Weekly github digest (HTML specs) from W3C Webmaster via GitHub API on 2026-01-12 (public-html@w3.org from January 2026)

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Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 17:00:24 +0000
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Issues
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* w3c/html-aam (+0/-0/💬1)
  1 issues received 1 new comments:
  - #345 summary element role mapping (1 by ddryo)
    https://github.com/w3c/html-aam/issues/345 [Element Mappings] 

* w3c/html-aria (+0/-0/💬1)
  1 issues received 1 new comments:
  - #562 <td> and role="columnheader/rowheader" (1 by scottaohara)
    https://github.com/w3c/html-aria/issues/562 

* whatwg/html (+12/-4/💬71)
  12 issues created:
  - Early return in step 31 of #inner-navigate-event-firing-algorithm is too strict (by farre)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12077 [topic: navigation] 
  - javascript URL navigations do not check ongoing navigation status (by jdm)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12075 [topic: navigation] 
  - "mark as ready" can happen before defining "steps to run when the result is ready" (by crhaglun)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12073 
  - https://html.spec.whatwg.org/#reactivate-a-document 4.3 doesn't match implementations, visibilityState isn't always set to 'visible' (by smaug----)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12070 
  - <link rel=preload> supported destinations are inconsistent between sections (by KurtCattiSchmidt)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12068 
  - Upcoming WHATNOT meeting on 2026-01-15 (by cwilso)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12067 [agenda+] 
  - Meeting 34 for joint OpenUI-WHATWG/HTML-CSSWG task force on styleable form controls (by mfreed7)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12064 
  - Align anchor IDL across the platform? (by bkardell)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12063 [needs implementer interest] [integration] [topic: svg] 
  - Should "update a color well control color" resolve `none` as 0? (by saschanaz)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12062 [topic: forms] [integration] 
  - TextTrackCue constructor is not exposed in the web interface (by rjksmith)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12061 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: media] 
  - "update a color well control color" works based on the input value concept while WPT expects the value attribute (by saschanaz)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12057 [topic: forms] 
  - Cryptographic User Content Offload/Obfuscation (by skeggse)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12055 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] 

  31 issues received 71 new comments:
  - #12077 Early return in step 31 of #inner-navigate-event-firing-algorithm is too strict (6 by farre, noamr)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12077 [topic: navigation] 
  - #12070 https://html.spec.whatwg.org/#reactivate-a-document 4.3 doesn't match implementations, visibilityState isn't always set to 'visible' (1 by yasna050297-blip)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12070 
  - #12063 Align anchor IDL across the platform? (4 by annevk, lukewarlow)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12063 [needs implementer interest] [integration] [topic: svg] 
  - #12062 Should "update a color well control color" resolve `none` as 0? (11 by annevk, emilio, saschanaz, svgeesus)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12062 [topic: forms] [integration] 
  - #12061 TextTrackCue constructor is not exposed in the web interface (2 by foolip)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12061 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: media] 
  - #12057 "update a color well control color" works based on the input value concept while WPT expects the value attribute (1 by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12057 [topic: forms] 
  - #12049 Base appearance for drop-down select multiple (1 by josepharhar)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12049 [topic: select] 
  - #12045 Clarification: can divs inside dls contain elements other than dt/dd? (1 by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12045 
  - #12043 HTMLSlotElement.assign() should accept nodes already assigned to children of the host (2 by Schommer475, rniwa)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12043 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: custom elements] 
  - #12034 Upcoming WHATNOT meeting on 01-08-2026 (3 by cwilso, leotlee, schenney-chromium)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12034 
  - #12023 Consider dropping DOCTYPE system/public identifier missing/empty distinction (5 by YeongseoYoon, annevk, hsivonen)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12023 [topic: parser] 
  - #12012 Meeting 33 for joint OpenUI-WHATWG/HTML-CSSWG task force on styleable form controls (2 by domfarolino, mfreed7)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12012 
  - #12010 `createContextualFragment`: implementations preload images, spec doesn't. (3 by annevk, noamr)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12010 [topic: parser] [needs compat analysis] 
  - #11975 Revert "Switch dialog/popover to using place-self:dialog" (2 by annevk, css-meeting-bot)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11975 [topic: style] [integration] 
  - #11896 Disallowed characters for `<input type="number">` on desktop (1 by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11896 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: forms] 
  - #11845 Navigation API: Inconsistency between spec and tests about WaitForAll (3 by annevk, noamr, nt1m)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11845 [topic: navigation] 
  - #11825 Option selectedness when all children are removed from select (1 by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11825 [topic: select] 
  - #11669 Coherent story for HTML-setting methods (4 by hsivonen, mozfreddyb, noamr)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11669 [topic: parser] 
  - #11578 Should the web platform adopt XSLT 3.0? (1 by alethkit)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11578 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] 
  - #11564 toggle and beforetoggle events for the select element (3 by josepharhar, keithamus, lukewarlow)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11564 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [agenda+] [topic: select] 
  - #11542 Out of order HTML streaming ("patching") (2 by noamr, smaug----)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11542 [addition/proposal] [topic: parser] [stage: 1] 
  - #11449 Writing Mode for Canvas text (1 by schenney-chromium)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11449 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: canvas] 
  - #11195 A modal dialog should not make inert top layer elements above itself (1 by keithamus)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11195 
  - #11193 Persistent element at the top of the top layer (2 by Link2Twenty, keithamus)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11193 [topic: dialog] [topic: popover] 
  - #11061 Proposal: Customized built-in elements via `elementInternals.type` (1 by nnaydenow)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11061 [addition/proposal] [stage: 1] 
  - #10811 Should non-modal top layer elements that come after modal dialogs also escape inertness? (1 by keithamus)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/10811 [topic: dialog] [topic: popover] 
  - #10650 HTML-in-Canvas (1 by grust101)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/10650 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: canvas] [stage: 1] 
  - #8534 Bogus assertion in "prepare the script element"? (1 by shannonbooth)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/8534 
  - #6731 Canvas textBaseline needs better tests (2 by drott, schenney-chromium)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/6731 [topic: canvas] [needs tests] [interop] 
  - #5867 Definition of an "unresolvable" url (1 by kinseytamsin)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/5867 
  - #4980 Attempt to remove implied-document definition (1 by smaug----)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/4980 [clarification] [topic: event loop] 

