2y ago

How to disable auto tab sleep/hibernate/inactivate on Firefox for Android?

If I have tabs open on Firefox for Android and but am actively using another tab or another app, Firefox automatically unloads the unused tabs. How to disable this?

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That's the fun part...You don't!~
- Thanks for the info. That's so fun indeed 😢👍
I'd love to learn this as well.
- Let me know if you find out.
See https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/browser/tabunloader/
- I created and set browser.tabs.unloadOnLowMemory to false on Firefox Nightly for Android but still didn't work, tabs still unload.
I assume it's a feature to prevent Android's memory management from forcefully killing Firefox... for me the tabs don't unload, but they behave as if the JS running inside them has been frozen/paused.
Maybe installing those tabs as apps via Firefox's menu will bypass this

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