This includes Google Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari, etc.
Web applications use JavaScript, which is a scripting language executed in the web app.
Each background tab is assigned a Time Budget, which is in seconds, for running timers or tasks.
Note:Microsoft Edgeallows the time duration to be adjusted according to the user preferences.
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The tab throttling feature has been around for some time.
Initially introduced in Microsoft Edge, the feature caught on quickly and has been adopted by most modern browsers.
Not only that but the feature is also enabled by default.
Although it is not recommended, you might want to disable tab throttling for one reason or the other.
It is not recommended because tab suspension saves system resource utilization, making space for other important tasks.
This in turn increases the battery life of battery-based computers.
However, there is also a downside to it.
Suspending the background tabs halts all operations.
There are evenexampleswhere users faced issues running their apps since the background tabs stopped responding after a certain time.
That said, the decision to disable tab suspension lies with you.
Thankfully, Google has made this feature optional and can be disabled by individual users.
Toggle the slider in front of Memory Saver into theOffposition.
After performing the steps above, background and idle tabs in Google Chrome will no longer go to sleep.
Here is how:
In Chromes Omnibox, bang out the following and pressEnter.
In the corresponding Auto Discardable column, clickToggle.
You will notice that the check mark changes to a cross.
After performing these steps, the selected tab will not be suspended temporarily for this Chrome session.
However, if you restart Chrome, the prefs will return to default.
Now toggle the slider in front of Save resources with sleeping tabs into theOffposition.
Microsoft Edge will no longer put background, or idle tabs to sleep.
Of course, this will consume more system resources and drain the battery faster.
As mentioned earlier, Microsoft Edge allows users to define when to put idle tabs to sleep.
Here is how to do it:
In the Omnibox, pop in the following and pressEnter.
There is no sign of it in Firefoxs controls either.
When reactivated, the tabs are reloaded, as they did in Chrome and Edge.
Firefox calls tab throttling Tab Unloading.
This name has emerged as Firefox unloads the inactive tabs from the CPU, not utilizing it any longer.
When unloading a tab, it is actually put to sleep.
Firefox allows you to put background tabs to sleep by manually unloading them.
If you open those tabs, you will notice that they are reloaded.
Disable tab throttling in Vivaldi
Vivaldi is also a Chromium-based surfing app.
This feature, in Vivaldi, is called Hibernating Tabs.
According toreports, Vivaldi puts background tabs into hibernation mode right after 5 minutes of inactivity.
When accessing the sleeping tabs, the pages are reloaded, which is often despised by users.
However, Vivaldi has no method to disable or manage Tab Hibernation.
Previously, Vivaldi offered experimental flags to disable tab hibernation.
However, in the more recent versions of Vivaldi, the flags have been removed.
The only difference is that this feature is labeled as Battery Saver in Opera.
This is how Opera defines its Battery Saver functionality:
So, how does battery saver work?
If youre playing online video games, you might want to switch it off.
Use the following steps to disable Battery Saver in Opera:
hit theSettings iconin the side panel.
In the Basic section, scroll down and look for Battery Saver section.
Scroll down and disable Memory Saver.
This will no longer put the background tabs to sleep.
Closing words
It is recommended that you only disable tab throttling when your system has ample resources.
Some browsers only put the tabs to sleep when the system is running on limited resources.
This will benefit your system in terms of improved performance.
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