{"record":{"id":"18464f52cf59d528","repo":"swc-project/swc","slug":"saw-an-end-tag-after-body-had-been-closed","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Saw an end tag after \"body\" had been closed","messagePattern":"Saw an end tag after \"body\" had been closed","errorType":"validation","errorClass":"Error","httpStatus":null,"severity":"warning","filePath":"crates/swc_html_parser/src/parser/mod.rs","lineNumber":6271,"sourceCode":" _ => {\n match token {\n // Doctype handled above\n // Comment handled above\n // EOF handled above\n Token::Character { .. } => {\n self.errors.push(Error::new(\n token_and_info.span,\n ErrorKind::NonSpaceCharacterAfterBody,\n ));\n }\n Token::StartTag { tag_name, .. } => {\n self.errors.push(Error::new(\n token_and_info.span,\n ErrorKind::StrayStartTag(tag_name.clone()),\n ));\n }\n Token::EndTag { .. } => {\n self.errors.push(Error::new(\n token_and_info.span,\n ErrorKind::EndTagAfterBody,\n ));\n }\n _ => {\n unreachable!();\n }\n }\n\n self.insertion_mode = InsertionMode::InBody;\n self.process_token(token_and_info, None)?;\n }\n }\n }\n // The \"in frameset\" insertion mode\n InsertionMode::InFrameset => {\n // When the user agent is to apply the rules for the \"in frameset\" insertion\n // mode, the user agent must handle the token as follows:","sourceCodeStart":6253,"sourceCodeEnd":6289,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/swc-project/swc/blob/5176682b65416c6b5de6b47379ae1588ea3ecb3f/crates/swc_html_parser/src/parser/mod.rs#L6253-L6289","documentation":"An end tag other than appeared in the 'after body' insertion mode. This is the spec's parse error reported as ErrorKind::EndTagAfterBody; the parser switches to 'in body' and reprocesses the token, so normal end-tag handling applies afterwards.","triggerScenarios":"A stray closing tag after , e.g. `` or `

`. The 'anything else' arm of AfterBody mode matches Token::EndTag and pushes EndTagAfterBody.","commonSituations":"Templates whose macro/layout closes a wrapper element outside the body region; unbalanced markup where an outer container was closed early; copy-paste of page fragments that carry their own closing tags.","solutions":["Remove or relocate the stray closing tag so every end tag sits inside body.","Re-balance the markup: ensure each open tag inside is closed before .","Add an HTML validation step (validator.nu or html5ever-based linter) to CI for template sources.","If tolerated, filter ErrorKind::EndTagAfterBody from the errors vec; the parser recovers."],"exampleFix":"\n

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","handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":"// Any non-html end tag after the last is a stray close.\nfn has_end_tag_after_body(src: &str) -> bool {\n let lower = src.to_ascii_lowercase();\n match lower.rfind(\"\") {\n None => false,\n Some(i) => lower[i..].matches(\" 1, // itself + more\n }\n}","typeGuard":"use swc_html_parser::error::{Error, ErrorKind};\n\nfn is_end_tag_after_body(err: &Error) -> bool {\n matches!(err.kind(), ErrorKind::EndTagAfterBody)\n}","tryCatchPattern":"let mut errors = Vec::new();\nlet doc = parse_file_as_document(&fm, config, &mut errors)?;\nif errors.iter().any(is_end_tag_after_body) {\n log::warn!(\"end tag seen after body close; reprocessed in body\");\n}","preventionTips":["Close every element opened inside body before .","Validate template balance with an HTML linter in CI.","Watch for copy-pasted fragments that carry their own closing tags."],"tags":["html","parser","swc","end-tag","after-body","parse-error"],"backgroundTag":"stray-html-tag","analyzedSha":"5176682b65416c6b5de6b47379ae1588ea3ecb3f","analyzedAt":"2026-08-17T16:16:52.067Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-08-17T16:16:52.067Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-14T05:17:10.506Z"}