Weekly github digest (HTML specs) from W3C Webmaster via GitHub API on 2026-03-02 (public-html@w3.org from March 2026)

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Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2026 17:00:30 +0000
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Issues
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* w3c/html-aam (+1/-1/💬4)
  1 issues created:
  - Restore `rb` and `rtc` (by frivoal)
    https://github.com/w3c/html-aam/issues/602 

  3 issues received 4 new comments:
  - #601 New controls attribute for img element (2 by MelSumner, css-meeting-bot)
    https://github.com/w3c/html-aam/issues/601 [Agenda] 
  - #600 check mappings and a11y of HTMLButtonElement's declarative scroll commands (1 by css-meeting-bot)
    https://github.com/w3c/html-aam/issues/600 [Agenda] 
  - #598 posinset/setsize for radiogroups (1 by slender789)
    https://github.com/w3c/html-aam/issues/598 

  1 issues closed:
  - Update header/footer mappings for role=sectionheader/sectionfooter https://github.com/w3c/html-aam/issues/585 

* w3c/html-aria (+1/-2/💬4)
  1 issues created:
  - The ruby rb and rtc sub elements should be added (by frivoal)
    https://github.com/w3c/html-aria/issues/571 

  2 issues received 4 new comments:
  - #568 Broken links in ARIA in HTML (2 by pkra, scottaohara)
    https://github.com/w3c/html-aria/issues/568 
  - #564 monorepo (2 by daniel-montalvo, pkra)
    https://github.com/w3c/html-aria/issues/564 

  2 issues closed:
  - Broken links in ARIA in HTML https://github.com/w3c/html-aria/issues/568 
  - monorepo https://github.com/w3c/html-aria/issues/564 

* whatwg/html (+17/-7/💬56)
  17 issues created:
  - #commit-a-navigate-event needs to defer calling intercept handlers. (by farre)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12222 [topic: navigation] 
  - Proposal for a native <type-writer> element for declarative, accessible text animation. (by anafibnshahibul)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12221 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] 
  - Proposal for a native <type-writer> element for declarative, accessible text animation. (by anafibnshahibul)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12220 
  - Import map read/write API (by LeaVerou)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12217 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: imports/exports] 
  - Feature request: multi-cursor support for `<textarea>` and `contenteditable` (by jimmywarting)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12216 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] 
  - `fetch a single module script` always defaults to javascript modules for top level fetches (by Gae24)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12214 [topic: fetch] [topic: script] 
  - Cloning a template's content into another template's shadow tree doesn't update its custom element registry (by AtkinsSJ)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12213 
  - HTML fragment parsing algorithm needs to set its document's base url (by AtkinsSJ)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12210 
  - HTML fragment parsing algorithm needs to set its document's custom element registry (by AtkinsSJ)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12209 [topic: parser] [topic: custom elements] 
  - Upcoming WHATNOT meeting on 2026-03-05 (by cwilso)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12206 [agenda+] 
  - sizes=auto needs to be explicit on timing (by emilio)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12204 [topic: img] 
  - Upcoming WHATNOT meeting on 2026-02-26 (by cwilso)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12202 
  - Proposal: Reflect whether an element is "open" (children being parsed) (by noamr)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12200 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] 
  - option and optgroup rendering requirements (by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12199 [topic: rendering] [topic: select] 
  - optgroup display:block? (by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12196 [topic: rendering] [topic: select] 
  - Is <slot dir=auto> special case needed? (by vinhill)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12192 [i18n-tracker] 
  - Implementation-defined ordering of task queues leading to interoperability issue with `popstate` and `hashchange` events (by avandolder)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12190 [topic: navigation] 

