Weekly github digest (HTML specs)

Issues
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* w3c/html-aam (+2/-0/💬0)
  2 issues created:
  - Map fieldset readonly state to accessibility (by teoeter)
    https://github.com/w3c/html-aam/issues/606 
  - whitespace-only alt attribute treated differently (by giacomo-petri)
    https://github.com/w3c/html-aam/issues/605 

* w3c/html-aria (+6/-1/💬3)
  6 issues created:
  - Allowed/expected behavior of readonly on fieldset (by teoeter)
    https://github.com/w3c/html-aria/issues/588 
  - Clarification on hidden Attribute (Section 4.2) (by shirsha)
    https://github.com/w3c/html-aria/issues/587 
  - Confused with <img> element in the table in section 4 (by shirsha)
    https://github.com/w3c/html-aria/issues/586 
  - Inconsistency in Example 5 vs. Example 16 (by shirsha)
    https://github.com/w3c/html-aria/issues/583 
  - Inconsistency for <summary> (Section 3.3) (by shirsha)
    https://github.com/w3c/html-aria/issues/582 
  -  Grammatical typo in Section 4.3 and minor phrasing adjustments in Section 4.3.1. (by shirsha)
    https://github.com/w3c/html-aria/issues/581 

  3 issues received 3 new comments:
  - #587 Clarification on hidden Attribute (Section 4.2) (1 by scottaohara)
    https://github.com/w3c/html-aria/issues/587 
  - #586 Confused with <img> element in the table in section 4 (1 by davidsgrogan)
    https://github.com/w3c/html-aria/issues/586 
  - #582 Inconsistency for <summary> (Section 3.3) (1 by scottaohara)
    https://github.com/w3c/html-aria/issues/582 

  1 issues closed:
  - Clarification on hidden Attribute (Section 4.2) https://github.com/w3c/html-aria/issues/587 

* w3c/webcomponents (+0/-1/💬2)
  1 issues received 2 new comments:
  - #1055 Idea: A tree-aware task scheduler (2 by maxpatiiuk, sashafirsov)
    https://github.com/WICG/webcomponents/issues/1055 

  1 issues closed:
  - Add selector match custom element https://github.com/WICG/webcomponents/issues/1105 

* whatwg/html (+4/-6/💬24)
  4 issues created:
  - Broken "element with default preferred size" links (by nicolo-ribaudo)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12433 
  - Declarative Shadow Dom (DSD) - Can it be parsed by ChatGPT crawlers? (by sesa821933-source)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12427 
  - New <graph> tag (by jenli358)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12425 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] 
  - Upcoming WHATNOT meeting on 2026-05-14 (by jstenback)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12423 [agenda+] 

  18 issues received 24 new comments:
  - #12433 Broken "element with default preferred size" links (1 by nicolo-ribaudo)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12433 
  - #12427 Declarative Shadow Dom (DSD) - Can it be parsed by ChatGPT crawlers? (1 by keithamus)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12427 
  - #12425 New <graph> tag (2 by Delapouite, jenli358)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12425 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] 
  - #12417 Ease setting the size of a canvas to match display size (2 by Kaiido, szager-chromium)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12417 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: canvas] 
  - #12415 Initial about:blank window reuse changes active document too early (1 by shannonbooth)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12415 
  - #12413 Upcoming WHATNOT meeting on 2026-05-07 (2 by KurtCattiSchmidt, jstenback)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12413 [agenda+] 
  - #12408 Should cross-origin isolation be part of the agent cluster key? (1 by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12408 [security/privacy] [topic: workers] [topic: cross-origin-opener-policy] [topic: cross-origin-embedder-policy] 
  - #12404 Does the "shadow root" concept include UA shadow roots? (1 by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12404 [topic: shadow] [topic: focus] 
  - #12378 cachehint attribute of <script> for inline script caching (1 by azaika)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12378 [topic: script] 
  - #12342 Selectedcontent in select multiple (3 by annevk, josepharhar)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12342 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [agenda+] [topic: select] 
  - #12309 Upstream Document Picture-in-Picture (1 by jstenback)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12309 [addition/proposal] 
  - #11542 Out of order HTML streaming ("patching") (1 by jstenback)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11542 [addition/proposal] [topic: parser] [agenda+] [stage: 2] 
  - #10743 "Show the picker" steps never dismisses the picker upon node removal (1 by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/10743 [clarification] [topic: forms] [topic: select] 
  - #10604 Is it ok for `appearance:base` `<select>` not to require user activation before `showPicker()`? (1 by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/10604 [topic: forms] [topic: user activation] [topic: select] 
  - #10378 HTML Video Poster Image: Enable Responsive Images and ALT Text for Poster  (2 by scottjehl, zcorpan)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/10378 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: media] [stage: 1] 
  - #10293 Fieldset should support readonly attribute (1 by teoeter)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/10293 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: forms] 
  - #10153 Allow comment tags (`<!`, `--`, and `>`) to be nested. (1 by luxurystorecc1)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/10153 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] 
  - #3596 Allow adding icons/images to <select> and <datalist> <option>s (1 by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/3596 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: forms] [topic: select] 

