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HTMLOptionElement's dirtiness concept is lacking

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interop topic: forms
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Description

https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src.git/+/f67251360e4b76d188bb1523d7a0952c2f449e68%5E%21/ by @tkent-google suggests the HTML Standard has a bug, but I don't think this was ever reported.

We should make sure it doesn't have this bug and that the tests at https://wpt.fyi/results/html/semantics/forms/the-option-element/option-selected.html are accurate.

Tracked in https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=258073 for WebKit.

cc @whatwg/forms

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Start by reading the linked Chromium change and inspect the WPT results for html/semantics/forms/the-option-element/option-selected.html. Compare the HTML Standard's HTMLOptionElement dirtiness behavior with those tests and the WebKit issue. Done means the suspected bug is resolved in the specification or tests, with the affected behavior clearly verified.

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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
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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