Weekly github digest (HTML specs) from W3C Webmaster via GitHub API on 2025-09-15 (public-html@w3.org from September 2025)

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Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 17:00:20 +0000
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Issues
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* w3c/webcomponents (+0/-1/💬2)
  2 issues received 2 new comments:
  - #1093 Reference Target: what type should the `referenceTarget` attribute be? (1 by alice)
    https://github.com/WICG/webcomponents/issues/1093 
  - #762 Mechanism for setting the tabindex focus flag without sprouting tabindex attribute? (1 by ITenthusiasm)
    https://github.com/WICG/webcomponents/issues/762 [custom-elements] [needs implementer interest] 

  1 issues closed:
  - Reference Target: what type should the `referenceTarget` attribute be? https://github.com/WICG/webcomponents/issues/1093 

* whatwg/html (+8/-2/💬53)
  8 issues created:
  - Should the document.cookie API now be marked as deprecated to encourage all users to switch to CookieStore (by Chanran)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11658 
  - "headingoffset" attribute & "headingoffset" attribute in h1-h6 element (by mtrootyy)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11655 
  - When is <image> not an <img>? (by meiqinyan)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11650 
  - Upcoming WHATNOT meeting on 2025-09-11 (by cwilso)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11648 
  - Permanent anchor request: dom-document-cookie (by sbingler)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11646 
  - Question: non-obvious steps in document loading algorithms (by TimvdLippe)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11645 
  - Rendering of print media: Clarify specification’s scope (by BrianJDrake)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11644 
  - Method to populate multiple form fields from a single url-encoded string (by PaulKiddle)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11643 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] 

  28 issues received 53 new comments:
  - #11658 Should the document.cookie API now be marked as deprecated to encourage all users to switch to CookieStore (1 by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11658 
  - #11655 "headingoffset" attribute & "headingoffset" attribute in h1-h6 element (5 by annevk, keithamus, mtrootyy)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11655 
  - #11653 Popping node vs. end tag behavior in <option> and <selectedcontent> (3 by annevk, dmsnell, josepharhar)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11653 [topic: parser] [topic: select] 
  - #11652 Could `<big>` be redefined as a semantic element? (1 by LeaVerou)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11652 
  - #11650 When is <image> not an <img>? (1 by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11650 
  - #11648 Upcoming WHATNOT meeting on 2025-09-11 (4 by cwilso, ffiori, stephanieyzhang, tayloregivens)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11648 [agenda+] 
  - #11646 Permanent anchor request: dom-document-cookie (1 by domenic)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11646 [anchor permanence] 
  - #11644 Rendering of print media: Clarify specification’s scope (1 by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11644 
  - #11643 Method to populate multiple form fields from a single url-encoded string (1 by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11643 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] 
  - #11639 How to set the fill- and/or stroke-color without large overhead? (Canvas API -- 2D Rendering Context) (1 by 0scarB)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11639 
  - #11637 Proposal: Add `preparePrint()` to land all the resources needed by print (5 by BrianJDrake, bkardell, cathiechen, schenney-chromium)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11637 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] 
  - #11629 BaseURL is not specified correctly for CSS module scripts (2 by HITMAN5050, dandclark)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11629 [topic: script] [agenda+] 
  - #11626 Media documents should not block initial media request by CSP (3 by annevk, antosart, domenic)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11626 [security/privacy] 
  - #11625 Meeting 28 for joint OpenUI-WHATWG/HTML-CSSWG task force on styleable form controls (1 by kbabbitt)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11625 
  - #11619 Add support for <link rel=compression-dictionary ...> (2 by annevk, domenic)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11619 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: fetch] 
  - #11605 A way to make autoplay respect prefers-reduced-motion (1 by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11605 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: media] 
  - #11602 Proposal: Opt-In Case-Sensitive Parsing for Custom HTML Elements (1 by Thaoky)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11602 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: parser] [topic: custom elements] 
  - #11594 range attribute in video tag (3 by annevk, myakura, tiuvi)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11594 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] 
  - #11577 Proposal to add missing IDREF reflection IDL attributes (5 by alice, domenic, keithamus, lukewarlow)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11577 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [agenda+] 
  - #11541 Upcoming WHATNOT meeting on 2025-08-14 (1 by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11541 
  - #11526 Add rec2100-linear to PredefinedColorSpace (1 by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11526 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: canvas] 
  - #11061 Proposal: Customized built-in elements via `elementInternals.type` (1 by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11061 [addition/proposal] [agenda+] 
  - #10549 inconsistent input label `:active` and `:hover` behavior (1 by valler)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/10549 
  - #10251 Improve handling of malformed unicode bidi control characters (1 by afishhh)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/10251 [i18n-tracker] [i18n-alreq] [i18n-hlreq] 
  - #9878 Missing `reportValidity()` hook (2 by ITenthusiasm)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/9878 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: custom elements] [topic: forms] [needs concrete proposal] 
  - #7939 Make `<embed>` and `<object>` behave like `<iframe>` for image loading (1 by cwilso)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/7939 [normative change] [topic: navigation] [topic: embed and object] [agenda+] 
  - #6831 Stuff never gets cleaned up for workers (2 by domenic, jan-ivar)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/6831 [topic: workers] [topic: websockets] [topic: document lifecycle] 
  - #2272 Disallow interactive content in <summary> (1 by dbaron)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/2272 [document conformance] [accessibility] [a11y-tracker] 

