Is there a way to clear all JavaScript timers at once?

Question

Im building an automatic refreshing comment section for my website using jQuery .load. So I am using a javascript 'setTimeout' timer to check for new comments.

But after doing some stuff like changing comment pages or deleting (all using ajax), a few old timers keep running, even though I used clearTimeout before loading new ajax content.

Is there some way to clear ALL javascript timers when I load new ajax content?

Answer 1

Warning: My code bellow is problematic, mainly because the requirement is itself is problematic. I wonder why would you want to clear all timers any way. This makes your code breaking any plugin the uses the timers. Which is much more common than you may think, unless of course you're debugging or having fun, then it doesn't matter.

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If you must:

This is one of the worst possible solutions. However it reveals a potential security vulnerability in JavaScript itself. But since it just works (clears ALL of the timers) I thought it would be cool to share it:

var maxId = setTimeout(function(){}, 0);  for(var i=0; i < maxId; i+=1) {      clearTimeout(i); }