Chrome Flags Reference

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

--remote-debugging-io-pipes

What does --remote-debugging-io-pipes do?

Specifies pipe names for the incoming and outbound messages on the Windows platform. This is a comma separated list of two pipe handles serialized as unsigned integers, e.g. "--remote-debugging-io-pipes=3,4".

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --remote-debugging-io-pipes using CLI

chrome --remote-debugging-io-pipes

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --remote-debugging-io-pipes using Puppeteer

const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
  args: ['--remote-debugging-io-pipes']
});

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --remote-debugging-io-pipes using Playwright

const browser = await chromium.launch({
  args: ['--remote-debugging-io-pipes']
});

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --remote-debugging-io-pipes using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--remote-debugging-io-pipes')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)

Build Conditions

LOAD_WEBUI_FROM_DISKANDROIDWIN