Chrome Flags Reference

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

--silent-debugger-extension-api

What does --silent-debugger-extension-api do?

Does not show an infobar when an extension attaches to a page using chrome.debugger page. Required to attach to extension background pages.

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --silent-debugger-extension-api using CLI

chrome --silent-debugger-extension-api

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --silent-debugger-extension-api using Puppeteer

const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
  args: ['--silent-debugger-extension-api']
});

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --silent-debugger-extension-api using Playwright

const browser = await chromium.launch({
  args: ['--silent-debugger-extension-api']
});

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --silent-debugger-extension-api using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--silent-debugger-extension-api')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)