# Long Request Notifier

> Get audible alerts for long network requests in inactive tabs. Customize: duration threshold, domain filters (allow/block lists), sound (custom upload and volume), and OS notifications.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/long-request-notifier](https://chrome-stats.com/d/long-request-notifier)

## Overview

- **ID:** `long-request-notifier`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Romelium
- **Category:** web-development,alerts-updates,tabs
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Version:** 1.2.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-06-08
- **First published:** 2025-05-31
- **Size:** 77 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-11
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/long-request-notifier/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/romelium/long-request-notifier](https://github.com/romelium/long-request-notifier)

## Description

Receive sound when long-running web requests complete in inactive tabs. Stop checking back – get notified!

<strong>Features:</strong>
<ul><li><strong>Inactive Tab Focus:</strong> Notifications only for background tabs.</li><li><strong>Custom Duration Threshold:</strong> Define what "long" means for you (in seconds).</li><li><strong>Domain Filtering (for Request Destinations):</strong> Monitor all, whitelist specific <em>request destination domains</em>, or blacklist them to ignore. Filters apply to the domain a network request is <em>sent to</em> (e.g., an API endpoint), not the website you are currently viewing.</li><li><strong>Sound Control:</strong> Upload custom sounds (MP3/OGG/WAV/M4A, max 1MB), adjust volume, test.</li><li><strong>OS Desktop Notifications:</strong> Optional system-level alerts showing the completed request's hostname and duration.</li><li><strong>Multi-Language Support:</strong> English, German, Spanish, Simplified Chinese.</li></ul>
Ideal for developers tracking API calls, users with slow uploads/downloads, or anyone multitasking with lengthy background web processes.

## Rankings

- #110,088 — Overall
- #76 — request

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `webRequest`
- `storage`
- `notifications`
- `tabs`

### Host permissions

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High 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/long-request-notifier)