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Description
LightSession for ChatGPT
Fix slow, laggy ChatGPT tabs in Chrome. LightSession is a small, local-only extension that keeps long conversations fast by trimming old messages from the page while your real chat history stays safe on OpenAI's servers.
WHY CHATGPT GETS SLOW
When you keep one ChatGPT conversation open for a long time, the page DOM grows with every message. Over time this can cause:
• Choppy scrolling
• Typing delays in the input box
• High CPU and memory usage
• The whole Chrome tab feeling sluggish
HOW LIGHTSESSION WORKS
LightSession runs only in your browser:
• Watches the ChatGPT page and removes older DOM nodes
• Keeps only the last N messages visible (1–100, configurable)
• Waits until a response has finished streaming before trimming
• Pauses trimming while you scroll up to read history
Removed messages are NOT deleted from ChatGPT. They are just removed from the current page view. To see the full conversation again, simply reload the tab — ChatGPT will load the whole history from the server.
FEATURES
Performance:
• Fixes slow/laggy ChatGPT tabs in Chrome
• Automatic trimming of old messages in long chats
• Efficient DOM updates designed to stay within the 16ms frame budget
User Experience:
• Simple popup UI: enable/disable with one toggle
• Choose how many recent messages to keep (default: 10)
• Optional "Refresh" button in the popup to reload full history
• Works on both chat.openai.com and chatgpt.com
Privacy & Security:
• 100% local processing — no extra network requests
• No data collection, no analytics, no tracking
• Open source code available on GitHub
USAGE
1. Install the extension and open ChatGPT in Chrome
2. Click the LightSession icon in the toolbar
3. Turn on "Extension enabled"
4. Set how many messages to keep
5. Use ChatGPT as usual — trimming happens automatically
To restore the full conversation at any time, click "Refresh" in the popup or reload the page.
OPEN SOURCE
LightSession is open source. Issues, feature requests and contributions are welcome:
GitHub: https://github.com/11me/light-session
Reviews (2 cached)
★☆☆☆☆2026-02-12
Shane Burton
NOT the original extension ! This is a copy! This one caused me to lose a LOT of messages, and a lot of time! Crashes my browser all the time.. Seems to be doing a lot of heavy CPU stuff in the background.. seems shady. Be warned...
★☆☆☆☆2026-02-12
Marty Bush
Scam!! Be careful with your chat data!
Permissions (3)
Permissions
declarativeContentℹ Can show the extension icon based on page content storageℹ Can store data locally in your browser tabsℹ Can see your open tabs and their URLs
Details
| Version | 1.7.3 |
| Updated | Mar 27, 2026 |
| Size | 25.65KiB |
| First Seen | Mar 30, 2026 |
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