Chrome Flags Reference

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

--disable-crashpad-for-testing

What does --disable-crashpad-for-testing do?

Disables crashpad initialization for testing. The crashpad binary will not run, and thus will not detect and symbolize crashes.

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --disable-crashpad-for-testing using CLI

chrome --disable-crashpad-for-testing

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --disable-crashpad-for-testing using Puppeteer

const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
  args: ['--disable-crashpad-for-testing']
});

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --disable-crashpad-for-testing using Playwright

const browser = await chromium.launch({
  args: ['--disable-crashpad-for-testing']
});

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --disable-crashpad-for-testing using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--disable-crashpad-for-testing')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)