Previously, when using the `registerWhenStable` ServiceWorker
registration strategy (which is also the default) Angular would wait
indefinitely for the [app to stabilize][1], before registering the
ServiceWorker script. This could lead to a situation where the
ServiceWorker would never be registered when there was a long-running
task (such as an interval or recurring timeout).
Such tasks can often be started by a 3rd-party dependency (beyond the
developer's control or even without them realizing). In addition, this
situation is particularly hard to detect, because the ServiceWorker is
typically not used during development and on production builds a
previous ServiceWorker instance might be already active.
This commit enhances the `registerWhenStable` registration strategy by
adding support for an optional `<timeout>` argument, which guarantees
that the ServiceWorker will be registered when the timeout expires, even
if the app has not stabilized yet.
For example, with `registerWhenStable:5000` the ServiceWorker will be
registered as soon as the app stabilizes or after 5 seconds if the app
has not stabilized by then.
Related to #34464.
[1]: https://angular.io/api/core/ApplicationRef#is-stable-examples
PR Close#35870
Service worker API `navigator.serviceWorker.register` can fail in multiple ways.
For example, in Chrome, with an unstable network connection you can have the
following error: `An unknown error occurred when fetching the script.`
In the current state, it creates an `Uncaught (in promise) TypeError:` style of
error, which cannot be caught by the user on his own.
I think it's better to log the error over raising an error that cannot be
caught.
PR Close#30876
Sonu Kapoor
Carlos Ortiz García
Hoel IRIS
George Kalpakas