Chrome Flags Reference

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

--collect-dawn-info-eagerly

What does --collect-dawn-info-eagerly do?

Start the GPU process for Dawn info collection immediately after the browser starts. The default is to delay for 120 seconds.

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --collect-dawn-info-eagerly using CLI

chrome --collect-dawn-info-eagerly

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --collect-dawn-info-eagerly using Puppeteer

const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
  args: ['--collect-dawn-info-eagerly']
});

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --collect-dawn-info-eagerly using Playwright

const browser = await chromium.launch({
  args: ['--collect-dawn-info-eagerly']
});

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --collect-dawn-info-eagerly using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--collect-dawn-info-eagerly')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)