Web App Installability & Release Readiness Agent

Use this Actor to analyze web app installability and release readiness and return decision-ready structured signals. It is designed for repeatable human, API, Apify AI, and MCP-driven workflows.

Audit whether a modern web app has the public evidence needed for reliable installation and release readiness. Instead of validating manifest JSON in isolation, this Actor combines manifest discovery, service-worker evidence, icon readiness, HTTPS and snapshot-based regression detection.

Why use this Actor

PWAs and installable web apps often fail because one small release removes a service worker, breaks the manifest path, drops a required icon or changes configuration. Browser-based audit stacks can be heavy for simple recurring checks. This Actor provides a lightweight structured gate that frontend teams and AI agents can run continuously.

Key features

• Discover a manifest from HTML or common manifest paths.
• Validate name, start URL, display mode and icons.
• Check 192x192 and 512x512 icon coverage plus maskable icon evidence.
• Discover service-worker registration or common service-worker paths.
• Verify HTTPS and public page availability.
• Record manifest fingerprint and compare with previous snapshots.
• Detect manifest or service-worker regressions.
• Produce installabilityScore, releaseReadinessScore, releaseGate and agentAction.
• HTTP-first 256 MB runtime with no Lighthouse service or paid AI dependency.

Input

Provide one or more public web app URLs. Add previous snapshots for recurring release monitoring.

{"urls":["https://www.pwabuilder.com"],"previousSnapshots":{}}

Output

Each URL returns manifest and service-worker evidence, icon readiness, installability and release scores, regression fields, a reusable snapshot and a recommended action.

Example

A release that loses its service worker can move from PASS to REVIEW or BLOCK, surface service_worker_disappeared, and recommend REVIEW_WEB_APP_REGRESSION.

Use cases

PWA release gates, frontend CI, agency QA, ecommerce PWAs, SaaS web apps, manifest regressions, service-worker monitoring, installability audits and AI-agent release validation.

Pricing

Pay per result. The base configured price is $0.004 USD per web app result, with tiered discounts where supported.

Limitations

The Actor uses public HTTP evidence and heuristics rather than a full interactive browser. Browser-specific installation prompts and runtime service-worker behavior can differ. A PASS is strong release evidence, not a guarantee that every browser will offer installation.