Chrome Flags Reference

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

--wait-for-debugger-on-navigation

What does --wait-for-debugger-on-navigation do?

On every navigation a message with the renderer's URL will be logged and the renderer will wait for a debugger to be attached or SIGUSR1 to be sent to continue execution.

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --wait-for-debugger-on-navigation using CLI

chrome --wait-for-debugger-on-navigation

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --wait-for-debugger-on-navigation using Puppeteer

const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
  args: ['--wait-for-debugger-on-navigation']
});

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --wait-for-debugger-on-navigation using Playwright

const browser = await chromium.launch({
  args: ['--wait-for-debugger-on-navigation']
});

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --wait-for-debugger-on-navigation using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--wait-for-debugger-on-navigation')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)

Build Conditions

LOAD_WEBUI_FROM_DISK