diff --git a/shadow-dom/declarative/declarative-shadow-dom-attachment.tentative.html b/shadow-dom/declarative/declarative-shadow-dom-attachment.tentative.html
index 73b43829f1a0931..99a255bfa2187dd 100644
--- a/shadow-dom/declarative/declarative-shadow-dom-attachment.tentative.html
+++ b/shadow-dom/declarative/declarative-shadow-dom-attachment.tentative.html
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 <script src='../resources/shadow-dom-utils.js'></script>
 
 <script>
-document.allowDeclarativeShadowDom = true;
-
 const shadowContent = '<span>Shadow tree</span><slot></slot>';
 function getDeclarativeContent(mode, delegatesFocus) {
   const delegatesFocusText = delegatesFocus ? ' shadowrootdelegatesfocus' : '';
@@ -20,7 +18,7 @@
   const declarativeString = `<${elementType} id=theelement>${getDeclarativeContent(mode, delegatesFocus)}
      <span class='lightdom'>${lightDomTextContent}</span></${elementType}>`;
   const wrapper = document.createElement('div');
-  wrapper.innerHTML = declarativeString;
+  wrapper.setInnerHTML(declarativeString, {allowShadowRoot: true});
   const element = wrapper.querySelector('#theelement');
   return {wrapper: wrapper, element: element};
 }
diff --git a/shadow-dom/declarative/declarative-shadow-dom-basic.tentative.html b/shadow-dom/declarative/declarative-shadow-dom-basic.tentative.html
index f17e304fe75995b..aaca71b9580b5b7 100644
--- a/shadow-dom/declarative/declarative-shadow-dom-basic.tentative.html
+++ b/shadow-dom/declarative/declarative-shadow-dom-basic.tentative.html
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
 </div>
 
 <script>
-document.allowDeclarativeShadowDom = true;
-
 test(() => {
   const host = document.querySelector('#host');
   const c1 = host.querySelector('#c1');
@@ -34,14 +32,14 @@
 
 test(() => {
   const div = document.createElement('div');
-  div.innerHTML = `
+  div.setInnerHTML(`
     <div id="host">
       <template shadowroot="open">
         <slot id="s1" name="slot1"></slot>
       </template>
       <div id="c1" slot="slot1"></div>
     </div>
-    `;
+    `, {allowShadowRoot: true});
   const host = div.querySelector('#host');
   const c1 = host.querySelector('#c1');
   assert_true(!!c1);
@@ -55,12 +53,12 @@
 
 test(() => {
   const div = document.createElement('div');
-  div.innerHTML = `
+  div.setInnerHTML(`
     <div id="host">
       <template shadowroot="invalid">
       </template>
     </div>
-    `;
+    `, {allowShadowRoot: true});
   const host = div.querySelector('#host');
   assert_equals(host.shadowRoot, null, "Shadow root was found");
   const tmpl = host.querySelector('template');
@@ -71,12 +69,12 @@
 
 test(() => {
   const div = document.createElement('div');
-  div.innerHTML = `
+  div.setInnerHTML(`
     <div id="host">
       <template shadowroot="closed">
       </template>
     </div>
-    `;
+    `, {allowShadowRoot: true});
   const host = div.querySelector('#host');
   assert_equals(host.shadowRoot, null, "Closed shadow root");
   assert_equals(host.querySelector('template'), null, "No template - converted to shadow root");
@@ -84,12 +82,12 @@
 
 test(() => {
   const div = document.createElement('div');
-  div.innerHTML = `
+  div.setInnerHTML(`
     <div id="host">
       <template shadowroot="open">
         <slot id="s1" name="slot1"></slot>
     </div>
-    `;
+    `, {allowShadowRoot: true});
   const host = div.querySelector('#host');
   assert_equals(host.querySelector('#s1'), null, "Should be inside shadow root");
   assert_equals(host.querySelector('template'), null, "No leftover template node");
@@ -100,21 +98,21 @@
 
