@Misha, thanks for your detailled comment. > it exposes an obvious weakness that should be resolved in the GNOME end as well
what do you mean there? GNOME can't really control what websites are doing, if chrome(ium) has the issue and not firefox it suggests it's possible to get it right and the issue is rather on the Google webbrowsers side. Also the browser could make it obvious and e.g display an icon on the tabs, the same way they do it for indicating that a tab is playing sound -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1600622 Title: Screen doesn't lock or go to sleep when certain Chrome tabs are open To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-session/+bug/1600622/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs