Aborting a jQuery getJSON XMLHttpRequest

Question

Turns out this was an artefact of a Firebug bug. The Ajax request was cancelled, but Firebug continued reporting it as active. Details here.

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Answer 1

Calling abort resets the object; the onreadystatechange event handler is removed, and readyState is changed to 0 (uninitialized).

i do not think it cancels the request itself, it just ignores any response (manipulating the event handler)- but i didnt really try it out yet.

but it will deifnitely allow you to reuse the object - no matter if the browser still has some thread working with the old request.