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Standardize existing client hint naming

Category
Network / Connectivity
Type
No developer-visible change
Status
Enabled by default (Chrome 97)
Intent stage
Shipped

Summary

Client Hints, a method to request information about the user's device or conditions, have been implemented in Chrome, but since the initial implementation the naming scheme has changed. If implemented, this proposal would add new client hints with a `sec-ch-` prefix to re-implement the following: `dpr`, `width`, `viewport-width`, `device-memory`, `rtt`, `downlink`, and `ect`.

Motivation

This proposal seeks to align our implementation with the Client Hint proposal by adding the `sec-ch-` prefix where it’s missing.

Standards & signals

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