Google chrome auto refresh When I try to load a page in Google Chrome without Wi-Fi and then turn on Wi-Fi the page refreshes automatically.

I do not want this because I don't have time to turn on a VPN before the page loads.

How do I prevent this?

This is not tab discarding. Sorry to anyone who misunderstood the question.
Per this answer, it seems like setting Chrome's "Offline Auto-Reload Mode" flag to "disabled" should do what you want?