When is <link>'s "obtain the resource" invoked?
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Description
It seems this is somewhat defined for rel=stylesheet, but not generally.
In particular, we do not want to invoke "obtain the resource" for XMLHttpRequest response documents or similar such documents or at least terminate it early in such cases so that the Window object reference doesn't result in some kind of undefined error.
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No file or test is named. Read the HTML Standard's definition of when link's "obtain the resource" runs, then review the issue's XMLHttpRequest response-document case and comments to determine the intended behavior; done means the specification clearly states whether that step runs or terminates for such documents.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- html
- Domain
- web-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100