When an invalid encoding is specified for XMLHttpRequest (via overrideMimeType() or the response's mime type), UTF-8 is used e.g. for responseText, which is spec conformant. Previously Latin-1 was used.
Documentation
Specification
Status in Chromium
Enabled by default (tracking bug) in:
- Chrome for desktop release 74
Consensus & Standardization
After a feature ships in Chrome, the values listed here are not guaranteed to be up to date.
- Shipped/Shipping
- No signal
- In development
- No signals
Owner
Last updated on 2020-11-09