What does status=canceled for a resource mean in C

Question

What would cause a page to be canceled? I have a screenshot of the Chrome Developer Tools.

This happens often but not every time. It seems like once some other resources are cached, a page refresh will load the LeftPane.aspx. And what's really odd is this only happens in Google Chrome, not Internet Explorer 8. Any ideas why Chrome would cancel a request?

Answer 1

NB: Make sure you don't have any wrapping form elements.

I had a similar issue where my button with onclick={} was wrapped in a form element. When clicking the button the form is also submitted, and that messed it all up...

This answer will probably never be read by anyone, but I figured why not write it :)

Answer 2

status=canceled may happen also on ajax requests on JavaScript events:

<script>
  $("#call_ajax").on("click", function(event){
     $.ajax({
        ...    
     });
  });
</script>

<button id="call_ajax">call</button> 

The event successfully sends the request, but is is canceled then (but processed by the server). The reason is, the elements submit forms on click events, no matter if you make any ajax requests on the same click event.

To prevent request from being cancelled, JavaScript event.preventDefault(); have to be called:

<script>
  $("#call_ajax").on("click", function(event){
     event.preventDefault();
     $.ajax({
        ...    
     });
  });
</script>

Answer 3

A cancelled request happened to me when redirecting between secure and non-secure pages on separate domains within an iframe. The redirected request showed in dev tools as a "cancelled" request.

I have a page with an iframe containing a form hosted by my payment gateway. When the form in the iframe was submitted, the payment gateway would redirect back to a URL on my server. The redirect recently stopped working and ended up as a "cancelled" request instead.

It seems that Chrome (I was using Windows 7 Chrome 30.0.1599.101) no longer allowed a redirect within the iframe to go to a non-secure page on a separate domain. To fix it, I just made sure any redirected requests in the iframe were always sent to secure URLs.

When I created a simpler test page with only an iframe, there was a warning in the console (which I had previous missed or maybe didn't show up):

[Blocked] The page at https://mydomain.com/Payment/EnterDetails ran insecure content from http://mydomain.com/Payment/Success

The redirect turned into a cancelled request in Chrome on PC, Mac and Android. I don't know if it is specific to my website setup (SagePay Low Profile) or if something has changed in Chrome.

Answer 4

For me 'canceled' status was because the file did not exist. Strange why chrome does not show 404.

Answer 5

It was as simple as an incorrect path for me. I would suggest the first step in debugging would be to see if you can load the file independently of ajax etc.

Answer 6

Another thing to look out for could be the AdBlock extension, or extensions in general.

But "a lot" of people have AdBlock....

To rule out extension(s) open a new tab in incognito making sure that "allow in incognito is off" for the extention(s) you want to test.