diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
index f4eafd6..4fde033 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -36,39 +36,46 @@ jobs:
           cache: 'npm'
 
       # Lighthouse CI needs a Chrome/Chromium binary at runtime. Google Chrome
-      # has no Linux/arm64 build, so install distro Chromium and export its
-      # path. Handles both `chromium` (Debian) and `chromium-browser` (older
-      # Ubuntu) package names, and works whether sudo is present or absent
-      # (e.g. runner running as root).
+      # has no Linux/arm64 build, so we use distro Chromium when available and
+      # fall back to Playwright's bundled Chromium (which supports linux/arm64)
+      # when not. The Ubuntu runner ships /usr/bin/chromium-browser as a snap
+      # forwarder stub that is on PATH but only prints "install via snap" when
+      # invoked — so we MUST probe each candidate by actually running it,
+      # not just `command -v`.
       - name: Install Chromium for Lighthouse CI
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          set -e
-          if command -v sudo >/dev/null 2>&1; then SUDO=sudo; else SUDO=; fi
+          set -euo pipefail
 
-          resolve_chromium() {
-            command -v chromium 2>/dev/null \
-              || command -v chromium-browser 2>/dev/null \
-              || true
+          probe() {
+            local bin="${1:-}"
+            [ -n "$bin" ] && [ -x "$bin" ] && "$bin" --version >/dev/null 2>&1
           }
 
-          CHROME_BIN="$(resolve_chromium)"
-          if [ -z "$CHROME_BIN" ]; then
-            $SUDO apt-get update -qq
-            $SUDO apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-              chromium chromium-driver \
-              || $SUDO apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-                   chromium-browser chromium-chromedriver
-            CHROME_BIN="$(resolve_chromium)"
-          fi
+          CHROME_BIN=""
+          for cand in \
+            "$(command -v chromium 2>/dev/null || true)" \
+            "$(command -v chromium-browser 2>/dev/null || true)" \
+            "$(command -v google-chrome 2>/dev/null || true)"; do
+            if probe "$cand"; then CHROME_BIN="$cand"; break; fi
+          done
 
           if [ -z "$CHROME_BIN" ]; then
-            echo "Failed to install a Chromium binary — Lighthouse CI cannot run."
+            echo "No working system Chromium — installing Playwright-bundled Chromium."
+            # --with-deps apt-installs the system libraries Chromium needs
+            # (libnss3, libatk1.0-0, etc.). Playwright handles sudo internally.
+            npx -y playwright@latest install --with-deps chromium
+            CHROME_BIN="$(find "$HOME/.cache/ms-playwright" \
+              -type f -name chrome -executable 2>/dev/null | head -n1)"
+          fi
+
+          if ! probe "$CHROME_BIN"; then
+            echo "Failed to install a working Chromium binary." >&2
             exit 1
           fi
 
           echo "CHROME_PATH=$CHROME_BIN" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          "$CHROME_BIN" --version || true
+          "$CHROME_BIN" --version
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: npm ci