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The Great-er Tab Discarder 1.3.0 — Suspending tabs

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Rob Kodey
Rob Kodey
Co-founder of Marvellous Codeworks. Rescued The Great Discarder, built The Great-er Tab Discarder

The biggest feature addition in TGD's history: Suspending tabs is now a first-class option alongside Discarding. If you've been using TMS alongside TGD, you may find you no longer need both.

What's changed​

Tab Suspension​

TGD can now Suspend tabs in addition to Discarding them. Suspending keeps the tab visible with its title and favicon while freeing memory — the difference from Discarding is that the tab shows a dedicated suspended page rather than being silently unloaded by the browser.

  • Suspend individual tabs from the extension popup or via keyboard shortcuts
  • Switch between automatic Suspending and Discarding in Settings — you choose which behaviour applies to idle tabs

Customizable suspended tab titles​

Suspended tabs can now display a custom title prefix to distinguish them visually at a glance. Example prefixes: 💤 🔴 🟡 — plus a full range of color options.

Improved tab migration​

The migration UI has been upgraded: you can now view and individually select which eligible tabs to Migrate or Convert, rather than migrating everything at once.

Tiny Suspender support​

suspend.html tabs from Tiny Suspender can now be migrated to TGD.

Fixes​

  • Tab migration logic has been improved to handle different suspended-tab URL formats more robustly, preventing migration loops.

Full changelog on GitHub: v1.3.0 release