 test(() => {
   const div = document.createElement('div');
-  div.innerHTML = `
+  div.setInnerHTML(`
     <div id="host">
       <template shadowroot="open" shadowrootdelegatesfocus>
       </template>
     </div>
-    `;
+    `, {allowShadowRoot: true});
   var host = div.querySelector('#host');
   assert_true(!!host.shadowRoot,"No shadow root found");
   assert_true(host.shadowRoot.delegatesFocus,"delegatesFocus should be true");
-  div.innerHTML = `
+  div.setInnerHTML(`
     <div id="host">
       <template shadowroot="open">
       </template>
     </div>
-    `;
+    `, {allowShadowRoot: true});
   host = div.querySelector('#host');
   assert_true(!!host.shadowRoot,"No shadow root found");
   assert_false(host.shadowRoot.delegatesFocus,"delegatesFocus should be false without the shadowrootdelegatesfocus attribute");
@@ -122,13 +120,13 @@
 
 test(() => {
   const host = document.createElement('div');
-  // Root element of innerHTML is a <template shadowroot>:
-  host.innerHTML = '<template shadowroot=open></template>';
+  // Root element of setInnerHTML is a <template shadowroot>:
+  host.setInnerHTML('<template shadowroot=open></template>', {allowShadowRoot: true});
   assert_equals(host.shadowRoot, null, "Shadow root should not be present");
   const tmpl = host.querySelector('template');
   assert_true(!!tmpl,"Template should still be present");
   assert_equals(tmpl.getAttribute('shadowroot'),"open","'shadowroot' attribute should still be present");
-}, 'Declarative Shadow DOM: innerHTML root element');
+}, 'Declarative Shadow DOM: setInnerHTML root element');
 </script>
 
 <div id="multi-host" style="display:none">
diff --git a/shadow-dom/declarative/declarative-shadow-dom-opt-in.tentative.html b/shadow-dom/declarative/declarative-shadow-dom-opt-in.tentative.html
index e023477c9f5014d..c6153173212e154 100644
--- a/shadow-dom/declarative/declarative-shadow-dom-opt-in.tentative.html
+++ b/shadow-dom/declarative/declarative-shadow-dom-opt-in.tentative.html
@@ -56,97 +56,83 @@
 test(() => {
   const div = document.getElementById('mainpage');
   assert_dsd(div,true);
-  assert_false(document.allowDeclarativeShadowDom,'The default value for allowDeclarativeShadowDom should be false');
 }, 'Non-fragment parsing needs no opt-in');
 
 test(() => {
   const div = document.createElement('div');
   div.innerHTML = content;
-  assert_false(document.allowDeclarativeShadowDom,'The default value for allowDeclarativeShadowDom should be false');
   assert_dsd(div,false);
-  document.allowDeclarativeShadowDom = true;
-  div.innerHTML = content;
+}, 'innerHTML on element - disallowed');
+
+test(() => {
+  const div = document.createElement('div');
+  div.setInnerHTML(content);
+  assert_dsd(div,false);
+  div.setInnerHTML(content, {allowShadowRoot: false});
+  assert_dsd(div,false);
+  div.setInnerHTML(content, {allowShadowRoot: true});
   assert_dsd(div,true);
-  document.allowDeclarativeShadowDom = false; // Don't affect other tests
-}, 'innerHTML on element');
+}, 'setInnerHTML on element');
 
 test(() => {
   const templateContent = `<template id=tmpl>${content}</template>`;
-  assert_false(document.allowDeclarativeShadowDom,'Default allowDeclarativeShadowDom should be false');
   const div = document.createElement('div');
   div.innerHTML = templateContent;
   assert_dsd(div.querySelector('#tmpl').content,false);
-  document.allowDeclarativeShadowDom = true;
-  div.innerHTML = templateContent;
+  div.setInnerHTML(templateContent, {allowShadowRoot: true});
   assert_dsd(div.querySelector('#tmpl').content,true);
-  // Make sure to set back to avoid affecting other tests
-  document.allowDeclarativeShadowDom = false; // Don't affect other tests
-}, 'innerHTML on element, with template content');
+}, 'setInnerHTML on element, with nested template content');
 
