For much improved consistency, jqXHR.abort() sets a default statusText of...

For much improved consistency, jqXHR.abort() sets a default statusText of 'canceled' right until after beforeSend has been called (in which case it reverts to the default of 'abort'): now all early aborts have a statusText of 'canceled'.

src/ajax.js

@@ -426,6 +426,8 @@ jQuery.extend({
 			fireGlobals,
 			// Loop variable
 			i,
+			// Default abort message
+			strAbort = "canceled",
 			// Fake xhr
 			jqXHR = {
 
@@ -471,7 +473,7 @@ jQuery.extend({
 
 				// Cancel the request
 				abort: function( statusText ) {
-					statusText = statusText || "abort";
+					statusText = statusText || strAbort;
 					if ( transport ) {
 						transport.abort( statusText );
 					}
@@ -716,12 +718,14 @@ jQuery.extend({
 
 		// Allow custom headers/mimetypes and early abort
 		if ( s.beforeSend && ( s.beforeSend.call( callbackContext, jqXHR, s ) === false || state === 2 ) ) {
-				// Abort if not done already
-				done( 0, "canceled" );
-				return jqXHR;
+				// Abort if not done already and return
+				return jqXHR.abort();
 
 		}
 
+		// aborting is no longer a cancelation
+		strAbort = "abort";
+
 		// Install callbacks on deferreds
 		for ( i in { success: 1, error: 1, complete: 1 } ) {
 			jqXHR[ i ]( s[ i ] );

test/unit/ajax.js

@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ test("jQuery.ajax - beforeSend, cancel request manually", function() {
 			ok( false, "request didn't get canceled" );
 		}
 	}).fail(function( _, reason ) {
-		strictEqual( reason, "abort", "manually canceled request must fail with 'abort' status text" );
+		strictEqual( reason, "canceled", "manually canceled request must fail with 'canceled' status text" );
 	});
 });
 
@@ -2324,7 +2324,7 @@ test("jQuery.ajax - abort in prefilter", function() {
 			ok( false, "error callback called" );
 		}
 	}).fail(function( _, reason ) {
-		strictEqual( reason, 'abort', "Request aborted by the prefilter must fail with 'abort' status text" );
+		strictEqual( reason, 'canceled', "Request aborted by the prefilter must fail with 'canceled' status text" );
 	});
 
 });