LLM analysis of this:
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IETF Status: The draft (draft-ietf-wpack-bundled-responses) expired in 2021 and isn't being actively pushed through IETF standardization.
WICG Status: Still active.
- webpackage repo: 1,083 commits, 1.2k stars - substantial ongoing work
- Subresource Loading with Web Bundles: Updated July 2024
- Isolated Web Apps: Separate WICG repo, uses signed web bundles (.swbn), actively developed
Bottom line:
The format isn't dead - it's in WICG incubation rather than IETF standardization. The spec work continues, tooling exists (wbn CLI, Go/JS implementations in the repo), and the format is well-defined.
What Chrome did was deprioritize native browser support for loading .wbn files directly. But:
- You can still create and serve web bundles
- Tooling can read/write them
- The format is stable and documented
- Isolated Web Apps (which need offline + security) still use them
For NIP-82 purposes: The application/webbundle MIME type is valid. A client can download a .wbn, verify its hash via the Nostr event, and serve it through a WebView - no browser-native support needed.
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WebView also does not run web bundles.