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Tabs wont sync automatically

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So when I use Firefox on my devices (2 PCs and 2 phones) often I notice that moving from one to another that a lot of tabs (most recent) are not synced. Everything is fine if I manually sync but I don't want to have to do that every time I open a new web address. It says it will sync automatically when I close the browser and I have it set to restore previous sessions so I know the browser is keeping the tab information but sync does not work that way. Am I expecting too much or is this not the way its supposed to work? It honestly feels like the auto sync works to some extent but its only updating/syncing maybe once an hour while I browse. This issue is not not device specific. They all seem to have very slow or bugged sync use where the most recent tabs are not synced unless they have been open for a very long time.

What are the events that trigger a sync if any and/or can I manually set the frequency at which it auto syncs? I really sucks when I leave a page open at the office for 10 minutes shut down and go home and its not synced. None of these devices have any internet connection issues and everything else seems to work just fine. I am also running the latest as of Friday version of Firefox on all my devices. This has been an issue for me for years. I was finally annoyed enough to look for a solution and found none. So here we are. Any help is appreciated!

So when I use Firefox on my devices (2 PCs and 2 phones) often I notice that moving from one to another that a lot of tabs (most recent) are not synced. Everything is fine if I manually sync but I don't want to have to do that every time I open a new web address. It says it will sync automatically when I close the browser and I have it set to restore previous sessions so I know the browser is keeping the tab information but sync does not work that way. Am I expecting too much or is this not the way its supposed to work? It honestly feels like the auto sync works to some extent but its only updating/syncing maybe once an hour while I browse. This issue is not not device specific. They all seem to have very slow or bugged sync use where the most recent tabs are not synced unless they have been open for a very long time. What are the events that trigger a sync if any and/or can I manually set the frequency at which it auto syncs? I really sucks when I leave a page open at the office for 10 minutes shut down and go home and its not synced. None of these devices have any internet connection issues and everything else seems to work just fine. I am also running the latest as of Friday version of Firefox on all my devices. This has been an issue for me for years. I was finally annoyed enough to look for a solution and found none. So here we are. Any help is appreciated!