ChromeDriver - Disable developer mode extensions pop up on Selenium WebDriver automation

Question

I'm having the following issue: When I'm running my automation tests, I keep getting the following alert "Disable Developer Mode Extension" in Chrome.

Is there a way to remove/disable this?. It is a blocker for me as it is making me fail some tests.

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Did you try disabling the developer extensions with command line param?

Try with the following Selenium WebDriver java code:

System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "D:\\chromedriver.exe"); ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions(); options.addArguments("--disable-extensions"); driver = new ChromeDriver(options); 

Answer 2

I cannot disable extensions because I'm developing & testing one.

What I'm doing to dismiss this popup is the following:

1. I load chrome with my extension using Selenium.
2. I then immediately create a new window (via the SendKeys(Control-N) method). This predictably brings up the "Disable Developer Mode Extensions" popup after 3 seconds in the new window.
3. I can't tell programmatically when it pops up (doesn't show in screenshots) so instead I simply wait 4 seconds.
4. Then I close the tab via driver.Close(); (which also closes this new window). Chrome takes that as "cancel", dismissing the popup, leaving the original window and tab.

I find this necessary because the popup interferes with normal selenium browser interaction, like SendKeys, which I'm using to switch tabs and windows.