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onclosing event on RTCDataChannel

Category

WebRTC

Type

New or changed feature

Status

Enabled by default (Chrome 81)

Intent stage

Prepare to ship

• Breaking change: No
• Enterprise impact: None
• Spec maturity: Working draft
• Web Platform Tests: Yes

WPT details: RTCDatachannel-close() tests have been extended.

Summary

Adds the onclosing event, which signals to the user of a data channel that the other side has started closing the channel; the browser user agent will continue reading from the queue (if it contains anything), but no more data can be sent.

Standards & signals

• Specification: https://w3c.github.io/webrtc-pc/#dom-rtcdatachannel-onclosing
• Firefox: No signal
• Safari: No signal
• Web developers: No signals
• Tracking bug: https://crbug.com/1040584

Ecosystem

• Web Platform Tests: https://wpt.fyi/results/?q=onclosing-event-on-rtcdatachannel
• Chrome Platform Showcase: https://chrome-platform-showcase.paulkinlan-ea.deno.net/features
• GenDN reference: https://gendn.paulkinlan-ea.deno.net/features
• chrome.dev demos search: https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Achrome.dev+onclosing%20event%20on%20RTCDataChannel
• MDN Web Docs: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/search?q=onclosing%20event%20on%20RTCDataChannel
• Baseline status: https://webstatus.dev/?q=onclosing%20event%20on%20RTCDataChannel

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