Chrome Flags Reference

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

--force-high-res-timeticks

What does --force-high-res-timeticks do?

Forces the use of QPC for TimeTicks even if cpuid doesn't report the presence of an invariant TSC.

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --force-high-res-timeticks using CLI

chrome --force-high-res-timeticks

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --force-high-res-timeticks using Puppeteer

const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
  args: ['--force-high-res-timeticks']
});

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --force-high-res-timeticks using Playwright

const browser = await chromium.launch({
  args: ['--force-high-res-timeticks']
});

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --force-high-res-timeticks using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--force-high-res-timeticks')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)

Build Conditions

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