Azure Function .Net Core 3.1 - Failed to launch chromium because executable doesn't exist

I published a simple example to Azure Function (Windows) and I got the error:

Failed to launch chromium because executable doesn’t exist at C:\local\LocalAppData\ms-playwright\chromium-833159\chrome-win\chrome.exe Try re-installing the browsers running playwright-cli.exe install in windows or playwright-cli install in MacOS or Linux. Note: pass debug: "pw:api" to LaunchAsync to capture Playwright logs.

Any idea how to fix this? Thank you!

[avodovnik]

I don’t think it’s possible with Azure Functions. Use VM.

While we’re working on getting the scenario documented and working, you can use a docker container: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/functions-create-function-linux-custom-image?tabs=bash%2Cportal&pivots=programming-language-csharp

as long as you have ran playwright install it should work.

But this is something we’re working on.

[danbasszeti]

I’d second this. I keep getting a message complaining that it can’t find the playwright driver in the bin folder, despite it being there. I use Linux on deployed and WSL/Windows locally and get the same message everywhere, but my unit test project doesn’t seem to have a problem finding and using playwright