Chrome Flags Reference

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

--disable-vulkan-surface

What does --disable-vulkan-surface do?

Disables VK_KHR_surface extension. Instead of using swapchain, bitblt will be used for present render result on screen.

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --disable-vulkan-surface using CLI

chrome --disable-vulkan-surface

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --disable-vulkan-surface using Puppeteer

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

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --disable-vulkan-surface using Playwright

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

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --disable-vulkan-surface using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--disable-vulkan-surface')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)