# Cursor ignores Chrome Executable Path **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Created:** [November 20, 2025, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-ignores-chrome-executable-path/143434 "2025-11-20T14:31:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bingus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/bingus/32/87803_2.png) [@Bingus](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Bingus)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2025, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-ignores-chrome-executable-path/143434/1 "2025-11-20T14:31:36Z")
### Where does the bug appear (feature/product)? Cursor IDE ### Describe the Bug Chrome Executable Path is simply always ignored. The default option is used instead. The “Refresh Status” button does not produce any visual errors. It says: “Ready (Chrome detected)” When I ask Cursor to open the web-browser and navigate to: localhost:3000 I see that it uses it’s own Chrome installation. I am able to confirm this because my own installation has custom backgrounds, certs preinstalled etc that the default bundled Chrome does not. Problem I am trying to solve: To have the chrome instance have preinstalled certs, so I can use HTTPS. I am unable to have the default Chrome instance use those. So I need my own instance of Chrome for Cursor to use. ### Steps to Reproduce 1. Use a Linux machine, for me Ubuntu (unaware if it works on windows). 2. Add a path to Chrome Executable Path 3. Press “Refresh Status” 4. See that Cursor says the Chrome installation is ready to use. 5. Task AI agent to open a web-browser window. 6. See that the browser being used is definitely not the one you pointed the IDE to. ### Expected Behavior I can see that the opened browser is from the path that was given to Cursor. ### Operating System Linux ### Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy) Version: 2.0.77 VSCode Version: 1.99.3 Commit: ba90f2f88e4911312761abab9492c42442117cf0 Date: 2025-11-13T23:10:43.113Z Electron: 37.7.0 Chromium: 138.0.7204.251 Node.js: 22.20.0 V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0 OS: Linux x64 6.14.0-35-generic Ubuntu 24 ### For AI issues: which model did you use? Auto ### Does this stop you from using Cursor No - Cursor works, but with this issue ---
**Author:** ![deanrie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/deanrie/32/1263_2.png) [@deanrie](https://forum.cursor.com/u/deanrie)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2025, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-ignores-chrome-executable-path/143434/2 "2025-11-20T17:01:55Z")
Hey, thanks for the report. This is a known issue: the Custom Executable Path setting for Browser Automation is currently ignored on all platforms, including native Linux installs. Temporary workaround: while this is being fixed, you can use the “Browser Tab” option in Agent chat (it appears as a tool choice in the chat UI). It has less functionality than @browser, but it may work for basic browsing tasks. I understand this doesn’t solve your need for pre-installed certs in HTTPS testing. The engineering team is aware of this requirement and is actively working on a fix. ---
**Author:** ![Bingus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/bingus/32/87803_2.png) [@Bingus](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Bingus)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 8:39am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-ignores-chrome-executable-path/143434/3 "2025-11-21T08:39:04Z")
I find it really nice that I spent about 5 hours debugging this… Why push a feature that does not work, I just don’t get it. This is not how you do software development, do you guys not have automated tests? ---
**Author:** ![Bingus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/bingus/32/87803_2.png) [@Bingus](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Bingus)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 8:39am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-ignores-chrome-executable-path/143434/4 "2025-11-21T08:39:35Z")
But thanks for getting back to me, now I know. A fun story to tell my coworkers… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 8:40am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-ignores-chrome-executable-path/143434/5 "2025-12-13T08:40:16Z")
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