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ZstdContentEncodingEnabled

Enable zstd content encoding support (obsolete)

OBSOLETE: This policy is obsolete and doesn't work after Microsoft Edge version 137.

Supported versions

  • On Windows and macOS since 125, until 137

Description

This policy controls whether Microsoft Edge supports Zstandard (zstd) content encoding.

Enabled – Edge advertises zstd in the Accept-Encoding request header and can decompress responses encoded with zstd.

Disabled – Edge doesn't advertise or support zstd content encoding.

Not configured – The default behavior is to enable support for zstd content encoding.

NOTE: This policy has been made obsolete starting with Microsoft Edge version 138 because Microsoft Edge now always supports zstd content encoding.

Supported features

  • Can be mandatory: Yes
  • Can be recommended: No
  • Dynamic Policy Refresh: No - Requires browser restart
  • Per Profile: No
  • Applies to a profile that is signed in with a Microsoft account: Yes

Data type

  • Boolean

Windows information and settings

Group Policy (ADMX) info

  • GP unique name: ZstdContentEncodingEnabled
  • GP name: Enable zstd content encoding support (obsolete)
  • GP path (Mandatory): Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Network settings
  • GP path (Recommended): N/A
  • GP ADMX file name: MSEdge.admx

Example value

Enabled

Registry settings

  • Path (Mandatory): SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge
  • Path (Recommended): N/A
  • Value name: ZstdContentEncodingEnabled
  • Value type: REG_DWORD

Example registry value

0x00000001

Mac information and settings

  • Preference Key name: ZstdContentEncodingEnabled
  • Example value:
<true/>

See also