Unable to get user data directory working together with puppeteer script

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Using "lhci autorun" in Azure Devops pipeline against authenticated site using a lighthouserc.json for configuration and a puppeteer script that successfully logs in to my site. In the puppeteer script I have set a specific userDataDir that is successfully created, called "puppDataDir".
But I am unable to get the following lighthouse process to use that user directory. Instead I'm being redirected to my login page and that is analyzed instead.

If I use a script for the entire process, hence puppeteering into the page and then using lighthouse programmatically, then the analysis is run correctly, but I want to be able to upload to CI server, and this is so smooth using the autorun.

So, is it a bug or me doing something wrong or is this not even a supported use case?

Expected behavior
Running lhci autorun with a selected user-data-dir should pick up the authenticated session from puppeteer.

My json config looks like this, but note that I have also tried setting chromeFlags user-data-dir, but then getting warning that it is not used when having puppeteerScript set.:
{ "ci": { "collect": { "puppeteerScript": "./lh-runner.js", "puppeteerLaunchOptions": { "args": [ "'--user-data-dir=puppDataDir'" ] }, "chromePath": false, "numberOfRuns": 1, "disableStorageReset": true, "url": [ "XXX" ], "ignoreDuplicateBuildFailure": true, "emulatedFormFactor": "desktop", "screenEmulation": "desktop", "emulatedUserAgent": "desktop", "output": [ "html" ] }, "upload": { "target": "lhci", "serverBaseUrl": "XXXX", "token": "XXXXX", "ignoreDuplicateBuildFailure": true } } }