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          <th>Bug ID</th>
          <td><a class="bz_bug_link 
          bz_status_NEW "
   title="NEW - Setting URL.search to '' results in a stringified URL ending in '?'"
   href="https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=162345">162345</a>
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          <th>Summary</th>
          <td>Setting URL.search to '' results in a stringified URL ending in '?'
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          <th>Classification</th>
          <td>Unclassified
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          <th>Product</th>
          <td>WebKit
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          <th>Version</th>
          <td>Safari Technology Preview
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          <th>Hardware</th>
          <td>All
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          <th>OS</th>
          <td>All
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          <th>Status</th>
          <td>NEW
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          <th>Severity</th>
          <td>Minor
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          <th>Priority</th>
          <td>P2
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          <th>Component</th>
          <td>New Bugs
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          <th>Assignee</th>
          <td>webkit-unassigned&#64;lists.webkit.org
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          <th>Reporter</th>
          <td>jeffy34&#64;gmail.com
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        <pre>Summary:
A JavaScript developer can clear out the search portion of a URL object by using the search setter with the value ''. In Safari TP, doing so results in a URL object that includes a trailing '?' character, which does not appear to match the behavior in other browsers that support the URL object. Other browsers stringify that URL object without a trailing '?'.

Steps to Reproduce:
In any JavaScript execution context, e.g. the Safari Developer Tools' console, run the following:

    var url = new URL('<a href="https://example.com/?testing">https://example.com/?testing</a>');
    url.search = '';
    console.log(url.toString());

Expected Results:
The expected logged value is

'<a href="https://example.com/">https://example.com/</a>'

Actual Results:
The actual logged value is

'<a href="https://example.com/">https://example.com/</a>?'

Version:
Release 13 (Safari 10.0, WebKit 11603.1.5)

Notes:
The relevant specification is at <a href="https://url.spec.whatwg.org/?a=b#concept-urlsearchparams-update">https://url.spec.whatwg.org/?a=b#concept-urlsearchparams-update</a>

All other modern browsers (Chrome, Firefox, and Edge) appear to properly stringify that example without a trailing '?'.

Configuration:
This happens all the time.</pre>
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