Weekly github digest (HTML specs) from W3C Webmaster via GitHub API on 2026-04-13 (public-html@w3.org from April 2026)

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Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:00:29 +0000
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Issues
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* w3c/html-aam (+1/-0/💬4)
  1 issues created:
  - Provide notification that new page is loaded (by jnurthen)
    https://github.com/w3c/html-aam/issues/603 

  3 issues received 4 new comments:
  - #603 Provide notification that new page is loaded (1 by rahimabdi)
    https://github.com/w3c/html-aam/issues/603 
  - #601 New controls attribute for img element (2 by scottaohara, zcorpan)
    https://github.com/w3c/html-aam/issues/601 
  - #598 posinset/setsize for radiogroups (1 by slender789)
    https://github.com/w3c/html-aam/issues/598 

* w3c/webcomponents (+0/-0/💬4)
  2 issues received 4 new comments:
  - #1098 Reference Target: How to handle events fired on the reference target by related elements? (1 by dandclark)
    https://github.com/WICG/webcomponents/issues/1098 
  - #645 HTML Modules (3 by justinfagnani, noamr)
    https://github.com/WICG/webcomponents/issues/645 [needs concrete proposal] [modules] 

* whatwg/html (+16/-4/💬86)
  16 issues created:
  - Should <selectedcontent> match :disabled? (by emilio)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12367 
  - Licensing issue: Replace non-DFSG pictures by DFSG compliant ones (by tenzap)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12364 [editorial] 
  - Clarify `EventSource` behavior for documents entering and restoring from BFCache (by zp1996)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12363 
  - Navigation API: Intercepted history traverse can not be implemented (safely) (by theIDinside)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12362 
  - HTML Fragment Parser sets parsing mode to invalid flag (by shannonbooth)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12359 
  - Calling `showPopover` during popover show causes infinite recursion (by jakearchibald)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12356 [topic: popover] 
  - What should happen if a popover is shown during the hide of another? (by jakearchibald)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12355 [topic: popover] 
  - Enhancing import map handling in conjunction with a strict CSP (by jnsttl)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12354 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] 
  - Meeting 40 for joint OpenUI-WHATWG/HTML-CSSWG task force on styleable form controls (by mfreed7)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12351 
  - Specify private/sensitive information when drawing <svg><foreignObject> to canvas (by foolip)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12350 [topic: canvas] [security/privacy] 
  - Nesting requestClose() calls inside of cancel event can leave the dialog open. (by lukewarlow)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12347 [topic: dialog] [topic: close watchers] 
  - What should happen if you open an auto popover 'within' a hint popover? (by jakearchibald)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12346 [topic: popover] 
  - Allow multiple elements with the same nearest ancestor `autofocus` scoping root element to have `autofocus` (by andyearnshaw)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12343 
  - Selectedcontent in select multiple (by josepharhar)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12342 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: select] 
  - Upcoming WHATNOT meeting on 2026-04-09 (by cwilso)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12341 [agenda+] 
  - eventsource should never discard event.data on HTTP (by jabcreations)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12340 

