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AbortController: signal property

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Available in workers

The signal read-only property of the AbortController interface returns an AbortSignal object instance, which can be used to communicate with/abort an asynchronous operation as desired.

Value

An AbortSignal object instance.

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

SpecificationsStandards references are available on the canonical MDN page.

Browser compatibility

Browser compatibilityCompatibility data is available on the canonical MDN page.

See also