This seems very likely to be fine, but can you do it with a runtime flag so that it's easy to revert with Finch?
On Fri, Aug 14, 2026 at 4:03 AM Dominic Farolino <[email protected]> wrote: > *Contact emails* > [email protected] > > *Summary* > We are removing support for _current as a special browsing context target > keyword. Previously, Chromium treated "_current" as an alias for "_self" > (navigating the current browsing context), in our implementation of the frame > targeting algorithm > <https://html.spec.whatwg.org/#the-rules-for-choosing-a-navigable>. Going > forward, "_current" will be treated as a regular browsing context name > (e.g., creating or targeting a window named "_current"), aligning Chromium > with the HTML standard and other browsers, where "_current" gets no special > treatment. > > *Motivation* > The "_current" keyword is a legacy WebKit/Blink-specific artifact that was > never standardized in HTML (the only valid special keywords are "_blank", > "_self", "_parent", and "_top"). Use counter data indicates that usage is > negligible, well below the threshold for web platform removals (~0.00009% > of page loads). > > *Compatibility & Risk* > Gecko / WebKit: Does not treat "_current" as a magic target keyword. > Target Milestone: M153 > > *Resources* > ChromeStatus entry: https://chromestatus.com/feature/5121089536262144 > UseCounter: > https://chromestatus.com/metrics/feature/timeline/popularity/2835 > Chromium bug: https://crbug.com/539212797 > CL: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/8157779 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "blink-dev" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CAP-uykDkPu3-zTBjR5Qf%3DcBQQVnjEjt4JEZTcRdy9Y0372biFA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CAP-uykDkPu3-zTBjR5Qf%3DcBQQVnjEjt4JEZTcRdy9Y0372biFA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "blink-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CAARdPYdAxRAEjiP07Mw%2BEfCsvq1AHKpoSUXs2XD2jY%2B-BPkMVQ%40mail.gmail.com.
