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What does (idle) mean in Google Chrome DevTools Profiler?

Probably it's obvious but I can't find an answer..

What's the exact meaning of idle in this case? Is there really nothing going on? Or just no JavaScript getting parsed/executed?

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damian Avatar asked Dec 20 '13 11:12

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The meaning of "idle" is really obvious: "(idle)" means the time spent on doing nothing.

Go to about:blank, and get a new CPU profile. The result is probably a value for (idle) close to 100% and a bit of (program) next question: Chrome debugger - What is "(program)" in the profiler?.

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Rob W Avatar answered Sep 20 '22 01:09

Rob W