bug: PUPPETEER_EXECUTABLE_PATH broken since 4.24.0

[pierrebaronqumu]

Prerequisites

• I have read the Contributing Guidelines.
• I agree to follow the Code of Conduct.
• I have searched for existing issues that already report this problem, without success.

Stencil Version

4.24.0

Current Behavior

Hi,

I am currently running Stencil via Jenkins. I have to install chromium on my Docker instance manually and I run the Stencil test command via:

PUPPETEER_EXECUTABLE_PATH=$(which chromium) npm run test

As of Stencil v4.24.0, I get the following error

[2025-03-26T11:14:03.614Z] + which chromium
[2025-03-26T11:14:03.615Z] + PUPPETEER_EXECUTABLE_PATH=/usr/bin/chromium npm run test
[2025-03-26T11:14:03.815Z] 
[2025-03-26T11:14:03.815Z] > lib@1.0.0 test
[2025-03-26T11:14:03.815Z] > stencil test --spec --e2e --coverage
[2025-03-26T11:14:03.815Z] 
[2025-03-26T11:14:03.815Z] �[2m[14:03.8]�[22m  �[36m@stencil/core�[39m
[2025-03-26T11:14:04.317Z] �[2m[14:04.2]�[22m  �[36mv4.25.3�[39m 🚁
[2025-03-26T11:14:04.617Z] �[2m[14:04.5]�[22m  �[35mtesting e2e and spec files�[39m
[2025-03-26T11:14:07.624Z] �[2m[14:07.5]�[22m  build, ui-kit, dev mode, started �[2m...�[22m
[2025-03-26T11:14:07.825Z] 
[2025-03-26T11:14:07.825Z] �[1m�[31m[ ERROR ]�[39m�[22m  Could not find Google Chrome executable for channel 'stable' at
[2025-03-26T11:14:07.825Z]            '/opt/google/chrome/chrome'. Error: Could not find Google Chrome
[2025-03-26T11:14:07.825Z]            executable for channel 'stable' at '/opt/google/chrome/chrome'. at
[2025-03-26T11:14:07.825Z]            computeSystemExecutablePath
[2025-03-26T11:14:07.825Z]            (/tmp/workspace/ui-kit/test-and-coverage/node_modules/@puppeteer/browsers/lib/cjs/launch.js:45:15)
[2025-03-26T11:14:07.825Z]            at ChromeLauncher.executablePath
[2025-03-26T11:14:07.825Z]            (/tmp/workspace/ui-kit/test-and-coverage/node_modules/puppeteer-core/lib/cjs/puppeteer/node/ChromeLauncher.js:207:63)
[2025-03-26T11:14:07.825Z]            at ChromeLauncher.computeLaunchArguments
[2025-03-26T11:14:07.825Z]            (/tmp/workspace/ui-kit/test-and-coverage/node_modules/puppeteer-core/lib/cjs/puppeteer/node/ChromeLauncher.js:92:24)
[2025-03-26T11:14:07.825Z]            at async ChromeLauncher.launch
[2025-03-26T11:14:07.825Z]            (/tmp/workspace/ui-kit/test-and-coverage/node_modules/puppeteer-core/lib/cjs/puppeteer/node/BrowserLauncher.js:81:28)
[2025-03-26T11:14:07.825Z]            at async startPuppeteerBrowser
[2025-03-26T11:14:07.825Z]            (/tmp/workspace/ui-kit/test-and-coverage/packages/lib/node_modules/@stencil/core/testing/index.js:1733:15)
[2025-03-26T11:14:07.825Z]            at async Promise.all (index 1) at async Object.run
[2025-03-26T11:14:07.825Z]            (/tmp/workspace/ui-kit/test-and-coverage/packages/lib/node_modules/@stencil/core/testing/index.js:11101:32)
[2025-03-26T11:14:07.825Z]            at async taskTest
[2025-03-26T11:14:07.825Z]            (/tmp/workspace/ui-kit/test-and-coverage/packages/lib/node_modules/@stencil/core/cli/index.cjs:3955:20)
[2025-03-26T11:14:07.825Z]            at async runTask
[2025-03-26T11:14:07.825Z]            (/tmp/workspace/ui-kit/test-and-coverage/packages/lib/node_modules/@stencil/core/cli/index.cjs:4064:7)
[2025-03-26T11:14:07.825Z]            at async
[2025-03-26T11:14:07.825Z]            /tmp/workspace/ui-kit/test-and-coverage/packages/lib/node_modules/@stencil/core/cli/index.cjs:4022:7
[2025-03-26T11:14:07.825Z] 
[2025-03-26T11:14:07.825Z] npm error Lifecycle script `test` failed with error:
[2025-03-26T11:14:07.825Z] npm error code 1
[2025-03-26T11:14:07.825Z] npm error path /tmp/workspace/ui-kit/test-and-coverage/packages/lib
[2025-03-26T11:14:07.825Z] npm error workspace lib@1.0.0
[2025-03-26T11:14:07.825Z] npm error location /tmp/workspace/ui-kit/test-and-coverage/packages/lib
[2025-03-26T11:14:07.825Z] npm error command failed
[2025-03-26T11:14:07.825Z] npm error command sh -c stencil test --spec --e2e --coverage```


My suspicion is that this is due to https://github.com/stenciljs/core/pull/6098.


### Expected Behavior

I expect Puppeteer to work

### System Info

```shell

Steps to Reproduce

• Create a Stencil project in a docker image (make sure Chrome is not installed in your Docker image)
• Install Chromium
• Run Stencil with PUPPETEER_EXECUTABLE_PATH=$(which chromium) npm run test

Code Reproduction URL

https://github.com/pierrebaronqumu/stencil-puppeteer-issue

Additional Information

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