# Tab Refresh

> Select a tab to refresh every x minutes (you can set in the preferences, the default is 3 minutes), thus preventing the timeout on the page you are connected to.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `tab-refresh`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Jhonatas Machado
- **Category:** tabs,shopping
- **Daily users:** 255
- **Weekly downloads:** 4
- **Rating:** 3.87 / 5 (15 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.4.8
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-22
- **First published:** 2019-01-05
- **Size:** 184 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/tab-refresh/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/jhonatasrm/tab-refresh/issues](https://github.com/jhonatasrm/tab-refresh/issues)

## Description

**Tab Refresh** is a free Chrome extension designed to automatically refresh browser tabs at customizable intervals, preventing page timeouts and keeping your sessions active. Users can set the refresh time in minutes through the extension's preferences, with a default interval of 3 minutes. The extension also supports a convenient context menu for quick access to refresh actions.

Regular updates are planned based on user feedback to add more features and improve functionality. The developer welcomes donation support and feature suggestions via GitHub issues to continue enhancing the extension. This tool is especially useful for users who want to maintain active connections on pages that might otherwise time out.

## Rankings

- #7,268 — Overall
- #285 — Shopping
- #10 — refresh
- #13 — auto refresh
- #26 — minute
- #142 — tabellenkalkulation

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `storage`
- `menus`
- `contextMenus`

## 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 support email may not be valid

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## Review summary

### Pros

- Does the job well and is lightweight
- Open source with no useless permissions
- Keeps a page awake to avoid long login procedures
- Works well
- Nice simple extension

### Cons

- Refresh while typing erases work
- Timer works only with minutes, not seconds
- Potential unmonitored security issues warned by Firefox
- Visibility issues on old laptops

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