fix(clone): preserve XML element types by awais-ur-rehman · Pull Request #2032 · fb55/domhandler

awais-ur-rehman · 2026-10-31T11:09:16Z

Summary

Cloning an XML script or style element currently changes its type from tag to script or style. DomHandler deliberately creates these elements as ordinary tags in XML mode, but cloneNode reconstructs them without the original type and the Element constructor infers HTML-specific types from their names.

Pass the original type to the constructor. Parser-based regressions cover both element names, shallow clones, and deep document clones; the existing HTML clone tests continue to pass.

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Validation on Node 24.13.0: both new cases fail before the change; npm test passes all 35 tests and the complete ESLint, TypeScript, and Biome checks. npm run build passes. Biome reports two existing configuration-migration notices; no configuration changes are included.

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Manual verification: Parse a script or style element in XML mode and clone it; both the shallow element and deep tree clone should preserve ElementType.Tag.

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Bug Fixes
- Cloned elements now retain their original element type instead of having it inferred from the element name. This keeps shallow clones correctly identified and ensures deep clones match their source, including when cloning parsed XML elements.

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coderabbitai · 2026-10-31T11:09:28Z

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cloneNode now passes the source element’s type to the Element constructor. An XML-mode test checks that a parsed script element and its shallow clone have ElementType.Tag, and that deep-cloning the parsed result is strictly equal to the original.

Changes: Element clone type preservation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Preserve and test element type `src/node.ts`, `src/node.spec.ts`	`cloneNode` passes the source element’s type to the constructor. An XML-mode test checks the parsed `script` element, its shallow clone, and deep-clone equality.

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Element types are preserved when cloning. Adding XML style coverage would strengthen regression protection.

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Its type stays true through every drag.
XML leaves the script in place,
Deep clones match with quiet grace.
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greptile-apps · 2026-10-31T11:10:21Z

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Summary

cloneNode now preserves an element’s stored type instead of inferring it again from its name.

Cloned elements keep the type of their source.

_{Reviews (2) · Last reviewed commit: "test(clone): test one XML element type" · Reviewed by Greptile}

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

script and style take the same path through cloneNode(), which now passes the node's type to the Element constructor. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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- Around line 51-64: Expand the XML element cloning test to cover both script
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coderabbitai · 2026-11-06T01:01:05Z

        expect(result.cloneNode(true)).toStrictEqual(result);
    });

+    it("should preserve XML element types when cloning", () => {
+        const result = parse("<script>text</script>", { xmlMode: true });
+        const element = result.children[0];
+        expect(element.type).toBe(ElementType.Tag);
+        expect(element.cloneNode().type).toBe(ElementType.Tag);
+        expect(result.cloneNode(true)).toStrictEqual(result);
+    });
+
    it("should not clone recursively if not asked to", () => {
        const result = parse("<div foo=bar><div><div>");
        expect(result.cloneNode(true)).toEqual(result);


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git diff 6b6b8aef0a1061fbfa36181fcc55bc86e57f46fb 90a2365518fe23f314c84704e738f1b1b451fb78 -- src/node.spec.ts src/node.ts rg -n 'cloneNode|xmlMode|ElementType\.Style|ElementType\.Script|style|script' src/node.spec.ts src/node.ts

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git status --short nl -ba src/node.spec.ts nl -ba src/node.ts | sed -n '100,145p;275,325p;400,510p' rg -n -i 'xmlmode|<style|elementtype\.style|elementtype\.tag|clone(node)?\(' --glob '*spec*' --glob '*test*' . rg -n 'onopentag|xmlMode|new Element\(' src nl -ba src/index.ts | sed -n '1,240p'

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nl -ba src/__fixtures__/27-xml-no-special-tags.json rg -n -F -e '__fixtures__' -e '27-xml-no-special-tags' -e 'it.each' -e 'test.each' -- src package.json ls src/*spec* src/*test* 2>/dev/null

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Test XML style cloning as well.

A regression limited to XML style clones can pass the current tests. Test both names because the constructor has a separate default for each.

Suggested fix

- const result = parse("<script>text</script>", { xmlMode: true }); - const element = result.children[0]; - expect(element.type).toBe(ElementType.Tag); - expect(element.cloneNode().type).toBe(ElementType.Tag); - expect(result.cloneNode(true)).toStrictEqual(result); + for (const name of ["script", "style"]) { + const result = parse(`<${name}>text</${name}>`, { xmlMode: true }); + const element = result.children[0]; + expect(element.type).toBe(ElementType.Tag); + expect(element.cloneNode().type).toBe(ElementType.Tag); + expect(result.cloneNode(true)).toStrictEqual(result); + }

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expect(result.cloneNode(true)).toStrictEqual(result);

});

it("should preserve XML element types when cloning", () => {

const result = parse("<script>text</script>", { xmlMode: true });

const element = result.children[0];

expect(element.type).toBe(ElementType.Tag);

expect(element.cloneNode().type).toBe(ElementType.Tag);

expect(result.cloneNode(true)).toStrictEqual(result);

});

it("should not clone recursively if not asked to", () => {

const result = parse("<div foo=bar><div><div>");

expect(result.cloneNode(true)).toEqual(result);

expect(result.cloneNode(true)).toStrictEqual(result);

});

it("should preserve XML element types when cloning", () => {

for (const name of ["script", "style"]) {

const result = parse(`<${name}>text</${name}>`, { xmlMode: true });

const element = result.children[0];

expect(element.type).toBe(ElementType.Tag);

expect(element.cloneNode().type).toBe(ElementType.Tag);

expect(result.cloneNode(true)).toStrictEqual(result);

}

});

it("should not clone recursively if not asked to", () => {

const result = parse("<div foo=bar><div><div>");

expect(result.cloneNode(true)).toEqual(result);

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fix: preserve element types when cloning

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fb55 and others added 2 commits November 5, 2026 15:34

Merge branch 'master' into feat/preserve-xml-clone-node-type

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

test(clone): test one XML element type

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script and style take the same path through cloneNode(), which now passes the node's type to the Element constructor. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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