# Auto Refresh Tab

> Automatically refresh tabs at custom intervals with countdown timer, pause/resume, and per-tab controls.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/automatic-refresh-tab](https://chrome-stats.com/d/automatic-refresh-tab)

## Overview

- **ID:** `automatic-refresh-tab`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Sejar Parvez
- **Category:** tabs
- **Daily users:** 22
- **Weekly downloads:** 6
- **Version:** 1.3.7
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-09
- **First published:** 2026-05-04
- **Size:** 30 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/automatic-refresh-tab/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/automatic-refresh-tab/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/automatic-refresh-tab/privacy/)

## Description

Auto Refresh Tab lets you automatically reload any tab at a set interval — perfect for monitoring live data, auctions, dashboards, or status pages.
Key Features:
• Custom intervals — set any refresh rate from 1 minute up to hours
• Visual countdown timer — see exactly when the next refresh happens
• Per-tab control — each tab maintains its own refresh settings
• Pause & Resume — temporarily stop refreshing without losing your settings
• Refresh counter — track how many times a tab has been reloaded
• Keyboard shortcut — press Alt+R to quickly toggle auto-refresh on/off
• Randomize mode — adds ±10% jitter to intervals to avoid server load spikes
• Badge indicators — icon shows "ON" or "PAUSED" status at a glance
• Works everywhere — compatible with all websites
• Manifest V3 — built for the modern Firefox extension platform
How to use:
1. Click the extension icon in your toolbar
2. Toggle auto-refresh on for the current tab
3. Choose your interval using preset buttons or a custom value
4. Watch the countdown and let the extension handle the rest
No data collection. No tracking. Just a simple, reliable tab refresher.

## Rankings

- #23,765 — Overall
- #34 — auto refresh
- #39 — refresh
- #118 — resume
- #138 — pause

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `alarms`
- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/automatic-refresh-tab)