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ServiceWorkerRegistration.update() does not bypass the browser HTTP cache

Category

Service Worker

Type

New or changed feature

Status

Enabled by default (Chrome 48)

Intent stage

None

Summary

Before this feature, update() always bypassed the browser cache. Now, it only does so if the previous update check occurred over 24 hours ago.

Standards & signals

• Specification: https://slightlyoff.github.io/ServiceWorker/spec/service_worker/index.html
• Firefox: No signal
• Safari: No signal
• Web developers: No signals
• Tracking bug: https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=530540

Docs: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/ServiceWorkerRegistration/update

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