Policy
Force foreground priority for all tabs
Microsoft Edge
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows7
This policy controls whether background web content runs at foreground priority. By default, the browser optimizes resource usage by lowering the scheduling priority of content in background tabs. This helps improve overall system responsiveness and performance for the active tab. If you enable this policy, background web content runs at the same foreground priority as the active tab, regardless of visibility state. If you disable or don't configure this policy, the browser determines the priority of web content based on standard heuristics. For example, content that is not visible, not playing audio, and not participating in video calls may be deprioritized.
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 ForceForegroundPriorityForAllTabs | 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.