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Re-enable admin View Transitions in Chromium after Chromium crash is resolved

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[Type] Enhancement
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Description

Let's re-enable admin View Transitions in Chromium after Chromium crash is resolved:

https://issues.chromium.org/issues/530704642

For context, playground disabled admin View Transitions in Chromium-based browsers in https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-playground/issues/3845 because Chromium crashed during the transition.

Follow-up to https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-playground/issues/3845 and PR https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-playground/pull/3886.

What needs to happen

Once the Chromium bug is fixed and available in stable Chrome/Edge:

  • Verify the crash no longer reproduces in a stable Chromium-based browser.
  • Remove the Chromium-only admin View Transitions workaround from packages/playground/remote/src/lib/playground-worker-endpoint.ts.
  • Confirm Playground’s fallback View Transitions and WordPress Core’s wp-view-transitions-admin styles can run normally in wp-admin.
  • Consider whether the ?with-admin-transitions repro override is still useful or should be removed with the workaround.

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by checking Chromium issue 530704642 and the workaround in packages/playground/remote/src/lib/playground-worker-endpoint.ts. After the fix reaches stable Chrome or Edge, verify the crash no longer reproduces, then inspect the admin transition behavior and decide whether the ?with-admin-transitions override is still needed. Done means the Chromium-only workaround is removed and fallback transitions and wp-view-transitions-admin styles work normally in wp-admin.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript, wasm, wordpress
Domain
frontend, web-dev
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Quiet
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Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
52/100

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