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Summary

Minifying HTML rewrites attribute values unconditionally today, and nothing can turn any of it off — I checked every option surface and the printer's own option type. Each rewrite keeps what the DOM parses and changes the string getAttribute hands back, so a page whose script compares those bytes has no way out. Four options, all on by default:

  • collapseBooleanAttributes — writes a boolean attribute as the bare name its presence already means. true only the spellings the spec canonicalizes; "all" any value, including the checked="false" that already means checked
  • normalizeAttributeValues — a srcset's or class's whitespace, an enumerated keyword's case, a viewport content list, a URL's surrounding whitespace
  • minifyStyleAttribute — the style attribute's declaration list
  • removeAttributeQuotes — quotes the tokenizer reads the same way without

Verified byte-identical to main with the defaults: 500 real HTML and SVG documents across three option sets, 1500/1500. sortTokenLists is asked for on its own, so it still sorts with normalizeAttributeValues off.

selfClosingVoidElements is deliberately absent: <br/> is valid per 13.1.2.1, but on swc 1.15.47 the option makes no difference to anything I tried, so there is nothing to match.

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Did you add tests for your changes?

Yes — cases in test/HtmlSyntax.unittest.js and a minimize-attribute-rewrites-off config case. Every added line and branch is covered.

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No — every option defaults to what webpack already did.

If relevant, what needs to be documented once your changes are merged or what have you already documented?

The four new optimization.minimize.html options.

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Partial — AI wrote the implementation and tests under my direction and ran the verification above. I reviewed every change.

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  • New Features

    • Added configurable HTML optimization options for collapsing boolean attributes, normalizing attribute values, minifying inline styles, and removing attribute quotes.
    • Added support for controlling these rewrites through HTML processing and build optimization settings.
    • Added additional performance hint settings and glob-pattern support for build rules.
    • Added validation for the new configuration options.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for attribute rewriting modes, formatting preservation, and disabled-rewrite scenarios.

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HTML minimization now supports configurable boolean-attribute collapsing, attribute-value normalization, inline style minification, and attribute-quote removal. Webpack schemas, public options, serialization wiring, tests, and a disabled-rewrite configuration case were added. The schema also adds performance diagnostics and glob-based rule conditions.

HTML attribute rewrite controls

Layer / File(s) Summary
Option contract and minimizer wiring
.changeset/..., lib/html/htmlMinify.js, lib/html/syntax.js, schemas/WebpackOptions.json
Defines the four options, validates them, and forwards them to HTML serialization.
Attribute serialization behavior
lib/html/syntax.js
Applies the configured rewrite modes during printing and restores defaults during cleanup.
Serialization validation
test/HtmlSyntax.unittest.js, test/configCases/html/minimize-attribute-rewrites-off/*
Tests rewrite modes, independent controls, foreign-content handling, and preservation when rewrites are disabled.

Webpack schema extensions

Layer / File(s) Summary
Schema option definitions
schemas/WebpackOptions.json
Adds performance diagnostic options and reusable glob-pattern schemas.
Glob rule conditions
schemas/WebpackOptions.json
Adds glob matching to logical conditions, absolute logical conditions, and module rules.

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Add `collapseBooleanAttributes`, `normalizeAttributeValues`, `minifyStyleAttribute` and `removeAttributeQuotes` to `optimization.minimize.html`, so an attribute rewrite a consumer reads the bytes of can be turned off.

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aryanraj45 force-pushed the feat/html-attribute-rewrite-options branch 3 times, most recently from 874fbf4 to 5301852 Compare August 25, 2026 09:46
Boolean-attribute collapsing, the value normalizations, the `style`
attribute's CSS and attribute unquoting all keep what the DOM parses and
change the string `getAttribute` hands back, so a consumer comparing those
bytes needs a way off. Each is on by default, and
`collapseBooleanAttributes: "all"` widens it to any value rather than only
the spellings the spec canonicalizes.
`normalizeAttributeValues` gates eight of them and only three were driven;
`collapseBooleanAttributes` is scoped per element, and the quoting an
attribute value cannot go without is its own set.
A `toContain` on one attribute passes whatever the printer does with the
rest of the tag, so the helper now hands back the body's whole serialization
and every assertion states it in full.
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Thanks for the PR, fixed in the main with refactor

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