1870433 - Firefox seemingly reloads tabs on tab reopen without user interaction, this is very problematic on a mobile phone with varying network connection

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1752594

(Firefox for Android :: Tabs, defect)

Description

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Steps to reproduce

1. Open 3 tabs and load for example an online shop website with item position in physical store listed
2. Go to the store, where network connection is bad, and open any of the tabs above to read the position of the item you want to buy

Expected behavior

Firefox should never try reloading or unloading a page if the network connection is bad and there has been no user interaction to want a reload.
If unload is desirable for some reason, then there should be a user facing option to enable / disable it.

Actual behavior

Firefox seemingly reloads pages in poor network conditions after a short while of pages being loaded in tabs on Android, making the browser unusable in scenarios where you want to have access to information on an already loaded page in poor network conditions on a mobile phone.

Device information

• Firefox version: 120.1.1
• Android device model: SM-G911B
• Android OS version: 14

Any additional information?

Comment 1

[Mark Hammond [:markh] [:mhammond]]

Thanks for the report and sorry you are experiencing this. This sounds like a dupe of one of the bugs under bug 1752594, so I'll mark this as a dupe of that.