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chromium version error in path

Hey Playwright creators!

I'm running into a frustrating issue with Playwright and Chromium, and I could really use some help. Here's what's going on:

The Error:

Error processing batch: 
"errorName": "BrowserLaunchError",
"errorMessage": "Failed to launch browser. Please check the following:
- Try installing the required dependencies by running `npx playwright install --with-deps` (https://playwright.dev/docs/browsers).

The original error is available in the `cause` property. Below is the error received when trying to launch a browser:

browserType.launchPersistentContext: Executable doesn't exist at /home/webapp/.cache/ms-playwright/chromium-1117/chrome-linux/chrome

Error processing batch: 
"errorName": "BrowserLaunchError",
"errorMessage": "Failed to launch browser. Please check the following:
- Try installing the required dependencies by running `npx playwright install --with-deps` (https://playwright.dev/docs/browsers).

The original error is available in the `cause` property. Below is the error received when trying to launch a browser:

browserType.launchPersistentContext: Executable doesn't exist at /home/webapp/.cache/ms-playwright/chromium-1117/chrome-linux/chrome

The Situation:
- Playwright is looking for Chromium in

/home/webapp/.cache/ms-playwright/chromium-1117/chrome-linux/chrome

/home/webapp/.cache/ms-playwright/chromium-1117/chrome-linux/chrome

- But I actually have Chromium installed at

/home/webapp/.cache/ms-playwright/chromium-1140/chrome-linux/chrome

/home/webapp/.cache/ms-playwright/chromium-1140/chrome-linux/chrome

My Question:
How the hell can I specify which Chromium version Playwright should use?

I don't want to specify this in ENV since I want it to work out of the box and use playwright version that it install

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm pulling my hair out over here!

Thanks in advance!

chromium version error in path

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