 test(() => {
   const temp = document.createElement('template');
   temp.innerHTML = content;
-  assert_dsd(temp.content,false, 'innerHTML by default should not allow declarative shadow content');
-  assert_false(document.allowDeclarativeShadowDom,'The default value for document.allowDeclarativeShadowDom should be false');
-  assert_false(temp.content.allowDeclarativeShadowDom,'The default value for template fragment allowDeclarativeShadowDom should be false');
-  temp.content.allowDeclarativeShadowDom = true;
-  assert_false(document.allowDeclarativeShadowDom,'Setting template allowDeclarativeShadowDom shouldn\'t affect document.allowDeclarativeShadowDom');
-  temp.innerHTML = content;
-  assert_true(temp.content.allowDeclarativeShadowDom,'Setting allowDeclarativeShadowDom should persist across innerHTML set');
-  assert_dsd(temp.content,true, 'innerHTML should allow declarative shadow content if template.content.allowDeclarativeShadowDom is set');
-  temp.content.allowDeclarativeShadowDom = false;
-  document.allowDeclarativeShadowDom = true;
-  temp.innerHTML = content;
-  assert_false(temp.content.allowDeclarativeShadowDom,'Setting allowDeclarativeShadowDom should persist across innerHTML set');
-  assert_true(document.allowDeclarativeShadowDom,'document.allowDeclarativeShadowDom should still be set');
-  assert_dsd(temp.content,true, 'innerHTML should allow declarative shadow content if document.allowDeclarativeShadowDom is set');
-  document.allowDeclarativeShadowDom = false; // Don't affect other tests
-}, 'Setting template.innerHTML');
+  assert_dsd(temp.content,false, 'innerHTML should not allow declarative shadow content');
+  temp.setInnerHTML(content, {allowShadowRoot: true});
+  assert_dsd(temp.content,true, 'setInnerHTML should allow declarative shadow content if enabled');
+}, 'setInnerHTML on template');
 
 test(() => {
   const templateContent = `<template id=tmpl>${content}</template>`;
   const temp = document.createElement('template');
   temp.innerHTML = templateContent;
   assert_dsd(temp.content.querySelector('#tmpl').content,false);
-  document.allowDeclarativeShadowDom = true;
-  temp.innerHTML = templateContent;
+  temp.setInnerHTML(templateContent, {allowShadowRoot: true});
   assert_dsd(temp.content.querySelector('#tmpl').content,true);
-  document.allowDeclarativeShadowDom = false; // Don't affect other tests
-}, 'Setting template.innerHTML with nested template content');
+}, 'setInnerHTML on template, with nested template content');
 
 test(() => {
-  const parser = new DOMParser();
+  const div = document.createElement('div');
+  const shadow = div.attachShadow({mode: 'open'});
+  shadow.innerHTML = content;
+  assert_dsd(shadow,false);
+  shadow.setInnerHTML(content, {allowShadowRoot: true});
+  assert_dsd(shadow,true);
+}, 'setInnerHTML on shadowRoot');
+
+test(() => {
+  let parser = new DOMParser();
   let fragment = parser.parseFromString(content,'text/html');
   assert_dsd(fragment.body,false);
-  assert_false(parser.allowDeclarativeShadowDom,'The default value for allowDeclarativeShadowDom should be false');
-  parser.allowDeclarativeShadowDom = true;
-  assert_false(document.allowDeclarativeShadowDom,'Setting allowDeclarativeShadowDom shouldn\'t affect document.allowDeclarativeShadowDom');
+  parser = new DOMParser({allowShadowRoot: true});
   fragment = parser.parseFromString(content,'text/html');
   assert_dsd(fragment.body,true);
 }, 'DOMParser');
 
 test(() => {
-  const doc = document.implementation.createHTMLDocument("Document");
+  const doc = document.implementation.createHTMLDocument('');
   doc.body.innerHTML = content;
   assert_dsd(doc.body,false);
-  assert_false(doc.allowDeclarativeShadowDom,'The default value for allowDeclarativeShadowDom should be false');
-  doc.allowDeclarativeShadowDom = true;
-  assert_false(document.allowDeclarativeShadowDom,'Setting allowDeclarativeShadowDom shouldn\'t affect document.allowDeclarativeShadowDom');
-  doc.body.innerHTML = content;
+  doc.body.setInnerHTML(content, {allowShadowRoot: true});
   assert_dsd(doc.body,true);
-}, 'createHTMLDocument');
+}, 'createHTMLDocument with setInnerHTML');
 
