After updating google chrome this weekend, headless mode using Selenium python API is bringing up a blank window when running in windows. The identical code I had running on a Debian VM does not work any longer. Here is a code snippet: chrome_options = Options() chrome_options.add_argument("--headless=new") #previously used --headless chrome_options.add_argument('--disable-gpu') chrome_options.add_argument('--no-sandbox') chrome_options.add_argument("--disable-dev-shm-usage") chrome_options.add_argument("--disable-automation") chrome_options.add_argument("--disable-extensions") chrome_options.add_experimental_option("excludeSwitches", ["enable-automation"]) driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=chrome_options) To isolate the problem, I removed all fqdn dns blocks I had enforced for privacy including: ad.doubleclick.net, analytics.yahoo.com, google-analytics.com, googleadservices.com, plausible.io, stats.g.doubleclick.net Continue reading...