Flutter Web fails to launch Chrome or Edge on Windows 11 ("Failed to launch browser after 3 tries")

[jsalmeida1101]

Steps to reproduce

1. Install the latest stable version of Flutter and Dart SDK on Windows 11.
2. Create a new Flutter project:

flutter create test_web_issue

3. Navigate to the project directory:

cd test_web_issue

4. Run the project targeting Chrome or Edge:

flutter run -d chrome

or

flutter run -d edge

Expected results

The default Flutter web app should open in the selected browser without issues.

Actual results

The browser fails to launch with the following error message:

Failed to launch browser after 3 tries. Command used to launch it: C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe --user-data-dir=C:\Users\jeferson\AppData\Local\Temp\flutter_tools.2f50ca63\flutter_tools_chrome_device.5c0f322f --remote-debugging-port=61190 --disable-background-timer-throttling --disable-extensions --disable-popup-blocking --bwsi --no-first-run --no-default-browser-check --disable-default-apps --disable-translate --disable-search-engine-choice-screen http://localhost:8083
Finished with error: Failed to launch browser. Make sure you are using an up-to-date Chrome or Edge. Otherwise, consider using -d web-server instead and filing an issue at https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues.

Additional information

• Issue occurred on multiple computers within the same company.

• Already tried:

  • Updating and reinstalling Chrome, Edge, Flutter SDK, and Dart SDK.
  • Updating IDEs (Android Studio and VSCode).
  • Restoring Windows 11.
  • Flutter clean
  • I've reinstalled the Dart and Flutter plugins.

• None of these actions resolved the issue.

• Issue appeared suddenly, without significant environmental changes.

• Edge version: 138.0.3351.55

• Chrome version: 138.0.7204.97

• It doesn't work in Android Studio, VSCode, or the terminal.

• Using web-server works

Code sample

Code sample

Screenshots or Video

No response

Logs

Logs

Failed to launch browser after 3 tries. Command used to launch it: C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe --user-data-dir=C:\Users\jeferson\AppData\Local\Temp\flutter_tools.2f50ca63\flutter_tools_chrome_device.5c0f322f --remote-debugging-port=61190 --disable-background-timer-throttling --disable-extensions --disable-popup-blocking --bwsi --no-first-run --no-default-browser-check --disable-default-apps --disable-translate --disable-search-engine-choice-screen http://localhost:8083
Finished with error: Failed to launch browser. Make sure you are using an up-to-date Chrome or Edge. Otherwise, consider using -d web-server instead and filing an issue at https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues.

Flutter Doctor output

Doctor output

Doctor summary (to see all details, run flutter doctor -v):
[√] Flutter (Channel stable, 3.32.5, on Microsoft Windows [versÆo 10.0.26100.4484], locale pt-BR)
[√] Windows Version (11 Enterprise 64-bit, 24H2, 2009)
[√] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 34.0.0)
[√] Chrome - develop for the web
[√] Visual Studio - develop Windows apps (Visual Studio Community 2022 17.14.5)
[√] Android Studio (version 2025.1.1)
[√] VS Code, 64-bit edition (version 1.99.3)
[√] Connected device (3 available)
[√] Network resources

• No issues found!

[DaathGit]

My exact problem. Yesterday I was able to use it without any issues, today i get the exact same error you described

[amzara]

Having same issue, was working fine yesterday and ran into the same error.
No OS update or Flutter version change.
I'm using Flutter Version Manager (FVM) to manage version across multiple projects.

Have tried:
-Flutter clean (does not work)
-Uninstalled and reinstalled flutter version from fvm (does not work)
-Using Edge instead of chrome (does not work)

• Running -d web server (works but it's annoying having to manually refresh on each hot reload)

Also saw someone having same problem on the Flutterflow forums, perhaps related?
https://community.flutterflow.io/ask-the-community/post/flutter-web-debug-fails-to-launch-chrome-edge-on-windows---temp-folder-Sdvm7Kid4vxmMQu

[glauco111]

Did you find a solution?

The error only occurs in VSCode here, in Android Studio it is performing the normal build.

