SUMMARY

Almost all websites with authentication has a session timeout. If you are inactive in the website for some time then your session may be expired. You need to login again to perform any action in the website. This extension will keep your session from expiring by reloading your website in the background. This will keep your session alive without manually reloading website even you are inactive in the website for long period of time. Background page request This option keep the session alive by requesting page in the background using AJAX requests, and page reload is not required and unsaved changes are not lost. Set the Background trigger URL as your website dashboard/ welcome URL, set the Interval and save. Navigate to the Trigger URL in a New Tab and Your session is now alive! Automatic stopping of Background page request The rule is automatically stopped by analyzing the server response. Foreground page reload The Background page reload will not be enough to keep the session alive, if websites implements JavaScript idle timer in the browser itself. The Foreground page reload option can overcome this limitation. This option keep the session alive by auto-reloading current page in the browser. Automatic stopping of Foreground page reload The rule is automatically stopped if the user navigates away from the Trigger URL. Notifications Browser Notifications can be set for the page reload success/ fail conditions. Disable a rule The rule can be disabled if you want to temporarily stop the rule from triggering. Easily create and edit rules in the settings page, and also try the different options available to suit your needs. Permissions Requested 1. Access your data for all websites : required to inject a JavaScript code to all the webpages which is activated only when a rule is running. 2. Access browser tabs : required to access the browser tab where the rule is running. 3. Display notifications to you : required to display Browser Notifications with the status of the running rule. Session Alive extension is Open Source. If you want to contribute to this project or encounter any issues please visit: https://github.com/arunelias/session-alive Always assess the safety of any extension before installing. Here are tips for assessing the safety of an extension https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/9897812?hl=en

The latest version of Session Alive is available on the Chrome web and is currently being used by 10,000 active users. The initial version was launched on 2022-08-03.

HOW TO INSTALL Session Alive FROM A CRX FILE

1. Download Session Alive CRX file
2. NOTE: Sometimes the browser may block downloading / installing CRX file from outside the Chrome Web Store. If so, you may need to download the ZIP file instead
3. In the URL bar, go to chrome://extensions
4. Enable Developer mode

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