LGTM1, pending filing the various reviews (pivacy, etc.). I expect most of 
them to be n/a, but good to work through it.

On Friday, October 2, 2026 at 10:02:51 AM UTC-7 Chris Harrelson wrote:

> Great! I've reopened the API owners review.
>
> On Fri, Oct 2, 2026 at 9:13 AM [email protected] <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Sorry for the long delay in following up. I'd like to resume this review.
>>
>> I've updated the ChromeStatus entry(
>> https://chromestatus.com/feature/5123480866783232), including the 
>> current implementation evidence and a tentative M158 target. WebKit has 
>> also made the `CSSImportRule.styleSheet` IDL nullable.
>>
>> I'll follow up with updated answers to Daniel's questions about current 
>> behavior and compatibility impact. Could you reopen the review?
>>
>> Thanks,  
>> Amos
>>
>> On Thursday, July 11, 2024 at 12:38:02 AM UTC+9 Chris Harrelson wrote:
>>
>>> Hi, we are going to go ahead and close this review. Please let us know 
>>> if and when you come back to it so we can reopen.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 6, 2024 at 9:12 AM Daniel Bratell <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> (resending to list since I accidentally dropped it)
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> We discussed this intent in the API Owner meeting, and I ended up with 
>>>> some questions.
>>>>
>>>> Question 1: What is the current behaviour in the case where the 
>>>> specification wants us to return null?
>>>>
>>>> Question 2: I understand that Gecko currently follows the specification 
>>>> as it is written, but if this change has a web compat risk, maybe it is 
>>>> the 
>>>> specification that should change. Was that something you considered?
>>>>
>>>> Question 3: What is the web compatibility risk? Do you have any 
>>>> information about how many pages that would be affected (possibly 
>>>> negatively)? We want to have an idea of how impactful a change will be 
>>>> before shipping it, and at least I don't know if this is used by one page 
>>>> in a billion or half the web.
>>>>
>>>> /Daniel
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 2024-03-06 15:48, [email protected] wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Sorry for the delay.
>>>>
>>>> I am not sure if there is any interest from developers. The spec was 
>>>> updated last April [1]. I started this from the spec change and the 
>>>> related 
>>>> crbug. 
>>>>
>>>> I filed an issue[2] last week and got a comment[3] in WebKit. The 
>>>> reviewer's worry would be that the lifetime of these objects is not 
>>>> carefully defined and as such when they return null and non-null can end 
>>>> up 
>>>> varying in edge cases.
>>>>
>>>> I thought this was very clear to be changed in spec that CSSOM was not 
>>>> matched with at-rule behavior and it has low compat risk.
>>>>
>>>> [1] https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/8608
>>>> [2] https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/325
>>>> [3] 
>>>> https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/325#issuecomment-1966698090
>>>> On Wednesday, March 6, 2024 at 7:28:32 PM UTC+9 [email protected] 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Friendly ping on the above questions! :)
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Feb 28, 2024 at 6:18 PM Yoav Weiss (@Shopify) <
>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Do I understand correctly that this would partially align us with 
>>>>>> Firefox (modulo the crash), and take us away from WebKit 
>>>>>> interoperability? 
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If so, it'd be good to understand if:
>>>>>> * There is interest from developers in this
>>>>>> * WebKit is planning to follow
>>>>>> * This has low compat risk (in terms of current sites relying on this 
>>>>>> value not being null somehow) 
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 2:52 AM [email protected] <
>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> >  Would you mind explaining why this is a useful addition for 
>>>>>>> developers? Or is the motivation improved spec compliance? 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In both perspectives. The CSS OM spec was fixed because it was not 
>>>>>>> matched with the spec of @import in css-cascade. The behaviour of 
>>>>>>> CSSImportRule is not following @import. 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> > Can you request a signal? 
>>>>>>> https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sure, I filed an issue. 
>>>>>>> https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/325
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> > All of these tests are passing right now - will you be adding new 
>>>>>>> tests?Yes, I will add new tests in 
>>>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/cssom/cssimportrule.html?label=experimental&label=master&aligned
>>>>>>> I am working on it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/5065830/8/third_party/blink/web_tests/external/wpt/css/cssom/cssimportrule.html
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sunday, February 25, 2024 at 7:14:59 AM UTC+9 
>>>>>>> [email protected] wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 2/23/24 8:31 AM, Amos Lim wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Contact emails [email protected]
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Explainer None
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Would you mind explaining why this is a useful addition for 
>>>>>>>> developers? Or is the motivation improved spec compliance?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Specification 
>>>>>>>> https://drafts.csswg.org/cssom/#the-cssimportrule-interface
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Summary 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Allow CSSImportRule.styleSheet to be nullable. The styleSheet 
>>>>>>>> attribute in CSSImportRule can be null if there is no associated CSS 
>>>>>>>> style 
>>>>>>>> sheet.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Blink component Blink>CSS 
>>>>>>>> <https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/list?q=component:Blink%3ECSS>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> TAG review None
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> TAG review status Not applicable
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Risks 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Interoperability and Compatibility 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> None
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *Gecko*: Shipped/Shipping
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *WebKit*: No signal
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Can you request a signal? 
>>>>>>>> https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *Web developers*: No signals
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *Other signals*:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> WebView application risks 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Does this intent deprecate or change behavior of existing APIs, 
>>>>>>>> such that it has potentially high risk for Android WebView-based 
>>>>>>>> applications?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> None
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Debuggability 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> None
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Will this feature be supported on all six Blink platforms (Windows, 
>>>>>>>> Mac, Linux, ChromeOS, Android, and Android WebView)? No
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests 
>>>>>>>> <https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/main/docs/testing/web_platform_tests.md>
>>>>>>>> ? Yes 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/cssom/cssimportrule.html?label=experimental&label=master&aligned
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> All of these tests are passing right now - will you be adding new 
>>>>>>>> tests?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Flag name on chrome://flags 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Finch feature name CSSImportRuleStyleSheetNullable
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Requires code in //chrome? False
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Tracking bug https://issues.chromium.org/issues/40266154
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Estimated milestones 
>>>>>>>> Shipping on desktop 124 
>>>>>>>> Shipping on Android 124 
>>>>>>>> Shipping on WebView 124 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Anticipated spec changes 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Open questions about a feature may be a source of future web compat 
>>>>>>>> or interop issues. Please list open issues (e.g. links to known github 
>>>>>>>> issues in the project for the feature specification) whose resolution 
>>>>>>>> may 
>>>>>>>> introduce web compat/interop risk (e.g., changing to naming or 
>>>>>>>> structure of 
>>>>>>>> the API in a non-backward-compatible way).
>>>>>>>> None
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status 
>>>>>>>> https://chromestatus.com/feature/5123480866783232
>>>>>>>>
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