## TL;DR

Issue puppeteer/puppeteer#9533 (closed, 46 comments): ### Bug expectation I expected to successfully run puppeteer, as it always did in prior versions. I instead got an error: [code] Error: Could not find Chromium (rev.

## Steps

1. Issue puppeteer/puppeteer#9533 (closed, 46 comments): ### Bug expectation I expected to successfully run puppeteer, as it always did in prior versions. I instead got an error: [code] Error: Could not find Chromium (rev. 1069273). This can occur if either 1.

2. If npm skipped the Chromium download, run the installer manually: `node node_modules/puppeteer/install.js`. It is the same script npm is supposed to invoke, and it fetches the missing browser binary.

## When to use

You are seeing this: This can occur if either 1. Use this skill when you run into "Error: Could not find Chromium (rev. 1069273)".

## When not to use

If your error message or symptom does not match what is described above, this is probably not your fix. Search for your exact error text instead of forcing this one to fit.

## Versions

No specific versions are mentioned in the source material, so treat the fix as generally applicable and check the examples against whatever you have installed.

## Why this happens

The original report does not dig into a root cause. It documents the symptom and the fix that resolved it.

## Sources

- https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/issues/9533

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## Selected public attribution and original notices/references

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