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prevent Firefox from reloading pages?

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Hirocase
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If I change to another app and then return to Firefox, I often find that Firefox has "dumped" the data and I must reload all tabs. Sometimes this happens to tabs I have left open a little while even though I have not left the browser. It also happens if I lock the screen. I assume the purpose is to free memory for other tasks but I find it very wasteful in terms if data use. Is there any way to prevent this?

If I change to another app and then return to Firefox, I often find that Firefox has "dumped" the data and I must reload all tabs. Sometimes this happens to tabs I have left open a little while even though I have not left the browser. It also happens if I lock the screen. I assume the purpose is to free memory for other tasks but I find it very wasteful in terms if data use. Is there any way to prevent this?

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guigs
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Hi Hirocase, If you can reproduce this issue, please consider providing reproducible steps and websites where this is happening. I could not reproduce it on a wifi network, or a data network.