Restarting didn't work for me either. I tried reinstalling vscode and Chrome, but nothing works.

[tirth-patel-nc]

@jsalmeida1101 thanks for the report.

I don’t have access to a Windows setup, but my colleague (@danagbemava-nc) does. Tested on Chrome version 138.0.7204.97 (official build, 64-bit) on the stable (3.32.5) channel (on Windows) and couldn’t reproduce the issue, the app launches as expected. Same result on Edge.

• a similar issue was reported earlier for edge in flutter run -d edge gets stuck at DwdsInjector: Injected debugging metadata for entrypoint #167102.
• might be related to Flutter web not rendering the UI on latest Chrome #171402.

@jsalmeida1101 @DaathGit @amzara @glauco111 for next steps,

• could you please share the flutter run -d chrome --verbose logs along with the output of flutter doctor -v? that would help the team investigate further.
• does it happen with the counter app?

leaving this open for now given the number of reports, so the team can track and take a closer look. thanks again!

[amzara]

@jsalmeida1101 thanks for the report.

I don’t have access to a Windows setup, but my colleague (@danagbemava-nc) does. Tested on Chrome version 138.0.7204.97 (official build, 64-bit) on the stable (3.32.5) channel (on Windows) and couldn’t reproduce the issue, the app launches as expected. Same result on Edge.

• a similar issue was reported earlier for edge in flutter run -d edge gets stuck at DwdsInjector: Injected debugging metadata for entrypoint #167102.
• might be related to Flutter web not rendering the UI on latest Chrome #171402.

@jsalmeida1101 @DaathGit @amzara @glauco111 for next steps,

• could you please share the flutter run -d chrome --verbose logs along with the output of flutter doctor -v? that would help the team investigate further.
• does it happen with the counter app?

leaving this open for now given the number of reports, so the team can track and take a closer look. thanks again!

Hi, I attached my flutter verbose log as well as flutter doctor logs here. It still happens with the counter app.

flutter_doctor_logs.txt
flutter_log.txt

[glauco111]

Doctor --

[√] Flutter (Channel stable, 3.27.3, on Microsoft Windows [versÆo 10.0.26100.4484], locale pt-BR)
• Flutter version 3.27.3 on channel stable at C:\Users\Glauco\fvm\versions\3.27.3
• Upstream repository https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git
• Framework revision c519ee9 (5 months ago), 2025-01-21 10:32:23 -0800
• Engine revision e672b006cb
• Dart version 3.6.1
• DevTools version 2.40.2

[√] Windows Version (Installed version of Windows is version 10 or higher)

[√] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK version 35.0.0)
• Android SDK at C:\Users\Glauco\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk
• Platform android-35, build-tools 35.0.0
• ANDROID_HOME = C:\Users\Glauco\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\platform-tools
• Java binary at: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-17\bin\java
• Java version Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 17.0.12+8-LTS-286)
• All Android licenses accepted.

[√] Chrome - develop for the web
• CHROME_EXECUTABLE = C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe

[X] Visual Studio - develop Windows apps
X Visual Studio not installed; this is necessary to develop Windows apps.
Download at https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/.
Please install the "Desktop development with C++" workload, including all of its default components

[√] Android Studio (version 2024.2)
• Android Studio at C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio
• Flutter plugin can be installed from:
https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/9212-flutter
• Dart plugin can be installed from:
https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/6351-dart
• android-studio-dir = C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio
• Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 21.0.3+-12282718-b509.11)

[√] VS Code (version 1.101.2)
• VS Code at C:\Users\Glauco\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code
• Flutter extension version 3.114.0

[√] Connected device (3 available)
• Windows (desktop) • windows • windows-x64 • Microsoft Windows [versÆo 10.0.26100.4484]
• Chrome (web) • chrome • web-javascript • Google Chrome 138.0.7204.97
• Edge (web) • edge • web-javascript • Microsoft Edge 138.0.3351.55

[√] Network resources
• All expected network resources are available.

! Doctor found issues in 1 category.

and flutter run -d chrome - verbose

flutter-run-verbose.txt

[glauco111]

answering:
Yes, it also happens on the counter, here is the log

log flutter run verbose - counter.txt