Vivaldi: Check extension updates, and why it might disable the extension

[rkodey]

@rkodey I didn't save the session when migrating from 8.0.0 to 8.1.0.

My browser (Vivaldi) just notified me that this extension was now disabled. I re-enabled it, and I can see the version is now 8.1.1.

What I can also see is that all my suspended tabs are gone. I've been trying to find them and I can't... and it looks like I'm not the only one with this problem.

I'd love to continue using this extension, but I can't keep losing tabs. It's just too unreliable. Uninstalling...

Originally posted by @diegoteliz in #76

Thanks @diegoteliz - this sounds like a scenario I haven't seen before. If Vivaldi truly disables the extension, then all of the code that detects version updates to restore tabs would be bypassed. Certainly, that's not good for our extension!

I'll have to investigate Vivaldi further - it seems there may be a few issues related to that browser.

[rkodey]

Well... Installed Vivaldi, and while the extension seems to generally work, I'm immediately seeing quite a lot of behavior difference. Not the least of which is that suspended tabs appear to auto-un-suspend when switching tabs, regardless of the related Setting.

I guess I'm surprised there aren't a lot more Vivaldi complaints...

[diegoteliz]

(...) I'm immediately seeing quite a lot of behavior difference. Not the least of which is that suspended tabs appear to auto-un-suspend when switching tabs, regardless of the related Setting. (...)

Yes, it's a pretty annoying behaviour that started showing up 2 or 3 versions ago, probably around 8.0.0.

As a temporary workaround, I just suspend the tab with the shortcut, and quickly leave the tab. I never bothered reporting it tbh.

[TyIsI]

As the previous thread was closed, I just want to add that this is like Chromium related, as Chrome also suffered from the issue.