Bugzilla

(In reply to Gabriele Svelto [:gsvelto] from comment #11)
> (...) Regarding unloading long inactive tabs we discussed implementing the [Page Lifecycle API](https://wicg.github.io/page-lifecycle/spec.html), possibly feeding back changes into the draft spec. Idle tab unloading will probably happen within that context.

It will be useful also for this API to give options to add-ons to be able to discard tabs after given time. Chrome extensions, like The Great Suspender, can perform these actions already.

(In reply to Gabriele Svelto [:gsvelto] from comment #11)
> (...) Regarding unloading long inactive tabs we discussed implementing the [Page Lifecycle API](https://wicg.github.io/page-lifecycle/spec.html), possibly feeding back changes into the draft spec. Idle tab unloading will probably happen within that context.

It will be useful also for this API to give options to add-ons to be able to discard tabs after given time. Chrome extensions, like [The Great Suspender](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/the-great-suspender/klbibkeccnjlkjkiokjodocebajanakg), can perform these actions already.

(In reply to Gabriele Svelto [:gsvelto] from comment #11)
> (...) Regarding unloading long inactive tabs we discussed implementing the [Page Lifecycle API](https://wicg.github.io/page-lifecycle/spec.html), possibly feeding back changes into the draft spec. Idle tab unloading will probably happen within that context.

It will be useful also for this API to give options to add-ons to be able to discard tabs after given time. Chrome extensions, like [The Great Suspender](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/the-great-suspender/klbibkeccnjlkjkiokjodocebajanakg), can perform these actions already. (See also [The Great Discarder](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/the-great-discarder/jlipbpadkjcklpeiajndiijbeieicbdh)).