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Fix Selenium 4.25 Opening Chrome 136 to New Tab Instead of Navigating with driver.get()

June 28, 2025 by Nitin

If you’re using Selenium 4.25 with Chrome 136 and an existing Chrome profile, you might notice a frustrating issue: instead of navigating to your specified URL with driver.get(), Chrome opens a new tab showing the default “New Tab” page (chrome://newtab/).

What Is the /.well-known/appspecific/com.chrome.devtools.json Request?

June 26, 2025 by Nitin

If you’re a web developer, you might have noticed an odd error in your server logs: “No route matches URL /.well-known/appspecific/com.chrome.devtools.json”. This mysterious request can pop up when working with frameworks like Remix, Next.js, or SvelteKit, especially in development mode.