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AbortController and AbortSignal

Widely available since 2021-09-25
Tags: api

The AbortController and AbortSignal APIs allow you to cancel an ongoing operation, such as a fetch() request.

Specifications

Browser support (view on caniuse.com)

  • Chrome 66 Released on 2018-04-17
  • Chrome Android 66 Released on 2018-04-17
  • Edge 16 Released on 2017-10-17
  • Firefox 57 Released on 2017-11-14
  • Firefox for Android 57 Released on 2017-11-28
  • Safari 12.1 Released on 2019-03-25
  • Safari on iOS 12.2 Released on 2019-03-25

Usage (according to Chrome Platform Status)

~43.110% of page loads. More data at chromestatus.