runtime.OnRestartRequiredReason

The reason that the onRestartRequired event is being dispatched.

Type

Values of this type are strings. Possible values are:

  • "app_update": The application is being updated to a newer version.
  • "os_update": The browser/OS is updated to a newer version.
  • "periodic": The system has run for more than the permitted uptime set in the enterprise policy.

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Firefox for Android
Safari on iOS
OnRestartRequiredReason
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 58 (Release date: 2017-04-19)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 45 (Release date: 2016-03-08)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 45 (Release date: 2017-05-10)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 48 (Release date: 2016-08-02)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support

Legend

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Full support
Full support
No support
No support

Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.runtime API. This documentation is derived from runtime.json in the Chromium code.