[Bug]: Setting "PUPPETEER_SKIP_DOWNLOAD" env var to a falsy value skips browser installation

[xfournet]

Minimal, reproducible example

export PUPPETEER_SKIP_CHROMIUM_DOWNLOAD=false
npm install

Error string

--> browser is not installed

Bug behavior

• Flaky
• PDF

Background

I want to disable browser download by default, and so i set

"puppeteer": {
    "skipDownload": true
  }

in my package.json

When i want to download the browser and would like to use the PUPPETEER_SKIP_DOWNLOAD env variable (which is preferred to the package.json configuration) and set it to false.

Expectation

Browser is installed

Reality

Browser is not installed

Puppeteer configuration file (if used)

No Puppeteer configuration file, package.json has

"puppeteer": {
    "skipDownload": true
  }

Puppeteer version

21.3.6

Node version

20.8.0

Package manager

npm

Package manager version

10.1.0

Operating system

Windows

[github-actions]

This issue has an outdated Puppeteer version: 21.3.6. Please verify your issue on the latest 21.6.0 version. Then update the form accordingly.

---

Analyzer run

[OrKoN]

@jrandolf PTAL

[stale]

We're marking this issue as unconfirmed because it has not had recent activity and we weren't able to confirm it yet. It will be closed if no further activity occurs within the next 30 days.

[OrKoN]

@jrandolf PTAL

[jrandolf]

I cannot reproduce this issue.