Chrome Flags Reference

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

--disable-best-effort-tasks

What does --disable-best-effort-tasks do?

Delays execution of TaskPriority::BEST_EFFORT tasks until shutdown.

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --disable-best-effort-tasks using CLI

chrome --disable-best-effort-tasks

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --disable-best-effort-tasks using Puppeteer

const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
  args: ['--disable-best-effort-tasks']
});

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --disable-best-effort-tasks using Playwright

const browser = await chromium.launch({
  args: ['--disable-best-effort-tasks']
});

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --disable-best-effort-tasks using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--disable-best-effort-tasks')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)