Add command line option to not open devtools

3 files changed, 11 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/gui/src/main/command-line-options.ts b/gui/src/main/command-line-options.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..258d3fc45c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui/src/main/command-line-options.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+export enum CommandLineOptions {
+  showChanges = '--show-changes',
+  disableResetNavigation = '--disable-reset-navigation', // development only
+  disableDevtoolsOpen = '--disable-devtools-open', // development only
+}
diff --git a/gui/src/main/index.ts b/gui/src/main/index.ts
index 9a396d4307..6ede38b87f 100644
--- a/gui/src/main/index.ts
+++ b/gui/src/main/index.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { SystemNotification } from '../shared/notifications/notification';
 import Account, { AccountDelegate, LocaleProvider } from './account';
 import { getOpenAtLogin } from './autostart';
 import { readChangelog } from './changelog';
+import { CommandLineOptions } from './command-line-options';
 import { ConnectionObserver, DaemonRpc, SubscriptionListener } from './daemon-rpc';
 import Expectation from './expectation';
 import { IpcMainEventChannel } from './ipc-event-channel';
@@ -54,11 +55,6 @@ const execAsync = util.promisify(exec);
 const linuxSplitTunneling = process.platform === 'linux' && require('./linux-split-tunneling');
 const windowsSplitTunneling = process.platform === 'win32' && require('./windows-split-tunneling');
 
-enum CommandLineOptions {
-  showChanges = '--show-changes',
-  disableResetNavigation = '--disable-reset-navigation', // development only
-}
-
 const ALLOWED_PERMISSIONS = ['clipboard-sanitized-write'];
 
 const SANDBOX_DISABLED = app.commandLine.hasSwitch('no-sandbox');
diff --git a/gui/src/main/user-interface.ts b/gui/src/main/user-interface.ts
index 712d7e42b8..70a86284bb 100644
--- a/gui/src/main/user-interface.ts
+++ b/gui/src/main/user-interface.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { IAccountData, ILocation, TunnelState } from '../shared/daemon-rpc-types
 import { messages, relayLocations } from '../shared/gettext';
 import log from '../shared/logging';
 import { Scheduler } from '../shared/scheduler';
+import { CommandLineOptions } from './command-line-options';
 import { DaemonRpc } from './daemon-rpc';
 import { changeIpcWebContents, IpcMainEventChannel } from './ipc-event-channel';
 import { isMacOs11OrNewer } from './platform-version';
@@ -87,8 +88,10 @@ export default class UserInterface implements WindowControllerDelegate {
     if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
       await this.installDevTools();
 
-      // The devtools doesn't open on Windows if openDevTools is called without a delay here.
-      window.once('ready-to-show', () => window.webContents.openDevTools({ mode: 'detach' }));
+      if (!process.argv.includes(CommandLineOptions.disableDevtoolsOpen)) {
+        // The devtools doesn't open on Windows if openDevTools is called without a delay here.
+        window.once('ready-to-show', () => window.webContents.openDevTools({ mode: 'detach' }));
+      }
     }
 
     switch (process.platform) {