The Discarded Work
To combat its reputation as a memory hog, Google Chrome introduced a feature called “Memory Saver.” When this is active, Chrome constantly monitors your open tabs. If you have a tab open that you haven’t looked at in a while, Chrome will automatically “discard” (or essentially close) the background process for that tab to free up RAM. The tab remains visible at the top of your screen, but the actual webpage is gone. When you finally click back to it, Chrome has to completely reload the page from scratch. If you were in the middle of filling out a complex, multi-page form, or if the page contained dynamic real-time data, that information is permanently lost.
Preserving Background Processes
To ensure your background tasks remain actively running and stop Google Chrome from automatically closing or discarding inactive tabs, you must disable the Memory Saver feature.
Open Google Chrome. Click the three vertical dots (the customize menu) in the extreme top-right corner of the window, just below the “X” button. Select Settings from the dropdown menu. In the left-hand navigation sidebar, click on Performance. Look at the very top of the main panel for the “Memory” section. You will see a toggle switch explicitly named Memory Saver. Click this toggle switch so it turns from blue to grey (Off). The change is immediate. Chrome will now prioritize keeping every single open tab actively loaded in the background, consuming more RAM but guaranteeing that your forms and data will be exactly as you left them when you return to a tab.