Issues

• Proposal: extend window.open() to split tabs, and add declarative equivalents for window.open() generally

  addition/proposalagenda+topic: frames/navigables/browsing contexts
  whatwg/html#13153 · Filter by author mfreed7 opened on Oct 27, 2026
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• Iframes aren't reactivated when their page is restored from bfcache

  topic: frames/navigables/browsing contextstopic: navigation API
  whatwg/html#13096 · Filter by author zcorpan opened on Oct 19, 2026

• Inserting an iframe into a non-fully active document creates a child navigable

  topic: frames/navigables/browsing contexts
  whatwg/html#13085 · Filter by author zcorpan opened on Oct 16, 2026
  3

• Fix the group used for a navigated child navigable's Window

  topic: frames/navigables/browsing contexts
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  whatwg/html#13034·shannonbooth opened Oct 3, 2026 · Updated Oct 12, 2026
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• is-closing / window.closed stays true if beforeunload is canceled

  topic: frames/navigables/browsing contexts
  whatwg/html#12969 · Filter by author vinhill opened on Sep 21, 2026
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• The rules for choosing a navigable "_parent" lets a cross-origin child navigate a parent != top, but implementations block it

  interoptopic: frames/navigables/browsing contexts
  whatwg/html#12941 · Filter by author sqrt0x opened on Sep 14, 2026

• Should child navigables be populated from history and identified across navigations where their creator reloads / traverses?

  topic: frames/navigables/browsing contextstopic: history
  whatwg/html#12872 · Filter by author vinhill opened on Aug 31, 2026
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• beforeunload event handling may hang

  topic: frames/navigables/browsing contextstopic: navigation
  whatwg/html#12802 · Filter by author smaug---- opened on Aug 20, 2026

• Should a javascript: URL that doesn't create a new document trigger a load event?

  topic: frames/navigables/browsing contextstopic: javascript: URLs
  whatwg/html#12788 · Filter by author jdm opened on Aug 17, 2026
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• frameset/frame style adjustments should be defined in HTML UA stylesheet

  interoptopic: frames/navigables/browsing contextstopic: rendering
  whatwg/html#12501 · Filter by author nt1m opened on May 28, 2026
  3

• Removing iframe does not update content document's visibility state.

  compattopic: frames/navigables/browsing contexts
  Bug

  whatwg/html#12288 · Filter by author Psychpsyo opened on Mar 19, 2026
  2

• Investigate snapshot timing of allow/allowfullscreen attributes

  integrationtopic: frames/navigables/browsing contexts
  whatwg/html#12033 · Filter by author zcorpan opened on Dec 18, 2025
  1

• Should #close-a-top-level-traversable set #is-closing?

  topic: frames/navigables/browsing contexts
  whatwg/html#11853 · Filter by author vinhill opened on Oct 30, 2025

• Window open steps and destroyed navigables

  topic: frames/navigables/browsing contexts
  whatwg/html#11797 · Filter by author gterzian opened on Oct 16, 2025
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• [Navigation API] Inconsistency between spec and tests for navigating methods and detached iframes

  topic: frames/navigables/browsing contextstopic: navigation API
  whatwg/html#11252 · Filter by author jnjaeschke opened on Apr 23, 2025
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• Deprecate script-closeability for session-history length of one?

  topic: frames/navigables/browsing contexts
  whatwg/html#11229 · Filter by author vinhill opened on Apr 16, 2025

• Navigate a navigable should probably use "matches about:srcdoc"

  clarificationtopic: frames/navigables/browsing contextstopic: navigation
  whatwg/html#10900 · Filter by author AtkinsSJ opened on Jan 7, 2025
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• Window name targeting: tie-breaking for same-named top-level traversables is not interoperable

  interoptopic: frames/navigables/browsing contexts
  whatwg/html#10850 · Filter by author domenic opened on Dec 11, 2024

• Window name targeting: checking "allowed by sandboxing to navigate" is not interoperable

  interoptopic: frames/navigables/browsing contexts
  whatwg/html#10849 · Filter by author domenic opened on Dec 11, 2024

• Window name targeting: which subtree to search is not interoperable

  interoptopic: frames/navigables/browsing contexts
  whatwg/html#10848 · Filter by author domenic opened on Dec 11, 2024

• Force a browsing context group swap when navigating to and from file: URLs

  topic: frames/navigables/browsing contexts
  whatwg/html#10842 · Filter by author annevk opened on Dec 10, 2024

• "check if an access between two browsing contexts should be reported" can be called with null browsing context but doesn't handle it

  topic: frames/navigables/browsing contexts
  whatwg/html#10192 · Filter by author awesomekling opened on Mar 10, 2024
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• Support for rel attribute on iframe

  addition/proposalneeds implementer interesttopic: frames/navigables/browsing contexts
  whatwg/html#8682 · Filter by author 0xdevwrite opened on Jan 5, 2023
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• Regression: window.name should not be on navigable

  topic: cross-origin-opener-policytopic: frames/navigables/browsing contexts
  whatwg/html#8563 · Filter by author annevk opened on Nov 30, 2022
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• Add integration points for WebDriver BiDi load scripts

  integrationtopic: frames/navigables/browsing contexts
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  whatwg/html#8300·jgraham opened Sep 20, 2022 · Updated Mar 20, 2026
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