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Understanding Service Worker Lifecycle Events
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Install, activate, and fetch are the three moments that decide whether a returning visitor sees the new shell or the one already on disk.
Skip waiting only after the page can tolerate a controller change. Otherwise queue the update and apply it on the next navigation so carts, drafts, and open forms survive.
Written by Alex Thorne
Chief Architect at OnePWA.
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