Performance
Sleeping tabs
Step suspends idle tabs to save memory.
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After a tab has been inactive for a while, Step puts it to sleep. The tab keeps its scroll position and reloads on click. Sleeping tabs cost almost no memory.
Default behavior
Tabs sleep after 30 minutes of inactivity. Pinned tabs and tabs playing audio never sleep.
Tweak the timing
Settings → Performance → Sleeping tabs lets you change the threshold or disable it.
Per-site exceptions
Some sites lose state when reloaded. Add them to the never-sleep list.