Merge pull request #7700 from plotly/pin-chrome-version-in-noci

Adjust Chrome flags in CI to fix broken jobs

Author: emilykl

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -15,14 +15,20 @@ jobs:
         node-version: [18.x]
 
     steps:
-    - uses: browser-actions/setup-chrome@v1
+    - uses: browser-actions/setup-chrome@v2
+      id: setup-chrome
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
       uses: actions/setup-node@v4
       with:
         node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
         cache: 'npm'
-    - run: chrome --version
+    - name: Set Chrome binary path
+      run: echo "CHROME_BIN=${{ steps.setup-chrome.outputs.chrome-path }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+    - name: Verify Chrome version
+      run: |
+        echo "Chrome path: $CHROME_BIN"
+        $CHROME_BIN --version
     - run: ls
     - run: npm run pretest
     - run: npm ci

test/jasmine/karma.conf.js

@@ -253,14 +253,22 @@ func.defaultConfig = {
     //
     // window-size values came from observing default size
     //
-    // '--ignore-gpu-blacklist' allow to test WebGL on CI (!!!)
+    // '--ignore-gpu-blocklist' allow to test WebGL on CI (!!!)
     customLaunchers: {
         _Chrome: {
             base: 'Chrome',
             flags: [
                 '--touch-events',
                 '--window-size=' + argv.width + ',' + argv.height,
-                isCI ? '--ignore-gpu-blacklist' : '',
+                isCI ? '--ignore-gpu-blocklist' : '',
+                // The following two flags are needed only for the "NoCI" tests which run in GitHub Actions.
+                // The first is needed because the GPU is not available to those runners,
+                // and therefore we need to use SwiftShader instead (which is disabled by default as of Jan 2026,
+                // hence the need for a flag to manually enable it).
+                // The second flag is needed because the Chrome browser installed by the CI job runner
+                // fails without it.
+                isCI && process.env.GITHUB_ACTIONS ? '--enable-unsafe-swiftshader' : '',
+                isCI && process.env.GITHUB_ACTIONS ? '--no-sandbox' : '',
                 isBundleTest && basename(testFileGlob) === 'no_webgl' ? '--disable-webgl' : ''
             ]
         },