Does Axios support 'keepalive' functionality as the native fetch() does (for browser unload)?

Describe the issue

Can Axios be configured to keep requests alive after a browser page is closed? Native fetch() accepts keepalive flag to enable this functionality, while I haven’t found any similar in Axios documentation. Asked previously but auto closed by the bot here: https://github.com/axios/axios/issues/4252

Example Code

window.onunload = function() {
  fetch('/analytics', {
    method: 'POST',
    body: "statistics",
    keepalive: true
  });
};

Expected behavior, if applicable

Closing the browser page does not keep the request from finishing (though the response cannot be handled, the request completes). Navigator.sendBeacon() is the old way of doing this. fetch’s keepalive property is the new way. Any support for either of these within axios? For example, to save your changes right before the browser closes so you do not lose work or send analytics.

Environment

• Axios Version [0.24.0]
• Browser [any]
• OS: [any]

Additional context/Screenshots

keepalive The keepalive option can be used to allow the request to outlive the page. Fetch with the keepalive flag is a replacement for the Navigator.sendBeacon() API. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/fetch#parameters

More context here: https://javascript.info/fetch-api

[ssidorchik]

👋 @jasonsaayman I see how AbortController can help to cancel requests. But in the above use case the opposite behavior is expected to let the request being completed on page close. Could you reopen this ticket?

[jasonsaayman]

Please check out the AbortController as this should handle this use case, should it not work please open a new issue.