Re: [whatwg/dom] Proposal: a DocumentFragment whose nodes do not get removed once inserted (#736) from Jon DeWitt on 2026-03-31 (public-webapps-github@w3.org from March 2026)

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Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 20:22:17 -0700
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jonathandewitt-dev left a comment (whatwg/dom#736)

> I don't think there is much appetite for introducing a new element which changes the behavior of HTML parser. We had to fight against dozens upon dozens of security bugs and crashes when we introduced `template` element. I don't think we want to repeat saga, not to mention that changing HTML parser resulted in a bunch of XSS issues in websites because there are non-browser implementations of HTML parser (e.g. used for server side rendering, etc...).

to be fair, the template element was one of the biggest game changers in the modern web, imho. So worth the trouble.

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