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Is 'Use pagehide as a fallback' clause still needed?

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Description

### MDN URL

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Navigator/sendBeacon

### What specific section or headline is this issue about?

Use pagehide as a fallback

### What information was incorrect, unhelpful, or incomplete?

All modern browsers now implement the `visibilitychange` function, so this information is absolutely out of date.

### What did you expect to see?

This section to be removed.

### Do you have any supporting links, references, or citations?

_No response_

### Do you have anything more you want to share?

_No response_

### MDN metadata

Page report details

* Folder: `en-us/web/api/navigator/sendbeacon`
* MDN URL: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Navigator/sendBeacon
* GitHub URL: https://github.com/mdn/content/blob/main/files/en-us/web/api/navigator/sendbeacon/index.md
* Last commit: https://github.com/mdn/content/commit/e3b1390089160b88a74b2bed5445d9cf7cb7e436
* Document last modified: 2026-04-09T14:37:05.000Z

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Open files/en-us/web/api/navigator/sendbeacon/index.md and locate the “Use pagehide as a fallback” section. Check the current visibilitychange and pagehide guidance against browser support information, then remove the outdated section if confirmed; done means the page no longer presents this fallback as necessary.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
82/100

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