Makes sense Anna, thanks for the update! Rick
On Sun, Feb 1, 2026 at 11:40 PM 'Anna Sato' via blink-dev < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi blink-dev, > > In Chrome M146, we plan to enable the back/forward cache (BFCache) for > pages that use Shared Workers. > > Previously, the usage of Shared Workers blocked pages from entering > BFCache. We have been experimenting with removing this restriction, and we > are now ready to enable this behavior by default. > > With this change, pages holding a Shared Worker connection will be > eligible for BFCache. However, please be aware of the following eviction > behaviors: > > - *Message from Worker*: If a page in BFCache receives a message from > a Shared Worker, the page will be evicted. > - *All connections cached*: If all pages connected to a Shared Worker > enter BFCache, those pages will be evicted because the Shared Worker is no > longer actively needed. > > You can view the relevant HTML spec changes in this GitHub PR > <https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12086>. > > Separately, we are working on a change to freeze the Shared Worker and > keep storing the pages instead of evicting them when all connected pages > are in BFCache. We plan to start a Finch experiment for this behavior soon. > > Thanks, > Anna > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "blink-dev" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CAMD_nPvfz1_ySiH7F-t5qbnX1yXvqibE88D%3Db03JzEHDwrL%2B9w%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CAMD_nPvfz1_ySiH7F-t5qbnX1yXvqibE88D%3Db03JzEHDwrL%2B9w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "blink-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CAFUtAY_dwcDPY%3DptdgaMh8_9UGVN5zS7pU3_DMiD9dgib7R%3DTQ%40mail.gmail.com.
