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Treat '#' as ending data URI body content

Category
Network / Connectivity
Type
New or changed feature
Status
Removed (Chrome 72)
Intent stage
None

Summary

By spec, '#' characters in data URIs should not be treated as part of the URI body, and should instead only mark the start of the URI fragment component. Historically Chrome has not adhered to the spec, instead treating '#' characters as both fragment-starters and part of the body.

Standards & signals

Samples: data:text/html,body#shouldnt_render_in_body

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