  32 issues received 56 new comments:
  - #12222 #commit-a-navigate-event needs to defer calling intercept handlers. (2 by farre)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12222 [topic: navigation] 
  - #12220 Proposal for a native <type-writer> element for declarative, accessible text animation. (2 by anafibnshahibul, annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12220 
  - #12214 `fetch a single module script` always defaults to javascript modules for top level fetches (1 by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12214 [topic: fetch] [topic: script] 
  - #12209 HTML fragment parsing algorithm needs to set its document's custom element registry (1 by AtkinsSJ)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12209 [topic: parser] [topic: custom elements] 
  - #12204 sizes=auto needs to be explicit on timing (2 by emilio, zcorpan)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12204 [topic: img] 
  - #12202 Upcoming WHATNOT meeting on 2026-02-26 (2 by cwilso, scottjehl)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12202 
  - #12200 Proposal: Reflect whether an element is "open" (children being parsed) (2 by keithamus, noamr)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12200 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] 
  - #12199 option and optgroup rendering requirements (1 by josepharhar)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12199 [topic: rendering] [topic: select] 
  - #12196 optgroup display:block? (2 by josepharhar, nt1m)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12196 [topic: rendering] [topic: select] 
  - #12192 Is <slot dir=auto> special case needed? (2 by annevk, dbaron)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12192 [i18n-tracker] 
  - #12190 Implementation-defined ordering of task queues leading to interoperability issue with `popstate` and `hashchange` events (1 by zcorpan)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12190 [topic: navigation] 
  - #12188 Proposal: Improve UI stepping behavior in <input type="number"> (2 by jimmywarting, xavierholt)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12188 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: forms] 
  - #12164 `Link` (or other) HTTP header to link to external import map? (6 by KurtCattiSchmidt, LeaVerou, yoavweiss)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12164 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: imports/exports] 
  - #12163 `specifier:` URL protocol for retrofitting specifiers in places designed for URLs (5 by KurtCattiSchmidt, LeaVerou, sorvell)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12163 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: imports/exports] 
  - #12160 Exclude whitespace-only src attributes from fetching resources (1 by zcorpan)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12160 [topic: fetch] [needs tests] [needs concrete proposal] 
  - #12150 Platform-Provided Behaviors for Custom Elements (2 by anaskim, kyubisation)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12150 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] 
  - #12141 Upcoming WHATNOT meeting on 2026-02-12 (1 by cwilso)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12141 
  - #12096 selectedcontent removing steps vs pagehide (and unload) (1 by josepharhar)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12096 [agenda+] [topic: select] 
  - #11968 (scroll-to-text) Allow limiting the number of scroll fragments (1 by bokand)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11968 
  - #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] 
  - #11694 Popover: Implicit anchor element removed too early (1 by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11694 [agenda+] [topic: popover] 
  - #11585 Support for managing id's declaratively (2 by jimmywarting, mayank99)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11585 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] 
  - #11564 toggle and beforetoggle events for the select element (3 by lukewarlow, teetotum)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11564 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: select] 
  - #11542 Out of order HTML streaming ("patching") (2 by cwilso, noamr)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11542 [addition/proposal] [topic: parser] [stage: 1] 
  - #10423 Allow for named base URLs so that relative links can be used for multiple websites or subsites (1 by schrmh)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/10423 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] 
  - #9936 A popover on top of a modal dialog should be interactable (1 by ivands)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/9936 [topic: dialog] [topic: popover] 
  - #9479 Proposal: Meta Tag for AI Generated Content (1 by dweekly)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/9479 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] 
  - #7804 "Fetch a classic worker-imported script" uses fetch's synchronous flag, which is no longer defined (1 by KurtCattiSchmidt)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/7804 [topic: workers] [topic: fetch] [integration] 
  - #7794 Feature proposal: input[mask] (1 by jimmywarting)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/7794 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: forms] 
  - #7590 Deprecate <rp> element (1 by tats-u)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/7590 [removal/deprecation] [document conformance] [i18n-tracker] [i18n-jlreq] [i18n-clreq] [topic: ruby] 
  - #5488 <input type="time"> : Time vs. duration (1 by jimmywarting)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/5488 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: forms] [i18n-tracker] 
  - #1771 rb and rtc element should be removed from the list of obsolete features (3 by dhouck, tats-u)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/1771 [document conformance] [i18n-tracker] [i18n-jlreq] [i18n-clreq] [topic: ruby] 

