chore: override host platform with env variable - #33434
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Allow to override host platform with an environment variable. This is for adventurous users that want to run Playwright on unsupported linux distributions. This way we do not need to hard code
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…cognized host (#35166) On apt releases newer than the bundled Playwright recognizes (Ubuntu 26.04, Debian 14, and future distros), 'npx playwright install --with-deps chromium' hangs uninterruptibly at 'Installing Playwright Chromium with system dependencies' because Playwright's resolver maps the host to a platform with no download build (#35166). Wrap every installer Playwright call in run_playwright_install(), which tries the native install first and, only if it fails or times out, retries once with PLAYWRIGHT_HOST_PLATFORM_OVERRIDE pinned to the newest known build (ubuntu24.04-<arch>). This is the escape hatch Playwright's maintainers bless for unrecognized platforms (microsoft/playwright#33434). Try-native-first (not a hardcoded distro/version table) is deliberate: - Self-correcting — when Playwright already supports the host (e.g. Ubuntu 26.04 on Playwright >=1.61) the first attempt succeeds and the override is never applied, so we never force a mismatched-glibc build onto a release Playwright handles correctly (microsoft/playwright#35114). - Zero-maintenance — new distro releases work the moment Playwright adds them. - Covers Debian 14+ and future releases, not just Ubuntu 26.04. An operator-set PLAYWRIGHT_HOST_PLATFORM_OVERRIDE is always respected (applied to the first attempt; retry skipped). Non-x64/arm64 arches have no fallback build and skip the retry. Refs #35166
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…cognized host (NousResearch#35166) On apt releases newer than the bundled Playwright recognizes (Ubuntu 26.04, Debian 14, and future distros), 'npx playwright install --with-deps chromium' hangs uninterruptibly at 'Installing Playwright Chromium with system dependencies' because Playwright's resolver maps the host to a platform with no download build (NousResearch#35166). Wrap every installer Playwright call in run_playwright_install(), which tries the native install first and, only if it fails or times out, retries once with PLAYWRIGHT_HOST_PLATFORM_OVERRIDE pinned to the newest known build (ubuntu24.04-<arch>). This is the escape hatch Playwright's maintainers bless for unrecognized platforms (microsoft/playwright#33434). Try-native-first (not a hardcoded distro/version table) is deliberate: - Self-correcting — when Playwright already supports the host (e.g. Ubuntu 26.04 on Playwright >=1.61) the first attempt succeeds and the override is never applied, so we never force a mismatched-glibc build onto a release Playwright handles correctly (microsoft/playwright#35114). - Zero-maintenance — new distro releases work the moment Playwright adds them. - Covers Debian 14+ and future releases, not just Ubuntu 26.04. An operator-set PLAYWRIGHT_HOST_PLATFORM_OVERRIDE is always respected (applied to the first attempt; retry skipped). Non-x64/arm64 arches have no fallback build and skip the retry. Refs NousResearch#35166
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…cognized host (NousResearch#35166) On apt releases newer than the bundled Playwright recognizes (Ubuntu 26.04, Debian 14, and future distros), 'npx playwright install --with-deps chromium' hangs uninterruptibly at 'Installing Playwright Chromium with system dependencies' because Playwright's resolver maps the host to a platform with no download build (NousResearch#35166). Wrap every installer Playwright call in run_playwright_install(), which tries the native install first and, only if it fails or times out, retries once with PLAYWRIGHT_HOST_PLATFORM_OVERRIDE pinned to the newest known build (ubuntu24.04-<arch>). This is the escape hatch Playwright's maintainers bless for unrecognized platforms (microsoft/playwright#33434). Try-native-first (not a hardcoded distro/version table) is deliberate: - Self-correcting — when Playwright already supports the host (e.g. Ubuntu 26.04 on Playwright >=1.61) the first attempt succeeds and the override is never applied, so we never force a mismatched-glibc build onto a release Playwright handles correctly (microsoft/playwright#35114). - Zero-maintenance — new distro releases work the moment Playwright adds them. - Covers Debian 14+ and future releases, not just Ubuntu 26.04. An operator-set PLAYWRIGHT_HOST_PLATFORM_OVERRIDE is always respected (applied to the first attempt; retry skipped). Non-x64/arm64 arches have no fallback build and skip the retry. Refs NousResearch#35166
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…cognized host (NousResearch#35166) On apt releases newer than the bundled Playwright recognizes (Ubuntu 26.04, Debian 14, and future distros), 'npx playwright install --with-deps chromium' hangs uninterruptibly at 'Installing Playwright Chromium with system dependencies' because Playwright's resolver maps the host to a platform with no download build (NousResearch#35166). Wrap every installer Playwright call in run_playwright_install(), which tries the native install first and, only if it fails or times out, retries once with PLAYWRIGHT_HOST_PLATFORM_OVERRIDE pinned to the newest known build (ubuntu24.04-<arch>). This is the escape hatch Playwright's maintainers bless for unrecognized platforms (microsoft/playwright#33434). Try-native-first (not a hardcoded distro/version table) is deliberate: - Self-correcting — when Playwright already supports the host (e.g. Ubuntu 26.04 on Playwright >=1.61) the first attempt succeeds and the override is never applied, so we never force a mismatched-glibc build onto a release Playwright handles correctly (microsoft/playwright#35114). - Zero-maintenance — new distro releases work the moment Playwright adds them. - Covers Debian 14+ and future releases, not just Ubuntu 26.04. An operator-set PLAYWRIGHT_HOST_PLATFORM_OVERRIDE is always respected (applied to the first attempt; retry skipped). Non-x64/arm64 arches have no fallback build and skip the retry. Refs NousResearch#35166
