From 82ae042001b8c2f2dcdb52c03beea0b598fffeba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Neil <4138956+nwparker@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2026 20:54:00 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] test: validate Chromium background frame switches for hidden
 UI

---
 tests/e2e/helpers/electron-launch-args.ts | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tests/e2e/helpers/electron-launch-args.ts b/tests/e2e/helpers/electron-launch-args.ts
index 9128a5fb551..6bb8a66e28e 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/helpers/electron-launch-args.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/helpers/electron-launch-args.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ export function getOrcaElectronLaunchArgs(mainPath: string, headful: boolean): s
   // GPU flags keep headless under Xvfb on a software path when the GPU
   // subprocess cannot initialize.
   return [
+    '--disable-backgrounding-occluded-windows',
+    '--disable-background-timer-throttling',
+    '--disable-renderer-backgrounding',
     '--no-sandbox',
     '--disable-gpu',
     '--disable-gpu-compositing',