Automatically discard inactive, unpinned, inaudible tabs after 15 minutes. This frees up substantial CPU and memory resources from supposedly "idle" background tabs. No tab or content permissions are required for this extension.

Discard stale tabs - Free up CPU and memory resources
Discard stale tabs is a Firefox add-on that automatically removes inactive, unpinned, and inaudible tabs to free up CPU and memory resources. It improves performance by optimizing background tabs without requiring any tab or content permissions.
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Discard stale tabs does not require any sensitive permissions.
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Discard stale tabs has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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- High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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