Chrome 158 removes XSLT on Nov 17: what breaks and how to fix it
On November 17, 2026, Chrome 158 disables XSLT on Stable, with Edge 159 following in mid-December and Firefox planning removal in August 2027. Styled RSS feeds, sitemap.xml pretty views and JavaScript XSLTProcessor calls will break, while server-side XSLT and crawlers are unaffected.
- Chrome 158 disables XSLT on Nov 17, 2026; Edge 159 follows in mid-December
- XSLTEnabled policy and Origin Trial end in Chrome 176 in August 2027
- Styled RSS, sitemap.xml and new XSLTProcessor() break, including RD Web Access
- The WebAssembly xslt-polyfill restores about 82% of genuinely broken sites
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