Inactive Tab Redirects to SharePoint Home

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Is there a way to prevent inactive tabs from eventually redirecting to the SharePoint home page?

I rely on keeping important documents (Word, PPT, etc.) open in tab groups in MS Edge to return to for reference, but I'm finding that they sometimes end up redirecting back to the home page.

What's worse is that when this happens, I can't go "back" to the original document. If I don't remember what the document was to reload it, I'm out of luck, which is extremely frustrating.

michalkornet · Answer

Hi DavidMichaelangelo &nbsp;Maybe the files are opening in preview mode? You can try using a different link to access the file. For example, use the "Copy link" option and open it in a new tab. I hope that helps!&nbsp;

davidmichaelangelo · Answer

Thanks michalkornet, but I don't believe that is the case. It happened to several files, at least a couple of which would not have been opened in preview mode. It took a long time for the issue to happen. The documents were sleeping tabs for a couple of weeks before suddenly all redirecting to the home page.

michalkornet · Answer

Hi DavidMichaelangelo, another idea came to my mind: maybe it is related to the expiration date of the link?&nbsp;

davidmichaelangelo · Answer

It's a good thought, but it happened to all of the links at the same time. My current theory is there was a bad handling of the reload of the URLs for whatever reason, and the behaviour is to redirect back to the homepage (kinda like a 404 page). It might have been after a browser update, but it was definitely after all of my tabs were reloaded when restoring a session (restarted computer, browser update, I can't remember exactly).

davidmichaelangelo · Answer

Unlikely. This was across several documents from several people, and our org does not have a default expiration date. My theory is it's just a bug when the tab is reloaded -- either due to a browser update, or system reboot. Hopefully something that happens very rarely . . .

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