abortcontroller-polyfill brings the widely adopted AbortController API to environments lacking native support. This polyfill enables developers to use the AbortController and AbortSignal interfaces for cancellation of asynchronous operations, like fetch requests, in older browsers or Node.js versions. It offers a standardized and reliable way to manage and cancel ongoing tasks, improving resource utilization and user experience across different platforms, ensuring consistent behavior for applications relying on the Abort API.
abortcontroller-polyfill downloads saw a surge from March 2024 to July 2025, peaking at over 7.3 million. Downloads remained high through August 2025. September 2025 downloads are incomplete and significantly lower, reflecting the current month's partial data.
The abortcontroller-polyfill package saw frequent releases in 2017-2019, with peaks in July 2017 and February 2018. Release frequency then significantly decreased. From 2020, releases became sporadic, with only a few months seeing new versions. No releases have occurred in 2025 as of September 10th. The most recent releases were in November and December 2024.
