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Simplify orphan worker closing
domfarolino Feb 19, 2026
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Fix wording
domfarolino Feb 20, 2026
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Expand Up @@ -130991,8 +130991,8 @@ interface <dfn interface>SharedWorkerGlobalScope</dfn> : <span>WorkerGlobalScope
worker">permissible</span> but not <span data-x="protected worker">protected</span> or <span
data-x="active needed worker">actively needed</span>, if all the <code>Document</code>s in its
transitive set of owners are in <a href="#note-bfcache">bfcache</a>, or if it's a
<code>SharedWorkerGlobalScope</code> with no current owners being kept alive for the duration of
the <span>between-loads shared worker timeout</span>.</p></li>
<code>SharedWorkerGlobalScope</code> whose <span>owner set</span> has been empty so far for less
than the duration of the <span>between-loads shared worker timeout</span>.</p></li>
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follows:</p>

<ul>
<li><p>Workers get <a href="#step-closing-orphan-workers">closed as orphans</a> between when
they stop being <span data-x="protected worker">protected</span> and when they stop being <span
data-x="permissible worker">permissible</span>.</p></li>
<li><p>Workers get <a href="#step-closing-orphan-workers">closed as orphans</a> when they are no
longer <span data-x="protected worker">protected</span>.</p></li>

<li><p>Workers that have been closed, but keep executing, <a
href="#terminate-rampant-workers">can be terminated</a> at the user agent's discretion, once
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scope</var>.</p>

<li id="step-closing-orphan-workers"><p><i>Closing orphan workers</i>: Start monitoring
<var>worker global scope</var> such that no sooner than it stops being <span data-x="protected
worker">protected</span>, and no later than it stops being <span data-x="permissible
worker">permissible</span>, <var>worker global scope</var>'s <span
<var>worker global scope</var> such that anytime after it stops being <span data-x="protected
worker">protected</span>, <var>worker global scope</var>'s <span
data-x="dom-WorkerGlobalScope-closing">closing</span> flag is set to true.</p></li>

<li id="step-suspending-workers"><p><i>Suspending workers</i>: Start monitoring <var>worker
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