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<table><thead><tr><th><p>Property</p></th><th><p>Modifiers</p></th><th><p>Type</p></th><th><p>Description</p></th><th><p>Default</p></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><spanid="args">args</span></td><td><p><code>optional</code></p></td><td><p>string[]</p></td><td><p>Additional command line arguments to pass to the browser instance.</p></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><spanid="debuggingport">debuggingPort</span></td><td><p><code>optional</code></p></td><td><p>number</p></td><td><p>Specify the debugging port number to use</p></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><spanid="devtools">devtools</span></td><td><p><code>optional</code></p></td><td><p>boolean</p></td><td><p>Whether to auto-open a DevTools panel for each tab. If this is set to <code>true</code>, then <code>headless</code> will be forced to <code>false</code>.</p></td><td><p><code>false</code></p></td></tr><tr><td><spanid="headless">headless</span></td><td><p><code>optional</code></p></td><td><p>boolean | 'shell'</p></td><td><p>Whether to run the browser in headless mode.</p><p><strong>Remarks:</strong></p><ul>
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<p><code>true</code> launches the browser in the <ahref="https://developer.chrome.com/articles/new-headless/"target="_blank"rel="noopener noreferrer">new headless</a> mode.</p>
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<p><code>'shell'</code> launches <ahref="https://developer.chrome.com/blog/chrome-headless-shell"target="_blank"rel="noopener noreferrer">shell</a> known as the old headless mode.</p>