# Container Autopilot

> Open new tabs and external links in disposable temporary containers, route URLs matching your rules into permanent containers, and mirror any container as an auto-collapsing tab group.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/container-autopilot](https://chrome-stats.com/d/container-autopilot)

## Overview

- **ID:** `container-autopilot`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** blandir
- **Category:** tabs
- **Daily users:** 2
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (1 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.0.3
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-11
- **First published:** 2026-07-05
- **Size:** 48 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-18
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/container-autopilot/)

## Description

<strong>Container Autopilot</strong> puts your containers on autopilot.

<strong>Disposable by default</strong>
Every new tab (Ctrl/Cmd+T), every link opened from another app, and every address you type into an uncontained tab opens in a fresh temporary container. When its last tab closes, the container — and all its cookies and site data — is deleted automatically. Nothing lingers.

<strong>Rules route to permanent containers</strong>
Define regular-expression rules that always open matching sites in a specific permanent container — your bank, your work domain, your personal accounts. The first matching rule wins. When a navigation doesn't match any rule, you can also choose a permanent container for it on the spot instead of falling back to a temporary one.

<strong>Containers can mirror tab groups</strong>
Turn on grouping for any permanent container and every tab opened in it automatically joins a same-named tab group. An option auto-collapses every other group when you switch into one, so your tab strip only ever shows the group you're actually using.

<strong>Stays out of your way</strong>
Follow a link inside a container and you stay in that container. Container Autopilot only steps in for brand-new navigations, so normal browsing feels unchanged.

<strong>One-click control from the toolbar</strong>
The toolbar popup shows the current page and the container it's in. From there you can add a rule for the current site, spin up a new permanent container — choosing its color on the spot — or instantly reopen the current page in any container.

<strong>A full management page</strong>
The "manage all" page lets you edit, add, delete, and reorder rules; create, rename, or delete permanent containers; toggle tab grouping per container (or for all of them at once); and export your whole setup to a file or import it back.

Container Autopilot is built directly on Firefox's container feature (it enables it automatically if it isn't already) and doesn't require the Multi-Account Containers add-on, though the two coexist fine.

<strong>Example rules</strong>
- Any <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/18292d9c1899dd2b453ea9e3c1375587569f07a1d91694af6d865f8eab086cdb/http%3A//github.com" rel="nofollow">github.com</a> page: <code>^https?://([^/]*\.)?github\.com(/|$)</code>
- Only your bank's login: <code>^https://www\.mybank\.com/login</code>
- Anything under a work domain: <code>^https?://([^/]*\.)?corp\.example\.com/</code>

<strong>Privacy:</strong> Container Autopilot collects no data. Your rules and settings are stored locally in your browser and never leave your device (unless you export a backup file yourself).

<strong>Disclaimer</strong>
This extension is completely built using AI

## Rankings

- #60,907 — Overall
- #71 — ai copilot
- #103 — copilot
- #157 — contain
- #168 — topic

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `contextualIdentities`
- `cookies`
- `tabs`
- `tabGroups`
- `storage`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `<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/container-autopilot)