WICG / WICG/declarative-partial-updates

Associated Client Hint (or equivalent)

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Description

In an environment that doesn't support partial updates where JS fails to load or is unsupported (where a polyfill would fail to load), HTML output that includes partial update directives and associated <template> tags will most likely be unusable, displaying perpetual pending states.

It would be helpful if there were some way for a user agent to signal to the server that it supports this feature, so that application servers could intelligently adapt rendering methods and elegantly fall back to a "full" render. Client Hints seem like a natural fit.

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Research direction

No repository files or tests are named. Start by reviewing the partial update directives, associated template tags, and the Client Hints concept described in the issue; done requires a settled proposal for signaling support and defining the full-render fallback behavior.

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Assessment

Tech stack
html, javascript
Domain
backend, frontend, web-dev
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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