{
  "slug": "new-page-accepts-a-background-parameter-403d65c995c2",
  "title": "new_page accepts a background parameter",
  "tools": [
    "chrome-devtools-mcp"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-01-27T13:20:22.000Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-01-27T13:20:22.000Z",
  "effective_at": null,
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "unknown",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "When opening a page while keeping the current page in front, call `new_page` with `background: true`. Provide the URL to load.",
    "examples": [
      "new_page({\"url\":\"<URL>\",\"background\":true})"
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "Version: 0.14.0",
      "url (required): URL to load in a new page.",
      "background: Whether to open the page in the background without bringing it to the front; defaults to false (foreground).",
      "The optional boolean parameter defaults to false (foreground)."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "Open a new browser page while keeping the current page in front.",
  "before": "Call `new_page` to open a page in the foreground.",
  "sources": [
    "https://github.com/ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp/releases/tag/chrome-devtools-mcp-v0.14.0",
    "https://github.com/ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp/pull/837",
    "https://github.com/ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp/blob/main/docs/tool-reference.md"
  ],
  "rank": 0.95021,
  "judge": {
    "publish": true,
    "judge_model": "codex-cli/gpt-6-luna+typesafe/jev-1.13.0",
    "prompt_version": "extract-v7+enrich-v1+judge-v2x3+jev-publish-v1"
  },
  "review_state": "approved",
  "provenance": {
    "run_id": "ghtools-20261008",
    "verdict_id": "ghtools-20261008:ghtools-20261008-5dba2f3d6314e1b3-1:gate",
    "evidence_hash": "8a95a0b2b33db9003b3286ddb08fe888c98236147fa4f92a83f17c2716e8e63f"
  },
  "review": {
    "draft_hash": "29e3112842cc7a09b3421806f8bd78a655e67caf2fa8fc0459b82a5f996740cf",
    "reviewer": "publication-gate",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z",
    "decision": "ghtools-20261008:gate",
    "reason": "3 of 3 judge runs approved with p_yes >= 0.9 (mean 0.95 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.79 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}