Google chrome auto refresh

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When I try to load a page in Google Chrome without Wi-Fi and then turn on Wi-Fi the page refreshes automatically.

I do not want this because I don't have time to turn on a VPN before the page loads.

How do I prevent this?

I believe it only does this for the first page yes and not all the tabs? — William, Commented Apr 17, 2017 at 21:53

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:40:11Z

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Per this answer, it seems like setting Chrome's "Offline Auto-Reload Mode" flag to "disabled" should do what you want?

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answered Apr 17, 2017 at 23:40

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user134211user134211 · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-17 20:15:16Z

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It is actually Tab Discarding...

You can take a look here chrome://discards/

If you want to disable then go to chrome://flags, and disable this flag: #automatic-tab-discarding

answered Apr 17, 2017 at 20:15

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No, it is not tab discarding. What will happen is that I will visit a webpage without internet access, and Chrome will display a page saying "You are offline" or whatever. Then when your internet comes back up, Chrome will automatically refresh the page
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user134211user134211 · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-18 00:15:41Z

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Based on your reply to my first answer I think I have a little more clarity, so you may want to do both.

If you want to disable then go to chrome://flags, and disable this flag: #enable-offline-auto-reload

answered Apr 18, 2017 at 0:15

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