diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/launchApp.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/launchApp.ts
index eab457691c..3d119f9d46 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/launchApp.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/launchApp.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export async function launchApp(browserType: BrowserType, options: {
   }
 
   const context = await browserType.launchPersistentContext(serverSideCallMetadata(), '', {
-    channel: findChromiumChannel(options.sdkLanguage),
+    channel: !options.persistentContextOptions?.executablePath ? findChromiumChannel(options.sdkLanguage) : undefined,
     noDefaultViewport: true,
     ignoreDefaultArgs: ['--enable-automation'],
     colorScheme: 'no-override',
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/recorder/recorderApp.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/recorder/recorderApp.ts
index 40637302a0..03405c944e 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/recorder/recorderApp.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/recorder/recorderApp.ts
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ export class RecorderApp extends EventEmitter implements IRecorderApp {
         useWebSocket: !!process.env.PWTEST_RECORDER_PORT,
         handleSIGINT,
         args: process.env.PWTEST_RECORDER_PORT ? [`--remote-debugging-port=${process.env.PWTEST_RECORDER_PORT}`] : [],
+        executablePath: inspectedContext._browser.options.isChromium ? inspectedContext._browser.options.customExecutablePath : undefined,
       }
     });
     const controller = new ProgressController(serverSideCallMetadata(), context._browser);