NotRestoredReasons

Limited availability

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The NotRestoredReasons interface of the Performance API provides report data containing reasons why the current document was blocked from using the back/forward cache (bfcache) on navigation.

These objects are accessed via the PerformanceNavigationTiming.notRestoredReasons property.

Instance properties

children Read only

An array of NotRestoredReasons objects, one for each child <iframe> embedded in the current document, which may contain reasons why the top-level frame was blocked relating to the child frames. Each object has the same structure as the parent object — this way, any number of levels of embedded <iframe>s can be represented inside the object recursively. If the frame has no children, the array will be empty; if the document is in a cross-origin <iframe>, children will return null.

id Read only

A string representing the id attribute value of the <iframe> the document is contained in (for example <iframe id="foo" src="...">). If the document is not in an <iframe> or the <iframe> has no id set, id will return null.

name Read only

A string representing the name attribute value of the <iframe> the document is contained in (for example <iframe name="bar" src="...">). If the document is not in an <iframe> or the <iframe> has no name set, name will return null.

reasons Read only

An array of NotRestoredReasonDetails objects, each representing a reason why the navigated page was blocked from using the bfcache. If the document is in a cross-origin <iframe>, reasons will return null, but the parent document may show a reason of "masked" if any <iframe>s blocked bfcache usage for the top-level frame.

src Read only

A string representing the path to the source of the <iframe> the document is contained in (for example <iframe src="exampleframe.html">). If the document is not in an <iframe>, src will return null.

url Read only

A string representing the URL of the navigated page or <iframe>. If the document is in a cross-origin <iframe>, url will return null.

Instance methods

toJSON()

A serializer; returns a JSON representation of the NotRestoredReasons object.

Examples

See Monitoring bfcache blocking reasons for examples.

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# notrestoredreasons

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
NotRestoredReasons
Experimental
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 125 (Release date: 2024-05-14)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 125 (Release date: 2024-05-17)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote No support
Opera – Full support
Opera 111 (Release date: 2024-06-12)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 125 (Release date: 2024-05-14)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 83 (Release date: 2024-06-25)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 27 (Release date: 2024-11-06)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 125 (Release date: 2024-05-14)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – No support
WebView on iOS
footnote No support
children
Experimental
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 125 (Release date: 2024-05-14)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 125 (Release date: 2024-05-17)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote No support
Opera – Full support
Opera 111 (Release date: 2024-06-12)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 125 (Release date: 2024-05-14)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 83 (Release date: 2024-06-25)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 27 (Release date: 2024-11-06)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 125 (Release date: 2024-05-14)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – No support
WebView on iOS
footnote No support
id
Experimental
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 125 (Release date: 2024-05-14)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 125 (Release date: 2024-05-17)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote No support
Opera – Full support
Opera 111 (Release date: 2024-06-12)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 125 (Release date: 2024-05-14)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 83 (Release date: 2024-06-25)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 27 (Release date: 2024-11-06)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 125 (Release date: 2024-05-14)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – No support
WebView on iOS
footnote No support
name
Experimental
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 125 (Release date: 2024-05-14)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 125 (Release date: 2024-05-17)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote No support
Opera – Full support
Opera 111 (Release date: 2024-06-12)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 125 (Release date: 2024-05-14)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 83 (Release date: 2024-06-25)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 27 (Release date: 2024-11-06)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 125 (Release date: 2024-05-14)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – No support
WebView on iOS
footnote No support
reasons
Experimental
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 125 (Release date: 2024-05-14)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 125 (Release date: 2024-05-17)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote No support
Opera – Full support
Opera 111 (Release date: 2024-06-12)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 125 (Release date: 2024-05-14)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 83 (Release date: 2024-06-25)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 27 (Release date: 2024-11-06)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 125 (Release date: 2024-05-14)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – No support
WebView on iOS
footnote No support
src
Experimental
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 125 (Release date: 2024-05-14)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 125 (Release date: 2024-05-17)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote No support
Opera – Full support
Opera 111 (Release date: 2024-06-12)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 125 (Release date: 2024-05-14)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 83 (Release date: 2024-06-25)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 27 (Release date: 2024-11-06)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 125 (Release date: 2024-05-14)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – No support
WebView on iOS
footnote No support
toJSON
Experimental
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 125 (Release date: 2024-05-14)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 125 (Release date: 2024-05-17)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote No support
Opera – Full support
Opera 111 (Release date: 2024-06-12)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 125 (Release date: 2024-05-14)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 83 (Release date: 2024-06-25)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 27 (Release date: 2024-11-06)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 125 (Release date: 2024-05-14)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – No support
WebView on iOS
footnote No support
url
Experimental
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 125 (Release date: 2024-05-14)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 125 (Release date: 2024-05-17)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote No support
Opera – Full support
Opera 111 (Release date: 2024-06-12)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 125 (Release date: 2024-05-14)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 83 (Release date: 2024-06-25)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 27 (Release date: 2024-11-06)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 125 (Release date: 2024-05-14)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – No support
WebView on iOS
footnote No support

Legend

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Full support
Full support
No support
No support
Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.

See also