[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":332},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-how-to-save-restore-tab-sessions":3,"blog-surround-how-to-save-restore-tab-sessions":283,"blog-all-posts":289},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"cover":237,"date":238,"description":239,"draft":240,"extension":241,"faq":242,"howto":258,"meta":272,"navigation":273,"path":274,"seo":275,"stem":276,"tags":277,"updated":281,"__hash__":282},"blog/blog/how-to-save-restore-tab-sessions.md","How to Save and Restore Chrome Tab Sessions (Without Losing Anything)",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":227},"minimal",[9,20,23,28,31,49,52,56,65,84,91,95,98,102,109,112,163,167,175,179],[10,11,12],"blockquote",{},[13,14,15,19],"p",{},[16,17,18],"strong",{},"TL;DR:"," Chrome's \"Continue where you left off\" only restores everything after a crash — no selective save, no memory freeing. Tabbiy saves any tab to a staging list with one click and restores it later with its original URL intact, surviving Chrome restarts, crashes, and machine reboots. 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