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Allow document.open() to desync session history and document URLs #6649

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Allow document.open() to desync session history and document URLs
domenic May 4, 2021
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Revert most of the location.reload() spec changes
domenic May 4, 2021
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Expand Up @@ -83619,7 +83619,16 @@ interface <dfn>BarProp</dfn> {
data-x="struct item">items</span>:</p>

<ul>
<li><p><dfn data-x="she-url">URL</dfn>, a <span>URL</span></p></li>
<li>
<p><dfn data-x="she-url">URL</dfn>, a <span>URL</span></p>

<p class="warning">This <a href="#warning-document-open-url-mismatch">doesn't necessarily
match</a> the <span data-x="she-document">document</span>'s <span
data-x="concept-document-URL">URL</span>. In general, to find the "current URL" prefer using the
appropriate <code>Document</code>'s <span data-x="concept-document-URL">URL</span>; a
<span>session history entry</span>'s <span data-x="she-url">URL</span> is only to be used for
session history traversal and restoration.</p>
</li>

<li>
<p><dfn data-x="she-document">document</dfn>, a <code>Document</code> or null</p>
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -84178,8 +84187,8 @@ interface <dfn>History</dfn> {
<li><p>Let <var>serializedData</var> be
<span>StructuredSerializeForStorage</span>(<var>data</var>). Rethrow any exceptions.</p></li>

<li><p>Let <var>newURL</var> be the <span>session history</span>'s <span>current entry</span>'s
<span data-x="she-url">URL</span>.</p></li>
<li><p>Let <var>newURL</var> be <var>document</var>'s <span
data-x="concept-document-URL">URL</span>.</p></li>

<li>
<p>If <var>url</var> is not null, then:</p>
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -85119,12 +85128,19 @@ interface <dfn>Location</dfn> { // but see also <a href="#the-location-interface

<dt>Otherwise</dt>

<dd><p><span>Navigate</span><!--DONAV location.reload()--> the <span>browsing context</span> to
this <code>Location</code> object's <span>relevant <code>Document</code></span>'s <span
data-x="concept-document-url">URL</span>, with <var><span>exceptionsEnabled</span></var> set to
true, <var data-x="navigation-hh">historyHandling</var> set to "<code
data-x="hh-reload">reload</code>", and the <span>source browsing context</span> set to the
<span>browsing context</span> being navigated.</p></dd>
<dd>
<p><span>Navigate</span><!--DONAV location.reload()--> the <span>browsing context</span> to
this <code>Location</code> object's <span>relevant <code>Document</code></span>'s <span
data-x="concept-document-url">URL</span>, with <var><span>exceptionsEnabled</span></var> set to
true, <var data-x="navigation-hh">historyHandling</var> set to "<code
data-x="hh-reload">reload</code>", and the <span>source browsing context</span> set to the
<span>browsing context</span> being navigated.</p>

<p class="note">This is different than navigating to the <span data-x="current entry">current
session history entry</span>'s <span data-x="she-url">URL</span>, due to the potential for <a
href="#warning-document-open-url-mismatch">mismatches caused by <code
data-x="dom-document-open">document.open()</code></a>.</p>
</dd>

<!-- It appears that document.reload() always uses GET and does not, e.g., re-POST. Thus the
difference between using the document's URL here, and "the same resource as that Document" below
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -94075,6 +94091,28 @@ document.body.appendChild(frame)</code></pre>
<li><p>If <var>entryDocument</var> is not <var>document</var>, then set <var>newURL</var>'s
<span data-x="concept-url-fragment">fragment</span> to null.</p></li>

<li>
<p>Set <var>document</var>'s <span data-x="concept-document-url">URL</span> to
<var>newURL</var>.</p>

<div class="note">
<p>The main purpose of this step is to allow code such as the following:</p>

<pre><code class="js">const w = window.open();
w.document.open();
w.document.write("&lt;img src='image.png'>");</code></pre>

<p>to resolve the <code data-x="">image.png</code> URL relative to the caller, instead of
relative to <code>about:blank</code>.</p>
</div>

<p class="warning" id="warning-document-open-url-mismatch">This can cause
<var>document</var>'s <span data-x="concept-document-url">URL</span> to mismatch its
corresponding <span>session history entry</span>'s <span data-x="she-url">URL</span>. This
mismatch is required for web compatibility; see <a
href="https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/6556">issue #6556</a>.</p>
</li>

<li><p>Run the <span>URL and history update steps</span> with <var>document</var> and
<var>newURL</var>.</p></li>
</ol>
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