close to tray / running in the background

[catsimple]

There is a founction in Chrome called 'Continue running background apps when Google Chrome is closed' . It creates a process in background and occupies less RAM after closing all tabs, which can speed up opening new window. Is it possible to achieve this in Firefox?

[saadhjawwadh]

Firefox should provide a toggle to minimize them to tray since all the existing browsers provide similar options as shown below.

[TUPickles]

My primary usecase is:

-  I like to keep as little visual clutter as possible, and to use as few resources as possible because my laptop is aging

- When I compulsively close Firefox, and need it a couple of minutes later, I am inconvenienced by:

  - Bitwarden requiring re-opening with master password

  - Tabs seem to forget session cookies (perhaps quite logical)

It would be great to be able to simply unload all tabs from RAM and minimize to system tray

[Taino]

I want this functionality in Firefox as well. 

[insoul8]

I would love for this to be a feature as well. Bitwarden also being one of my primary reasons for keeping Firefox running without clutter.

[rileyrg]

Thumbs up. I want to keep firefox process running even if I click close. Its not unheard of. Think of it as a daemon. Primarily for me so onepass doesnt lock.

[rileyrg]

thumbs up. I would love to have FF as a deamon - primarily so addons that lock when FF closes stay open in this login.

[Taino]

@insoul8 Bitwarden is the main reason I want firefox running in the background as well. 

[-Giulio-]

How long do we need to wait for this really simple feature. This is a must have today if they really want to have more users in the world

[insoul8]

In some way or another this feature has been requested and talked about since 2015 at least. I see forum posts requesting it from that far back. Is this something that just isn't going to ever be implemented? It seems like a pretty easy feature to add. Is there a reason devs would not want to do this?

[cyberdoc]

keep firefox running in the background for faster re-opening .. would be the ultimate best add-on ever made

[PedroStephano]

My Firefox has loads of bookmarks and about a dozen addons. On a not-too-old laptop it takes 6.2 secs to load. Chrome when running in background takes 3.8 secs. Edge when running in background takes 2.7 secs.

I want my firefox to be my fastest browser. Please let me run it in the background.

[ColossalCosmic]

I want to close all Firefox windows while still keeping the download running.

[wiesenator]

I'd love to see this implemented as well. Bitwarden was the reason I found this idea.

Thanks,
Andre

[Carnelrig]

Keep firefox running

[bagelsesame]

Please add this feature!