Chrome Flags Reference

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

--variations-test-seed-path

What does --variations-test-seed-path do?

Specifies the location of a seed file for Local State's seed to be populated from. The seed file must be in json format with the keys |kVariationsCompressedSeed| and |kVariationsSeedSignature|.

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --variations-test-seed-path using CLI

chrome --variations-test-seed-path

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --variations-test-seed-path using Puppeteer

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

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --variations-test-seed-path using Playwright

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

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --variations-test-seed-path using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

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

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)