I think this may be a fluke, if not, hopefully it will be tweaked a bit

[x3650]

I created different spaces and opened some pages in each of them, but when I close the last page in one of the spaces, the browser quits, and when I open the browser again, all the previously opened pages are gone, even though I have checked the box in the settings to open the previous pages and tabs on startup, and if I close the browser manually, there is no page loss,I would like to close the last page in the space by just closing the tab and not the window

[dosubot[bot]]

Hi @x3650! I'm Dosu and I’m helping the desktop team.

This is actually the current default behavior: when you close the last tab in a space, the browser window (and sometimes the whole browser) closes, which can cause session loss—even if session restore is enabled. This matches how Firefox and Chrome behave, but you can change it if you prefer a different workflow.

To prevent the browser from quitting when you close the last tab in a space, you can adjust these settings:

• In about:config, set zen.workspaces.open-new-tab-if-last-unpinned-tab-is-closed to true. This will open a new tab instead of closing the window when you close the last tab in a workspace.
• Also check browser.tabs.closeWindowWithLastTab and set it to false if you want to prevent the window from closing when the last tab is closed.

If session restore still doesn't work as expected, make sure you don't have "Clear history when Zen closes" enabled, as that will prevent tabs from being restored on startup. On macOS, closing the window with the red X is treated differently from quitting the app, and session restore only works when you quit the app directly (e.g., Cmd+Q) source source.

Let me know if you need step-by-step instructions for changing these preferences.

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