Merge pull request #179204 from microsoft/merogge/auto-play-bypass

allow audio to play even when not initiated with a user's gesture
microsoft · Apr 5, 2023 · 40e27f4 · 40e27f4
2 parents 899cdd5 + 1759ad3
commit 40e27f4
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diff --git a/src/main.js b/src/main.js
@@ -252,6 +252,11 @@ function configureCommandlineSwitchesSync(cliArgs) {
 	 */
 	app.commandLine.appendSwitch('disable-features', 'CalculateNativeWinOcclusion');
 
+	/**
+	 * Allow media to play even if no user gesture is used to fix issues like #176284
+	 */
+	app.commandLine.appendSwitch('disable-features', 'CalculateNativeWinOcclusion,UnifiedAutoplay');
+
 	// Support JS Flags
 	const jsFlags = getJSFlags(cliArgs);
 	if (jsFlags) {