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Eleanor_Huynh
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Sep 23, 2020

Sleeping 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...
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michaelketting
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Feb 04, 2021

HotCakeXThank you. This surprising change to the originally communicated schedule is very troubling news. It means customers will now have to take immediate meassures to disable Sleeping Tabs in order to avoid application compatibility issues instead of being able to do this within the v89 timeframe.

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EricOfFcoa
Copper Contributor
Feb 04, 2021
FWIW, the release notes seem to suggest that Sleeping Tabs should be disabled by default in 88: "We are planning to have the sleeping tabs feature enabled by default with Microsoft Edge version 89."
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    michaelketting
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    Feb 04, 2021

    EricOfFcoathank you for pointing this out. I completely missed this last part when checking out the release notes.

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