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"deflate-raw" compression format

Category
Network / Connectivity
Type
New or changed feature
Status
Enabled by default (Chrome 103)
Intent stage
Prepare to ship

Summary

Add a new compression format, "deflate-raw", to give web developers access to the raw deflate stream without any headers or footers. This is needed, for example, to read and write zip files.

Motivation

To allow web developers to handle raw deflate stream without any headers or footers.

Standards & signals

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