Chrome Flags Reference

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

--startup-foreground-launch

What does --startup-foreground-launch do?

Identifies Chrome instances that start in foreground mode at startup to record related metrics.

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --startup-foreground-launch using CLI

chrome --startup-foreground-launch

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --startup-foreground-launch using Puppeteer

const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
  args: ['--startup-foreground-launch']
});

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --startup-foreground-launch using Playwright

const browser = await chromium.launch({
  args: ['--startup-foreground-launch']
});

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --startup-foreground-launch using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--startup-foreground-launch')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)

Build Conditions

ANDROID!(CHROMEOS)MACWIN