Shuffle Refresh

About

Shuffle Refresh lets you automatically refresh browser tabs using randomized time intervals that you control.

Instead of refreshing at a fixed time, Shuffle Refresh selects a random interval between your chosen minimum and maximum values, helping you monitor pages more flexibly and efficiently.

✨ Key Features

Random auto-refresh using user-defined minimum and maximum time

Manage multiple tabs from a single popup

Add tabs using a simple dropdown selector

Run auto-refresh on one or multiple tabs at the same time

Each tab runs independently with its own next refresh timing

Clear countdown timers for upcoming reloads

Real-time countdown badge on the extension icon

Optional visual border to indicate tabs with auto-refresh enabled

Clean, modern, and lightweight interface

Runs only when enabled by the user

🔧 How It Works

Open the extension popup

Select the current or another open tab from the dropdown

Add one or more tabs to the refresh list

Set your minimum and maximum refresh time

Start auto-refresh for selected tabs

Each tab:

Refreshes independently

Has its own randomly selected interval

Shows its next scheduled reload clearly

All activity is visible and controlled from a single popup.

🔐 Permissions & Privacy

Shuffle Refresh is designed with transparency and privacy in mind.

The extension uses the following permissions only to provide its core functionality:

tabs – to refresh selected tabs chosen by the user

alarms – to schedule refresh timing

storage – to save user preferences locally

offscreen – to support real-time badge countdowns (required by Chrome Manifest V3)

scripting / host permissions (optional) – only to display a visual border on active refresh tabs

👉 No personal data is collected.
👉 No browsing data is tracked or shared.
👉 All settings are stored locally in your browser.

Please review the Privacy Policy for full details.

🧠 Common Use Cases

Monitoring dashboards or admin panels

Tracking updates on multiple pages

Watching availability or status pages

Productivity and workflow automation

🚀 Fully User-Controlled

Shuffle Refresh stays inactive until you enable it and stops immediately when disabled.
You can add, remove, start, or stop tabs at any time.