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Allow for the query algorithm to return prompt or denied when document is not allowed to use #458

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6 changes: 6 additions & 0 deletions index.html
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Expand Up @@ -816,6 +816,12 @@ <h3 id="reading-current-states">
<li>Return the {{PermissionState}} enum value that represents the permission state of
|feature|, taking into account any [=powerful feature/permission state constraints=]
for |descriptor|'s {{PermissionDescriptor/name}}.
<p class="note">
For privacy reasons the user agent can return the {{PermissionState/"prompt"}}
state instead of {{PermissionState/"denied"}}. This is because the
{{PermissionState/"denied"}} state could reveal information about prior visits
that user agents might not be willing to expose.
</p>
</li>
</ol>
</div>
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