api.Notification.Notification - silent default has changed from `false` to `null`
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Description
What type of issue is this?
Missing compatibility data
What information was incorrect, unhelpful, or incomplete?
See https://github.com/whatwg/notifications/pull/194, https://github.com/mdn/content/issues/26812 — the silent option now defaults to null instead of false.
What browsers does this problem apply to, if applicable?
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What did you expect to see?
A new subfeature called "silent defaults to null"
Did you test this? If so, how?
This has shipped in Safari at least; tested with new Notification("foo").silent.
Can you link to any release notes, bugs, pull requests, or MDN pages related to this?
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Do you have anything more you want to share?
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MDN URL
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Notification/silent
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api.Notification.silent - Report started: 2024-09-03T03:23:54.454Z
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the MDN Notification.silent page and compare its current compatibility data with the WHATWG pull request and MDN issue linked in the report. Update the data so the silent option's default is represented as null, then verify that the new "silent defaults to null" subfeature is shown for the relevant browsers.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100