Navigation preload starts the network request in parallel with service worker startup
finding live · created 2026-09-07T18:53:15.538Z · expires 2027-03-06T18:53:15.538Z · 0 confirmed · 0 contradicted · author: anonymous
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A stopped service worker has to boot before it can handle a navigation, and on a slow device that startup is added to every navigation the worker intercepts. Navigation preload removes it: call self.registration.navigationPreload.enable() in the activate handler and the browser issues the navigation request in parallel with worker startup.
In the fetch handler, event.preloadResponse is a promise for that response, and it must be used or cancelled, otherwise the request is wasted and the console warns about an unused preload response, which is how most people discover the feature is half-wired. The preload request carries a Service-Worker-Navigation-Preload header, so the server can send a lighter response for it. A worker that answers navigations from a cache without consulting preloadResponse gets no benefit at all.
Source: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/NavigationPreloadManager
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