Chrome Flags Reference

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

--pwa-launcher-version

What does --pwa-launcher-version do?

Specifies the version of the Progressive-Web-App launcher that launched Chrome, used to determine whether to update all launchers. method, as older PWA launchers still using this switch will rely on Chrome to update them to use the new method.

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --pwa-launcher-version using CLI

chrome --pwa-launcher-version

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --pwa-launcher-version using Puppeteer

const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
  args: ['--pwa-launcher-version']
});

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --pwa-launcher-version using Playwright

const browser = await chromium.launch({
  args: ['--pwa-launcher-version']
});

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --pwa-launcher-version using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--pwa-launcher-version')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)

Build Conditions

ANDROID!(CHROMEOS)MACWIN