 test(() => {
-  const doc = document.implementation.createHTMLDocument("Document");
+  const doc = document.implementation.createHTMLDocument('');
   let range = doc.createRange();
   range.selectNode(doc.body);
   let documentFragment = range.createContextualFragment(content);
   assert_dsd(documentFragment,false);
-  doc.allowDeclarativeShadowDom = true;
-  assert_false(document.allowDeclarativeShadowDom,'Setting allowDeclarativeShadowDom shouldn\'t affect document.allowDeclarativeShadowDom');
-  documentFragment = range.createContextualFragment(content);
-  assert_dsd(documentFragment,true);
-}, 'createContextualFragment');
+}, 'createContextualFragment - not supported');
 
 async_test((t) => {
   let client = new XMLHttpRequest();
@@ -157,49 +143,38 @@
   }));
   client.open("GET", `data:text/html,${content}`);
   client.responseType = 'document';
-  assert_false(client.allowDeclarativeShadowDom,'The default value for allowDeclarativeShadowDom should be false');
   client.send();
 }, 'XMLHttpRequest, disabled');
 
-async_test((t) => {
-  let client = new XMLHttpRequest();
-  client.addEventListener('load', t.step_func_done(() => {
-    assert_true(client.status == 200 && client.responseXML != null);
-    assert_dsd(client.responseXML.body,true);
-    t.done();
-  }));
-  client.open("GET", `data:text/html,${content}`);
-  client.responseType = 'document';
-  client.allowDeclarativeShadowDom = true;
-  assert_false(document.allowDeclarativeShadowDom,'Setting allowDeclarativeShadowDom shouldn\'t affect document.allowDeclarativeShadowDom');
-  client.send();
-}, 'XMLHttpRequest, enabled');
+test(() => {
+  const div = document.createElement('div');
+  div.insertAdjacentHTML('afterbegin',content);
+  assert_dsd(div,false);
+}, 'insertAdjacentHTML on element - not supported');
+
+test(() => {
+  document.write(`<div id=doc-write-1 style="display:none">${content}</div>`);
+  assert_dsd(document.getElementById('doc-write-1'),true);
+}, 'document.write allowed from synchronous script loaded from main document');
+
+test(() => {
+  const doc = document.implementation.createHTMLDocument('');
+  doc.write(`<div id=doc-write-1>${content}</div>`);
+  assert_dsd(doc.getElementById('doc-write-1'),false);
+}, 'document.write disallowed on fresh document');
 
-async_test((t) => {
-  const iframe = document.createElement('iframe');
-  iframe.style.display = "none";
-  iframe.sandbox = "allow-same-origin";
-  document.body.appendChild(iframe);
-  iframe.addEventListener('load', t.step_func_done(() => {
-    assert_dsd(iframe.contentDocument.body,false);
-    t.done();
-  }));
-  iframe.srcdoc = content;
-}, 'iframe, disabled');
 
 async_test((t) => {
   const iframe = document.createElement('iframe');
   iframe.style.display = "none";
-  iframe.sandbox = "allow-same-origin allow-declarative-shadow-dom";
+  iframe.sandbox = "allow-same-origin";
   document.body.appendChild(iframe);
   iframe.addEventListener('load', t.step_func_done(() => {
     assert_dsd(iframe.contentDocument.body,true);
     t.done();
   }));
-  iframe.allowDeclarativeShadowDom = true;
-  assert_false(document.allowDeclarativeShadowDom,'Setting allowDeclarativeShadowDom shouldn\'t affect document.allowDeclarativeShadowDom');
   iframe.srcdoc = content;
-}, 'iframe, enabled');
+}, 'iframe');
 
 async_test((t) => {
   const iframe = document.createElement('iframe');
@@ -210,7 +185,7 @@
     t.done();
   }));
   iframe.srcdoc = content;
-}, 'iframe, no sandbox - supports DSD by default');
+}, 'iframe, no sandbox');
 
