Comment by MORPHOICES

The HTML Specification (spec) states it is possible to omit closing tags for certain elements when writing HTML documents. ~

In fact, most web browsers now automatically insert these closing tags for the user.

This feature has been around for many years now.

However, I have found that many organizations still require that the closing tags be included explicitly.

I am curious how other organizations determine when to use the "the spec allows it" as a reason to not include the closing tags.

What point do developers cross from merely allowing this to being considered a technical debt?

Have you ever utilized the feature of the specification that caused you a problem later?