Chrome Flags Reference

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

--wait-for-debugger-webui

What does --wait-for-debugger-webui do?

Flag used by WebUI test runners to wait for debugger to be attached.

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --wait-for-debugger-webui using CLI

chrome --wait-for-debugger-webui

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --wait-for-debugger-webui using Puppeteer

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

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --wait-for-debugger-webui using Playwright

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

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --wait-for-debugger-webui using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

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

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)

Build Conditions

LOAD_WEBUI_FROM_DISK