Bug 280160

Summary: Notifications API: support for the `badge` option
Product: WebKit Reporter: ik
Component: Service WorkersAssignee: Nobody <webkit-unassigned>
Status: NEW ---    
Severity: Normal CC: youennf
Priority: P2    
Version: Safari 18   
Hardware: Unspecified   
OS: Unspecified   
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Screenshot of the same notifications on Android (with badge icon) and iOS (no badge icon) none

Description ik 2024-09-22 13:44:37 PDT
Created attachment 472633 [details]
Screenshot of the same notifications on Android (with badge icon) and iOS (no badge icon)

MDN lists the Notifications API's `badge` option as supported in iOS Safari 16.4 but the badge icon is never shown. 

(Does iOS even support 'badge' icons?)

I used Peter Beverloo's excellent Notification Generator and some additional local testing to confirm my findings:
https://tests.peter.sh/notification-generator/

MDN compat table:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Notifications_API#browser_compatibility

MDN `badge`:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Notification/badge

Screenshot of the same notifications on Android (with badge icon) and iOS (no badge icon) attached.