Chromium Version 97

[tylerb]

We were advised to downgrade our Chromium version to 97 per Looker Support and the provided documentation. (Community article here, too.) However, the URL we were previously using for this download does not appear to be valid any longer. (Results in 404)

As a result, PDF downloads are failing since there is no Chromium installed. We had considered going to a more recent/the latest Chromium version, but our previous experience has been worsening  performance with downloads rendered by Chromium for each subsequent version after 97, so this does not seem a viable solution.

Is anyone else experiencing this issue too? And if so, have you encountered a solution?

[tylerb · Accepted solution]

Update: This was due to the removal of Chromium version 97.0.4692.71. Looker's Documentation advises version 97.0.4692.99, though we were initially advised to use the previous version. I wanted to make this update in case it could save anyone else a headache. Instead of relying on pulling this from the address in another community article, we have the installer file saved in a location where it can be locally installed. This way, we avoid the issue of this version (97.0.4692.99) being likewise removed.

[ac_tempus]

Looks like `97.0.4692.99-1` is no longer available at 

http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/pool/main/g/google-chrome-stable/google-chrome-stable_97.0.469..._amd64.deb

[jhansikandadi]

Hi @tylerb @ac_tempus,

I have experimented with both versions (97.0.4692.71 and 97.0.4692.99) of the Chromium extensions in Looker. I encountered an error stating "Chromium is not stable." Could you recommend a different version to prevent this issue, or perhaps suggest alternative browser extensions?
Can we try the different browsers instead of chromium to fix the issue, if yes can you suggest the browser that I can try.