  7 issues closed:
  - No implementation calls #resume-applying-the-traverse-history-step entirely async https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11814 [compat] [topic: navigation] 
  - Proposal for a native <type-writer> element for declarative, accessible text animation. https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12220 
  - Upcoming WHATNOT meeting on 2026-02-26 https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12202 
  - Navigation API: Dead lock in "Performing a navigation api traversal" https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12028 [topic: navigation] 
  - Upcoming WHATNOT meeting on 2026-02-12 https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12141 
  - Upcoming WHATNOT meeting on 2026-01-08 https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12034 
  - optgroup display:block? https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12196 [topic: rendering] [topic: select] 

* whatwg/dom (+0/-0/💬7)
  3 issues received 7 new comments:
  - #1446 https://dom.spec.whatwg.org/#dom-range-deletecontents may collapse the Range to an invalid position (4 by stevenobiajulu, zcorpan)
    https://github.com/whatwg/dom/issues/1446 [topic: ranges] 
  - #1407 attachShadow default custom element registry (2 by ja-y-son, sorvell)
    https://github.com/whatwg/dom/issues/1407 [topic: shadow] [topic: custom elements] 
  - #547 Proposal: Spellcheck API (1 by tmccombs)
    https://github.com/whatwg/dom/issues/547 



Pull requests
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* w3c/html-aria (+2/-0/💬1)
  2 pull requests submitted:
  - 570  (by scottaohara)
    https://github.com/w3c/html-aria/pull/570 
  - 569  (by copilot-swe-agent)
    https://github.com/w3c/html-aria/pull/569 

  1 pull requests received 1 new comments:
  - #569 Fix broken SVG AAM link: replace removed details-id-66 anchor with role-map-svg (1 by scottaohara)
    https://github.com/w3c/html-aria/pull/569 

* whatwg/html (+9/-0/💬22)
  9 pull requests submitted:
  - 12219  (by hjanuschka)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12219 
  - 12211  (by mrobinson)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12211 
  - 12205  (by josepharhar)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12205 
  - 12201  (by josepharhar)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12201 
  - 12198  (by nt1m)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12198 
  - 12197  (by josepharhar)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12197 
  - 12195  (by lukewarlow)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12195 
  - 12194  (by lukewarlow)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12194 
  - 12191  (by dontcallmedom)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12191 

  12 pull requests received 22 new comments:
  - #12219 Expand disabled form control event handling spec text (2 by annevk, hjanuschka)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12219 
  - #12205 Fix select option enabled selector (1 by lukewarlow)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12205 
  - #12198 Drop color-mix() color space from select base appearance style (2 by annevk, nt1m)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12198 
  - #12195 Add HTMLScriptElement IDL changes for Trusted Types (2 by lukewarlow)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12195 
  - #12153 Add Canvas writingMode and textOrientation (1 by schenney-chromium)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12153 [topic: canvas] 
  - #12031 Avoid unresolved promises in Navigation API traversal (1 by theIDinside)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12031 
  - #12024 Navigation API: nullify ongoing navigate event on successful cross-document navigation (4 by farre, noamr, nt1m)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12024 
  - #11988 Encourage always-escaping ampersand character. (2 by dmsnell, zcorpan)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11988 [document conformance] [topic: parser] 
  - #11980 Add support for video and audio element lazy-loading via the loading attribute (3 by scottjehl)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11980 [addition/proposal] [topic: media] [stage: 2] 
  - #11891 Build list of selectedcontent elements to clear (1 by josepharhar)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11891 [topic: select] 
  - #11687 Declarative CSS Modules (1 by KurtCattiSchmidt)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11687 
  - #6284 Temporal proposal HTML serialization support (2 by annevk, lucacasonato)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/6284 [addition/proposal] [topic: serialize and transfer] 

* whatwg/dom (+1/-0/💬0)
  1 pull requests submitted:
  - 1452  (by stevenobiajulu)
    https://github.com/whatwg/dom/pull/1452 


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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