If a popup navigates its opener to a URL which results in a download, the download will be blocked and the navigation cancelled, if the popup is cross-origin to its opener. This resolves a long standing security issue.

Status in Chromium

UI>Browser>Downloads


Enabled by default (tracking bug) in:

  • Chrome for desktop release 74
  • Chrome for Android release 74
  • Android WebView release 74

Consensus & Standardization

After a feature ships in Chrome, the values listed here are not guaranteed to be up to date.

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Owner

Last updated on 2020-11-09