Meet Declarative Web Push
April 2, 2025
Declarative Web Push allows web developers to request a Web Push subscription and display user visible notifications without requiring an installed service worker. Service worker JavaScript can optionally change the contents of an incoming notification. Unlike with original Web Push, there is no penalty for service workers failing to display a notification; the declarative push message itself is used as a fallback in case the optional JavaScript processing step fails.
Apple’s Webkit team have added declarative Web push to Safari. Why?
Declarative Web Push is more energy efficient and more private by design. It is easier for you, the web developer to use. And it’s backwards compatible with existing Web Push notifications.
