Weekly github digest (HTML specs)

Issues
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* w3c/html-aam (+0/-1/💬0)
  1 issues closed:
  - update img alt accname calculation to match aria-label https://github.com/w3c/html-aam/issues/595 

* whatwg/html (+8/-3/💬74)
  8 issues created:
  - Storage object and its support for indexed properties (by shannonbooth)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12123 
  - url is not defined in iframe load event steps (by jdm)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12122 [topic: timing] 
  - Should appearance: base select button have both `all: unset` and `display: contents` ? (by nt1m)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12121 [topic: rendering] [topic: select] 
  - Untended behavior change from navigation ID check in javascript URL navigation (by shannonbooth)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12120 
  - Links (`<a>` & `<link>`) targetting at different version of the current document (by tats-u)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12119 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] 
  - Coordinates of keyboard-driven click events (by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12117 [accessibility] [needs tests] [topic: events] [topic: user activation] [a11y-tracker] [agenda+] 
  - New select is hard to use in a custom element (by jpzwarte)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12116 
  - Upcoming WHATNOT meeting on 2026-01-29 (by cwilso)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12113 [agenda+] 

  26 issues received 74 new comments:
  - #12122 url is not defined in iframe load event steps (5 by annevk, noamr)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12122 [topic: timing] 
  - #12121 Should appearance: base select button have both `all: unset` and `display: contents` ? (2 by emilio)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12121 [topic: rendering] [topic: select] 
  - #12120 Untended behavior change from navigation ID check in javascript URL navigation (1 by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12120 
  - #12117 Coordinates of keyboard-driven click events (8 by JoshTumath, patrickhlauke, smaug----)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12117 [accessibility] [needs tests] [topic: events] [topic: user activation] [a11y-tracker] [agenda+] 
  - #12116 New select is hard to use in a custom element (1 by josepharhar)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12116 
  - #12113 Upcoming WHATNOT meeting on 2026-01-29 (1 by leotlee)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12113 [agenda+] 
  - #12103 Re: Issue #11523 Removal of XSLT from the web platform (5 by bkardell, brynlewis, mfreed7)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12103 
  - #12099 Selects interplay with popover is sometimes surprising. (1 by lukewarlow)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12099 [needs tests] [agenda+] [topic: select] 
  - #12096 selectedcontent removing steps vs pagehide (and unload) (1 by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12096 [topic: select] 
  - #12087 Upcoming WHATNOT meeting on 2026-01-22 (1 by cwilso)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12087 [agenda+] 
  - #11921 Native Footnote/Endnote Element in HTML (9 by BigBlueHat, TzviyaSiegman, jakearchibald, mattgarrish, reidmore-online, sueneu)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11921 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [i18n-tracker] 
  - #11856 `controls` attribute for `<img>` element (4 by annevk, jakearchibald, smaug----)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11856 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: img] [agenda+] 
  - #11542 Out of order HTML streaming ("patching") (17 by WebReflection, foolip, hsivonen, noamr, zcorpan)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11542 [addition/proposal] [topic: parser] [agenda+] [stage: 1] 
  - #11535 The select element doesn't support slotted option elements (1 by jpzwarte)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11535 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: shadow] [topic: custom elements] [topic: select] 
  - #11449 Writing Mode for Canvas text (3 by annevk, schenney-chromium, tkent-google)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11449 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: canvas] 
  - #11316 WorkerGlobalScope policies not fully converted to policy containers (1 by yoavweiss)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11316 [topic: policy container] 
  - #11230 Dialog requestClose causes several issues with regard to interplay of CloseWatcher (1 by ahfuckit)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11230 [topic: dialog] [topic: close watchers] 
  - #11157 Add datalist support to textarea (1 by Trolldemorted)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11157 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: forms] 
  - #11040 .elementInternals accessor property (2 by dbjorge, lukewarlow)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11040 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [accessibility] [topic: custom elements] [agenda+] 
  - #10997 A new API for work during unload (1 by madamzinat5-blip)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/10997 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] 
  - #10673 Declarative CSS Modules and Declarative Shadow DOM `adoptedstylesheets` attribute (1 by css-meeting-bot)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/10673 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: shadow] [topic: script] [stage: 1] 
  - #10135 Storage event should probably fire on Document that didn't call localStorage getter (2 by hsingh-moz, shannonbooth)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/10135 [topic: storage] 
  - #9479 Proposal: Meta Tag for AI Generated Content (1 by dweekly)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/9479 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] 
  - #8362 Allow workers & shared workers to be created within a service worker (2 by paralin, pvh)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/8362 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: workers] 
  - #6831 Stuff never gets cleaned up for workers (1 by asutherland)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/6831 [topic: workers] [topic: websockets] [topic: document lifecycle] 
  - #3063 Behaviour of option elements with hidden attribute (1 by josepharhar)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/3063 [accessibility] [topic: forms] [interop] 

  3 issues closed:
  - Support `json`/`style` as `modulepreload` destinations https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/10233 [topic: script] [topic: resource hints (inc. preload)] 
  - New select is hard to use in a custom element https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12116 
  - Upcoming WHATNOT meeting on 2026-01-22 https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12087 [agenda+] 

* whatwg/dom (+1/-1/💬11)
  1 issues created:
  - Should `Attr.isConnected` return `false` if element is connected? (by caugner)
    https://github.com/whatwg/dom/issues/1448 

  2 issues received 11 new comments:
  - #1448 Should `Attr.isConnected` return `false` if element is connected? (2 by WebReflection, caugner)
    https://github.com/whatwg/dom/issues/1448 
  - #1422 Option to allow `querySelector` to query shadow roots (9 by annevk, jakearchibald, jonathanKingston)
    https://github.com/whatwg/dom/issues/1422 [needs implementer interest] [addition/proposal] 

  1 issues closed:
  - Should `Attr.isConnected` return `false` if element is connected? https://github.com/whatwg/dom/issues/1448 



Pull requests
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* whatwg/html (+3/-0/💬16)
  3 pull requests submitted:
  - 12124  (by noamr)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12124 
  - 12118  (by foolip)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12118 
  - 12114  (by nicolo-ribaudo)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12114 

  9 pull requests received 16 new comments:
  - #12118 Parse XML-style <?target data?> processing instructions (3 by foolip, noamr, zcorpan)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12118 
  - #12090 Do not run "Update a style block" while style element is on stack of open elements
 (1 by zcorpan)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12090 [topic: style] 
  - #12086 Add new strings for notRestoredReason for SharedWorker (2 by llannasatoll, zcorpan)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12086 
  - #12039 Editorial: fix link to "potentially free deferred fetch quota" (2 by TimvdLippe, annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12039 
  - #12038 Set creation URL of worker settings to final URL after redirect
 (3 by TimvdLippe, theIDinside)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12038 
  - #12026 Add document policy to the policy container (2 by clelland, monica-ch)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12026 
  - #11981 Allow "style" and "json" in `as` attribute for `modulepreload` (1 by KurtCattiSchmidt)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11981 
  - #11454 Carry over sticky activation for same-origin navs and traversals (1 by foolip)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11454 [addition/proposal] [topic: user activation] 
  - #10995 Add reference target (1 by alice)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/10995 


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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