Weekly github digest (HTML specs) from W3C Webmaster via GitHub API on 2025-11-17 (public-html@w3.org from November 2025)

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Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2025 17:00:25 +0000
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Issues
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* w3c/html-aam (+0/-0/💬1)
  1 issues received 1 new comments:
  - #545 CSS: handing the a11y of anchor positioning (1 by mfreed7)
    https://github.com/w3c/html-aam/issues/545 [Agenda] [f2fcandidate] 

* w3c/webcomponents (+1/-0/💬10)
  1 issues created:
  - Addressable comments (a very small DOM parts subset) (by noamr)
    https://github.com/WICG/webcomponents/issues/1116 

  2 issues received 10 new comments:
  - #1116 Addressable comments (a very small DOM parts subset) (8 by FrameMuse, justinfagnani, mfreed7, noamr)
    https://github.com/WICG/webcomponents/issues/1116 
  - #1029 Proposal: Custom attributes for all elements, enhancements for more complex use cases (2 by LeaVerou, justinfagnani)
    https://github.com/WICG/webcomponents/issues/1029 

* whatwg/html (+10/-0/💬46)
  10 issues created:
  - Extending `details[name]` grouping to handle sets that expand and collapse together (by nektro)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11920 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] 
  - [import maps] Ability to re-write more dynamically (globs?) (by trusktr)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11919 
  - The note in "upgrade an element" for step 9.3 seems meaningless (by dSalieri)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11918 
  - Generalize custom element upgrade concept by allowing `customElements.define(name, Subclass)` (by LeaVerou)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11914 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: custom elements] 
  - Transfer steps for OffscreenCanvas arent realm independent (by me-it-is)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11912 
  - Allow setting the image opacity on dragging (by A-D-E-A)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11910 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] 
  - Consider a "first-time transient activation" concept. (by mikewest)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11909 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] 
  - CustomElementRegistry's upgrade() should use this (by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11908 [topic: custom elements] 
  - Incorrect Padding Calculation in HTMLOptionsCollection Index Assignment (by lpas)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11905 
  - Revoking the "storage-access" permission (by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11904 

  23 issues received 46 new comments:
  - #11900 `element.defaultRole` (1 by jcsteh)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11900 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [accessibility] 
  - #11860 Navigation API: Dangling ongoing navigate event causes inconsistent behavior in tests (1 by jnjaeschke)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11860 [topic: navigation] 
  - #11858 customElementRegistry.initialize should provoke custom elements to upgrade (1 by ja-y-son)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11858 [normative change] [topic: custom elements] [needs tests] [needs concrete proposal] 
  - #11847 Add declarative scroll commands to HTMLButtonElement (4 by LeaVerou, annevk, bramus)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11847 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: button] 
  - #11845 Navigation API: Inconsistency between spec and tests about WaitForAll (1 by jnjaeschke)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11845 [topic: navigation] 
  - #11819 Allow deferring commit of a same-origin cross-document navigation (2 by mmocny, noamr)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11819 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [agenda+] [stage: 1] 
  - #11814 No implementation calls #resume-applying-the-traverse-history-step entirely async (1 by farre)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11814 [compat] [topic: navigation] 
  - #11743 Proposal: Add optimization to ignore "duplicate" navigations (1 by othermaciej)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11743 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: navigation] 
  - #11722 Add support for <meta name="rating" ...> (2 by AramZS, ell1e)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11722 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [privacy-tracker] 
  - #11711 WHATUP at TPAC 2025: agenda suggestions (2 by cwilso, eemeli)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11711 [agenda+] 
  - #11669 Coherent story for HTML-setting methods (2 by jakearchibald, noamr)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11669 [topic: parser] 
  - #11542 Out of order HTML streaming ("patching") (7 by jakearchibald, noamr)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11542 [addition/proposal] [topic: parser] [stage: 1] 
  - #11535 The select element doesn't support slotted option elements (2 by frehner, kbabbitt)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11535 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: shadow] [topic: custom elements] [topic: select] 
  - #11478 FormControlRange Interface (1 by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11478 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [agenda+] [stage: 1] 
  - #11477 Base appearance for list box select elements (3 by css-meeting-bot, josepharhar)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11477 [topic: select] 
  - #10879 Audit and fix innerHTML scripting disabled parsing behavior for template (1 by zcorpan)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/10879 [topic: parser] [interop] 
  - #10852 Allow form controls in a shadow root to participate in it's host form submission (4 by KonnorRogers, Westbrook, trusktr)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/10852 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: shadow] 
  - #10478 "Fragment serializing algorithm" outputs node itself instead of its contents for elements in non-HTML documents (1 by jdm)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/10478 
  - #9479 Proposal: Meta Tag for AI Generated Content (4 by Explorer09, Psychpsyo, lifthrasiir)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/9479 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] 
  - #9426 Make the HTML parser's scripting flag not depend on "scripting was enabled" (1 by zcorpan)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/9426 [topic: parser] 
  - #9000 Storage Access API Standardization (1 by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/9000 [addition/proposal] [topic: cookie] 
  - #6231 Custom Elements definition/styling challenges/use cases  (1 by scottjehl)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/6231 
  - #5373 Mitigate canvas fingerprinting risk (2 by valadaptive)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/5373 [normative change] [topic: canvas] [security/privacy] [privacy-tracker] 

