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    Refresh to Continue: Keep Auto Refresh Running After Keyword Detection

    Refresh to Continue

    Most people think keyword detection is the finish line: the extension reloads a page, spots the word you told it to watch for, fires an alert, and stops. But real monitoring rarely ends at the first match. Prices change again, "Out of Stock" flips back, a queue slot re-opens, or a score updates a second time. If Auto Refresh halts the moment it sees your keyword, you miss everything that happens next.

    That is exactly what the Continue Refreshing on Keyword Detection option — the "Refresh to Continue" behavior — is built for. When it is turned on, Auto Refresh keeps reloading the page and re-running its check after every cycle, whether or not your keyword was matched, so you get a live, uninterrupted feed instead of a one-time hit.

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    Continue Refreshing on Keyword Detection

    Activate tab focus when the keyword is detected

    What the "Continue Refreshing" option actually does

    By default, keyword detection is a stop-on-match tool: the extension reloads your page, checks whether the keyword is present, and pauses so you can react. That is perfect when you only care about the first occurrence — for example, the instant a ticket becomes available. The Continue Refreshing on Keyword Detection checkbox flips that logic. Instead of pausing after the match, Auto Refresh performs its notification or click action and then loops straight back into the next refresh, keeping the monitor alive indefinitely.

    This works in both directions. Whether your rule is set to alert you when the keyword is found or when the keyword is not found, the page keeps reloading on its schedule so the detection runs again and again. You get a rolling stream of alerts rather than a single one-shot notification.

    How to enable Refresh to Continue

    1. Open the Auto Refresh popup on the tab you want to monitor and switch to the Detect Keyword tab.
    2. Type the word or phrase you want to watch for (for example, In Stock, Available, or Book Now) into the tag field and press Enter to add it.
    3. Choose your trigger under Notify the user — either when the keyword is found or when it is not found.
    4. Tick the Continue Refreshing on Keyword Detection checkbox.
    5. Set your refresh interval on the Time Interval tab, then click Save and start the timer.

    When keeping the refresh running is the right call

    • Stock & restock tracking: a product can sell out and come back several times a day — you want every restock, not just the first.
    • Live scores, prices & feeds: values keep changing, so a monitor that stops after one update becomes stale immediately.
    • Queue and booking pages: slots open and close repeatedly; continuous refreshing catches each new opening.
    • "Not found" watches: when you are waiting for an error, a "sold out" label, or a maintenance banner to disappear, the page must keep reloading until the condition changes.
    • Auto-click workflows: paired with the automatic clicker, the page can keep reloading and re-clicking a target every cycle instead of stopping after the first successful click.

    Good to know

    • Leave this option off when you only need a single alert and want the tab to settle after the first match — for instance, a one-time ticket drop.
    • Combine it with Notify the user and Play sound so every repeat detection reaches you even when the tab is in the background.
    • Because the page reloads continuously, pick a sensible interval — frequent enough to catch changes, but gentle enough to avoid hammering the site.

    Keyword detection tells you when something happens; the "Refresh to Continue" option makes sure you never stop hearing about it. Turn on Continue Refreshing on Keyword Detection whenever a page is worth watching for more than a single moment, and let Auto Refresh Chrome Extension keep the watch going for you — hands-free, around the clock.

    Frequently Asked Questions:

    1. 1. What does "Continue Refreshing on Keyword Detection" do?

      It tells Auto Refresh to keep reloading the page and re-running its keyword check after every cycle, instead of stopping the first time your keyword is matched. You get a continuous, live stream of alerts rather than a single one-time hit.

    2. 2. How is it different from normal keyword detection?

      By default, keyword detection is stop-on-match: the extension reloads, finds the keyword, alerts you, and pauses. With this option enabled, it performs the same alert or click action and then immediately loops back into the next refresh, keeping the monitor running.

    3. 3. Does it keep running when the keyword is NOT found?

      Yes. It works in both directions — whether your rule fires "when the keyword is found" or "when the keyword is not found," the page keeps reloading on schedule so the detection runs again and again until you stop it.

    4. 4. Will I be notified on every match, or only the first one?

      On every match. Because refreshing continues, each detection can trigger its own notification and sound, so repeated events — like a product restocking several times a day — all reach you.

    5. 5. Can I combine it with the automatic clicker?

      Yes. Paired with the automatic clicker, the page can keep reloading and re-clicking your target element every cycle, instead of clicking once and stopping — useful for pages that reset or re-open repeatedly.

    6. 6. How do I stop continuous refreshing once it starts?

      Toggle the Running switch off in the popup (or stop the timer). You can also uncheck "Continue Refreshing on Keyword Detection" and save, which returns detection to its default stop-on-match behavior.