Chrome Flags Reference

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

--variations-seed-version

What does --variations-seed-version do?

Used to share variations seed version with child processes.

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --variations-seed-version using CLI

chrome --variations-seed-version

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --variations-seed-version using Puppeteer

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

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --variations-seed-version using Playwright

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

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --variations-seed-version using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--variations-seed-version')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)