Contact emails
nrosent...@chromium.org, mmo...@chromium.org

Explainer
https://github.com/w3c/paint-timing/blob/main/presentation-timestamps.md#security--privacy-self-review


Specification
https://w3c.github.io/paint-timing/#mark-paint-timing


Design docs

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VxgMf1wlWzB4ViAW4ohkOe3AT0wQZKk7hC3IVq-cuw0/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.fmic3y1ir4


Summary

All element-timing and LCP performance entries would have a non-zero 
renderTime, even if they are cross-origin without Timing-Allow-Origin. All 
presentation timestamps (renderTime, paint timing start time, event timing end 
time) will be coarsened to a 4ms multiple to mitigate the risk of reading 
cross-origin image information.



Blink component
Blink>PerformanceAPIs


TAG review
None


TAG review status
Not applicable


Risks




Interoperability and Compatibility

This would un-zero metrics in RUM dashboards, which is generally positive. The 
coarsening might move LCP/FCP metrics by ~2ms in average, which RUM providers 
should be notified on.


Gecko: Positive (https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/191) 
Firefox are implementing LCP, however the current way render timing works (and 
the reason it needs to be coarsened) is implementation specific and not part of 
the spec.

WebKit: N/A Safari currently does not expose precise render times, and does not 
intend to.

Web developers: No signals

Other signals: This was discussed in the WebPerfWG. See minutes: 
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tw9QTHWvXg-loG6qaeeosOXTCeH41wst6MehQsc3WwM/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.xlke2hcqy65x


Security

This exposes information that was not directly exposed before - render time of 
an image - however it was obtainable in other ways, by rendering a same-origin 
and cross-origin image in the same frame. By coarsening render times further, 
we improve on this situation despite the explicit exposure of that timestamp.



WebView application risks

Does this intent deprecate or change behavior of existing APIs, such that it 
has potentially high risk for Android WebView-based applications?

None




Debuggability

None



Will this feature be supported on all six Blink platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux, 
ChromeOS, Android, and Android WebView)?
No


Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests?
Yes
https://wpt.fyi/results/largest-contentful-paint?label=experimental&label=master&aligned
 and 
https://wpt.fyi/results/element-timing?label=experimental&label=master&aligned 
had to be modified for this.



Flag name on about://flags
ExposeCoarsenedRenderTime


Finch feature name
ExposeCoarsenedRenderTime


Requires code in //chrome?
False


Tracking bug
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/373263977


Estimated milestones


Shipping on desktop 133

Shipping on Android 133

Shipping on WebView 133




Anticipated spec changes

Open questions about a feature may be a source of future web compat or interop 
issues. Please list open issues (eg links to known github issues in the project 
for the feature specification) whose resolution may introduce web 
compat/interop risk (eg, changing to naming or structure of the API in a 
non-backward-compatible way).
Removing TAO restriction in paint-timing.


Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status
https://chromestatus.com/feature/5128261284397056?gate=5150397008969728


Links to previous Intent discussions
Intent to Prototype: 
https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/670d4c25.2b0a0220.137ef7.096d.GAE%40google.com



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