Chrome Flags Reference

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

--renderer-process-limit

What does --renderer-process-limit do?

Overrides the default/calculated limit to the number of renderer processes. Very high values for this setting can lead to high memory/resource usage or instability.

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --renderer-process-limit using CLI

chrome --renderer-process-limit

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --renderer-process-limit using Puppeteer

const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
  args: ['--renderer-process-limit']
});

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --renderer-process-limit using Playwright

const browser = await chromium.launch({
  args: ['--renderer-process-limit']
});

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --renderer-process-limit using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--renderer-process-limit')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)

Build Conditions

LOAD_WEBUI_FROM_DISK