Request: signal property

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.

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.

The read-only signal property of the Request interface returns the AbortSignal associated with the request.

Value

An AbortSignal object.

Examples

js
// Create a new abort controller
const controller = new AbortController();

// Create a request with this controller's AbortSignal object
const req = new Request("/", { signal: controller.signal });

// Add an event handler logging a message in case of abort
req.signal.addEventListener("abort", () => {
  console.log("abort");
});

// In case of abort, log the AbortSignal reason, if any
fetch(req).catch(() => {
  if (req.signal.aborted) {
    if (req.signal.reason) {
      console.log(`Request aborted with reason: ${req.signal.reason}`);
    } else {
      console.log("Request aborted but no reason was given.");
    }
  } else {
    console.log("Request not aborted, but terminated abnormally.");
  }
});

// Actually abort the request
controller.abort();

Specifications

Specification
Fetch
# ref-for-dom-request-signal②

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
signal
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 – 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 – 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 – 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 1.11 (Release date: 2021-06-08)
footnote Full support
Node.js – Full support
Node.js 18 (Release date: 2022-04-19)
footnote Full support

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Full support
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