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Typings for navigator.connection gone since TS 4.8

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#56,962 opened on Jan 5, 2024

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Description

⚙ Compilation target

es5

⚙ Library

es6 dom dom.iterable es2016 es2017 esnext

Missing / Incorrect Definition

navigator.connection is missing after updating Typescript from 4.5 to 5.3. I checked the other versions and it seems it got removed since version 4.8. However, I couldn't find this change in the breaking changes docs.

Sample Code

const c = navigator.connection;

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Research direction
Find the dom.generated.d.ts file in the TypeScript repository and add the missing Connection type for navigator.connection. Look for existing Web API interfaces like Navigator and add the property.
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typescript
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