Disable translate pop-up in Xvfb headless mode

[nyg]

I know I may just be loosing my time here, because I'm not suppose to see what's going on in headless mode, but I sometimes connect via VNC to the Xvfb session to debug things and this translate pop-up annoys me.

First, I know about --disable-translate, I see it's still used in SeleniumBase default config, but this flag seems to have been removed since 2017. Then, there is --disable-features=Translate, but this one seems to have been removed too (only in kiosk mode?, related issue).

I've tried to use these flags in SB, as well as others, e.g. lang, but it doesn't help. My code is:

import asyncio
import mycdp

from seleniumbase import cdp_driver
from seleniumbase.undetected.cdp_driver.browser import Browser
from seleniumbase.undetected.cdp_driver.tab import Tab

async def main():
    browser: Browser = await cdp_driver.start_async(ad_block=True,
                                                    lang='it-IT',
                                                    user_data_dir='/tmp/uc_zlnpod6m',
                                                    browser_args=[
                                                        '--lang=it-IT',
                                                        '--disable-translate',
                                                        '--disable-features=Translate'])

    await browser.main_tab.send(mycdp.emulation.set_locale_override('it_IT'))
    tab: Tab = await browser.get('https://www.corriere.it')
    await asyncio.sleep(50)
    browser.stop()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
    loop.run_until_complete(main())

Nothing works, I still get the pop-up.

Then, I've tried to modify the user_data_fir Preferences file, with the values below, but the preferences seems to be overwritten:

{
    "intl": {"accept_languages": "it-IT,it"},
    "translate": {"enabled": false},
    "translate_blocked_languages": ["it"]
}

Actually, the only thing that works is this comment which says to create /etc/chromium/policies/managed/disable_translate.json with content:

{
  "TranslateEnabled": false
}

I could leave it here and use this solution, but it leaves outside of my code, so I don't really like it.

Any other idea? It's strange that this only impacts headless mode.

Thanks,
nyg

[mdmintz]

Looks like Google removed the options that prevent the translate pop-up from appearing in Chrome, but fortunately that doesn't seem to interfere with automation that comes after that.

Additionally, PyAutoGUI can remove that pop-up by pressing "Esc" from a sync CDP Mode format:

sb.gui_press_key("Esc")

Eg:

from seleniumbase import sb_cdp

url = "https://www.corriere.it"
sb = sb_cdp.Chrome(url)
sb.wait_for_element("#privacy-cp-wall-accept")
sb.sleep(3)
sb.gui_press_key("Esc")
sb.sleep(3)
sb.driver.stop()

Sometimes that pop-up appears a few seconds after the page has loaded. You may need to adjust timing as needed.

[nyg]

Indeed it does not interfere with the automation, not even when taking screenshots. It's only an "issue" when recording the session for example.

Thanks for the tip about gui_press_key I will try it, but /etc/chromium/policies/managed/disable_translate.json still seems a bit more convenient.