🐞Playlist repeat button bug.

Concise Description

The autoplay button on playlist stops working, when the browser tab stops being active.

Notes:
The repeat video feature (under clicking the repeat button a second time) works fine.
The problem doesn't occur, when they tab is a separate window minimized.

Browser/s

Chrome

Other Browser:

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'Steps to reproduce' - Which of our features is required for the bug to happen?

1. Toggle the repeat playlist on. 2. Be close to end of the last video on the playlist. 3. Switch to another tab until the video ends. 4. The next video ends up being Youtube's next suggested video instead of the first video of the playlist. (the bug)

Since when?

Idk. Just started using the feature.

Does the bug still happen when you log out of YouTube?

None

..No? Then please paste your yt.config_.EXPERIMENT_FLAGS. Twice (With the error & Without)

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Are any errors or related log-messages shown in the Browser-Console? (F12)

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Tested as the only active extension? (incognito mode or another browser users):

None

Expected preferred behavior:

The feature should work even, when the tab isn't an active tab.

ImprovedTube Version

4.1188

Your Settings (From the Extension's ⋮-Hamburger menu > Settings > Backup & reset > Export settings)

improvedtube (1).json

Your YouTube-Document

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OS / Device:

Windows 10

Start by reproducing the issue in Chrome with playlist repeat enabled, switching to another tab near the end of the final video. Trace the extension's playlist autoplay handling and compare behavior in an active tab with a background tab. Done means the first playlist video plays next even when the tab is inactive, without breaking repeat-video behavior.