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prefetch

Link relation type "prefetch": The prefetch link relation type is used to identify a resource that might be required by the next navigation from the link context, and that the user agent oug….

link-relation kind link-relation status standard verification verified tier A iana-registry-row@1

registry record

value: prefetch

Relation Name	prefetch
Description	The prefetch link relation type is used to identify a resource that might be required by the next navigation from the link context, and that the user agent ought to fetch, such that the user agent can deliver a faster response once the resource is requested in the future.
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provenance

source: https://www.iana.org/assignments/link-relations/link-relations-1.csv
version: IANA registry, Last-Modified: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 18:11:26 GMT
retrieved: 2026-05-29 · updated: 2026-05-29

agent: curl -H 'accept: application/json' wire.phall.io/link-relation/prefetch or /link-relation/prefetch.json