AbortController: AbortController() constructor

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since March 2019.

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Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.

The AbortController() constructor creates a new AbortController object instance.

Syntax

new AbortController()

Parameters

None.

Examples

See the AbortSignal page for usage examples.

You can find a full working example on GitHub; you can also see it running live.

Specifications

Specification
DOM # ref-for-dom-abortcontroller-abortcontroller①

Browser compatibility

	desktop					mobile							server
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android	WebView on iOS	Bun	Deno	Node.js
`AbortController()` constructor	Chrome – Full support Chrome 66 (Release date: 2018-04-17) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 16 (Release date: 2017-10-17) footnote Full support	Firefox – Full support Firefox 57 (Release date: 2017-11-14) footnote Full support	Opera – Full support Opera 53 (Release date: 2018-05-10) footnote Full support	Safari – Partial support Safari 11.1 – 12 (Release date: 2018-04-12) footnote Partial support footnote Even though `window.AbortController` is defined, it doesn't really abort `fetch` requests. See bug 174980. Safari – Full support Safari 12.1 (Release date: 2019-03-25) footnote Full support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 66 (Release date: 2018-04-17) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – Full support Firefox for Android 57 (Release date: 2017-11-28) footnote Full support	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 47 (Release date: 2018-07-23) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – Partial support Safari on iOS 11.3 – 12 (Release date: 2018-03-29) footnote Partial support footnote Even though `window.AbortController` is defined, it doesn't really abort `fetch` requests. See bug 174980. Safari on iOS – Full support Safari on iOS 12.2 (Release date: 2019-03-25) footnote Full support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 9 (Release date: 2018-09-15) footnote Full support	WebView Android – Full support WebView Android 66 (Release date: 2018-04-17) footnote Full support	WebView on iOS – Partial support WebView on iOS 11.3 – 12 (Release date: 2018-03-29) footnote Partial support footnote Even though `window.AbortController` is defined, it doesn't really abort `fetch` requests. See bug 174980. WebView on iOS – Full support WebView on iOS 12.2 (Release date: 2019-03-25) footnote Full support	Bun – Full support Bun 1 (Release date: 2023-09-08) footnote Full support	Deno – Full support Deno 1 (Release date: 2020-05-13) footnote Full support	Node.js – Full support Node.js 14.17 (Release date: 2021-05-11) footnote Full support

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