  6 issues closed:
  - Navigation API: Dangling ongoing navigate event causes inconsistent behavior in tests https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11860 [topic: navigation] 
  - Is it ok for `appearance:base` `<select>` not to require user activation before `showPicker()`? https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/10604 [topic: forms] [topic: user activation] [topic: select] 
  - url is not defined in iframe load event steps https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12122 [topic: timing] 
  - Broken "element with default preferred size" links https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12433 
  - Declarative Shadow Dom (DSD) - Can it be parsed by ChatGPT crawlers? https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12427 
  - Upcoming WHATNOT meeting on 2026-05-07 https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12413 [agenda+] 



Pull requests
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* w3c/html-aria (+2/-0/💬0)
  2 pull requests submitted:
  - 585  (by scottaohara)
    https://github.com/w3c/html-aria/pull/585 
  - 584  (by scottaohara)
    https://github.com/w3c/html-aria/pull/584 

* whatwg/html (+6/-0/💬14)
  6 pull requests submitted:
  - 12434  (by nicolo-ribaudo)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12434 
  - 12432  (by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12432 
  - 12430  (by josepharhar)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12430 
  - 12428  (by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12428 
  - 12426  (by lutien)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12426 
  - 12424  (by teoeter)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12424 

  10 pull requests received 14 new comments:
  - #12430 Support `<selectedcontent>` in `<select multiple>` (1 by josepharhar)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12430 [topic: select] 
  - #12428 Stop defining volumechange in terms of public API (1 by foolip)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12428 
  - #12409 Add platform-provided behaviors for custom elements & submit behavior (1 by anaskim)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12409 
  - #12395 Upstream sanitizer api (1 by noamr)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12395 
  - #12373 Run specfmt over source (1 by zcorpan)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12373 [editorial] 
  - #12263 Clone into all descendant selectedcontent elements (2 by annevk, josepharhar)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12263 [topic: select] 
  - #12124 Pass the correct iframe fallback URL to resource timing (1 by josepharhar)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12124 
  - #11741 Integrate OpaqueRange hooks into text controls (input/textarea) (4 by annevk, jnjaeschke)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11741 
  - #11687 Declarative CSS Modules (1 by noamr)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11687 
  - #11033 Add immutable array buffer awareness to structuredClone (1 by styfle)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11033 [do not merge yet] [topic: script] [integration] 

* whatwg/dom (+0/-0/💬2)
  2 pull requests received 2 new comments:
  - #1433 Address infinite loop in TreeWalker's nextNode() (1 by abrhimaiiye-dev)
    https://github.com/whatwg/dom/pull/1433 [needs tests] [topic: traversal] 
  - #1404 Add OpaqueRange interface (1 by annevk)
    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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