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Back-forward cache for desktop

Category

Performance

Type

Chromium catches up

Status

Enabled by default (Chrome 96)

Intent stage

Shipped

Summary

Creates a cache for pages which allows for instant navigations to previously-visited pages.

Standards & signals

• Specification: https://w3ctag.github.io/design-principles/#support-non-fully-active
• Firefox: Shipped/Shipping
• Safari: Shipped/Shipping
• Web developers: No signals
• Tracking bug: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1171298

Docs: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mrgp7XzR16rd1xqFYOJgC1IP0NPLZFaRU5Ukj3-TlLw https://web.dev/bfcache/ https://github.com/rakina/bfcache-explainer#what-is-bfcache

Explainers: https://web.dev/bfcache/

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