diff --git a/tracker/tracker/CHANGELOG.md b/tracker/tracker/CHANGELOG.md
index ba51f47c1..155dc8bf6 100644
--- a/tracker/tracker/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/tracker/tracker/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# 9.0.11
+
+- new `resetTabOnWindowOpen` option to fix window.open issue with sessionStorage being inherited (replicating tabId bug), users still should use 'noopener=true' in window.open to prevent it in general...
+
 # 9.0.10
 
 - added `excludedResourceUrls` to timings options to better sanitize network data
diff --git a/tracker/tracker/package.json b/tracker/tracker/package.json
index f371b6a6e..43d425bdf 100644
--- a/tracker/tracker/package.json
+++ b/tracker/tracker/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@openreplay/tracker",
   "description": "The OpenReplay tracker main package",
-  "version": "9.0.10",
+  "version": "9.0.11-beta.14",
   "keywords": [
     "logging",
     "replay"
diff --git a/tracker/tracker/src/main/app/index.ts b/tracker/tracker/src/main/app/index.ts
index 8caec3821..6ecaae960 100644
--- a/tracker/tracker/src/main/app/index.ts
+++ b/tracker/tracker/src/main/app/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type Message from './messages.gen.js'
 import { Timestamp, Metadata, UserID, Type as MType, TabChange, TabData } from './messages.gen.js'
-import { now, adjustTimeOrigin, deprecationWarn } from '../utils.js'
+import { now, adjustTimeOrigin, deprecationWarn, inIframe } from '../utils.js'
 import Nodes from './nodes.js'
 import Observer from './observer/top_observer.js'
 import Sanitizer from './sanitizer.js'
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ interface OnStartInfo {
   sessionToken: string
   userUUID: string
 }
+
 const CANCELED = 'canceled' as const
 const START_ERROR = ':(' as const
 type SuccessfulStart = OnStartInfo & { success: true }
@@ -47,9 +48,10 @@ type UnsuccessfulStart = {
   success: false
 }
 
-type RickRoll = { source: string } & (
+type RickRoll = { source: string; context: string } & (
   | { line: 'never-gonna-give-you-up' }
   | { line: 'never-gonna-let-you-down'; token: string }
+  | { line: 'never-gonna-run-around-and-desert-you'; token: string }
 )
 
 const UnsuccessfulStart = (reason: string): UnsuccessfulStart => ({ reason, success: false })
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ export type StartPromiseReturn = SuccessfulStart | UnsuccessfulStart
 
 type StartCallback = (i: OnStartInfo) => void
 type CommitCallback = (messages: Array<Message>) => void
+
 enum ActivityState {
   NotActive,
   Starting,
@@ -114,7 +117,8 @@ export default class App {
   readonly localStorage: Storage
   readonly sessionStorage: Storage
   private readonly messages: Array<Message> = []
-  /* private */ readonly observer: Observer // non-privat for attachContextCallback
+  /* private */
+  readonly observer: Observer // non-privat for attachContextCallback
   private readonly startCallbacks: Array<StartCallback> = []
   private readonly stopCallbacks: Array<() => any> = []
   private readonly commitCallbacks: Array<CommitCallback> = []
@@ -128,13 +132,14 @@ export default class App {
   private compressionThreshold = 24 * 1000
   private restartAttempts = 0
   private readonly bc: BroadcastChannel | null = null
+  private readonly contextId
   public attributeSender: AttributeSender
 
   constructor(projectKey: string, sessionToken: string | undefined, options: Partial<Options>) {
     // if (options.onStart !== undefined) {
     //   deprecationWarn("'onStart' option", "tracker.start().then(/* handle session info */)")
     // } ?? maybe onStart is good
-
+    this.contextId = Math.random().toString(36).slice(2)
     this.projectKey = projectKey
     this.networkOptions = options.network
     this.options = Object.assign(
@@ -160,7 +165,7 @@ export default class App {
     )
 
     if (!this.options.forceSingleTab && globalThis && 'BroadcastChannel' in globalThis) {
-      this.bc = new BroadcastChannel('rick')
+      this.bc = inIframe() ? null : new BroadcastChannel('rick')
     }
 
     this.revID = this.options.revID
@@ -243,24 +248,45 @@ export default class App {
 
     const thisTab = this.session.getTabId()
 
