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Fetch can't do a lot of table stakes stuff...

Ok, well have AI write some table stakes for you in 10 minutes with 100% test coverage and only provide exactly what "table stakes" you are missing without any bells and whistles.

Such as?

One I’ve noticed is download/upload progress.

You’ve been able to do download/upload progress using the Streams API with fetch for more than seven years now. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Streams_API

on the FE?

The streams API exists on the FE, you can pipe an upload or download through a TransformStream to monitor progress

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