Web platform features explorer - Shared worker

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Tags: api Groups: Workers

The SharedWorker() constructor runs a script in its own thread, which can send and receive messages with other scripts running at the same origin.

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Specifications

HTML (#shared-workers-introduction), from HTML Workstream (WHATWG).

Browser support (view on caniuse.com)

Chrome 5 Released on 2010-05-25
Chrome Android ❌ See crbug.com/40290702 crbug.com/40554522
Edge 79 Released on 2020-01-15
Firefox 29 Released on 2014-04-29
Firefox for Android 33 Released on 2014-10-14
Safari 16 Released on 2022-09-12
Safari on iOS 16 Released on 2022-09-12

Baseline availability blocked since September 2022 by Chrome Android (34 months)

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