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Wake Dead Service Workers via Web Push from Cloudflare Workers
A developer shows how to wake a Chrome extension's idle service worker using Web Push triggered from a Cloudflare Worker. The technique lets the browser's push service resurrect the worker to deliver notifications, solving the problem of reaching users who aren't actively in the app. The approach uses VAPID keys and the Push API, with the Cloudflare Worker handling encryption and sending.
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Clever workaround for Chrome's aggressive service worker lifecycle, but the complexity of VAPID encryption from a serverless worker may limit adoption beyond niche use cases.
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