla URL
No response
Radar URL
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Description
Spec changes in progress: w3c/manifest#1199
The main change here is that app identity updates are not made more predictable by the developer, by considering icons as changed only if the icon metadata in the PWA's manifest has changed. This also leads to using less network resources while considering an update to the PWA.