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    <bug>
          <bug_id>197868</bug_id>
          
          <creation_ts>2019-05-13 20:22:49 -0700</creation_ts>
          <short_desc>getElementsByClassName and set outerHTML: later elements in array are not reachable</short_desc>
          <delta_ts>2019-05-16 06:59:28 -0700</delta_ts>
          <reporter_accessible>1</reporter_accessible>
          <cclist_accessible>1</cclist_accessible>
          <classification_id>1</classification_id>
          <classification>Unclassified</classification>
          <product>WebKit</product>
          <component>DOM</component>
          <version>Safari 12</version>
          <rep_platform>Unspecified</rep_platform>
          <op_sys>Unspecified</op_sys>
          <bug_status>RESOLVED</bug_status>
          <resolution>INVALID</resolution>
          
          
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          <status_whiteboard></status_whiteboard>
          <keywords></keywords>
          <priority>P2</priority>
          <bug_severity>Normal</bug_severity>
          <target_milestone>---</target_milestone>
          
          
          <everconfirmed>1</everconfirmed>
          <reporter>alvin_signups</reporter>
          <assigned_to name="Nobody">webkit-unassigned</assigned_to>
          <cc>ap</cc>
    
    <cc>cdumez</cc>
    
    <cc>rniwa</cc>
          

      

      

      

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    <commentid>1535947</commentid>
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    <who name="">alvin_signups</who>
    <bug_when>2019-05-13 20:22:49 -0700</bug_when>
    <thetext>Created attachment 369817
Demo of the bug

While (a) iterating on a group of elements from document.getElementsByClassName and (b) setting outerHTML for each element, latter elements become inaccessible in an ascending for-loop.
This is only triggered for outerHTML, not for innerHTML.

Current workaround
- Iterate in descending order or use innerHTML instead.</thetext>
  </long_desc><long_desc isprivate="0" >
    <commentid>1536583</commentid>
    <comment_count>1</comment_count>
    <who name="Alexey Proskuryakov">ap</who>
    <bug_when>2019-05-15 14:17:44 -0700</bug_when>
    <thetext>This test appears to have identical results in Safari, Firefox and Chrome. Could you please clarify what the expected behavior is, and why it is different from what browsers do?

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  </long_desc><long_desc isprivate="0" >
    <commentid>1536724</commentid>
    <comment_count>2</comment_count>
    <who name="">alvin_signups</who>
    <bug_when>2019-05-15 22:53:56 -0700</bug_when>
    <thetext>Hi Alexey, thanks for looking into this.

I did test this against other browsers, so I understand what you mean.

Someone from the Chromium team explained that getElementsByClassName returns a live node collection. It was quite odd behaviour to me, but I understand that is to spec.

I think you can close this. Thanks for your time!

Alvin</thetext>
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