The Cookie Store API exposes HTTP cookies to service workers and offers an asynchronous alternative to document.cookie.

Motivation

Today, cookies have extremely high usage, however the interface to cookies have been a source of complexity and performance issues. The Cookie Store API aims to improve this by providing an asynchronous alternative to document.cookie and exposing HTTP cookies to service workers which will also come with performance benefits. Its interface also encourages developers to make better decisions about security.

Demos

• https://wicg.github.io/cookie-store/explainer.html
• https://github.com/web-platform-tests/wpt/tree/master/cookie-store

Documentation

• https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/09/asynchronous-access-to-http-cookies
• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ak6JzOMMO5q3dXvu4mHFWR-LLvaDc09XDvdeJZLtZd4/

Specification

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Status: Specification being incubated in a Community Group

Status in Chromium

Blink components: Blink>Storage>CookiesAPI

Implementation status: Enabled by default (tracking bug)

Consensus & Standardization

• Firefox: Defer
• Safari: No signal
• Web Developers: Positive

Owner

• ayui@chromium.org

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Last updated on 2021-12-13