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What happens if a WolfP2P tab closes?

For:All usersNo technical knowledge required.

One tab is one tunnel.

Reloading the same tab, restoring a browser-discarded tab, or rebuilding the connection inside the same browsing session can preserve and resume the tunnel. Genuinely closing the tab ends that tunnel by design.

A new transfer can still scan the destination, locate candidates by path and byte size, and avoid retransmitting completed files that SHA-256 evidence verifies.

Reloading is different from closing

A reload rebuilds the page in the same tab and can recover its tab-scoped session. A browser may also discard a background tab to save resources and restore it later. In both cases, WolfP2P attempts to reclaim the existing tunnel when the required session data remains available.

Closing the tab ends that tab's ownership of the tunnel. Reopening WolfP2P in a new tab creates a different browser session and cannot reclaim the closed tunnel.

What to do if the tab genuinely closed

  1. Preserve the existing files

    Keep the original source and anything already written at the receiver's destination.

  2. Create a new tunnel

    The closed tab's tunnel cannot be reclaimed by a new tab, so the sender creates a replacement tunnel.

  3. Share the new invitation privately

    The previous link or code does not identify the replacement tunnel.

  4. Offer the same source set

    Select the same source folder or files so WolfP2P can compare the new offer with destination evidence.

  5. Choose the same destination

    WolfP2P uses path and byte size to locate possible matches, then requires SHA-256 content evidence before reusing a completed file. A same-sized file at the same relative path is not trusted by itself.

Tab recovery boundaries

  • Reloading or browser restoration can preserve a tab-scoped session; genuinely closing the tab ends it.
  • A new tab cannot reclaim the closed tunnel and needs a new invitation.
  • Existing destination files are candidates for reuse, not proof of matching content.
  • Partial-file recovery depends on transfer mode, browser capability, destination access, and a verified checkpoint.

Run several transfers in separate tabs

You can run multiple transfers at once by opening each tunnel in its own tab. Keep track of which sender and receiver tabs belong together, and do not close a tab until its transfer completes.

Read Transfer Recovery and Reliability for connection recovery after a reload or closed tab, durable checkpoints, and Safe versus Quick mode.