API & MCP

GPU Repaint Helper

Manually refresh a tab's rendering when visual artifacts or stale regions appear.

As of July 2026, GPU Repaint Helper has users in the Productivity category.

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Version
1.0.0
Manifest V3

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Jul 22, 20261.0.0
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Permissions & access

Permissions
activeTabscripting
Host access
None declared

Screenshots

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About

GPU Repaint Helper requests a fresh compositor frame for the current tab. Use it when part of a page stops refreshing, leaves a stale region, or shows a temporary GPU rendering artifact.

How to use it:

1. Open the extension popup when the current page looks visually stuck.
2. Select "Refresh rendering", or press Alt+Shift+R.
3. The extension briefly refreshes the current tab's visual layer without reloading the page.

- Refresh rendering from the extension popup.
- Use Alt+Shift+R for quick access.
- Built for Chromium-based desktop browsers and tested in Chromium and Vivaldi.
- Runs only after an explicit user action.
- Does not track activity, contact external servers, or collect browsing history.
- Uses only the activeTab and scripting permissions.

This is a targeted rendering workaround. It does not change GPU drivers or browser settings, and it cannot guarantee a fix for every graphics-driver issue.

Technical

Version
1.0.0
Manifest
V3
Size
23.9KiB
Min Chrome
88
Languages
2
Featured
No

Metadata

ID
galcdphakfjnpkddbngncbbcojhildoi
Developer ID
uf8e711f3b09c4bd4a34e3a570a7b2b74
Developer Email
[email protected]
Created
Jul 21, 2026
Last Updated (Store)
Jul 21, 2026
Last Scraped
Jul 22, 2026
Website

Data sourced from the Chrome Web Store · last verified Jul 22, 2026.