I'm requesting an early TAG design review of predictable app updating.
The design proposes a way to have PWAs fully update their identities in a safe and resourceful manner, to further bridge the gap between PWAs and native apps. This is done by updating the manifest spec to have a specific field for making updates more deterministic by the developer, and for providing a consistent experience. The proposal attempts to do so in a way that: uses less resources and prevents user confusion by showing the update UX less often.
OpenedApr 2, 2025
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I'm requesting an early TAG design review of predictable app updating.
The design proposes a way to have PWAs fully update their identities in a safe and resourceful manner, to further bridge the gap between PWAs and native apps. This is done by updating the manifest spec to have a specific field for making updates more deterministic by the developer, and for providing a consistent experience. The proposal attempts to do so in a way that: uses less resources and prevents user confusion by showing the update UX less often.
Explainer¹: https://github.com/WICG/manifest-incubations/blob/gh-pages/predictable-app-updating.md
User research: N/A
Security and Privacy self-review²: https://github.com/WICG/manifest-incubations/blob/gh-pages/predictable-app-updating-security-privacy-questionnaire.md
GitHub repo: https://github.com/WICG/manifest-incubations
Primary contacts:
Organization/project driving the design: Google Chrome
This work is being funded by: Google
Incubation and standards groups that have discussed the design:
Standards group(s) that you expect to discuss and/or adopt this work when it's ready: WICG
Multi-stakeholder feedback³:
Major unresolved issues with or opposition to this design: N/A
[ X ] I have reviewed the TAG's Web Platform Design Principles