Here is a note on how to install Google Chrome For Testing 126 and chromedriver 126 on Ubuntu 22.

Supplemental Information

Generally, it's easier and recommended to use Docker's Standalone Chrome (Selenium Grid) instead of following these steps.

https://hub.docker.com/r/selenium/standalone-chrome/tags

However, in environments where Docker cannot be used or in cases where there are special requirements for file downloads, these steps might not work as expected.

Steps

If google-chrome-stable is installed via apt, uninstall it.

dpkg --get-selections | grep google-chrome-stable

sudo dpkg --purge google-chrome-stable

Verify the release status of Chrome for Testing

Check the following page:

https://googlechromelabs.github.io/chrome-for-testing/

Download

On Linux:

cd /tmp
curl -O "https://storage.googleapis.com/chrome-for-testing-public/126.0.6478.55/linux64/chrome-linux64.zip"
curl -O "https://storage.googleapis.com/chrome-for-testing-public/126.0.6478.55/linux64/chromedriver-linux64.zip"

Extract

unzip chrome-linux64.zip
unzip chromedriver-linux64.zip

No need for the -d option.

Move

sudo mv /tmp/chromedriver-linux64/chromedriver /usr/local/bin/
sudo mv /tmp/chrome-linux64 /usr/local/bin/
sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/chrome-linux64/chrome /usr/local/bin/google-chrome

Verify Chrome Operation

cd /tmp
google-chrome --headless --disable-gpu --screenshot https://www.example.com/
imgcat screenshot.png

Verify chromedriver Operation

chromedriver --verbose & curl -d '{ "desiredCapabilities": {"browserName": "chrome", "chromeOptions": {"args": [ "--headless" ]} }}' http://127.0.0.1:9515/session

Result

Starting ChromeDriver 126.0.6478.55 (7616ff175414646cbd1ac65e912fc530b19cc573-refs/branch-heads/6478@{#1402}) on port 9515
Only local connections are allowed.
Please see https://chromedriver.chromium.org/security-considerations for suggestions on keeping ChromeDriver safe.
ChromeDriver was started successfully.
{"sessionId":"463314578b16e8b2d57efc572a6fa6b8","status":0,"value":{"acceptInsecureCerts":false,"acceptSslCerts":false,"browserConnectionEnabled":false,"browserName":"chrome-headless-shell","chrome":{"chromedriverVersion":"126.0.6478.55 (7616ff175414646cbd1ac65e912fc530b19cc573-refs/branch-heads/6478@{#1402})","userDataDir":"/tmp/.org.chromium.Chromium.RjvIex"},"cssSelectorsEnabled":true,"databaseEnabled":false,"fedcm:accounts":true,"goog:chromeOptions":{"debuggerAddress":"localhost:34017"},"handlesAlerts":true,"hasTouchScreen":false,"javascriptEnabled":true,"locationContextEnabled":true,"mobileEmulationEnabled":false,"nativeEvents":true,"networkConnectionEnabled":false,"pageLoadStrategy":"normal","platform":"Linux","proxy":{},"rotatable":false,"setWindowRect":true,"strictFileInteractability":false,"takesHeapSnapshot":true,"takesScreenshot":true,"timeouts":{"implicit":0,"pageLoad":300000,"script":30000},"unexpectedAlertBehaviour":"ignore","version":"126.0.6478.55","webStorageEnabled":true,"webauthn:extension:credBlob":true,"webauthn:extension:largeBlob":true,"webauthn:extension:minPinLength":true,"webauthn:extension:prf":true,"webauthn:virtualAuthenticators":true}}