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JavaScript setTimeout will not be clamped until a higher nesting threshold is set (deprecated)

Supported on: Microsoft Edge version 105, Windows 7 or later

Registry

HKLM Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge
HKCU Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge

Value name: UnthrottledNestedTimeoutEnabled

Enabled: UnthrottledNestedTimeoutEnabled = 1

Disabled: UnthrottledNestedTimeoutEnabled = 0

Description

DEPRECATED: This policy is deprecated. It is currently supported but will become obsolete in a future release. This policy is deprecated because it's a temporary policy for web standards compliance. It doesn't work in Microsoft Edge version 107 onward. If you enable this policy, the JavaScript setTimeout and setInterval, with an interval smaller than 4 ms, aren't clamped. This improves short horizon performance; however, websites abusing the API still have their setTimeout usages clamped. If you disable or don't configure this policy, the JavaScript setTimeout and setInterval, with an interval smaller than 4 ms, are clamped. This is a web standards compliancy feature that changes task ordering on a webpage, leading to unexpected behavior on sites that are dependent on a certain ordering. It also affects sites with a lot of usage of a timeout of 0 ms for setTimeout, for example, increasing CPU load.