Chrome Flags Reference

Chrome command line switches and startup flags for automation, headless mode, and debugging.

--browser-test

What does --browser-test do?

Browser test mode for the |kStartStackProfiler| switch. Limits the profile durations to be significantly less than the test timeout. On ChromeOS, forces the stack sampling profiler to run on all processes as well.

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --browser-test using CLI

chrome --browser-test

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --browser-test using Puppeteer

const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
  args: ['--browser-test']
});

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --browser-test using Playwright

const browser = await chromium.launch({
  args: ['--browser-test']
});

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --browser-test using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--browser-test')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)