sessions

Use the sessions API to list, and restore, tabs and windows that have been closed while the browser has been running.

The sessions.getRecentlyClosed() function returns an array of tabs.Tab and windows.Window objects, representing tabs and windows that have been closed since the browser was running, up to the maximum defined in sessions.MAX_SESSION_RESULTS.

You can then restore a window or tab using the sessions.restore() function. Restoring doesn't just reopen the tab: it also restores the tab's navigation history so the back/forward buttons will work.

To use the sessions API you must have the "sessions" API permission.

Types

sessions.Filter
Enables you to restrict the number of Session objects returned by a call to sessions.getRecentlyClosed().
sessions.Session

Represents a tab or window that the user has closed in the current browsing session.

Properties

sessions.MAX_SESSION_RESULTS
The maximum number of sessions that will be returned by a call to sessions.getRecentlyClosed().

Functions

sessions.getRecentlyClosed()
Returns an array of Session objects, representing windows and tabs that were closed in the current browsing session (that is: the time since the browser was started).
sessions.restore()

Restores a closed tab or window.

Events

sessions.onChanged

Fired when a tab or window is closed.

Browser compatibility

ChromeEdgeFirefoxFirefox for AndroidOpera
FilterYesNo52NoYes
MAX_SESSION_RESULTSYesNo52NoYes
SessionYesNo52 *NoYes
getRecentlyClosedYesNo52NoYes
onChangedYesNo53NoYes
restoreYesNo52NoYes

Chrome incompatibilities

None.

Acknowledgements

This API is based on Chromium's chrome.sessions API.

Microsoft Edge compatibility data is supplied by Microsoft Corporation and is included here under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.

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