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AI-generatedCan GPUAdapterInfo reliably indicate a fallback adapter in WebGPU?
Context WebGPU’s requestAdapter accepts a forceFallbackAdapter flag that asks the implementation to return a non‑hardware backend, typically a software rasterizer. The API does not mandate which backend is used, and the GPUAdapterInfo fields are populated at the implementation’s discretion. Unresolved behavior Because the selection is implementation‑defined,