Handling cancelled request with Express/Node.js and Angular

Question

When a pending HTTP request is cancelled by a client/browser it seems that Node with Express continues to process the request. For intensive requests, the CPU is still being

Answer 1

You can set a timeout for requests on your server:

var server = app.listen(app.get('port'), function() {
  debug('Express server listening on port ' + server.address().port);
});
// Set the timeout for a request to 1sec
server.timeout = 1000;