<link rel="expect">
The rel="expect" attribute for the <link> HTML element is a hint to the browser to block rendering until the element that the href value references is connected to the document and fully parsed.
Status
Limited availability
MDN documentation
Specifications
- HTML (#link-type-expect), from HTML Workstream (WHATWG).
Browser support
- Chrome 124 Released on 2024-04-16
- Chrome Android 124 Released on 2024-04-16
- Edge 124 Released on 2024-04-18
- Firefox ❌
- Firefox for Android ❌
- Safari ❌
- Safari on iOS ❌
Developer signals
- State of HTML 2025: performance/performance_features question
- State of HTML 2025: features/all_features question
Usage (according to Chrome Platform Status)
~11.290% of page loads. More data at chromestatus.com.Developer signals
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