This is based on w3c/resource-timing#332. See also w3c/resource-timing#343, w3c/navigation-timing#163, WICG/nav-speculation#180.
Resources on the web are usually fetched via HTTP (from the origin server), but in some cases they are known to be delivered from a cache or other buffer, in a way that affects loading performance. Insight into this is useful for authors understanding when these caches accelerate resource loading.
The deliveryType
attribute on PerformanceResourceTiming
addresses this, with the following values:
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