browserType.launchPersistentContext: Executable doesn't exist

[jpgklassen]

When I follow the second set of instructions under Is there an easy drop-in replacement?, then try to run my program, I get the following error:

browserType.launchPersistentContext: Executable doesn't exist at C:\Users\myuser\AppData\Local\ms-playwright\chromium-1148\chrome-win\chrome.exe
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This is not mentioned in the instructions. Is it expected behavior? Should I run npx playwright install or will it overwrite the patched browser?

[daniellionel01]

You can run npx playwright install and then run patch the installation with bunx rebrowser-patches@latest patch --packageName playwright. Rebrowser does not actually give you a patched chromium executable, you can use whichever you'd like. It only patches code inside puppeteer & playwright.