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Fetch API: New value "navigate" for Request.mode

Category

Network / Connectivity

Type

New or changed feature

Status

Enabled by default (Chrome 49)

Intent stage

None

Summary

Introduce a new value "navigate" for Request.mode of the Fetch API. "navigate" mode is intended to be used only for navigation.

Standards & signals

• Specification: https://fetch.spec.whatwg.org/#concept-request-mode
• Firefox: No signal
• Safari: No signal
• Web developers: No signals
• Tracking bug: https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=537138

Samples: https://googlechrome.github.io/samples/service-worker/custom-offline-page/

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