Compression dictionary transport

[captainbrosset]

Specification

https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-httpbis-compression-dictionary/

Description

I was doing some quick research on compression dictionary and didn't want to lose what I had found on the topic, but also didn't have time to create a new issue right away for it.

• "Intent To": https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/7YdP2YxRQn4/m/9oPxLDdjAAAJ
• Chromestatus: https://chromestatus.com/feature/5124977788977152
• Origin Trial: https://developer.chrome.com/origintrials/#/view_trial/3693514644397228033
• CrBug: https://issues.chromium.org/issues/40255884
• WebKit position: Compression Dictionary Transport WebKit/standards-positions#160 (support)
• Mozilla position: Compression dictionary transport mozilla/standards-positions#771 (positive)
• Bugzilla tracking bug: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1882979
• Blog post: https://developer.chrome.com/blog/shared-dictionary-compression

Shipping in Chrome/Edge in 130. Not implemented in other engines, but positive positions.

Compression shared dictionaries can bring huge improvements in the amount of data transmitted over the network.
Worth tracking in web-features as this is an upcoming feature.

Browser support

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