Auto-rotation

[ericjung]

From email:

I would like to see an option where user can add a list of proxy and set them as rotating with a time field so i can select rotate proxy after every 5 mins or 10 mins or what ever I enter in the field

My addition/clarification:

1. Proxy can be selected either (a) randomly from the list or (b) sequentially, depending on user selection

[erosman]

rotate proxy after every 5 mins or 10 mins

To start with, that requires a timer function i.e. alarms and "alarms" permission. There are considerations regrading maintaining the alarms in MV3 when background script is discarded.

Furthermore, it can potentially interfere with browsing.

Many sites, lock user IP for security or other reasons.

• Secure sites may lock user out as they often lock to the user IP
• Login-in sites may log user out as they often lock to the user IP
• Pages usually have components coming from other locations, and IP change may result in CORS restrictions and/or anti-hot-linking measures
• Sites with language country check may switch to a different language in the middle of reading the page

[erosman]

See also: alarms

Inconsistency: Alarms API time slipping
https://github.com/w3c/webextensions/issues/433

Inconsistency: limits on browser.alarms.create()
https://github.com/w3c/webextensions/issues/422

Inconsistency: Persistence of alarms in browser.alarms API
https://github.com/w3c/webextensions/issues/406

[ericjung]

It is true there are websites and conditions for which this behavior is undesirable. But there are equally situations where it is desirable.

[erosman]

Hackers would find this options desirable.

• What percentage of users would want this feature?
• What are the legitimate use-cases?