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…cognized host (NousResearch#35166) On apt releases newer than the bundled Playwright recognizes (Ubuntu 26.04, Debian 14, and future distros), 'npx playwright install --with-deps chromium' hangs uninterruptibly at 'Installing Playwright Chromium with system dependencies' because Playwright's resolver maps the host to a platform with no download build (NousResearch#35166). Wrap every installer Playwright call in run_playwright_install(), which tries the native install first and, only if it fails or times out, retries once with PLAYWRIGHT_HOST_PLATFORM_OVERRIDE pinned to the newest known build (ubuntu24.04-<arch>). This is the escape hatch Playwright's maintainers bless for unrecognized platforms (microsoft/playwright#33434). Try-native-first (not a hardcoded distro/version table) is deliberate: - Self-correcting — when Playwright already supports the host (e.g. Ubuntu 26.04 on Playwright >=1.61) the first attempt succeeds and the override is never applied, so we never force a mismatched-glibc build onto a release Playwright handles correctly (microsoft/playwright#35114). - Zero-maintenance — new distro releases work the moment Playwright adds them. - Covers Debian 14+ and future releases, not just Ubuntu 26.04. An operator-set PLAYWRIGHT_HOST_PLATFORM_OVERRIDE is always respected (applied to the first attempt; retry skipped). Non-x64/arm64 arches have no fallback build and skip the retry. Refs NousResearch#35166
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…cognized host (NousResearch#35166) On apt releases newer than the bundled Playwright recognizes (Ubuntu 26.04, Debian 14, and future distros), 'npx playwright install --with-deps chromium' hangs uninterruptibly at 'Installing Playwright Chromium with system dependencies' because Playwright's resolver maps the host to a platform with no download build (NousResearch#35166). Wrap every installer Playwright call in run_playwright_install(), which tries the native install first and, only if it fails or times out, retries once with PLAYWRIGHT_HOST_PLATFORM_OVERRIDE pinned to the newest known build (ubuntu24.04-<arch>). This is the escape hatch Playwright's maintainers bless for unrecognized platforms (microsoft/playwright#33434). Try-native-first (not a hardcoded distro/version table) is deliberate: - Self-correcting — when Playwright already supports the host (e.g. Ubuntu 26.04 on Playwright >=1.61) the first attempt succeeds and the override is never applied, so we never force a mismatched-glibc build onto a release Playwright handles correctly (microsoft/playwright#35114). - Zero-maintenance — new distro releases work the moment Playwright adds them. - Covers Debian 14+ and future releases, not just Ubuntu 26.04. An operator-set PLAYWRIGHT_HOST_PLATFORM_OVERRIDE is always respected (applied to the first attempt; retry skipped). Non-x64/arm64 arches have no fallback build and skip the retry. Refs NousResearch#35166
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…cognized host (NousResearch#35166) On apt releases newer than the bundled Playwright recognizes (Ubuntu 26.04, Debian 14, and future distros), 'npx playwright install --with-deps chromium' hangs uninterruptibly at 'Installing Playwright Chromium with system dependencies' because Playwright's resolver maps the host to a platform with no download build (NousResearch#35166). Wrap every installer Playwright call in run_playwright_install(), which tries the native install first and, only if it fails or times out, retries once with PLAYWRIGHT_HOST_PLATFORM_OVERRIDE pinned to the newest known build (ubuntu24.04-<arch>). This is the escape hatch Playwright's maintainers bless for unrecognized platforms (microsoft/playwright#33434). Try-native-first (not a hardcoded distro/version table) is deliberate: - Self-correcting — when Playwright already supports the host (e.g. Ubuntu 26.04 on Playwright >=1.61) the first attempt succeeds and the override is never applied, so we never force a mismatched-glibc build onto a release Playwright handles correctly (microsoft/playwright#35114). - Zero-maintenance — new distro releases work the moment Playwright adds them. - Covers Debian 14+ and future releases, not just Ubuntu 26.04. An operator-set PLAYWRIGHT_HOST_PLATFORM_OVERRIDE is always respected (applied to the first attempt; retry skipped). Non-x64/arm64 arches have no fallback build and skip the retry. Refs NousResearch#35166
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…cognized host (NousResearch#35166) On apt releases newer than the bundled Playwright recognizes (Ubuntu 26.04, Debian 14, and future distros), 'npx playwright install --with-deps chromium' hangs uninterruptibly at 'Installing Playwright Chromium with system dependencies' because Playwright's resolver maps the host to a platform with no download build (NousResearch#35166). Wrap every installer Playwright call in run_playwright_install(), which tries the native install first and, only if it fails or times out, retries once with PLAYWRIGHT_HOST_PLATFORM_OVERRIDE pinned to the newest known build (ubuntu24.04-<arch>). This is the escape hatch Playwright's maintainers bless for unrecognized platforms (microsoft/playwright#33434). Try-native-first (not a hardcoded distro/version table) is deliberate: - Self-correcting — when Playwright already supports the host (e.g. Ubuntu 26.04 on Playwright >=1.61) the first attempt succeeds and the override is never applied, so we never force a mismatched-glibc build onto a release Playwright handles correctly (microsoft/playwright#35114). - Zero-maintenance — new distro releases work the moment Playwright adds them. - Covers Debian 14+ and future releases, not just Ubuntu 26.04. An operator-set PLAYWRIGHT_HOST_PLATFORM_OVERRIDE is always respected (applied to the first attempt; retry skipped). Non-x64/arm64 arches have no fallback build and skip the retry. Refs NousResearch#35166
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Allow to override host platform with an environment variable. This is for adventurous users that
want to run Playwright on unsupported linux distributions. This way we do not need to hard code
the distro's name and version in Playwright deps installer. The clients can manually override the
platform.
Fixes #33432