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Discussion on: Sure you want to leave?—browser beforeunload event

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Divyesh Parmar

Ok so we are basically making it async?

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Sam Thorogood

Yeah, because your code otherwise won't have a chance to run.

I'd probably put a longer delay than zero on it, some browsers might let code execute even if the page is closing. I admit this behavior is a bit undefined.