no-unsandboxed-zygote Chrome flag

--no-unsandboxed-zygote

What does --no-unsandboxed-zygote do?

Disables the unsandboxed zygote. Note: this flag should not be used on most platforms. It is introduced because some platforms (e.g. Cast) have very limited memory and binaries won't be updated when the browser process is running.

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --no-unsandboxed-zygote using CLI

chrome --no-unsandboxed-zygote

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --no-unsandboxed-zygote using Puppeteer

const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
  args: ['--no-unsandboxed-zygote']
});

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --no-unsandboxed-zygote using Playwright

const browser = await chromium.launch({
  args: ['--no-unsandboxed-zygote']
});

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --no-unsandboxed-zygote using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--no-unsandboxed-zygote')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)

View source: content_switches.cc

Build Conditions

LOAD_WEBUI_FROM_DISK

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