diff --git a/src/Playwright.TestAdapter/PlaywrightSettingsProvider.cs b/src/Playwright.TestAdapter/PlaywrightSettingsProvider.cs
index 74dfb65560..0390535d79 100644
--- a/src/Playwright.TestAdapter/PlaywrightSettingsProvider.cs
+++ b/src/Playwright.TestAdapter/PlaywrightSettingsProvider.cs
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ public static string BrowserName
         get
         {
             var browserFromEnv = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("BROWSER")?.ToLowerInvariant();
-            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(browserFromEnv))
+            // GitHub Codespaces sets the BROWSER environment variable, ignore it if its bogus.
+            var ignoreValueFromEnv = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("CODESPACES") == "true" && browserFromEnv!.StartsWith("/vscode/");
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(browserFromEnv) && !ignoreValueFromEnv)
             {
                 ValidateBrowserName(browserFromEnv!, "'BROWSER' environment variable", "\nTry to remove 'BROWSER' environment variable for using default browser");
                 return browserFromEnv!;