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Manifest id browser support

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The id manifest member gives a PWA a stable identifier. Before id, browsers identified an installed app by its start_url, so changing start_url could make the browser treat the app as a new installation. When id is omitted, the browser uses the processed start_url (fragment removed, query string kept); an explicit id must be same-origin with start_url.

The table covers the member as recorded in MDN browser-compat-data.

  • Legend
  • Yes
  • Partial
  • Flag
  • No
  • Unknown
Browser / PlatformSupportVersionsConfidenceSourceNotes
Chrome (Desktop)Yes96highsource—
Chrome (Android)Yes96highsource1
Edge (Desktop)Yes96highsource2
Firefox (Desktop)No—highsource3
Firefox (Android)No—highsource4
Safari (macOS)Yes17highsource—
Safari (iOS)Yes16.4highsource—
Samsung InternetYes17.0highsource5
WebView (Android)Yes96highsource6
  1. Derived by browser-compat-data mirroring from Chrome.
  2. Derived by browser-compat-data mirroring from Chrome.
  3. The property parses, but has no effect.
  4. No Firefox for Android support is recorded in browser-compat-data.
  5. Derived by browser-compat-data mirroring from Chrome Android.
  6. Derived by browser-compat-data mirroring from Chrome Android.

Source data: /compatibility/manifest-id.json · Global usage: 90 % (StatCounter 2026-05)

Source: spec · MDN · Last verified 2026-10-03 · Confidence: high (computed from sources)