  2 issues closed:
  - range attribute in video tag https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11594 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] 
  - inconsistent input label `:active` and `:hover` behavior https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/10549 

* whatwg/dom (+1/-1/💬2)
  1 issues created:
  - Clarify that addEventListener() callback accepts regular function (by runbing)
    https://github.com/whatwg/dom/issues/1403 

  1 issues received 2 new comments:
  - #1403 Clarify that addEventListener() callback accepts regular function (2 by domenic, runbing)
    https://github.com/whatwg/dom/issues/1403 

  1 issues closed:
  - Clarify that addEventListener() callback accepts regular function https://github.com/whatwg/dom/issues/1403 



Pull requests
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* whatwg/html (+4/-4/💬17)
  4 pull requests submitted:
  - add import bytes (by styfle)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11657 
  - Switch dialog/popover to using place-self:dialog (by tabatkins)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11656 
  - Capitalize autocomplete and autocapitalize attribute states (by lukewarlow)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11654 
  - Add lightning to the safelisted schemes list (by asoltys)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11649 

  9 pull requests received 17 new comments:
  - #11656 Switch dialog/popover to using place-self:dialog (1 by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11656 [needs tests] 
  - #11654 Capitalize autocomplete and autocapitalize attribute states (2 by annevk, domenic)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11654 
  - #11649 Add lightning to the safelisted schemes list (2 by asoltys, domenic)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11649 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: custom protocols] 
  - #11647 Meta: note requested permanent anchors in the source (1 by domenic)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11647 [do not merge yet] 
  - #11640 Source reformatting: switch to no line-breaking (4 by jmdyck, zcorpan)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11640 [spec tooling] 
  - #11601 Editorial: Clean up color conversion presentation in HTML canvas (2 by ccameron-chromium, graveljp)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11601 [clarification] [topic: canvas] 
  - #11392 Markup: Wrap algorithms in <div> tags (2 by domenic, jmdyck)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11392 
  - #10548 Define customizable `<select>` (2 by annevk, dmsnell)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/10548 [addition/proposal] [topic: forms] [agenda+] [topic: select] 
  - #7915 add unload permissions-policy feature (1 by abdur1905)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/7915 

  4 pull requests merged:
  - Update QuotaExceededError usage
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11440 
  - Capitalize autocomplete and autocapitalize attribute states
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11654 
  - Remove connectedness check in script post-connection steps
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11543 [topic: script] 
  - Add speculation rules prefetch
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11426 [addition/proposal] [topic: navigation] 

* whatwg/dom (+1/-0/💬0)
  1 pull requests submitted:
  - initial changes (by stephanieyzhang)
    https://github.com/whatwg/dom/pull/1404 


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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