-    if (!this.session.getSessionToken() && this.bc) {
-      this.bc.postMessage({ line: 'never-gonna-give-you-up', source: thisTab })
-    }
+    const proto = {
+      // ask if there are any tabs alive
+      ask: 'never-gonna-give-you-up',
+      // yes, there are someone out there
+      resp: 'never-gonna-let-you-down',
+      // you stole someone's identity
+      reg: 'never-gonna-run-around-and-desert-you',
+    } as const
 
     if (this.bc) {
+      this.bc.postMessage({
+        line: proto.ask,
+        source: thisTab,
+        context: this.contextId,
+      })
+    }
+
+    if (this.bc !== null) {
       this.bc.onmessage = (ev: MessageEvent<RickRoll>) => {
-        if (ev.data.source === thisTab) return
-        if (ev.data.line === 'never-gonna-let-you-down') {
+        if (ev.data.context === this.contextId) {
+          return
+        }
+        if (ev.data.line === proto.resp) {
           const sessionToken = ev.data.token
           this.session.setSessionToken(sessionToken)
         }
-        if (ev.data.line === 'never-gonna-give-you-up') {
+        if (ev.data.line === proto.reg) {
+          const sessionToken = ev.data.token
+          this.session.regenerateTabId()
+          this.session.setSessionToken(sessionToken)
+        }
+        if (ev.data.line === proto.ask) {
           const token = this.session.getSessionToken()
           if (token && this.bc) {
             this.bc.postMessage({
-              line: 'never-gonna-let-you-down',
+              line: ev.data.source === thisTab ? proto.reg : proto.resp,
               token,
               source: thisTab,
+              context: this.contextId,
             })
           }
         }
@@ -284,6 +310,7 @@ export default class App {
   }
 
   private _usingOldFetchPlugin = false
+
   send(message: Message, urgent = false): void {
     if (this.activityState === ActivityState.NotActive) {
       return
@@ -309,6 +336,7 @@ export default class App {
       this.commit()
     }
   }
+
   private commit(): void {
     if (this.worker && this.messages.length) {
       this.messages.unshift(TabData(this.session.getTabId()))
@@ -320,6 +348,7 @@ export default class App {
   }
 
   private delay = 0
+
   timestamp(): number {
     return now() + this.delay
   }
@@ -342,18 +371,21 @@ export default class App {
   attachCommitCallback(cb: CommitCallback): void {
     this.commitCallbacks.push(cb)
   }
+
   attachStartCallback(cb: StartCallback, useSafe = false): void {
     if (useSafe) {
       cb = this.safe(cb)
     }
     this.startCallbacks.push(cb)
   }
+
   attachStopCallback(cb: () => any, useSafe = false): void {
     if (useSafe) {
       cb = this.safe(cb)
     }
     this.stopCallbacks.push(cb)
   }
+
   // Use  app.nodes.attachNodeListener for registered nodes instead
   attachEventListener(
     target: EventTarget,
@@ -396,15 +428,18 @@ export default class App {
       isSnippet: this.options.__is_snippet,
     }
   }
+
   getSessionInfo() {
     return {
       ...this.session.getInfo(),
       ...this.getTrackerInfo(),
     }
   }
+
   getSessionToken(): string | undefined {
     return this.session.getSessionToken()
   }
+
   getSessionID(): string | undefined {
     return this.session.getInfo().sessionID || undefined
   }
@@ -433,9 +468,11 @@ export default class App {
   getHost(): string {
     return new URL(this.options.ingestPoint).host
   }
+
   getProjectKey(): string {
     return this.projectKey
   }
+
   getBaseHref(): string {
     if (typeof this.options.resourceBaseHref === 'string') {
       return this.options.resourceBaseHref
@@ -451,6 +488,7 @@ export default class App {
       location.origin + location.pathname
     )
   }
+
   resolveResourceURL(resourceURL: string): string {
     const base = new URL(this.getBaseHref())
     base.pathname += '/' + new URL(resourceURL).pathname
@@ -654,7 +692,7 @@ export default class App {
       return new Promise((resolve) => {
         setTimeout(() => {
           resolve(this._start(...args))
-        }, 10)
+        }, 25)
       })
     } else {
       return new Promise((resolve) => {
@@ -663,7 +701,7 @@ export default class App {
             document.removeEventListener('visibilitychange', onVisibilityChange)
             setTimeout(() => {
               resolve(this._start(...args))
-            }, 10)
+            }, 25)
           }
         }
         document.addEventListener('visibilitychange', onVisibilityChange)
@@ -678,6 +716,7 @@ export default class App {
   getTabId() {
     return this.session.getTabId()
   }
+
   stop(stopWorker = true): void {
     if (this.activityState !== ActivityState.NotActive) {
       try {
diff --git a/tracker/tracker/src/main/app/session.ts b/tracker/tracker/src/main/app/session.ts
index c308fdc99..656bbae71 100644
--- a/tracker/tracker/src/main/app/session.ts
+++ b/tracker/tracker/src/main/app/session.ts
@@ -141,14 +141,18 @@ export default class Session {
     return this.tabId
   }
 
