Add an API removal in dev changelog of Firefox 103 #19195
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The ServiceWorker API has been removed inside a Webextension. With Firefox<103, the API was available, but registering a ServiceWorker was failing on a security issue. Since Firefox 103, the API is not available at all. It's a significant change, that broke our kiwix extension (see kiwix/kiwix-js#877). So I think it's worth mentioning it here.
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Summary
The ServiceWorker API has been removed inside a Webextension, which should be mentioned in the dev changelog of Firefox 103.
Motivation
With Firefox<103, the API was available, but registering a ServiceWorker was failing on a security issue.
Since Firefox 103, the API is not available at all.
It's a significant change, that broke our kiwix extension (see kiwix/kiwix-js#877).
So I think it's worth mentioning it here.
Supporting details
The API availability can be tested with
'serviceWorker' in navigatorRelated issues
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1593931 is the bugzilla issue that triggered the API removal
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