# Smart Tab Sleeper & Auto Reactivate

> Suspend background tabs and wake them up when needed.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/smart-tab-sleeper-reactivate](https://chrome-stats.com/d/smart-tab-sleeper-reactivate)

## Overview

- **ID:** `smart-tab-sleeper-reactivate`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Nelson
- **Category:** tabs
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-08-01
- **First published:** 2025-07-29
- **Size:** 14 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/smart-tab-sleeper-reactivate/)

## Description

Background Tab Manager automatically reactivates suspended tabs when you switch to them, ensuring seamless browsing.

## Rankings

- #137,772 — Overall
- #121 — deactivate

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `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/smart-tab-sleeper-reactivate)