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Eleanor_Huynh
Microsoft
Sep 23, 2020Sleeping tabs FAQ
What is sleeping tabs?
To improve memory and CPU utilization of the browser, we've developed a feature called sleeping tabs.
To free up resources for active tabs, new tabs, and other appl...
Eleanor_Huynh
Microsoft
Dec 18, 2020michaelketting, thank you so much for trying out this feature and sharing your experience. Let me answer your questions:
- Edge on Chromium does not have a concept of zones and we try to determine intranet sites based on the URL. For more detailed information on zones, please go here: Security Zones in Edge – text/plain (textslashplain.com). If the URL doesn't look like an intranet site, you can use the sleeping tabs block list built in to Edge. This is also configurable via group policy.
- Thank you for letting us know so our team can investigate. Many thanks!
- Great question! Check out our Enterprise Roadmap for the schedule.
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By default, tabs will go to sleep after 2 hours of inactivity. However, one new thing we’ve added is you can now change that 2 hours to 5 minutes of inactivity before a tab goes to sleep. This 5 minutes is now available as an option from the drop down in Settings.
Looking forward to any future feedback you might have!
michaelketting
Dec 31, 2020Brass Contributor
Eleanor_Huynh, thank you for the detailed and helpful response.
I also want to apollogize for the late reply, the notification got stuck in our spam filter 😕
Best regards and a Happy New Year,
Michael