  28 issues received 86 new comments:
  - #12364 Licensing issue: Replace non-DFSG pictures by DFSG compliant ones (1 by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12364 [editorial] 
  - #12362 Navigation API: Intercepted history traverse can not be implemented (safely) (1 by theIDinside)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12362 
  - #12359 HTML Fragment Parser sets parsing mode to invalid flag (5 by annevk, noamr, shannonbooth)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12359 
  - #12356 Calling `showPopover` during popover show causes infinite recursion (2 by keithamus, lukewarlow)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12356 [topic: popover] 
  - #12355 What should happen if a popover is shown during the hide of another? (1 by rakshitabh)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12355 [topic: popover] 
  - #12351 Meeting 40 for joint OpenUI-WHATWG/HTML-CSSWG task force on styleable form controls (1 by mfreed7)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12351 
  - #12350 Specify private/sensitive information when drawing <svg><foreignObject> to canvas (2 by Kaiido, progers)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12350 [topic: canvas] [security/privacy] 
  - #12347 Nesting requestClose() calls inside of cancel event can leave the dialog open. (2 by bkardell, lukewarlow)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12347 [topic: dialog] [topic: close watchers] 
  - #12346 What should happen if you open an auto popover 'within' a hint popover? (14 by bramus, jakearchibald, keithamus, lukewarlow)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12346 [topic: popover] 
  - #12338 Unexpected behavior of `interestfor` with popover controls (2 by keithamus, mfreed7)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12338 [topic: popover] [topic: button] 
  - #12328 [Customizable select] Define UA behavior for interactive content inside <option> (1 by lukewarlow)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12328 [accessibility] [a11y-tracker] [agenda+] [topic: select] 
  - #12322 Upcoming WHATNOT meeting on 2026-04-02 (1 by cwilso)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12322 
  - #12316 Expose enabled state on close watchers (3 by keithamus, lukewarlow)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12316 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: close watchers] 
  - #12304 popover=hint has multiple weird and inconsistent behaviours (1 by jakearchibald)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12304 [topic: popover] 
  - #12291 Meeting 39 for joint OpenUI-WHATWG/HTML-CSSWG task force on styleable form controls (1 by mfreed7)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12291 
  - #12273 Overscroll areas via command=toggle-overscroll (4 by bramus, vmpstr)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12273 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] 
  - #12096 selectedcontent removing steps vs pagehide (and unload) (6 by annevk, josepharhar, smaug----)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12096 [agenda+] [topic: select] 
  - #12085 Proposal: Unblock bfcache for active WebSockets by disconnecting on entry (1 by llannasatoll)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12085 [topic: navigation] [topic: websockets] 
  - #11669 Coherent story for HTML-setting methods (1 by noamr)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11669 [topic: parser] 
  - #11641 [focusgroup] Declarative keyboard focus navigation for a scoped set of composite widgets (1 by janewman)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11641 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [agenda+] [stage: 2] 
  - #11542 Out of order HTML streaming ("patching") (1 by noamr)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11542 [addition/proposal] [topic: parser] [agenda+] [stage: 2] 
  - #11287 Spec text for naturalWidth and naturalHeight behavior isn't web-compatible, for cases where attributes are missing (2 by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11287 [topic: img] [interop] 
  - #11007 Should the popoverList in "hide popover stack until" and "close entire popover list" be dynamically updated? (3 by jakearchibald, keithamus, lukewarlow)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11007 [topic: popover] 
  - #10650 HTML-in-Canvas (5 by annevk, chrishtr, jakearchibald)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/10650 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: canvas] [stage: 2] 
  - #9245 Focus delegate algorithm doesn't consider elements assigned to slot (1 by josepharhar)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/9245 [topic: shadow] [topic: focus] 
  - #5013 Media element muted attribute is checked at element creation time (3 by annevk, foolip)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/5013 [topic: media] [interop] [agenda+] 
  - #3577 HTML forms do not support the PUT, PATCH and DELETE methods (17 by JimDabell, alexpetros, anarchodin, jlunman, legowerewolf, matthewquinn, tmccombs)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/3577 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: forms] 
  - #617 A setTimeout that returns a promise that resolves after specified time. (3 by JoshTumath, shaseley)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/617 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] 

  4 issues closed:
  - HTML Fragment Parser sets parsing mode to invalid flag https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12359 
  - Meeting 39 for joint OpenUI-WHATWG/HTML-CSSWG task force on styleable form controls https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12291 
  - Upcoming WHATNOT meeting on 2026-04-02 https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12322 
  - "Scripting is enabled" is incorrect for fragment parsing https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12254 [topic: parser] [needs tests] 



Pull requests
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* whatwg/html (+10/-0/💬23)
  10 pull requests submitted:
  - 12366  (by andreubotella)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12366 
  - 12365  (by tenzap)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12365 
  - 12361  (by shannonbooth)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12361 
  - 12360  (by shannonbooth)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12360 
  - 12353  (by marcoscaceres)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12353 
  - 12352  (by Nikfuad)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12352 
  - 12349  (by llannasatoll)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12349 
  - 12348  (by bakkot)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12348 
  - 12345  (by jakearchibald)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12345 
  - 12344  (by jmdyck)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12344 

  11 pull requests received 23 new comments:
  - #12365 Fix 404 Error on image - prepend '/' to img URL (1 by tenzap)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12365 
  - #12361 Editorial: Align fragment parsing algorithms with their parameter types (1 by noamr)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12361 
  - #12353 Pass document's settings object when processing a manifest (1 by marcoscaceres)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12353 
  - #12345 Simplify popover=hint behaviours & related spec fixes (5 by jakearchibald, lukewarlow)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12345 
  - #12267 Add shadowrootslotassignment attribute (2 by annevk, keithamus)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12267 [topic: custom elements] 
  - #12263 Clone into all descendant selectedcontent elements (2 by jnjaeschke, josepharhar)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12263 
  - #12201 Define optgroup base appearance rendering (6 by annevk, josepharhar, lukewarlow)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12201 [normative change] [topic: rendering] [topic: select] 
  - #12151 Add controls attribute to img (1 by zcorpan)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12151 [addition/proposal] [topic: img] 
  - #11588 Add HTML-in-Canvas APIs (1 by hybridherbst)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11588 
  - #11033 Add immutable array buffer awareness to structuredClone (1 by bakkot)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11033 [do not merge yet] [topic: script] [integration] 
  - #10327 Don't cache HTTP errors in the module map (2 by nyaxt, zcorpan)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/10327 [needs tests] [needs implementation bugs] 


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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