* whatwg/dom (+2/-1/💬15)
  2 issues created:
  - Option to allow `querySelector` to query shadow roots (by LeaVerou)
    https://github.com/whatwg/dom/issues/1422 [needs implementer interest] [addition/proposal] 
  - "Set an existing attribute value" algorithm checks twice if attributes element is null (by tete17)
    https://github.com/whatwg/dom/issues/1421 

  8 issues received 15 new comments:
  - #1421 "Set an existing attribute value" algorithm checks twice if attributes element is null (1 by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/dom/issues/1421 
  - #1420 CDATA section can be imported into HTML document (1 by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/dom/issues/1420 [needs implementer interest] [addition/proposal] 
  - #1413 Allow elements with a null customElementRegistry without Shadow DOM (3 by ja-y-son, rniwa, sorvell)
    https://github.com/whatwg/dom/issues/1413 [topic: custom elements] [needs implementer interest] [addition/proposal] 
  - #1321 Extension only API to query across shadow trees (2 by LeaVerou)
    https://github.com/whatwg/dom/issues/1321 [topic: shadow] [needs implementer interest] [addition/proposal] 
  - #1287 `MutationObserver` flag to observe mutations in (open) shadow trees to facilitate polyfills of HTML syntax (3 by LeaVerou, keithamus, smaug----)
    https://github.com/whatwg/dom/issues/1287 [topic: shadow] [needs implementer interest] [addition/proposal] 
  - #1189 Should TreeWalker be expanded to support shadow roots in support of the selection API? (2 by LeaVerou, rniwa)
    https://github.com/whatwg/dom/issues/1189 [topic: shadow] [needs implementer interest] [needs concrete proposal] [topic: nodes] 
  - #320 `compareDocumentPosition` should allow comparison of elements in the same shadow-including root (2 by annevk, justinfagnani)
    https://github.com/whatwg/dom/issues/320 [topic: shadow] [needs implementer interest] [needs concrete proposal] [topic: nodes] 
  - #150 Proposal to improve the DOM creation api (1 by justinfagnani)
    https://github.com/whatwg/dom/issues/150 [needs implementer interest] [addition/proposal] 

  1 issues closed:
  - Custom element registry handling on insert after adopt https://github.com/whatwg/dom/issues/1412 [topic: custom elements] 



Pull requests
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* whatwg/html (+5/-0/💬15)
  5 pull requests submitted:
  -  (by vardhan30016)
     
  -  (by foolip)
     
  -  (by foolip)
     
  -  (by annevk)
     
  -  (by saikirankanakala)
     

  10 pull requests received 15 new comments:
  - #11913 Make initialize() upgrade and fix upgrade() (2 by annevk, ja-y-son)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11913 [topic: custom elements] 
  - #11907 Editorial: Replace numeric character references with Unicode characters (2 by TimvdLippe, saikirankanakala)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11907 [invalid] 
  - #11818 Add <template contentmethod> for declarative out-of-order streaming (2 by foolip, noamr)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11818 [topic: parser] 
  - #11792 Fix a few inconsistencies between the media element spec and implementations (1 by Zaggy1024)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11792 [topic: media] 
  - #11620 Added support for link rel=compression-dictionary (1 by pmeenan)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11620 
  - #11560 Redact ancestorOrigins using referrer policy (1 by theIDinside)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11560 
  - #11460 Change definition of select element list box and drop-down box rendering (2 by josepharhar)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11460 [topic: select] 
  - #10018 Add a new attribute called `writingsuggestions` to control UA-provided writing assistance (2 by littlemanguyer-cmyk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/10018 [addition/proposal] 
  - #7915 add unload permissions-policy feature (1 by NicolasDavid20y)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/7915 
  - #7203 Disable meta refresh when scripting is disabled (1 by zcorpan)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/7203 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] 


Repositories tracked by this digest:
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* https://github.com/w3c/html-aam
* https://github.com/w3c/html-aria
* https://github.com/w3c/html-extensions
* https://github.com/w3c/htmlwg
* https://github.com/w3c/webcomponents
* https://github.com/whatwg/html
* https://github.com/whatwg/dom


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