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Mutation events

This feature is discouraged — Mutation events negatively impact performance and they were selected for removal from the web as part of Interop 2025.

Consider using MutationObserver instead.

For more information, see: TR/2024/WD-uievents-20240906/#legacy-mutationevent-events (W3C) , web-platform-tests/interop/issues/784 (GitHub)

Mutation events like DOMSubtreeModified, DOMNodeInserted, or DOMNodeRemoved fire when DOM changes occur.

Status

Discouraged

MDN documentation

Specifications

Browser support

  • Chrome
  • Chrome Android
  • Edge
  • Firefox
  • Firefox for Android
  • Safari
  • Safari on iOS

Interop