Description
Native applications typically have a way to show users it was recently updated - and for users to click through and see what's new. I'm proposing a new optional subtree in the web app manifest that allows web app developers to provide this info.
I've started a discussion on WICG here. It includes a link to the Microsoft Edge explainer.
As a summary here, the idea is that a PWA developer adds a URL under the changelog
subtree of the web app manifest and a version
value. The user agent/platform based on these two values will decide if a user should be notified of a new changelog, and provide a way to see what is pointed at by the URL.
This feature is proposed specifically to not interfere with w3c/manifest#446. For more information, see existing issues on the Microsoft Edge Explainers issues page.