Chrome Flags Reference

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

--winhttp-proxy-resolver

What does --winhttp-proxy-resolver do?

Uses WinHTTP to fetch and evaluate PAC scripts. Otherwise the default is to use Chromium's network stack to fetch, and V8 to evaluate.

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --winhttp-proxy-resolver using CLI

chrome --winhttp-proxy-resolver

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --winhttp-proxy-resolver using Puppeteer

const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
  args: ['--winhttp-proxy-resolver']
});

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --winhttp-proxy-resolver using Playwright

const browser = await chromium.launch({
  args: ['--winhttp-proxy-resolver']
});

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --winhttp-proxy-resolver using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--winhttp-proxy-resolver')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)