Chrome to Deprecate and Remove XSLT Support by Late 2026
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justin-reeves
A baker's-dozen of insight crammed into one ring.
Summary
Google Chrome plans to deprecate and remove XSLT (Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations) from the browser by late 2026, starting with version 158. The Chromium project has officially deprecated XSLT, including the XSLTProcessor JavaScript API and XSLT processing instruction. Firefox and WebKit projects have also indicated plans to remove XSLT from their browser engines. The article provides guidance for developers on migrating their code before the removal, explaining the security rationale and offering migration strategies.
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Chromium has officially deprecated XSLT, including the XSLTProcessor JavaScript API and the XSLT processing instruction.
We intend to remove support from version 158 (November 17, 2026).
The Firefox and WebKit projects have also indicated plans to remove XSLT from their browser engines.
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