Theoretically I think you need to send a new intent, but I don't think it'd
be helpful here.

LGTM to continue experimenting in M133

On Tue, Jan 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM Kyra Seevers <kyraseev...@google.com> wrote:

> Hi all - Happy New Year!
>
> As an FYI, due to some extra time spent in debugging and analysis, will be
> continuing with low-level (Stable 1% or lower) Finch experiments in M133.
> Luckily this is within 6 milestones of our original experiment request date
> (I will be sure to just go ahead and request 6 next time :)).
>
> Please feel free to respond with any questions or concerns - thanks so
> much!
>
> Thanks,
> Kyra
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 10:32 PM Yoav Weiss (@Shopify) <
> yoavwe...@chromium.org> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 10:47 PM Kyra Seevers <kyraseev...@google.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> FYI: we have had some delays in the experimental rollout and will be
>>> continuing with low-level (Stable 1% or lower) Finch experiments in M131
>>> (and probably in M132 as well).
>>>
>>> Feel free to respond with any questions or concerns - thanks so much!
>>>
>>> @Yoav Weiss <yoavwe...@chromium.org> due to the extra development time
>>> we were able to include this concept (what we're calling self-links) in our
>>> multi-armed experiment to determine if it is feasible!
>>>
>>
>> Awesome!!
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Kyra
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 3, 2024 at 10:27 PM Yoav Weiss (@Shopify) <
>>> yoavwe...@chromium.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> LGTM3
>>>>
>>>> One question raised
>>>> <https://x.com/miketaylr/status/1808452993504739821> elsewhere was
>>>> around same-origin links, where links to origin B visited from origin A
>>>> should be then marked as visited when linked directly from B.
>>>> I see there's an open issue
>>>> <https://github.com/kyraseevers/Partitioning-visited-links-history/issues/6>
>>>> on this. It'd be good if one of the experiment's goals would be to
>>>> determine if this is a blocker or not for initial shipping.
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jul 3, 2024 at 10:12 PM Daniel Bratell <bratel...@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> LGTM2 for a low percentage finch experiment in M128-M130 (inclusive)
>>>>>
>>>>> /Daniel
>>>>> On 2024-07-03 22:02, Chris Harrelson wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> LGTM1
>>>>>
>>>>> (probably 3 needed because this is a non-standard experiment)
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Jul 3, 2024 at 12:28 PM Kyra Seevers <kyraseev...@chromium.org>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> One point of clarification: we are intending to experiment for one
>>>>>> milestone (M128), but would like to request 3 milestones (M128 - M130) in
>>>>>> case of any delays.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks so much!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Jul 3, 2024 at 2:16 PM Kyra Seevers <kyraseev...@chromium.org>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Update: I wanted to update the thread that WebKit left positive
>>>>>>> indications of support for this proposal in the request for position
>>>>>>> recently: https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/363.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Daniel: Thanks for the question! We will be using a traditional
>>>>>>> Finch experiment rollout starting with Canary/Dev in M128. I will update
>>>>>>> this thread with any changes to the experiment that occur.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> As for why we chose our keying structure: top-level site allows us
>>>>>>> to prevent cross-site leaks and frame origin allows us to adhere to the
>>>>>>> same-origin policy and avoid cross-frame leaks. For example, if I have 
>>>>>>> an
>>>>>>> iframe c.com embedded in both a.com and b.com, keying by top-level
>>>>>>> site removes the opportunity for cross-site tracking to occur between 
>>>>>>> these
>>>>>>> two iframes. For a visual example of this, please see the explainer
>>>>>>> (especially Key Scenarios #2 and #3):
>>>>>>> https://github.com/kyraseevers/Partitioning-visited-links-history?tab=readme-ov-file#key-scenarios
>>>>>>> .
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks all,
>>>>>>> Kyra
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Jul 3, 2024 at 10:48 AM Daniel Bratell <bratel...@gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> What milestones do you plan to run the experiment in?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> (Also, why isn't it enough to key on frame origin? I'm sure there
>>>>>>>> is a good reason but it's not obvious.)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> /Daniel
>>>>>>>> On 2024-07-02 22:42, Kyra Seevers wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Intent to Experiment: Partitioning :visited links history Phase 2
>>>>>>>> (User-facing partitioning for :visited links)
>>>>>>>> Contact emails
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> kyraseev...@chromium.org
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Explainer
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> https://github.com/kyraseevers/Partitioning-visited-links-history
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Specification
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We plan to specify our solution before shipping. This work
>>>>>>>> currently falls under the wording in CSS Selectors Level 4
>>>>>>>> <https://www.w3.org/TR/selectors-4/#link>:  “UAs may treat all
>>>>>>>> links as unvisited links or implement other measures to preserve the 
>>>>>>>> user’s
>>>>>>>> privacy while rendering visited and unvisited links differently.”
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Summary
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> To eliminate user browsing history leaks, anchor elements will be
>>>>>>>> styled as :visited if and only if they have been clicked from this
>>>>>>>> top-level site and frame origin before. On the browser-side, this means
>>>>>>>> that the VisitedLinks hashtable will now be partitioned via
>>>>>>>> "triple-keying", or by storing the following for each visited link: 
>>>>>>>> <link
>>>>>>>> URL, top-level site, frame origin>. By only styling links that have 
>>>>>>>> been
>>>>>>>> clicked on this site and frame before, the many side-channel attacks 
>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>> have been developed to obtain :visited links styling information are 
>>>>>>>> now
>>>>>>>> obsolete, as they no longer provide sites with new information about 
>>>>>>>> users.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Blink component
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Blink>History>VisitedLinks
>>>>>>>> <https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/list?q=component:Blink%3EHistory%3EVisitedLinks>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Search tags
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> visited links
>>>>>>>> <https://chromestatus.com/features#tags:visited%20links>, :visited
>>>>>>>> selector
>>>>>>>> <https://chromestatus.com/features#tags::visited%20selector>, 
>>>>>>>> partitioning
>>>>>>>> history
>>>>>>>> <https://chromestatus.com/features#tags:partitioning%20history>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> TAG review
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> https://github.com/w3ctag/design-reviews/issues/896
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> TAG review status
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Issues addressed
