This tests that synchronous XMLHttpRequests fail when they are disabled for documents. On success, you will see a series of "PASS" messages, followed by "TEST COMPLETE". PASS xhr.open("GET", "http://mydomain/", false) threw exception InvalidAccessError: Failed to execute 'open' on 'XMLHttpRequest': Synchronous requests are disabled for this page.. PASS successfullyParsed is true TEST COMPLETE