Chrome Flags Reference

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

--disable-v8-idle-tasks

What does --disable-v8-idle-tasks do?

Disable V8 idle tasks.

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --disable-v8-idle-tasks using CLI

chrome --disable-v8-idle-tasks

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --disable-v8-idle-tasks using Puppeteer

const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
  args: ['--disable-v8-idle-tasks']
});

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --disable-v8-idle-tasks using Playwright

const browser = await chromium.launch({
  args: ['--disable-v8-idle-tasks']
});

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --disable-v8-idle-tasks using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--disable-v8-idle-tasks')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)