Welcome back Jay Harris as Badging API co-Editor

Hi Web Apps WG Members,

On behalf of the Web Apps WG Chairs, I’m delighted to welcome Jay Harris back as co-Editor of the Badging API (https://www.w3.org/TR/badging/ <https://www.w3.org/TR/badging/?utm_source=chatgpt.com>). Jay was one of the original editors of this spec, alongside Matt Giuca, and now represents Brave.

The spec is in great shape and nearly done. Over the last couple of weeks we’ve opened focused PRs to land the final pieces — clarifying platform limitations, tightening the permissions story, documenting OS-level backing behavior, adding an Accessibility section, and an algorithm for setting an installed app’s badge.

If the spec is of interest to you, please jump in at https://github.com/w3c/badging/ <https://github.com/w3c/badging/?utm_source=chatgpt.com> — file issues, review PRs, or propose tests. 

Good starting points:

• #123 “More gracefully handle badging limitations” — https://github.com/w3c/badging/pull/123 <https://github.com/w3c/badging/pull/123?utm_source=chatgpt.com>
• #122 “Editorial: clarify OS is backing store” — https://github.com/w3c/badging/pull/122 <https://github.com/w3c/badging/pull/122?utm_source=chatgpt.com>
• #121 “BREAKING CHANGE: remove permissions check” — https://github.com/w3c/badging/pull/121 <https://github.com/w3c/badging/pull/121?utm_source=chatgpt.com>
• #117 “Add Accessibility considerations section” — https://github.com/w3c/badging/pull/117 <https://github.com/w3c/badging/pull/117?utm_source=chatgpt.com>
• #116 “Add ‘set the application badge for installed web application’ algorithm” — https://github.com/w3c/badging/pull/116 <https://github.com/w3c/badging/pull/116?utm_source=chatgpt.com>
For TPAC, we plan to center discussion on the permissions model and interop expectations across platforms. If you have new concrete scenarios, please bring them, and take a look at these open issues:

• Notification permission requirement — https://github.com/w3c/badging/issues/110 <https://github.com/w3c/badging/issues/110?utm_source=chatgpt.com>
• Set an application badge without platform object — https://github.com/w3c/badging/issues/111 <https://github.com/w3c/badging/issues/111?utm_source=chatgpt.com>
• TPAC 2025 status report — https://github.com/w3c/badging/issues/115 <https://github.com/w3c/badging/issues/115?utm_source=chatgpt.com>
Thanks, and welcome back Jay!

Marcos Cáceres

Web Apps WG Co-Chair