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The dtlsRole property of the RTCTransportStats dictionary is a string that indicates the role of the associated RTCPeerConnection in the DTLS negotiation.
Specifically, whether it acted like a server and listened for connections, or like a client and initiated the connection, or that negotiation has not yet started.
A string indicating the DTLS role. This will be one of:
clientThe peer initiated the DTLS handshake.
serverThe peer waited for the DTLS handshake.
unknownDTLS negotiation has not started.
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| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | |
dtlsRole |
103 | 103 | No | 89 | No | 103 | No | 71 | No | 20.0 | 103 | No |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/RTCTransportStats/dtlsRole