[BUG] Browsers not installing on Node 14

[corbinu]

Context:

• Playwright Version: 0.15.0
• Operating System: Windows

Describe the bug

I just upgraded to the new Node 14 and with both npm and yarn the .local-browsers folder ends up empty on install. I was on Node 13 before and was fine. I just switched back to Node 12 and it works fine again.

[rwoll]

This looks like it is likely related to max-mapper/extract-zip#94. extract-zip is a dependency of the browser fetcher script:

playwright/src/server/browserFetcher.ts

Line 19 in f386fa9

import * as extract from 'extract-zip';

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Homebrew upgraded my environment to Node 14.0.0 surfacing this issue. As a temporary work around, I've brew install node@12.

[aslushnikov]

Looks like this will be fixed with Node.js 14.1.0

[rwoll]

Node 14.1.0 is now available.

I've confirmed that playwright@0.15.0 install cleanly in Node 14.1.0 on macOS. (@corbinu If you're still wanting to upgrade to node 14, does the latest release of Node resolve the issue for you on Windows?)

$ node --version
v14.1.0

$ npm i --save playwright

> playwright@0.15.0 install /Users/pw/Desktop/playwright-download/node_modules/playwright
> node install.js

Downloading chromium for playwright v0.15.0 - 124.3 Mb [====================] 100% 0.0s 
chromium for playwright v0.15.0 downloaded to /Users/pw/Desktop/playwright-download/node_modules/playwright/.local-browsers/chromium
Downloading firefox for playwright v0.15.0 - 68.9 Mb [====================] 100% 0.0s 
firefox for playwright v0.15.0 downloaded to /Users/pw/Desktop/playwright-download/node_modules/playwright/.local-browsers/firefox
Downloading webkit for playwright v0.15.0 - 47.1 Mb [====================] 100% 0.0s 
webkit for playwright v0.15.0 downloaded to /Users/pw/Desktop/playwright-download/node_modules/playwright/.local-browsers/webkit
npm notice created a lockfile as package-lock.json. You should commit this file.
npm WARN playwright-download@1.0.0 No description
npm WARN playwright-download@1.0.0 No repository field.

+ playwright@0.15.0
added 38 packages from 81 contributors and audited 48 packages in 20.332s

2 packages are looking for funding
  run `npm fund` for details

found 0 vulnerabilities

$ ls -la ./node_modules/playwright/.local-browsers/
total 0
drwxr-xr-x   5 pw  staff  160 Apr 30 08:47 .
drwxr-xr-x   8 pw  staff  256 Apr 30 08:47 ..
drwxr-xr-x   3 pw  staff   96 Apr 30 08:47 chromium
drwxr-xr-x   3 pw  staff   96 Apr 30 08:47 firefox
drwxr-xr-x  16 pw  staff  512 Apr 30 08:47 webkit

[corbinu]

@rwoll Confirmed it is now installing correctly on my Mac, Windows and Ubuntu machines! Thanks!