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diff --git a/modules/browser-config.el b/modules/browser-config.el
index 564e7a27..4571c1d9 100644
--- a/modules/browser-config.el
+++ b/modules/browser-config.el
@@ -143,7 +143,23 @@ Persists the choice for future sessions."
('save-failed (message "Failed to save browser choice"))
('invalid-plist (message "Invalid browser configuration"))))))))
-;; Initialize: Load saved choice or use first available browser
+(defun cj/--preferred-default-browser (browsers)
+ "Return the browser plist to adopt as the first-run default from BROWSERS.
+
+Prefers the first entry with a non-nil :executable -- a real external
+browser -- and falls back to the first entry overall when none is
+installed. Built-in browsers carry a nil :executable and so are always
+\"available\", which put EWW at the head of `cj/discover-browsers' on
+every machine. Taking the head therefore opened every link in the text
+browser on a fresh checkout even with Chrome installed, until the user
+happened to run `cj/choose-browser'. EWW stays reachable as the
+deliberate fallback when nothing external is on PATH.
+
+Returns nil for an empty BROWSERS list."
+ (or (seq-find (lambda (b) (plist-get b :executable)) browsers)
+ (car browsers)))
+
+;; Initialize: Load saved choice or use the preferred available browser
(defun cj/--do-initialize-browser ()
"Initialize browser configuration.
Returns: (cons \\='loaded browser-plist) if saved choice was loaded,
@@ -153,10 +169,10 @@ Returns: (cons \\='loaded browser-plist) if saved choice was loaded,
(let ((saved-choice (cj/load-browser-choice)))
(if saved-choice
(cons 'loaded saved-choice)
- ;; No saved choice - try to set first available browser
+ ;; No saved choice - adopt the preferred available browser
(let ((browsers (cj/discover-browsers)))
(if browsers
- (cons 'first-available (car browsers))
+ (cons 'first-available (cj/--preferred-default-browser browsers))
(cons 'no-browsers nil))))))
(defun cj/initialize-browser ()