Chrome Flags Reference

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

--disable-gpu-watchdog

What does --disable-gpu-watchdog do?

Disable the thread that crashes the GPU process if it stops responding to messages.

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --disable-gpu-watchdog using CLI

chrome --disable-gpu-watchdog

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --disable-gpu-watchdog using Puppeteer

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

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --disable-gpu-watchdog using Playwright

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

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --disable-gpu-watchdog using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--disable-gpu-watchdog')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)