# Idle Media Timeout

> Reloads or unloads pages still playing media after a configurable period without user activity. Especially useful for pausing streaming content that you might otherwise sleep through!

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `idle-media-timeout`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Dante
- **Category:** photos-music-videos,tabs
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 0.0.1
- **Last updated:** 2022-02-09
- **First published:** 2022-02-08
- **Size:** 24 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/idle-media-timeout/)

## Description

Idle Media Timeout is a Firefox add-on that reloads or unloads pages still playing media after a configurable period without user activity. It is especially useful for pausing streaming content that you might otherwise sleep through!

## Rankings

- #122,924 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `activeTab`
- `idle`
- `alarms`
- `notifications`
- `storage`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate 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/idle-media-timeout)