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Connecting hardware to the web.

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Set up usb.spec.whatwg.org deploy Open

whatwg/usb#271 · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 15, 2026
[possibly theoretical issue] How should `selectAlternateInterface` handle running out of bandwidth? Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

whatwg/usb#266 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 20, 2026
Should interface association descriptors be checked against the "protected interface classes" list? Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

whatwg/usb#265 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 20, 2026
How should devices which support multiple LANGIDs for string descriptors be handled? Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

whatwg/usb#264 · 3 comments · Opened Apr 20, 2026
Clarify the wording around `USBEndpoint.packetSize` Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

whatwg/usb#262 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 20, 2026
Windows WinUSB does not allow manual control over packet sizes for isochoronous transfers Open

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whatwg/usb#261 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 20, 2026
Isochronous transfers cannot stall Open

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whatwg/usb#260 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 20, 2026
What happens if a device has malformed descriptors? Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

whatwg/usb#259 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 20, 2026
What is supposed to happen when an external program changes the device configuration? Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

whatwg/usb#258 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 20, 2026
[nitpick] The wording of how to handle an empty filter list doesn't match what happens in practice Open

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whatwg/usb#257 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 20, 2026
spec on USBDevice.open() doesn't mention SecurityError Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

whatwg/usb#256 · 1 comment · Opened Jan 25, 2026
[RFC] Unrestricted access on URL descriptor domain Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 32/100

whatwg/usb#251 · 6 comments · Opened Oct 22, 2024
Detaching a (Linux) kernel driver Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

whatwg/usb#246 · 4 comments · Opened Feb 25, 2024
Allow shared array buffers Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

whatwg/usb#243 · Opened Nov 27, 2023
Connecting to 2 usb devices in the same web app Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

whatwg/usb#242 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 18, 2023
Clarify wording on object equality Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

whatwg/usb#241 · 2 comments · Opened Oct 17, 2023
[Feature request] Expose device speed Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

whatwg/usb#240 · 6 comments · Opened Sep 7, 2023
device serial number exposes a fixed, global ID Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

whatwg/usb#230 · 6 comments · Opened Mar 3, 2023
Can't detect device disconnection when `transferIn` is waiting incoming data Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

whatwg/usb#219 · 1 comment · Opened May 21, 2022
BYOB support for controlTransferIn, transferIn and isochronousTransferIn Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

whatwg/usb#217 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 8, 2022
Fire connect and disconnect events on USBDevice and bubble Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

whatwg/usb#213 · 4 reactions · Opened Feb 9, 2022
The API should expose MIDI devices, even though they are in the "Audio" class. Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

whatwg/usb#211 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 24, 2022
Transfer result interface constructors not defined or called properly Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

whatwg/usb#207 · 3 comments · Opened Oct 14, 2021
Integrate with Serial API and WebHID Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

whatwg/usb#186 · 8 reactions · Opened May 30, 2020
Document privacy concerns Open

Difficulty 1/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

whatwg/usb#171 · 2 reactions · Opened Sep 16, 2019
Document Wireless USB considerations Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

whatwg/usb#167 · Opened May 19, 2019
Included non-connected devices in device permission result Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

whatwg/usb#166 · 2 comments · Opened May 6, 2019
Include an example for WebUSB use in Dedicated Workers Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

whatwg/usb#161 · 5 comments · Opened Dec 19, 2018
Add support for requesting multiple devices Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

whatwg/usb#141 · 5 reactions · Opened Jul 3, 2018
Clarify Platform Capability Descriptor's optional status Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100

whatwg/usb#128 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 11, 2018
Reconsider URL whitelist (optional?) Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

whatwg/usb#127 · 9 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 5, 2018
Add example of using permission api Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 25/100

whatwg/usb#111 · 5 comments · Opened Nov 16, 2017
Rebuild EXPLAINER.md as developer-facing documentation Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

whatwg/usb#108 · Opened Oct 13, 2017
Security considerations should mention access to keyboards, FIDO devices, etc. Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

whatwg/usb#100 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 19, 2017
Throw TypeErrors for invalid filters Open

whatwg/usb#91 · 2 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Apr 26, 2017
Update integration with the permissions API Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

whatwg/usb#84 · 6 comments · Opened Feb 15, 2017
Define WebUSB in Shared Workers Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

whatwg/usb#73 · 10 comments · 8 reactions · Opened Jan 8, 2017
USBConfiguration, USBAlternateInterface, USBEndpoint should provide access to non-standard descriptors Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

whatwg/usb#60 · 8 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Jun 25, 2016
Attack vector by emulating site-trusted devices Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

whatwg/usb#58 · 5 comments · Opened Apr 15, 2016
Include some non-normative information about device configurations Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 20/100

whatwg/usb#46 · Opened Mar 8, 2016
Friendly name filters Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

whatwg/usb#37 · 4 comments · Opened Feb 5, 2016
What configuration is the device in after it resets? Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 20/100

whatwg/usb#36 · 2 comments · Opened Feb 3, 2016
Say what the UA must do if the device is non-conformant. Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

whatwg/usb#27 · Opened Sep 25, 2015
Transfer calls need timeout/cancellation Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

whatwg/usb#25 · 22 comments · Opened Jul 21, 2015
Enable mechanism to disambiguate identical devices Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

whatwg/usb#23 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · Opened Jun 18, 2015

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