Can you manually set the version number in a PWA?

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TL;DR

Is there a way to set the version number of a PWA (Progressive Web Application) in the manifest.json or service-worker.js file to override the default (1) to a custom number?

I've already tried adding a version key in manifest.json, but the version number stayed at 1.

{
  "version": 2
}

I've also tried to add a version variable in service-worker.js, like so. However, that didn't set the version correctly either.

const version = 2;

// Also tried...
const VERSION = 2;

So, is it possible to set the version number in a PWA?

user_3826285 · Answer

An id field was added to the Web App Manifest spec in late 2021. Chrome implemented it in version 96.

I don't think anyone else has implemented this yet, but I believe you can get a similar effect with query parameters in the start_url.

Here's an article that explains further.

Can you manually set the version number in a PWA?

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