# Idle API Tester

> For testing the WebExtensions idle API.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/idle-api-tester](https://chrome-stats.com/d/idle-api-tester)

## Overview

- **ID:** `idle-api-tester`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Paul Morris
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 26
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (2 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0.2resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2017-08-29
- **Size:** 8.05 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/idle-api-tester/)

## Description

Idle API Tester is an experimental Firefox add-on designed to assist developers in testing the WebExtensions idle API. It provides notifications and console logs to diagnose issues with idle state changes.

## Rankings

- #21,657 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `idle`
- `notifications`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Enables sending notifications which can be spammed but have minimal direct security impact.
- 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/idle-api-tester)