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@gadenbuie gadenbuie released this 29 Aug 17:11
· 6 commits to 966ed3188eb2769dbd273ee6b380caf3177a032c since this release
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  • The headless mode used by Chrome can now be selected with the chromote.headless option or CHROMOTE_HEADLESS environment variable.

    In Chrome v128, a new headless mode became the default. The new mode uses the same browser engine as the regular Chrome browser, whereas the old headless mode is built on a separate architecture. The old headless mode may be faster to launch and is still well-suited to many of the tasks for which chromote is used.

    For now, to avoid disruption, chromote defaults to using the old headless mode. In the future, chromote will follow Chrome and default to "new" headless mode. (And at some point, Chrome intends to remove the old headless mode which is now offered as a separate binary.) To test the new headless mode, use options(chromote.headless = "new") or CHROMOTE_HEADLESS="new" (in .Renviron or via Sys.setenv()). (#172)