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Fetch Priority

Category
Network / Connectivity
Type
New or changed feature
Status
Enabled by default (Chrome 101)
Intent stage
Shipped

Summary

Fetch Priority provides developers a way to indicate a resource's relative priority to the browser, allowing more control over the order resources are loaded. Many factors influence a resource's priority in browsers. These include type, visibility, and preload status of a resource. This introduces a developer-set "fetchpriority" attribute to HTML elements and a "priority" property to the fetch API allowing developers to influence the computed priority of a resource. Supported fetchpriority values are auto, low, and high.

Standards & signals

Explainers: https://github.com/WICG/priority-hints/blob/main/EXPLAINER.md

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