[Python] Selenium deletes chrome profiles

Selenium deletes chrome profiles. It happens ~1 in 30 times

My code:

from selenium import webdriver
from webdriver_manager.chrome import ChromeDriverManager
import os, sys, time, json, glob
from selenium.webdriver.common.action_chains import ActionChains
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as ec
import shutil,requests
chrome_options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
chrome_options.add_argument('--no-sandbox')
chrome_options.add_argument(r'user-data-dir=C:\Users\Danzel\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data')
chrome_options.add_argument(r'profile-directory=Profile 9')
chrome_options.add_argument("--remote-debugging-port=9222") # this
chrome_options.add_argument('--disable-blink-features=AutomationControlled')
chrome_options.add_argument('--disable-web-security')
chrome_options.add_argument('--disable-setuid-sandbox')
chrome_options.add_argument('--allow-running-insecure-content')
try:
driver = webdriver.Chrome(ChromeDriverManager().install(),chrome_options=chrome_options)
except ValueError:
driver = webdriver.Chrome(ChromeDriverManager(version="116.0.5845.96").install(),chrome_options=chrome_options)
#driver = webdriver.Chrome(chromedriver_autoinstaller.install(), options=chrome_options)
driver.implicitly_wait(1)

driver.get("https://www.google.com/")

#some code

driver.close()
try:
[x.kill() for x in psutil.process_iter() if 'chrome' in x.name().lower()]
except psutil.NoSuchProcess:
pass


And i get empty browser:

However, the profiles are still located in the \AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data folder:

why they were removed from the browser?

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