Parsoid/Parser Unification/Known Issues

This page lists known issues and missing functionality that a typical reader or editor will notice when using the ParserMigration extension to opt-in to Parsoid read views for articles and talk pages. For a more technical overview of the differences between Parsoid-generated HTML and HTML generated by the legacy parser, see Parsoid/Known differences with Core Parser output.

How to verify and report an issue not listed below
Before reporting an issue,


 * Click the "Use legacy parser" link in the user tools sidebar and verify that your issue is indeed Parsoid-related.
 * Purge cache by adding"?action=purge" to regenerate Parsoid HTML after new code has been deployed and check if the issue persists.

If you do not see your issue in the list below, please report it on Phabricator or on this discussion page.

Known issues
The following issues are known and expected to be fixed in the weekly version of MediaWiki; check the release schedule and the current version running on your wiki for timing:


 * T350952: Links in the Table of Contents are broken.
 * gerrit 974275: Some styling on Discussion Tools pages is missing

The following additional issues are known:


 * T269630: Section edit links are missing.
 * T69486: Self-links are treated as ordinary links
 * gerrit 966584: Some messages are missing or not localized on non-English wikis, for example:
 * The mouseover text for red links contains a localized "(page does not exist)" which is currently missing in Parsoid output
 * Certain error messages emitted by extensions are not localized