Chrome launcher wont launch

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Hi guys I'm using node to run lighthouse and chrome launcher wont launch in my dev env (mac)

Any idea whats up? or at least how to debug it?

It seems like there's something wrong with the dependency - (but typescript compiles)

i think maybe it cant find chrome?

import ChromeLauncher from "chrome-launcher";

const chromeOptions = {
  chromeFlags: ["--headless", "--disable-gpu"],
};

async function launchChrome() {
  try {
    const chrome = await ChromeLauncher.launch(chromeOptions);
    console.log("chrome running!");
    return chrome;
  } catch (e) {
    console.log("**** Chrome failed to launch", e);
    debugger; // always land here.
    throw e;
  }
}

**** Chrome failed to launch TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'launch')
at launchChrome (webpack-internal:///(api)/./src/server/reporting/lighthouseRunner.ts:35:84)

I tried:

1. Adding this to my env CHROME_PATH="/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome"
2. I used the chrome path option
3. adding and removing chrome-launcher from package.json dependancies
   "chrome-launcher": "^0.15.1",
   ... More

I created a stack overflow question for this too - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/75796888/chrome-launcher-fails-to-launch-chrome