caption: Select <ph name="LACROS_NAME">Lacros</ph> browser binary
default: user_choice
default_for_enterprise_users: rootfs
desc: |-
This setting configures which <ph name="LACROS_NAME">Lacros</ph> browser to use.
If the policy is set to <ph name="LACROS_SELECTION_USER_CHOICE_VALUE">user_choice</ph>,
the user can decide which <ph name="LACROS_NAME">Lacros</ph> browser to load: binary from
<ph name="LACROS_ROOTFS_NAME">rootfs</ph> or <ph name="LACROS_STATEFUL_NAME">stateful</ph> partition.
If the user has not set any preference, the binary with the newest version will be chosen.
If the policy is set to <ph name="LACROS_SELECTION_ROOTFS_VALUE">rootfs</ph>,
always load <ph name="LACROS_ROOTFS_NAME">rootfs</ph> binary of
<ph name="LACROS_NAME">Lacros</ph> browser.
If the policy is unset, the default is <ph name="LACROS_SELECTION_ROOTFS_VALUE">rootfs</ph> for enterprise-managed users and
<ph name="LACROS_SELECTION_USER_CHOICE_VALUE">user_choice</ph> for non-managed users.
Note that changing the policy's value may cause
<ph name="LACROS_NAME">Lacros</ph> browser's data loss if the browser's
version it changes to is older than the current one. For example, if the
policy changes from <ph name="LACROS_SELECTION_USER_CHOICE_VALUE">user_choice</ph>
to <ph name="LACROS_SELECTION_ROOTFS_VALUE">rootfs</ph>, and the first one was
updated. Or if <ph name="PRODUCT_OS_NAME">$2<ex>Google ChromeOS</ex></ph> was
updated together with <ph name="LACROS_ROOTFS_NAME">rootfs</ph>
<ph name="LACROS_NAME">Lacros</ph> browser, and
<ph name="LACROS_STATEFUL_NAME">stateful</ph> has not been updated yet.
In such scenarios the correct data migration is not guaranteed.
Using <ph name="LACROS_SELECTION_USER_CHOICE_VALUE">user_choice</ph> or <ph name="LACROS_SELECTION_ROOTFS_VALUE">rootfs</ph>
is a safe option. Switching from <ph name="LACROS_SELECTION_ROOTFS_VALUE">rootfs</ph> to <ph name="LACROS_SELECTION_USER_CHOICE_VALUE">user_choice</ph>
is safe as well.
example_value: user_choice
features:
dynamic_refresh: false
per_profile: false
items:
- caption: Allow users to select <ph name="LACROS_NAME">Lacros</ph> browser binary
name: user_choice
value: user_choice
- caption: Always load <ph name="LACROS_ROOTFS_NAME">rootfs</ph> <ph name="LACROS_NAME">Lacros</ph> browser
name: rootfs
value: rootfs
owners:
- [email protected]
schema:
enum:
- user_choice
- rootfs
type: string
supported_on:
- chrome_os:112-
tags: []
type: string-enum