Save/restore windows: safe to use?

[yozlet]

I'm enjoying TM+ lots, and the beta save/restore window functionality is very handy. Are there any known problems with it that are stopping from coming out of beta?

[mastef]

@yozlet some people had problems with restoring the windows from the backup json. But have not sent me the .json file to inspect. Although I offered them to just send it to me without the urls in it.

The problem of coming out of experimental stage is that I wasn't able to check their issues, as they haven't sent me their files. Until then I can't classify it as "stable".

So it should be pretty safe to use. If the restoration doesn't work for you, you can always send me the file and I can inspect it and fix it for you.

[yozlet]

@mastef Totally understood, thanks for the explanation. I'm fine with you closing this if you like, or leaving it open to track potential problems if people have any.

[tculp]

When I try to open a saved window (not from a .json file), it just opens a new window with a new tab, failing to restore the saved tabs

[mastef]

@tculp which browser does this happen in? Do you mind exporting your saved windows and sending me the json to [email protected]? You can strip out all urls and titles from the file

[tculp]

I'm using Firefox. I'll send the json now.

[mastef]

@tculp thanks - I don't seem to have a problem with Chrome. It might be a Firefox build issue. Will look into it

[mastef]

@tculp I'm wondering if this still happens for you in the latest 5.1.6 version? ( released today )

[woahitsraj]

I'm having this issue on the latest version of firefox developer edition and firefox. Here is my json.
tab-manager-plus-backup-20200614-2154-24.json.zip

[mastef]

@woahitsraj Thank you so much for supplying the .json! Are you trying to restore the session from a popup?

Can you try by opening the Tab Manager in "Open in own Tab" or to import this from the options page?

[woahitsraj]

So it actually works when I open the tab manager in it's own tab but not from the popup

[mastef]

@woahitsraj ok thanks for confirming! That's related to #57

Basically Firefox is not waiting for the file, it just closes the popup instead

[opsoyo]

@woahitsraj ok thanks for confirming! That's related to #57

Basically Firefox is not waiting for the file, it just closes the popup instead

I'd like to append to that. Since #57 is closed, I'll mention here that this is also an issue on Iridium 2021.12.96 (based on Chromium 96.0.4664.110). Purely informational in case anyone else finds this by search. It does successfully import using "Open in own tab".