{"version":"2.1.239","anchor":"chrome-tabs-opened-by-a-session-are-closed-when-it-ends","canonical_anchor":"chrome-tabs-opened-by-a-session-are-closed-when-it-ends","heading":"Chrome tabs opened by a session are closed when it ends","tier":"notice","area":"Browser","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.239\/e\/chrome-tabs-opened-by-a-session-are-closed-when-it-ends","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.239","markdown":"### Chrome tabs opened by a session are closed when it ends\n\nChrome tabs a session opened are closed when you leave it, unless they hold real content.\n\n**What**\n\nWhen you switch away from a session or exit, Claude Code now asks the browser bridge for that session's tab group and closes its tabs. It keeps the group if any tab has real content, if the tab list cannot be read, or if the group holds more tabs than a cap. This is on by default (`tengu_chrome_tab_group_close`, fallback true) and skipped entirely in remote sessions.\n\n**Details**\n\n- A tab counts as content unless it is a new tab or a blank page; one such tab keeps the whole group open.\n- Telemetry event `chrome_tab_group_close` records the outcomes `over_cap`, `tabs_unreadable` and `close_failed`.\n- Skipped when the environment variable `CLAUDE_CODE_REMOTE_SESSION_ID` is set.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`tengu_chrome_tab_group_close`\n\n- Flag `tengu_chrome_tab_group_close`: Not enough to say (read for one account on one subscription tier against v2.1.239; this account: no value returned, anonymous baseline: no value returned, compiled default: on)\n- Area: Browser\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 3\/5\n- Signal: 3\/5"}