The ServiceWorkerGlobalScope.skipWaiting()
method of the ServiceWorkerGlobalScope
forces the waiting service worker to become the active service worker.
Use this method with Clients.claim()
to ensure that updates to the underlying service worker take effect immediately for both the current client and all other active clients.
A Promise
that resolves with undefined
after trying to activate the newly installed service worker.
While self.skipWaiting()
can be called at any point during the service worker's execution, it will only have an effect if there's a newly installed service worker that might otherwise remain in the waiting
state. Therefore, it's common to call self.skipWaiting()
from inside of an InstallEvent
handler.
The following example causes a newly installed service worker to progress into the activating
state, regardless of whether there is already an active service worker.
self.addEventListener("install", (event) => {
self.skipWaiting();
});