Chrome Flags Reference

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

--disable-auto-reload

What does --disable-auto-reload do?

Disable auto-reload of pages on top-level error.

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --disable-auto-reload using CLI

chrome --disable-auto-reload

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --disable-auto-reload using Puppeteer

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

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --disable-auto-reload using Playwright

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

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --disable-auto-reload using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--disable-auto-reload')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)