<![CDATA[Automatic reload]]>After update to 73.0.3856.257 Opera starts to automatically reload pages when I come back on a tab after a while.

Is there a way to disable this functionality or to modify the timeout ?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/45895/automatic-reloadRSS for NodeWed, 22 Apr 2026 19:10:35 GMTThu, 17 Dec 2020 12:57:33 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Automatic reload on Sun, 24 Jan 2021 01:16:01 GMT]]>@mrherodoto this is the version I'm on (see screenshot):

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I installed Opera with the package provided on the Opera website and not through my OS maintainer's repository. I use Kubuntu. This method of installation adds the opera repo into /etc/apt/*

Maybe my version is different to your own.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/240482https://forums.opera.com/post/240482Sun, 24 Jan 2021 01:16:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Automatic reload on Sat, 23 Jan 2021 23:46:13 GMT]]>@leocg, I can only hope that's true. Thanks for the feedback.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/240480https://forums.opera.com/post/240480Sat, 23 Jan 2021 23:46:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Automatic reload on Sat, 23 Jan 2021 23:41:46 GMT]]>@vr51, I'm using the latest version for almost half a month now and it looks the same.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/240479https://forums.opera.com/post/240479Sat, 23 Jan 2021 23:41:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Automatic reload on Sat, 23 Jan 2021 00:09:35 GMT]]>@leocg you, Operan and Chrome can call it a feature as much as you want but for everyone of us who use the product as end-users it is a bug: it bugs us. Thankfully it is now a bug that is fixed, at least for me.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/240405https://forums.opera.com/post/240405Sat, 23 Jan 2021 00:09:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Automatic reload on Sat, 23 Jan 2021 00:02:13 GMT]]>@vr51 probably just a coincidence, since there is no fix for it cause it's not a bug. The "fix" is the setting to disable the feature.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/240404https://forums.opera.com/post/240404Sat, 23 Jan 2021 00:02:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Automatic reload on Fri, 22 Jan 2021 23:19:37 GMT]]>@leocg & @mrherodoto I'm no longer plagued by this bug. My version of Opera is the latest stable release. The last update to the browser fixed the fault.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/240400https://forums.opera.com/post/240400Fri, 22 Jan 2021 23:19:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Automatic reload on Fri, 22 Jan 2021 22:37:52 GMT]]>@mrherodoto There is a setting to avoid it, but it's not on stable version yet.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/240397https://forums.opera.com/post/240397Fri, 22 Jan 2021 22:37:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Automatic reload on Fri, 22 Jan 2021 21:56:08 GMT]]>@leocg , can we make it formal? This behavior is terrible. Only makes things take longer. Opera programmers must listen to those complains somehow.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/240396https://forums.opera.com/post/240396Fri, 22 Jan 2021 21:56:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Automatic reload on Wed, 23 Dec 2020 00:41:23 GMT]]>Thanks @leocg

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/237603https://forums.opera.com/post/237603Wed, 23 Dec 2020 00:41:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Automatic reload on Wed, 23 Dec 2020 00:21:00 GMT]]>@vr51 There isn't as far as I know.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/237601https://forums.opera.com/post/237601Wed, 23 Dec 2020 00:21:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Automatic reload on Tue, 22 Dec 2020 23:07:59 GMT]]>@leocg Maybe. I'm not 100% certain of that. I use Chrome and Opera. I'm not seeing the same behaviour in Chrome. Both browsers are up to date. The difference between the browsers might be in the implementation of the new Chromium behaviour.

I use a tab manager to put tabs to sleep. I really don't want the browser to force reload tabs when I switch between multiple active tabs. For me it's a matter of tab stability. I can't do my job with a browser that keeps unloading tab content whenever I change tab focus. I see and appreciate the intent behind the behaviour but I feel it is poorly executed.

Is there a way to set the timeout counter before unfocused tabs lose their content?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/237596https://forums.opera.com/post/237596Tue, 22 Dec 2020 23:07:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Automatic reload on Tue, 22 Dec 2020 22:55:28 GMT]]>@vr51 It's new Chromium behavior.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/237594https://forums.opera.com/post/237594Tue, 22 Dec 2020 22:55:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Automatic reload on Tue, 22 Dec 2020 22:28:21 GMT]]>Same issue here. It's annoying.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/237590https://forums.opera.com/post/237590Tue, 22 Dec 2020 22:28:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Automatic reload on Thu, 17 Dec 2020 15:24:27 GMT]]>@nicohell There isn't. You can type opera://discards/ in address bar to temporarily disable it for a tab/page.

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