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Risks
>>>>>>>> Interoperability and Compatibility
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Gecko: Positive (
>>>>>>>> https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/1040)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> WebKit: Under Review (
>>>>>>>> https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/363)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Web developers: No signals
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Other signals:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>    -
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>    Positive initial signals from presentation at WebAppSec from
>>>>>>>>    both Apple and Firefox
>>>>>>>>    
>>>>>>>> <https://github.com/w3c/webappsec/blob/main/meetings/2023/2023-06-21-minutes.md>
>>>>>>>>    -
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>    At the XS Leaks Summit, Firefox stated exploration of :visited
>>>>>>>>    links partitioning in their privacy goals for the upcoming year at 
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>    XS-Leaks Summit
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>    -
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>    Positive or neutral initial signals from security and privacy
>>>>>>>>    researchers at the XS-Leaks summit. No security concerns about this 
>>>>>>>> design.
>>>>>>>>    Interest in understanding user behavior around this new model of 
>>>>>>>> what
>>>>>>>>    constitutes a :visited link.
>>>>>>>>    -
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>    Feedback from UX that CSS extensibility is in-demand from
>>>>>>>>    developers right now, and this work would pave the way for less 
>>>>>>>> restricted
>>>>>>>>    CSS on anchor elements. In addition, support from various 
>>>>>>>> developers who
>>>>>>>>    believe that taking care of this long-standing privacy leak will 
>>>>>>>> allow
>>>>>>>>    their own security and privacy solutions to advance once history 
>>>>>>>> sniffing
>>>>>>>>    is no longer an issue.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Ergonomics
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This design is asynchronous and not used in tandem with other APIs.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Activation
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Since this is a Finch roll-out, there are no additional activation
>>>>>>>> risks.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Security
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> For this design we worked with the Chrome Security Architecture
>>>>>>>> team to ensure reasonable precautions were taken against leaks of the
>>>>>>>> :visited links hashtable via renderer compromise.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> WebView application risks
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This experiment will not run on WebView. This feature deals with
>>>>>>>> platform-specific code and the WebView implementation of :visited links
>>>>>>>> does not integrate with the History Database.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Goals for experimentation
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Our intent is to run a Finch experiment. This user-facing
>>>>>>>> experiment will use the traditional Finch roll-out schedule. We will
>>>>>>>> utilize newly added UMA to determine the percentage of links styled as
>>>>>>>> :visited under partitioning, as well as observe the size, efficiency, 
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> impact of the newly partitioned infrastructure in comparison to the
>>>>>>>> unpartitioned (original) codepaths.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Experiment Risks
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> As this is a Finch experiment, it is per-client rather than
>>>>>>>> per-site. The biggest potential risk to clients is a visible change to
>>>>>>>> which links are styled as :visited once they enter the experiment. 
>>>>>>>> However,
>>>>>>>> based on pre-experimental metrics analysis, we believe that most links 
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> user sees will remain unchanged. In the event of an issue during the
>>>>>>>> experiment, we will flip our kill switch via Finch.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Ongoing technical constraints
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> None
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Debuggability
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> No DevTools support is required.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Will this feature be supported on all six Blink platforms (Windows,
>>>>>>>> Mac, Linux, ChromeOS, Android, and Android WebView)?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> No
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This feature is not currently supported on iOS or Android Webview.
>>>>>>>> For iOS, this feature requires WebKit to alter its CSS parsing to 
>>>>>>>> support
>>>>>>>> triple-key partitioning. Android Webview relies on an entirely 
>>>>>>>> different
>>>>>>>> system to populate history, so it will require a separate design.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests
>>>>>>>> <https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/main/docs/testing/web_platform_tests.md>
>>>>>>>> ?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> No
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This feature is not tested by Web Platform Tests because the
>>>>>>>> :visited selector cannot be queried via JavaScript (
>>>>>>>> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Privacy_and_the_:visited_selector).
>>>>>>>> As a result, we can only test :visited-ness via manual tests which 
>>>>>>>> rely on
>>>>>>>> users visually confirming the correct links are :visited, or unit and
>>>>>>>> integration tests internal to Chrome.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Flag name on chrome://flags
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> N/a
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Finch feature name
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> PartitionVisitedLinkDatabase
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Requires code in //chrome?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> True
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Tracking bug
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1448609
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Launch bug
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> https://launch.corp.google.com/launch/4330864
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Estimated milestones
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Shipping on desktop
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 128
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Shipping on Android
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 128
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> https://chromestatus.com/feature/5101991698628608?gate=4821248529137664
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Links to previous Intent discussions
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Intent to prototype:
>>>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CA%2BmmbXbbLWwmRYH5SWx0%2BMWkfB2UY2miOAq4r0MZc34i_sWqBw%40mail.gmail.com
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Intent to Experiment (Phase 1):
>>>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/U5AX0OXaxM8/m/tIGr4bJJBgAJ?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer
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