  4 issues closed:
  - A modal dialog should not make inert top layer elements above itself https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11195 
  - Early return in step 31 of #inner-navigate-event-firing-algorithm is too strict https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12077 [topic: navigation] 
  - Meeting 33 for joint OpenUI-WHATWG/HTML-CSSWG task force on styleable form controls https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12012 
  - `createContextualFragment`: implementations preload images, spec doesn't. https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12010 [topic: parser] [needs compat analysis] 

* whatwg/dom (+0/-1/💬5)
  3 issues received 5 new comments:
  - #1443 concept-node-equals definition is not correct (3 by abacabadabacaba, annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/dom/issues/1443 
  - #1442 Support for building an optimal, nested CSSStylesheet programmatically (1 by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/dom/issues/1442 [needs implementer interest] [addition/proposal] 
  - #1439 [meta] MutationObserver improvements tracking issue (1 by smaug----)
    https://github.com/whatwg/dom/issues/1439 [agenda+] 

  1 issues closed:
  - concept-node-equals definition is not correct https://github.com/whatwg/dom/issues/1443 



Pull requests
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* w3c/html-aria (+1/-0/💬0)
  1 pull requests submitted:
  - 563  (by scottaohara)
    https://github.com/w3c/html-aria/pull/563 

* w3c/webcomponents (+1/-0/💬0)
  1 pull requests submitted:
  - 1121  (by domfarolino)
    https://github.com/WICG/webcomponents/pull/1121 

* whatwg/html (+8/-0/💬36)
  8 pull requests submitted:
  - 12078  (by noamr)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12078 
  - 12076  (by byteforge38)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12076 
  - 12071  (by zcorpan)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12071 
  - 12069  (by josepharhar)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12069 
  - 12066  (by lukewarlow)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12066 
  - 12065  (by saschanaz)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12065 
  - 12060  (by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12060 
  - 12058  (by shannonbooth)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12058 

  14 pull requests received 36 new comments:
  - #12078 Navigation API: Revert 11987 (1 by noamr)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12078 
  - #12069 Define base appearance for select multiple drop-down (1 by josepharhar)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12069 
  - #12065 Use the value attribute for color update if dirty value flag is false (4 by annevk, saschanaz)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12065 
  - #12042 Do not broadcast storage events if storage is already empty (1 by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12042 
  - #12038 Set creation URL of worker settings to final URL after redirect
 (3 by TimvdLippe, asutherland, wanderview)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12038 
  - #12021 Fixing button command early-bail steps (11 by jakearchibald, keithamus, lukewarlow)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12021 
  - #12011 [Draft] Introduce the new menu elements (1 by css-meeting-bot)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12011 
  - #12000 Introduce customelementregistry global attribute (2 by annevk, ja-y-son)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12000 
  - #11981 Allow "style" and "json" in `as` attribute for `modulepreload` (6 by KurtCattiSchmidt, annevk, noamr)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11981 [agenda+] 
  - #11980 Add support for video element lazy-loading via the loading attribute (1 by scottjehl)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11980 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: media] [needs tests] 
  - #11959 Set "is currently stalled" before firing events (1 by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11959 [normative change] [topic: media] 
  - #11723 [focusgroup] Early Draft to add the focusgroup attribute  (1 by smaug----)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11723 
  - #11460 Change definition of select element list box and drop-down box rendering (1 by josepharhar)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11460 [topic: select] 
  - #10990 Add "has storage access" boolean to environment (2 by cfredric, domfarolino)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/10990 

* whatwg/dom (+1/-0/💬3)
  1 pull requests submitted:
  - 1444  (by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/dom/pull/1444 

  1 pull requests received 3 new comments:
  - #1437 Update element adoption logic for scoped registry (3 by annevk, ja-y-son)
    https://github.com/whatwg/dom/pull/1437 


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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