+  public regenerateTabId() {
+    const randomId = generateRandomId(12)
+    this.app.sessionStorage.setItem(this.options.session_tabid_key, randomId)
+    this.tabId = randomId
+  }
+
   private createTabId() {
     const localId = this.app.sessionStorage.getItem(this.options.session_tabid_key)
     if (localId) {
       this.tabId = localId
     } else {
-      const randomId = generateRandomId(12)
-      this.app.sessionStorage.setItem(this.options.session_tabid_key, randomId)
-      this.tabId = randomId
+      this.regenerateTabId()
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/tracker/tracker/src/main/index.ts b/tracker/tracker/src/main/index.ts
index ebc15bc04..6f401075e 100644
--- a/tracker/tracker/src/main/index.ts
+++ b/tracker/tracker/src/main/index.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import App, { DEFAULT_INGEST_POINT } from './app/index.js'
+
 export { default as App } from './app/index.js'
 
 import { UserAnonymousID, CustomEvent, CustomIssue } from './app/messages.gen.js'
 import * as _Messages from './app/messages.gen.js'
+
 export const Messages = _Messages
 export { SanitizeLevel } from './app/sanitizer.js'
 
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@ export type Options = Partial<
   sessionToken?: string
   respectDoNotTrack?: boolean
   autoResetOnWindowOpen?: boolean
+  resetTabOnWindowOpen?: boolean
   network?: Partial<NetworkOptions>
   mouse?: Partial<MouseHandlerOptions>
   flags?: {
@@ -93,6 +96,7 @@ function processOptions(obj: any): obj is Options {
 export default class API {
   public featureFlags: FeatureFlags
   private readonly app: App | null = null
+
   constructor(private readonly options: Options) {
     if (!IN_BROWSER || !processOptions(options)) {
       return
@@ -151,14 +155,22 @@ export default class API {
         }
         void this.featureFlags.reloadFlags()
       })
-      if (options.autoResetOnWindowOpen) {
-        const wOpen = window.open
+      const wOpen = window.open
+      if (options.autoResetOnWindowOpen || options.resetTabOnWindowOpen) {
         app.attachStartCallback(() => {
+          const tabId = app.getTabId()
+          const sessStorage = app.sessionStorage ?? window.sessionStorage
           // @ts-ignore ?
           window.open = function (...args) {
-            app.resetNextPageSession(true)
+            if (options.autoResetOnWindowOpen) {
+              app.resetNextPageSession(true)
+            }
+            if (options.resetTabOnWindowOpen) {
+              sessStorage.removeItem(options.session_tabid_key || '__openreplay_tabid')
+            }
             wOpen.call(window, ...args)
             app.resetNextPageSession(false)
+            sessStorage.setItem(options.session_tabid_key || '__openreplay_tabid', tabId)
           }
         })
         app.attachStopCallback(() => {
@@ -255,6 +267,7 @@ export default class API {
     }
     return this.app.getSessionToken()
   }
+
   getSessionID(): string | null | undefined {
     if (this.app === null) {
       return null
@@ -268,6 +281,7 @@ export default class API {
     }
     return this.app.getTabId()
   }
+
   sessionID(): string | null | undefined {
     deprecationWarn("'sessionID' method", "'getSessionID' method", '/')
     return this.getSessionID()
@@ -285,6 +299,7 @@ export default class API {
       this.app.session.setUserID(id)
     }
   }
+
   userID(id: string): void {
     deprecationWarn("'userID' method", "'setUserID' method", '/')
     this.setUserID(id)
@@ -295,6 +310,7 @@ export default class API {
       this.app.send(UserAnonymousID(id))
     }
   }
+
   userAnonymousID(id: string): void {
     deprecationWarn("'userAnonymousID' method", "'setUserAnonymousID' method", '/')
     this.setUserAnonymousID(id)
@@ -305,6 +321,7 @@ export default class API {
       this.app.session.setMetadata(key, value)
     }
   }
+
   metadata(key: string, value: string): void {
     deprecationWarn("'metadata' method", "'setMetadata' method", '/')
     this.setMetadata(key, value)
diff --git a/tracker/tracker/src/main/utils.ts b/tracker/tracker/src/main/utils.ts
index 5b33503f6..ef8c8c30f 100644
--- a/tracker/tracker/src/main/utils.ts
+++ b/tracker/tracker/src/main/utils.ts
@@ -105,3 +105,11 @@ export function generateRandomId(len?: number) {
   safeCrypto.getRandomValues(arr)
   return Array.from(arr, dec2hex).join('')
 }
+
+export function inIframe() {
+  try {
+    return window.self !== window.top
+  } catch (e) {
+    return true
+  }
+}