Stopped working completely with Chrome v46

[PiNotEqual3]

Unfortunately with Chrome v46 this extension stop working completely.

After some debugging I see chrome.windows.getLastFocused({populate: true}, suspendActiveTab); returns the wrong window. Tried to fix it with chrome.windows.getCurrent but that's just the same...

[PiNotEqual3]

ok, fixed this by updating backgorund.js with:

//handler for popup clicks
chrome.extension.onRequest.addListener(
    function (request, sender, sendResponse) {

        chrome.tabs.query({ active: true, currentWindow: true }, function(a)
        {
            if (a && a.length)
            {
                var windowID = a[0].windowId;
                if (request.msg === "suspendOne") {
                    chrome.windows.get(windowID, {populate: true}, suspendActiveTab);
                } else if (request.msg === "suspendAll") {
                    chrome.windows.get(windowID, {populate: true}, suspendAllTabs);

                } else if (request.msg === "unsuspendAll") {
                    chrome.windows.get(windowID, {populate: true}, unsuspendAllTabs);
                }
            }
        });
    }
);

[dt-rush]

Strange, it seems to be working for me. Which exact functionality was not working? "Suspend This Tab"?

[dt-rush]

Ah, from looking at the pull request it seems "Suspend Other Tabs" was broken. It's also broken for me at the moment, using Chrome 46 and the The Great Suspender 6.19

[weiweihuanghuang]

Suspend all tabs doesn't work.
Chrome 46 Suspender 6.21

[PiNotEqual3]

@dt-rush Correct. In my old version all functions did not work but in current build only "Suspend Other Tabs" has this problem. I also added "Suspend All Tabs" if someone is interested I can push that, too.

En Taro Adun! ;)

[weiweihuanghuang]

@PiNotEqual3 i just upgraded from like v4. suspend all tabs is great—it used to be there… was it taken out?

[PiNotEqual3]

@weiweihuanghuang It is not in the current master, see popup.html not sure why it was taken out. The function is still named suspendAllTabs() but it is used for "Suspend other tabs"

[weiweihuanghuang]

@PiNotEqual3 if I change it to:

function suspendAllTabs() {
    chrome.windows.getLastFocused({populate: true}, function(curWindow) {
        curWindow.tabs.forEach(function (tab) {
            requestTabSuspension(tab, true);
        });
    });
}

Should that work?

[PiNotEqual3]

@weiweihuanghuang I am not sure if it returns the full window object. Just give it a go ;)

[tnorthcutt]

Suspend all tabs and Suspend other tabs is working for me.

Chrome 46.0.2490.80 (64-bit)
The Great Suspender 6.21

[lennartcl]

I was having the same problem with

Chrome 46.0.2490.80 (64-bit)
The Great Suspender 4.74

Not sure why I have this old version or how long that hasn't been updated. The "Update extensions now" button in Chrome wouldn't update it, so I uninstalled and reinstalled it. Problem appears to be gone.

Any reason to believe not updating can be The Great Suspender's fault? Otherwise at least for me it was just caused by using an old version.

[deanoemcke]

The issue with 'Suspend other tabs' not working has been fixed in the latest release.
@lennartcl You are correct in assuming that it is the extensions fault that it doesn't automatically update. A long time ago I decided that automatically updating the extension was too risky as it removes all suspended tabs from the users browser. Hence, the extension does not automatically update.

[xgdgsc]

It is right not to auto update, is there an update notification to inform users of new releases?

[deanoemcke]

This feature is now available in the chrome webstore on v6.30.