Use system Chrome instead of bundled Chromium

dqnamo · claude · dqnamo · commit 39ff0360eea6 · 2026-01-22T19:30:54.000Z
- Add channel="chrome" to use user's installed Chrome
- Remove Playwright browser download step from CI
- Simplify PyInstaller build (no browser bundling needed)

This fixes the "Executable doesn't exist" error when running
the distributed binary, since bundled Chromium wasn't included.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 &lt;noreply@anthropic.com&gt;
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -47,21 +47,12 @@ jobs:
           pip install -r requirements.txt
           pip install pyinstaller
 
-      - name: Install Playwright browsers
-        run: playwright install chromium
-
       - name: Build binary
         run: |
-          # Get the Playwright driver path
-          PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH=$(python -c "import playwright; print(playwright.__file__.replace('__init__.py', 'driver'))")
-
-          echo "Playwright path: $PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH"
-
-          # Build with PyInstaller
+          # Build with PyInstaller - uses system Chrome at runtime (channel="chrome")
           pyinstaller \
             --onefile \
             --name hyperaide-sync-${{ matrix.platform }}-${{ matrix.arch }} \
-            --add-data "${PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH}:playwright/driver" \
             --hidden-import playwright \
             --hidden-import playwright.sync_api \
             --collect-all playwright \
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ def run_browser_session() -> tuple[list[dict], list[str]]:
         # Launch browser with persistent context for cookie storage
         browser = p.chromium.launch(
             headless=False,
+            channel="chrome",  # Use system Chrome instead of bundled Chromium
             args=[
                 "--disable-blink-features=AutomationControlled",
                 "--no-first-run",
