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Persistent storage

Category

Offline / Storage

Type

New or changed feature

Status

Enabled by default (Chrome 55)

Intent stage

None

Summary

Allow origins to opt out of the browser's storage-eviction logic that is run when the user's storage space is running low.

Standards & signals

• Specification: https://storage.spec.whatwg.org/
• Firefox: Positive
• Safari: No signal
• Web developers: No signals
• Tracking bug: https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=502373

Docs: https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2016/06/persistent-storage

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