PressureObserver: PressureObserver() constructor

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.

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers, except for Service Workers.

Secure context: This feature is available only in secure contexts (HTTPS), in some or all supporting browsers.

The PressureObserver() constructor creates a new PressureObserver object to watch for changes to pressure changes of system resources such as the CPU.

Syntax

js
new PressureObserver(callback)

Parameters

callback

A callback that will be invoked when pressure records are observed. When the callback is invoked, the following parameters are available:

changes

An array containing all PressureRecord objects recorded since the last time the callback was called, or the last time the observer's takeRecords() method was called.

observer

The observer object that is receiving the above records.

Return value

A new PressureObserver object with the specified callback function that will be invoked when PressureObserver.observe() was called to watch pressure changes.

Exceptions

NotAllowedError DOMException

Thrown if the Compute Pressure API is disallowed by a compute-pressure Permissions Policy.

Examples

Log current pressure

This example creates a PressureObserver and takes action whenever there is a pressure change. The sample interval is set to 1000ms, meaning that there will be updates at most every second.

js
function callback(records) {
  const lastRecord = records[records.length - 1];
  console.log(`Current pressure ${lastRecord.state}`);
  if (lastRecord.state === "critical") {
    // disable video feeds
  } else if (lastRecord.state === "serious") {
    // disable video filter effects
  } else {
    // enable all video feeds and filter effects
  }
}

try {
  const observer = new PressureObserver(callback);
  await observer.observe("cpu", {
    sampleInterval: 1000, // 1000ms
  });
} catch (error) {
  // report error setting up the observer
}

Specifications

Specification
Compute Pressure Level 1
# dom-pressureobserver-constructor

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
PressureObserver() constructor
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 – No support
Chrome Android
footnote No support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Opera Android – No support
Opera Android
footnote No support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support
Samsung Internet – No support
Samsung Internet
footnote No support
WebView Android – No support
WebView Android
footnote No 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.