When deploying the web scraper on Render, the service fails to launch due to Puppeteer not finding the browser at the specified executable path. The error log indicates:
Error: Browser was not found at the configured executablePath (/usr/bin/chromium-browser)
- Deploy the project on Render.
- Start the Puppeteer-based scraping service.
- Observe the deployment logs.
- Puppeteer should be able to locate and launch Chromium successfully.
- The service fails with an error stating that the Chromium browser is not found at the configured path.
- Hosting Service: Render/vercel
- Node.js Version: (Specify your version)
- Puppeteer Version: (Specify your version)
- OS: Ubuntu (Render's default)
- The scraper works locally and inside a Docker container but fails when deployed.
- The issue arises due to custom Chromium paths and modified headers used to prevent detection and bypass security restrictions.
### **Title**
Puppeteer Error: Browser Not Found at Configured Executable Path
### **Labels**
- 🐛 bug
- deployment
- puppeteer
- render
### **Type**
Bug
### **Projects**
- Web Scraper
### **Milestone**
Deployment Fixes