JavaScript setTimeout will not be clamped until a higher nesting threshold is set (deprecated)

Policy ID
UnthrottledNestedTimeoutEnabled
Scope
Computer Configuration, User Configuration
Supported on
Microsoft Edge version 105, Windows 7 or later
Source
Microsoft Edge Policy Templates (version 155.0.4283.45)
Category
Microsoft Edge

Description

DEPRECATED: This policy is deprecated. It is currently supported but will become obsolete in a future release.

This policy is deprecated because it's a temporary policy for web standards compliance. It doesn't work in Microsoft Edge version 107 onward.
If you enable this policy, the JavaScript setTimeout and setInterval, with an interval smaller than 4 ms, aren't clamped. This improves short horizon performance; however, websites abusing the API still have their setTimeout usages clamped.
If you disable or don't configure this policy, the JavaScript setTimeout and setInterval, with an interval smaller than 4 ms, are clamped.

This is a web standards compliancy feature that changes task ordering on a webpage, leading to unexpected behavior on sites that are dependent on a certain ordering.
It also affects sites with a lot of usage of a timeout of 0 ms for setTimeout, for example, increasing CPU load.

Registry

ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
  • UnthrottledNestedTimeoutEnabledREG_DWORD
UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER
  • UnthrottledNestedTimeoutEnabledREG_DWORD

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