How to Reliably Send HTTP Requests Before Closing Browser Tabs?

We often encounter a classic scenario: the user is about to close the page or browser tab, and we need to seize this last opportunity to send some important information to the server. However, this seemingly simple requirement is fraught with challenges in practice. Traditional asynchronous requests (such as fetch or XMLHttpRequest) are highly likely to be interrupted by the browser during the page unload event, leading to request failures. The question…

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