Open Bug 1755183 Opened 2 years ago Updated 2 years ago

Don't unload pinned tabs (as fast)

Categories

(Firefox :: Tabbed Browser, enhancement)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
Tabbed Browser
Version:
Firefox 96
Type:
enhancement

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People

(Reporter: tim_vdeynde, Unassigned)

References

(Blocks 1 open bug)

Details

Pinned tabs usually have some importance. It could be mail, chat or something else where it is important to see "new" info.

While somebody pointed out to me that notifications are handled by service workers, it is still useful to see the "changed" badge on a pinned tab.

In case of a pinned tab really taking an excessive amount of memory (due to a leak, for example), it could also be acceptable to unload it and reload it immediately, if this would not result in data loss.

I am aware that they are already considered with a lower priority for unloading, but I feel like they are still unloaded too fast. I see unloaded pinned tabs with still a couple of gigabytes of free memory/swap left.

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