<track>'s track URL concept is used incorrectly
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needs tests
topic: media
- Dominant language
- HTML
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Description
It seems like it can be the empty string, but callers don't account for that and assume it's always a URL (which is also somewhat wrong, it's a string).
cc @whatwg/media
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Research direction
Search the HTML Standard for the track URL concept and identify the callers that assume it is always a URL. Review how the empty-string case and string typing are specified, then confirm the intended behavior and affected call sites before defining completion.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
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