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PerformanceResourceTiming: firstInterimResponseStart property

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Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The firstInterimResponseStart read-only property returns a timestamp immediately after the browser receives the first byte of the interim 1xx response (for example, 100 Continue or 103 Early Hints) from the server.

There is no end property for firstInterimResponseStart.

Value

The firstInterimResponseStart property can have the following values:

  • A DOMHighResTimeStamp immediately after the browser receives the first interim bytes of the response from the server.
  • 0 if the resource was instantaneously retrieved from a cache.
  • 0 if the resource is a cross-origin request and no Timing-Allow-Origin HTTP response header is used.

Examples

Measuring request time

The firstInterimResponseStart and requestStart properties can be used to measure how long it takes to the browser to receive an interim response after the sending the request.

js

const request = entry.firstInterimResponseStart - entry.requestStart;

The following example uses a PerformanceObserver to notify of new resource performance entries as they are recorded in the browser's performance timeline. The buffered option is used for accessing entries from before the observer creation.

js

const observer = new PerformanceObserver((list) => {
  list.getEntries().forEach((entry) => {
    const request = entry.firstInterimResponseStart - entry.requestStart;
    if (request > 0) {
      console.log(`${entry.name}: Interim response time: ${request}ms`);
    }
  });
});

observer.observe({ type: "resource", buffered: true });

The following example uses Performance.getEntriesByType(), which only shows resource performance entries present in the browser's performance timeline at the time you call the method.

js

const resources = performance.getEntriesByType("resource");
resources.forEach((entry) => {
  const request = entry.firstInterimResponseStart - entry.requestStart;
  if (request > 0) {
    console.log(`${entry.name}: Interim response time: ${request}ms`);
  }
});

Cross-origin timing information

If the value of the firstInterimResponseStart property is 0, the resource might be a cross-origin request. To allow seeing cross-origin timing information, the Timing-Allow-Origin HTTP response header needs to be set.

For example, to allow https://developer.mozilla.org to see timing resources, the cross-origin resource should send:

http

Timing-Allow-Origin: https://developer.mozilla.org

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
firstInterimResponseStart 115 115 No No 101 No 115 115 No No No No

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PerformanceResourceTiming/firstInterimResponseStart