# Keep Tab Active

> Makes selected tabs appear visible and focused to the page.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `keep-tab-active`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Patrick Beal
- **Category:** appearance,photos-music-videos,tabs
- **Daily users:** 16
- **Weekly downloads:** 12
- **Version:** 0.1.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-10
- **First published:** 2026-08-07
- **Size:** 13 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/keep-tab-active/)

## Description

Keep Tab Active helps sites continue their normal activity when you switch to another tab.

Click the extension icon to turn it on for the current tab. The green KTA icon shows that protection is active. Click the icon again to turn it off.

Prevents streaming websites video quality to drop, like <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/faa9a440cf6439feab8f60c033a59ebd3e4552d910f0a0791686fcacda44506c/http%3A//Kick.com" rel="nofollow">Kick.com</a>, when switching tabs

When active, the extension:
<ul><li>Reports the selected tab as visible.</li><li>Reports the page as focused.</li><li>Blocks common blur and visibility-change events.</li><li>Applies the setting only to tabs that you select.</li><li>Clears the setting when you close the tab or browser session.</li></ul>
This extension can help with sites that pause media, stop updates, or change their behavior when a tab becomes inactive.

Keep Tab Active does not disable browser-level resource limits or background throttling. It only changes the page signals that sites commonly use to detect an inactive tab.

The extension does not collect, store, or send personal data.

## Rankings

- #27,134 — Overall
- #43 — keep
- #124 — visibility

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `scripting`
- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.

> Some risk analysis details are omitted from this free response. [Upgrade to view the full analysis](https://chrome-stats.com/pricing).

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