The Reloading Nightmare
Google Chrome is notorious for consuming a massive amount of system RAM. To combat this, Google introduced a feature called “Memory Saver.” When this is active, Chrome actively monitors your browsing habits. If you leave a tab open but don’t look at it for a while, Chrome automatically “suspends” or discards the tab from your computer’s active memory to free up resources. The tab remains visible in your top bar, but the moment you click back onto it, the entire webpage is forced to reload from scratch. This is catastrophic if you were halfway through filling out a long form, streaming an paused audio track, or reading a dynamic webpage that loses its place upon refreshing.
Disabling Memory Saver
To ensure your background tabs stay exactly as you left them and stop Google Chrome from automatically suspending inactive tabs, you must turn off the Memory Saver feature.
Click the three vertical dots (the customize menu) in the top-right corner of the Chrome window and select Settings. In the left-hand navigation sidebar, click on Performance. At the very top of the Performance page, you will see the master toggle switch for Memory Saver. Click this toggle to turn it completely Off. Chrome will now allow every single tab you open to consume active RAM indefinitely. If you want to keep the feature on generally but protect a few specific websites (like your email or a specific web app), leave the master toggle on, but click the Add button next to “Always keep these sites active” and type the URLs you want Chrome to ignore.