Chrome Flags Reference

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

--enable-dawn-backend-validation

What does --enable-dawn-backend-validation do?

Enable validation layers in Dawn backends.

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --enable-dawn-backend-validation using CLI

chrome --enable-dawn-backend-validation

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --enable-dawn-backend-validation using Puppeteer

const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
  args: ['--enable-dawn-backend-validation']
});

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --enable-dawn-backend-validation using Playwright

const browser = await chromium.launch({
  args: ['--enable-dawn-backend-validation']
});

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --enable-dawn-backend-validation using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--enable-dawn-backend-validation')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)