Google currently states that it parses rendered HTML for links and queues newly found URLs for crawling.

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Sources

• Understand the JavaScript SEO basics | Google Search Central

  Google · primary source · retrieved 2026-08-19

  “Googlebot parses the rendered HTML for links again and queues the URLs it finds for crawling.” — Section 'How Google processes JavaScript'

• Google crawling documentation changelog

  Google · primary source · retrieved 2026-08-19

  “The content hasn't changed, only the location.” — Changelog entries Nov 2025 - Mar 2026

• JavaScript links can make your pages invisible to AI search

  Search Engine Land · primary source · retrieved 2026-08-19

  “A hit on a division page in the JS group is only possible if the bot rendered the parent page’s JavaScript.” — lines 289-300

• No-JavaScript fallbacks in 2026: Less critical, still necessary

  Search Engine Land · retrieved 2026-08-19

  “Google's documentation now gives us a much clearer picture of how JavaScript rendering actually works.” — Body, quoting Google's JavaScript SEO basics page (April 2026)