Web Environment Integrity: Difference between revisions

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The proposal first showed up as a commit to [[Chromium]] in April before being announced by its developers, Google engineers, in May. It received a few concerned comments from those who followed the browser's rendering engine's development. After discussion at W3C in late April, its working draft specification was published as part of the process to develop standards for the web on July 21, 2023. As a result, users flooded the proposal's [[GitHub]] repository with critical comments and [[Flaming (Internet)|flaming]] of the proposal's authors. As a result, the Google engineers limited comment to those who have contributed to the repository and added a [[code of conduct]].<ref name="register" /> On the same day, Chromium's preliminary code to implement the standard was enabled.<ref name=":1" />

On November 2, 2023, Google abandoned the proposal, removed the prototype implementation from Chromium, and proposed a replacement API named "Android WebView Media Integrity API" limited to WebViews on Android. Google plans to start testingtested the new API with partners in early 2024.<ref name="abandoned" /> As of late 2024, WebView Media Integrity API is available to all developers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=WebViewMediaIntegrityApiStatusConfig |url=https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/webkit/WebViewMediaIntegrityApiStatusConfig |access-date=2025-07-30 |website=Android Developers |language=en}}</ref>

== Reception ==

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== External links ==

* {{GitHub|RupertBenWiserexplainers-by-googlers/Web-Environment-Integrity}}

* [https://chromestatus.com/feature/5796524191121408 Web environment integrity API - Chrome Platform Status]