Execution Timing

October 1, 2020

Measuring the time of JavaScript execution in a browser can give attackers information on when certain events are triggered, and how long some operations take. Timing the Event Loop # JavaScript’s concurrency model is based on a single-threaded event loop which means it can only run one task at a time. If, for example, some time-consuming task blocks the event loop, the user can perceive a freeze on a page as a result of the UI thread being starved. ...