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Current import fetching algorithm registers empty document to the import list when the fetch failed. It should result null document. It doesn't make any observable reference. It just clarifies the intention.
https://github.com/w3c/webcomponents/commit/bd2358066695f8aba4c30abea891ee1b1611d7de