Policy
Control the IntensiveWakeUpThrottling feature
Microsoft Edge
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows7
When enabled, the IntensiveWakeUpThrottling feature causes Javascript timers in background tabs to be aggressively throttled and coalesced, running no more than once per minute after a page was backgrounded for 5 minutes or more. This feature is a web standards compliant feature, but it may break functionality on some websites by causing certain actions to be delayed by up to a minute. However, it results in significant CPU and battery savings when enabled. For more information, see https://bit.ly/30b1XR4. If you enable this policy, the feature is force enabled, and users can't override this setting. If you disable this policy, the feature is force disabled, and users can't override this setting. If you don't configure this policy, the feature is controlled by its own internal logic. Users can manually configure this setting. The policy is applied per renderer process, with the most recent value of the policy setting in force when a renderer process starts. A full restart is required to ensure that all the loaded tabs receive a consistent policy setting. It's harmless for processes to be running with different values of this policy.
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Scope | Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Path Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge Value name IntensiveWakeUpThrottlingEnabled | REG_DWORD | HKLM 1 HKCU 1 | HKLM 0 HKCU 0 |
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
This policy has no additional user input fields.