Chrome Flags Reference

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

--dump-browser-histograms

What does --dump-browser-histograms do?

Requests that a running browser process dump its collected histograms to a given file. The file is overwritten if it exists.

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --dump-browser-histograms using CLI

chrome --dump-browser-histograms

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --dump-browser-histograms using Puppeteer

const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
  args: ['--dump-browser-histograms']
});

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --dump-browser-histograms using Playwright

const browser = await chromium.launch({
  args: ['--dump-browser-histograms']
});

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --dump-browser-histograms using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--dump-browser-histograms')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)