Web/API/AbortSignal/aborted

The aborted read-only property returns a Boolean that indicates whether the DOM request(s) the signal is communicating with is/are aborted (true) or not (false).

Syntax

var isAborted = abortSignal.aborted;

Value

A Boolean

Examples

In the following snippet, we create a new AbortController object, and get its AbortSignal (available in the signal property). Later on we check whether or not it the signal has been aborted using the aborted property, and send an appropriate log to the console.

var controller = new AbortController();
var signal = controller.signal;

// ...

signal.aborted ? console.log('Request has been aborted') : console.log('Request not aborted');

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
DOMThe definition of 'onabort' in that specification.	Living Standard	Initial definition

Browser compatibility

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
aborted Experimental'	Chrome Full support 66	Edge Full support 16	Firefox Full support 57	IE No support No	Opera Full support 53	Safari Full support 11.1	WebView Android Full support 66	Chrome Android Full support 66	Firefox Android Full support 57	Opera Android Full support 47	Safari iOS Full support 11.3	Samsung Internet Android Full support 9.0

Legend

Full support  

Full support

No support  

No support

Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.'

Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.

See also

• Fetch API

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