Google Halts Chrome 79 Rollout After It Breaks Some Android Apps

'Chrome 79 is creating an issue with WebView (the Android component
that allows apps to display content from the web), reports 9to5Google:

On Friday morning, Android developers reliant on WebView and local
storage began encountering an issue where their apps lost data after
users updated to version 79 of WebView. Those affected took to
Chromium's bug tracker, and have described the incident as a
"catastrophe" and "major issue." To end users, it's as if apps were
entirely reset and just downloaded for the first time. This includes
saved data disappearing or being logged out. Given the level of system
opacity, most will blame developers for a problem that's out of their
hands.

By that afternoon, Google engineers responded and isolated the issue
to "profile layout changes" where "local storage was missed off the
list of files migrated." A member of the Chromium team apologized
Saturday morning, with the Chrome/WebView rollout halted after 50% of
devices already received the update. At the highest priority level
(P0), Google is currently "working on a solution that minimizes the
data loss, and that can be rolled out safely." The last guidance for a
patch is 5-7 days.'

-- source: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/19/12/15/181240

Cheers, Peter
-- 
Peter Reutemann
Dept. of Computer Science
University of Waikato, NZ
+64 (7) 858-5174
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