This feature enables users to get / set a Request's referrer policy which affect's the "Referer" HTTP header.

Demo

• https://googlechrome.github.io/samples/fetch-api/fetch-referrer-policy.html

Documentation

• https://hacks.mozilla.org/2016/03/referrer-and-cache-control-apis-for-fetch/
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/GlobalFetch/fetch

Specification

Specification link

Status: Specification being incubated in a Community Group

Status in Chromium

Blink components: Blink

Implementation status: Enabled by default (tracking bug)

Consensus & Standardization

• Firefox: In development
• Safari: In development
• Web Developers: No signals

Owner

• yhirano@chromium.org

Last updated on 2020-11-09