diff --git a/packages/data-context/src/data/coreDataShape.ts b/packages/data-context/src/data/coreDataShape.ts
index d14d17cfedb6..9069c4c28ac0 100644
--- a/packages/data-context/src/data/coreDataShape.ts
+++ b/packages/data-context/src/data/coreDataShape.ts
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ interface CloudDataShape {
 
 export interface CoreDataShape {
   cliBrowser: string | null
+  isBrowserGivenByCli: boolean
   cliTestingType: string | null
   activeBrowser: FoundBrowser | null
   machineId: Promise<string | null>
@@ -180,6 +181,7 @@ export function makeCoreData (modeOptions: Partial<AllModeOptions> = {}): CoreDa
   return {
     servers: {},
     cliBrowser: modeOptions.browser ?? null,
+    isBrowserGivenByCli: modeOptions.isBrowserGivenByCli ?? false,
     cliTestingType: modeOptions.testingType ?? null,
     machineId: machineId(),
     machineBrowsers: null,