diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index 815ccce3af535..2ce79d03bddc6 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -2154,6 +2154,14 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
 				];
 			} )
 		) );
+
+		grunt.log.writeln(
+			'Found ' + routeNames.length + ' route' + ( routeNames.length === 1 ? '' : 's' ) +
+			' registered in ' + registryPath + ':'
+		);
+		routeNames.forEach( function( name ) {
+			grunt.log.writeln( '  - ' + name );
+		} );
 	} );
 
 	grunt.registerTask( 'build:gutenberg', [
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-processor.php b/src/wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-processor.php
index 967d616129647..1828123ff879d 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-processor.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-processor.php
@@ -1505,6 +1505,7 @@ public function serialize_token(): string {
 
 				case 'SCRIPT':
 				case 'STYLE':
+				case 'XMP':
 					break;
 
 				default:
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-tag-processor.php b/src/wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-tag-processor.php
index fe8a20c1ea4ee..e41e1120550b5 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-tag-processor.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-tag-processor.php
@@ -1619,7 +1619,6 @@ private function skip_script_data(): bool {
 				( 'p' === $html[ $at + 4 ] || 'P' === $html[ $at + 4 ] ) &&
 				( 't' === $html[ $at + 5 ] || 'T' === $html[ $at + 5 ] )
 			) ) {
-				++$at;
 				continue;
 			}
 
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/html-api/wpHtmlProcessor-serialize.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/html-api/wpHtmlProcessor-serialize.php
index 5afe37a010a41..1ade7349a1398 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/html-api/wpHtmlProcessor-serialize.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/html-api/wpHtmlProcessor-serialize.php
@@ -257,6 +257,19 @@ public function test_style_contents_are_not_escaped() {
 		);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Ensures that XMP contents are not escaped, as they are not parsed like text nodes are.
+	 *
+	 * @ticket 62036
+	 */
+	public function test_xmp_contents_are_not_escaped() {
+		$this->assertSame(
+			WP_HTML_Processor::normalize( "<xmp>apples > or\x00anges & pears < plums</xmp>" ),
+			"<xmp>apples > or\u{FFFD}anges & pears < plums</xmp>",
+			'Should have preserved text inside an XMP element, except for replacing NULL bytes.'
+		);
+	}
+
 	public function test_unexpected_closing_tags_are_removed() {
 		$this->assertSame(
 			WP_HTML_Processor::normalize( 'one</div>two</span>three' ),
@@ -616,6 +629,7 @@ public static function data_provider_normalized_fuzzer_cases_that_should_be_idem
 			'FORM with SVG TITLE text edge'             => array( "<form ><svg ><title \"'></form><form>" ),
 			'FORM with TABLE and SCRIPT'                => array( '<form id><table te"><script></script><td srce" ID/></form><form claslicate">' ),
 			'FORM with TABLE CAPTION'                   => array( '<form><table><caption></form><form >' ),
+			'XMP rawtext with entity-looking text'      => array( '<xmp>apples > oranges &amp; <</xmp>' ),
 			'Short malformed G attribute C'             => array( '<g c/=>' ),
 			'Short malformed G attribute S'             => array( '<g s/=>' ),
 			'Duplicate SRC boundary'                    => array( '<g src=""g src="">' ),
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/html-api/wpHtmlTagProcessor.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/html-api/wpHtmlTagProcessor.php
index a066543d8e11f..fd73ddc43a4ba 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/html-api/wpHtmlTagProcessor.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/html-api/wpHtmlTagProcessor.php
@@ -2116,6 +2116,8 @@ public static function data_script_tag(): Generator {
 			yield 'Script tag with </script\f> close'             => array( "<script></script\f>", true );
 			yield 'Script tag with </script\r> close'             => array( "<script></script\r>", true );
 			yield 'Script with type attribute'                    => array( '<script type="text/javascript"></script>', true );
+			yield 'Script text less-than'                         => array( '<script><</script>', true );
+			yield 'Script text less-than solidus'                 => array( '<script></</script>', true );
 			yield 'Script data escaped'                           => array( '<script><!--</script>', true );
 			yield 'Script data double-escaped exit (comment)'     => array( '<script><!--<script>--></script>', true );
 			yield 'Script data double-escaped exit (closed ">")'  => array( '<script><!--<script></script></script>', true );