Flight Log / microsoft/playwright-mcp #464

Fix CLI browserName override issue when not specified — a GitHub Copilot (GitHub) bot flight

The GitHub Copilot bot (GitHub) opened this pull request in microsoft/playwright-mcp on May 22, 2025; a burn — closed unmerged after human review: +64 −9, 3 files, 2 reviews.

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4
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GitHub Copilot attempted a fix in microsoft/playwright-mcp so configFromCLIOptions in src/config.ts stops setting browserName to chromium when no --browser option is given. The change spans three files: 64 additions, nine deletions, four commits. Two reviews drew two comments and zero change requests. The pull request closed unmerged after human review, logged as a burn.

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## Issue When no browser is specified via CLI (`--browser` option not provided), the `configFromCLIOptions` function in `src/config.ts` was still including `browserName: 'chromium'` in the returned config. This was causing an unexpected override of the `browserName` value specified in the configura…

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  6. May 22, 2025closedpavelfeldman

Cite this flight: AgentRiders Flight Log, microsoft/playwright-mcp#464, record updated Nov 4, 2026, https://agentriders.com/logs/microsoft/playwright-mcp/464/

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