Version

1.49.0

Steps to reproduce

Setup Your playwright.config.ts as below to use Your local browsers installed.

1. Have VSC playwright plugin installed
2. Run npm install playwright@latest
3. npm playwright install

const browserBinaryPath = process.env.BROWSER_PATH
? process.env.BROWSER_PATH
:{
linux:"path_to_local_browser",
darwin:"path_to_local_browser",
win32:"path_to_local_browser",
}[process.platform];

export default defineConfig({

DEFAULT SETUP HERE 

name: "chromium",
use: { ...devices['Desktop Chrome'],
        baseURL: process.env.BASE_URL,
        headless:true,
        launchOptions:{
          args:[
            "someArgsHere"
          ],
          executablePath: browserBinaryPath;
        }
       },

})

5. Execute test from test explorer

Expected behavior

I would expect npx playwright test to take same playwright.config.ts as running from Test Explorer and execute the browser provided

Actual behavior

npx playwright test in terminal works fine and pickups right config

When tests are executed via test explorer they fail with:
Error: browserType.connect: Executable doesn't exist at: /default_path_to_browser_not_from_config

Additional context

There is need to use local browsers because none of Solutions provided worked

Environment

System:
OS: macOS Sonoma 14.7.1
CPU: Apple M3 Pro
Binaries:
Node: 21.7.3
npm: 10.5.0
npmPackages:
@playwright/test: 1.49.0