Passing empty string as the destination according to the current logic in NetworkProcess::findPendingDownloadLocation[1] should cancel the download. In practice the download never finishes and if the browser stays open for > 30s after the page is closed corresponding web process may leak similar to https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=241583 (I didn't debug the exact retention path). [1] https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/blob/fcd1d36de2ca84f2d8736165fbc08cd6251f9578/Source/WebKit/NetworkProcess/NetworkProcess.cpp#L2042-L2043
Pull request: https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/pull/1970
Committed 256737@main (c985acc37157): <https://commits.webkit.org/256737@main> Reviewed commits have been landed. Closing PR #1970 and removing active labels.
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