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requestStorageAccessFor

Category
Offline / Storage
Type
New or changed feature
Status
Enabled by default (Chrome 115)
Intent stage
Prepare to ship

Summary

An extension to the Storage Access API that allows a top-level site to request access to unpartitioned ("first-party") cookies on behalf of embedded sites. Browsers will have discretion to grant or deny access, with mechanisms like Related Website Set membership as a potential signal. This allows for use of the Storage Access API by top-level sites.

Motivation

Multiple browsers supporting the Storage Access API have implemented an internal API similar to requestStorageAccessFor, indicating it is useful for websites that depend on authenticated/personalized content served from cross-site origins. We intend it to aid in unblocking certain cross-site, same-First-Party Set use cases previously addressed by the now-archived SameParty cookie attribute.

Standards & signals

Explainers: https://github.com/privacycg/requestStorageAccessFor

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