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Tab Cycle Refresher

by vitorfior · Workflow & Planning
Manifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 16 Oct 2026

Refresh tabs in sequence, wait, then repeat. Skips pinned tabs and collapsed groups. Perfect for keeping live pages active.

Users
5
−1 in 30 days
Rating
0.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
0
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#257K
#215K among extensions
Version
1.8
updated 11 Aug 2026

Users

monthly, 5 months
047May 2026Aug 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 5 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

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001May 2026Aug 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 0 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

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About Tab Cycle Refresher

TAB CYCLE REFRESHER (V1.4) Keeps your live pages alive automatically. It cycles through your open tabs one by one, brings each to the front, reloads it, waits a few seconds, then moves on. After the last tab, it rests for a dormant period you choose, then starts the whole cycle again. It's perfect for keeping live streams, dashboards, and auto-refreshing pages active without lifting a finger. You can even have it close pages that change into an undesired state — such as a stream that goes offline — by adding your own keywords or phrases to watch for. Main Features: • Auto-cycle through all your open tabs on a schedule you set • Adjustable delay between tabs and an adjustable dormant rest period • Skips tabs in collapsed groups, and optionally skips pinned tabs too • Optional chime when each cycle finishes • Click any tab mid-cycle to jump to it — the cycle picks up from there • "Skip Cycle" and "Wake Up Now" buttons to cancel current cycle or start a new cycle instantly respectively. • Close offline or unwanted pages automatically by matching multiple keywords or sentences (ie. "stream ended"). • Settings save instantly and persist between sessions — start it once and let it run. STREAM REVIVER (for live-stream watchers): • Detects dead or frozen streams by detecting loss of audio on Twitch, Kick, and YouTube streams— even in muted tabs. • Automatically jumps to the stuck tab and refreshes it to get it playing again, or closes it if the offline page matches one of your keywords or phrases • Works completely independently of the main cycle — it runs in 30-second checks even while Tab Cycle Refresher is stopped, so tabs can be revived almost instantly, both between cycles and outside them • Queues multiple streams that get stuck at the same time and refreshes them one by one • Runs quietly in the background and survives browser restarts • Smart protection so genuinely live YouTube streams are never closed by mistake • Differentiates between YouTube videos and YouTube live streams so it doesn't try to refresh paused YouTube videos. • Respects the same rules as the main cycle — skips tabs in collapsed groups, and optionally skips pinned tabs too — even while Tab Cycle Refresher is stopped. v1.5: Fixed issue that was causing some pages to become 'stuck' during the cycle. v1.6: No longer refreshes tabs in floating popup windows (including those in the Video Wall extension). These are now ignored and skipped. v1.8: Fixes an issue where the gap between tabs sometimes could be far longer than the delay you set (around 30 seconds). It also speeds up the offline-page check, so cycles with "Close offline tabs" enabled run more smoothly and consistently.

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days0+0.0%00.00
30 days−1−16.7%00.00

Version history

7 versions recorded
1.811 Aug 2026
1.611 Jul 2026
1.524 Jun 2026
1.419 Jun 2026
1.315 Jun 2026
1.218 May 2026
1.011 May 2026

Details

Category
Workflow & Planning
First seen
11 May 2026
Size
28 KB
Languages
en
Pricing
Free
Extension ID
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Permissions and risk

Elevated riskimpact 3, likelihood 3
Permissions
tabsalarmsstoragewindowstabGroupsoffscreenscripting
Site access
<all_urls>
Can read and change data on every website you visit.

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