"Chrome is being controlled by automated test software" notification

Recent versions of Chrome display notification bar at the top of the browser saying "Chrome is being controlled by automated test software", as follows:



Previously, passing the "disable-infobars” ChromeOption to the WebDriver prevented Chrome from displaying this notification. Recently, the "disable-infobars" option has been deprecated and no longer removes the notification. The current workaround for this is to pass in an option called "excludeSwitches" and then exclude the "enable_automation" switch.

CAUTION: Please review what the "enable_automation" switch does via the documentation and ensure your test suite does not rely on any features listed there before disabling it.

Here is the relevant syntax to do so:

When using ChromeDriver

Java:

ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions(); 
options.setExperimentalOption("excludeSwitches", new String[]{"enable-automation"}); 
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(options); 

exports.config = {
    capabilities: {
        'browserName': 'chrome',
        'chromeOptions': {
            'excludeSwitches': ['enable-automation']
        }
    },
    specs: ['ProtractorExample.js']
};

var chromeCapabilities=webdriver.Capabilities.chrome()
var chromeOptions = {
        'excludeSwitches': ['enable-automation']
};
chromeCapabilities.set('chromeOptions', chromeOptions);
var driver = new webdriver.Builder()
    .withCapabilities(chromeCapabilities)
    .build();

Python:

chrome_options = webdriver.ChromeOptions(); 
chrome_options.add_experimental_option("excludeSwitches", ['enable-automation']);
driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=chrome_options);  

Ruby:

options = Selenium::WebDriver::Chrome::Options.new(options: {"excludeSwitches" => ["enable-automation"]})
driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for :chrome, options: options

Java:

ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions(); 
options.setExperimentalOption("excludeSwitches", new String[]{"enable-automation"}); 
DesiredCapabilities caps = DesiredCapabilities.chrome(); 
caps.setCapability(ChromeOptions.CAPABILITY, options); 
WebDriver driver = new RemoteWebDriver(caps);

Protractor:

exports.config = {
    capabilities: {
        'browserName': 'chrome',
        'chromeOptions': {
            'excludeSwitches': ['enable-automation']
        }
    },
    seleniumAddress: 'http://localhost:4444/wd/hub',
    specs: ['ProtractorExample.js']
};

JavaScript:

var chromeCapabilities=webdriver.Capabilities.chrome()
var chromeOptions = {
        'excludeSwitchest': ['enable-automation']
};
chromeCapabilities.set('chromeOptions', chromeOptions);
var driver = new webdriver.Builder().forBrowser('chrome').usingServer('http://localhost:4444/wd/hub').withCapabilities(chromeCapabilities).build();

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_experimental_option("excludeSwitches", ["enable-automation"])
caps = options.to_capabilities()
driver = webdriver.Remote(command_executor='http://127.0.0.1:4444/wd/hub',
                            desired_capabilities=caps)

caps = Selenium::WebDriver::Remote::Capabilities.chrome("chromeOptions" => {"excludeSwitches" => [ "enable-automation" ]})
driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for :remote, url: 'http://localhost:4444/wd/hub', desired_capabilities: caps