[Bug]: VS Code extension ignores `launchOptions.executablePath`

[hbenl]

Version

Playwright 1.44.0, VS Code 1.89.1, Extension 1.1.2

Steps to reproduce

• git clone https://github.com/replayio/devtools
• cd devtools ; yarn
• open this folder in VS Code
• select the replay-chromium playwright project
• run a test

Expected behavior

The test should run in the Replay Chromium browser.

Actual behavior

The test runs in the version of Chromium installed by playwright instead (when I run ps x I see that it uses .../.cache/ms-playwright/chromium-1117/chrome-linux/chrome)

Additional context

When I run the tests using npx playwright test --project=replay-chromium in the packages/e2e-tests directory, they run in Replay Chromium.

Environment

System:
    OS: Linux 6.5 Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS 22.04.4 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)
    Memory: 18.86 GB / 23.25 GB
    Container: Yes
  Binaries:
    Node: 18.18.2 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v18.18.2/bin/node
    Yarn: 3.2.1 - ~/tmp/devtools/node_modules/.bin/yarn
    npm: 9.8.1 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v18.18.2/bin/npm
  Languages:
    Bash: 5.1.16 - /usr/bin/bash

[yury-s]

Can you please extract relevant bits into a minimal reproduction, with relevant bits of the browser path resolution in the config?

[mxschmitt]

I can reproduce, this doesn't work in VSCode while it works in CLI:

  projects: [
    {
      name: 'test1', 
      use: {
        launchOptions: {
          executablePath: '/Applications/Microsoft Edge.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft Edge'
        }
      }
    },
  ],

[hbenl]

I just noticed that this issue goes away if I uncheck the extension's "Show browser" checkbox. In other words: in headless mode I can use an alternative browser but when I ask the extension to show the browser it ignores launchOptions.executablePath and uses playwright's browser.