In January 2010, Google announced availability of WebSQL Database API in Google Chrome.
Mozilla Corporation developers publicly opposed the technology and at the same were the main proponents behind an 'alternative storage' standard,
IndexedDB. Mozilla argued that ratification of WebSQL as a standard would codify the quirks of
SQLite implementation. In November 2010, the
W3C Web Applications Working Group ceased working on the specification, citing a lack of independent implementations (i.e. using database system other than
SQLite as the backend) as the reason the specification could not move forward to become a W3C Recommendation. In February 2023, Chrome 110 removed WebSQL support in insecure contexts but allowed exceptions set with an enterprise policy. In October 2023, Chrome 119 was shipped with WebSQL disabled in all contexts by default, with an ability to re-enable it until Chrome 123 via a deprecation trial in some contexts. In April 2024, Chromium-based browsers, including Chrome 124 and Edge 124 have removed support WebSQL completely. ==See also==