 function getHandler(t, name, shouldHaveShadow) {
   return (e) => {
@@ -224,19 +199,14 @@
   };
 }
 async_test((t) => {
-  window.addEventListener('message', getHandler(t, 'iframe-disallow', false));
-}, 'iframe without allow-declarative-shadow-dom sandbox flag disallows declarative Shadow DOM');
-
-async_test((t) => {
-  window.addEventListener('message', getHandler(t,'iframe-allow', true));
-}, 'iframe with allow-declarative-shadow-dom sandbox flag allows declarative Shadow DOM');
+  window.addEventListener('message', getHandler(t, 'iframe-sandbox', true));
+}, 'sandboxed iframe allows declarative Shadow DOM');
 
 async_test((t) => {
   window.addEventListener('message', getHandler(t,'iframe-no-sandbox', true));
-}, 'iframe with no sandbox flag allows declarative Shadow DOM');
+}, 'iframe with no sandbox allows declarative Shadow DOM');
 
 </script>
 
-<iframe name="iframe-disallow" sandbox="allow-scripts" src="support/declarative-child-frame.html" ></iframe>
-<iframe name="iframe-allow" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-declarative-shadow-dom" src="support/declarative-child-frame.html"></iframe>
+<iframe name="iframe-sandbox" sandbox="allow-scripts" src="support/declarative-child-frame.html" ></iframe>
 <iframe name="iframe-no-sandbox" src="support/declarative-child-frame.html"></iframe>
diff --git a/shadow-dom/declarative/getinnerhtml.tentative.html b/shadow-dom/declarative/getinnerhtml.tentative.html
index 2f8ecad418b818f..64fd78ba8ed0ca4 100644
--- a/shadow-dom/declarative/getinnerhtml.tentative.html
+++ b/shadow-dom/declarative/getinnerhtml.tentative.html
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 }
 
 function runAllTests() {
-  const allElements = HTML5_ELEMENT_NAMES;
+  const allElements = [...HTML5_ELEMENT_NAMES, 'htmlunknown'];
   const safelisted = ATTACHSHADOW_SAFELISTED_ELEMENTS;
   for (const elementName of allElements) {
     const allowsShadowDom = safelisted.includes(elementName);
diff --git a/shadow-dom/declarative/setinnerhtml.tentative.html b/shadow-dom/declarative/setinnerhtml.tentative.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..f99863c7c1fabfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shadow-dom/declarative/setinnerhtml.tentative.html
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<title>getInnerHTML </title>
+<link rel='author' title='Mason Freed' href='mailto:masonfreed@chromium.org'>
+<link rel='help' href='https://github.com/whatwg/dom/issues/831'>
+<script src='/resources/testharness.js'></script>
+<script src='/resources/testharnessreport.js'></script>
+<script src='../resources/shadow-dom-utils.js'></script>
+
+<body>
+<script>
+function testElementType(allowsShadowDom, elementType) {
+  var t = test(t => {
+    // Create and attach element
+    const wrapper = document.createElement('div');
+    t.add_cleanup(function() { wrapper.remove(); });
+    document.body.appendChild(wrapper);
+
+    const html = `<${elementType}><template shadowroot="open"><slot></slot></template><span></span></${elementType}>`;
+    wrapper.setInnerHTML(html, {allowShadowRoot: true});
+    if (allowsShadowDom) {
+      // Retrieve shadow root
+      assert_true(!!wrapper.firstElementChild.shadowRoot,'No shadow root found');
+    } else {
+      const leftover = wrapper.firstElementChild.firstElementChild;
+      assert_true(wrapper.firstElementChild.childElementCount == 0 || leftover instanceof HTMLTemplateElement,'Template should be left over (or no children)');
+    }
+  }, `setInnerHTML() on <${elementType}>${allowsShadowDom ? `, with declarative Shadow DOM.` : ''}`);
+}
+
+function runAllTests() {
+  const allElements = [...HTML5_ELEMENT_NAMES, 'htmlunknown'].filter(item => item !== 'body');
+  const safelisted = ATTACHSHADOW_SAFELISTED_ELEMENTS;
+  for (const elementName of allElements) {
+    testElementType(safelisted.includes(elementName), elementName);
+  }
+}
+
+runAllTests();
+</script>