diff --git a/src/browser/PlaywrightBrowserScenarioProvider.test.ts b/src/browser/PlaywrightBrowserScenarioProvider.test.ts
index 5a976a565c..88fe1f97d8 100644
--- a/src/browser/PlaywrightBrowserScenarioProvider.test.ts
+++ b/src/browser/PlaywrightBrowserScenarioProvider.test.ts
@@ -821,7 +821,8 @@ it("shares concurrent close and retries browser cleanup after failure", async ()
     .mockResolvedValue(undefined);
   const cleanupSettlements: boolean[] = [];
   const cleanup = new PlaywrightScenarioBrowserCleanupOwner({
-    closeBrowser: browserClose,
+    closeBrowser: (disconnectAtBoundary) =>
+      disconnectAtBoundary(() => browserClose()),
     removeProfile,
     onSettled: (browserClosed) => cleanupSettlements.push(browserClosed),
   });
@@ -851,7 +852,8 @@ it("keeps failed event finalization failed across cleanup retries", async () =>
     .fn<() => Promise<void>>()
     .mockResolvedValue(undefined);
   const cleanup = new PlaywrightScenarioBrowserCleanupOwner({
-    closeBrowser,
+    closeBrowser: (disconnectAtBoundary) =>
+      disconnectAtBoundary(() => closeBrowser()),
     removeProfile: undefined,
   });
 
@@ -924,7 +926,8 @@ it.each([false, true])(
     );
     let denied = true;
     const owner = new PlaywrightScenarioBrowserCleanupOwner({
-      closeBrowser: async () => {},
+      closeBrowser: (disconnectAtBoundary) =>
+        disconnectAtBoundary(async () => undefined),
       removeProfile: async () => {
         if (denied) throw new Error("profile removal denied");
       },
@@ -1099,7 +1102,8 @@ it.each([false, true])(
     const caller = new AbortController();
     const reason = { caller: "during final browser close" };
     const owner = new PlaywrightScenarioBrowserCleanupOwner({
-      closeBrowser: () => acknowledgement,
+      closeBrowser: (disconnectAtBoundary) =>
+        disconnectAtBoundary(() => acknowledgement),
       removeProfile: undefined,
     });
     const session = new FakeSession("launch");
diff --git a/src/browser/PlaywrightScenarioBrowser.test.ts b/src/browser/PlaywrightScenarioBrowser.test.ts
index cd2b954809..d067674ec7 100644
--- a/src/browser/PlaywrightScenarioBrowser.test.ts
+++ b/src/browser/PlaywrightScenarioBrowser.test.ts
@@ -135,9 +135,9 @@ it("keeps attached-target ownership after the cleanup response timeout", async (
     const closeResult = deferred<void>();
     const settled: boolean[] = [];
     const cleanup = new PlaywrightScenarioBrowserCleanupOwner({
-      closeBrowser: () => {
+      closeBrowser: async (disconnectAtBoundary) => {
         closeStarted.resolve(undefined);
-        return closeResult.promise;
+        await disconnectAtBoundary(() => closeResult.promise);
       },
       removeProfile: undefined,
       onSettled: (browserClosed) => settled.push(browserClosed),
@@ -399,6 +399,50 @@ it("restores its environment overrides before releasing an attached browser", as
   ]);
 });
 
+it("checks a late stop after attached restoration and before transport disconnect", async () => {
+  const restorationStarted = deferred<void>();
+  const finishRestoration = deferred<void>();
+  const order: string[] = [];
+  const fixture = attachedBrowserFixture({
+    send: async (method, parameters) => {
+      if (
+        method === "Emulation.setTimezoneOverride" &&
+        (parameters as { timezoneId?: string }).timezoneId === ""
+      ) {
+        order.push("restore-started");
+        restorationStarted.resolve(undefined);
+        await finishRestoration.promise;
+        order.push("restore-finished");
+      }
+    },
+    closeBrowser: async () => {
+      order.push("browser-disconnected");
+    },
+  });
+  const opened = await fixture.open();
+  let revision = 0;
+  const release = opened.cleanup.release(undefined, {
+    get revision() {
+      return revision;
+    },
+    async run() {
+      order.push(`gate:${revision}`);
+    },
+  });
+
+  await restorationStarted.promise;
+  revision += 1;
+  finishRestoration.resolve(undefined);
+  await release;
+
+  expect(order).toEqual([
+    "restore-started",
+    "restore-finished",
+    "gate:1",
+    "browser-disconnected",
+  ]);
+});
+
 it("retains attached environment ownership until a failed reset can be retried", async () => {
   let localeResetAttempts = 0;
   const fixture = attachedBrowserFixture({
@@ -701,9 +745,12 @@ it("tracks only pending browser cleanup resources and resolves prior errors afte
   let profileDenied = true;
   let browserCloses = 0;
   const owner = new PlaywrightScenarioBrowserCleanupOwner({
-    closeBrowser: async () => {
+    closeBrowser: async (disconnectAtBoundary) => {
       browserCloses++;
-      if (browserDenied) throw new Error("controlled transport close failure");
+      await disconnectAtBoundary(async () => {
+        if (browserDenied)
+          throw new Error("controlled transport close failure");
+      });
     },
     removeProfile: async () => {
       if (profileDenied) throw new Error("controlled profile removal failure");
@@ -743,6 +790,145 @@ it("tracks only pending browser cleanup resources and resolves prior errors afte
   }
 });
 
+it("rechecks the browser release gate after finalization changes its revision", async () => {
+  const eventsStarted = deferred<void>();
+  const finishEvents = deferred<void>();
+  const gateStarted = deferred<void>();
+  const finishGate = deferred<void>();
+  const closeBrowser = vi.fn(
+    async (
+      disconnectAtBoundary: (disconnect: () => Promise<void>) => Promise<void>,
+    ) => disconnectAtBoundary(async () => undefined),
+  );
+  const owner = new PlaywrightScenarioBrowserCleanupOwner({
+    closeBrowser,
+    removeProfile: undefined,
+  });
+  let revision = 0;
+  const gateRuns: number[] = [];
+  const release = owner.release(
+    async () => {
+      eventsStarted.resolve(undefined);
+      await finishEvents.promise;
+    },
+    {
+      get revision() {
+        return revision;
+      },
+      async run() {
+        gateRuns.push(revision);
+        if (gateRuns.length === 1) {
+          gateStarted.resolve(undefined);
+          await finishGate.promise;
+        }
+      },
+    },
+  );
+
+  await eventsStarted.promise;
+  finishEvents.resolve(undefined);
+  await gateStarted.promise;
+  revision += 1;
+  finishGate.resolve(undefined);
+  await release;
+
+  expect(gateRuns).toEqual([0, 1]);
+  expect(closeBrowser).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  expect(owner.browserClosed).toBe(true);
+});
+
+it("runs the latest stop gate after attached restoration and before disconnect", async () => {
+  const restorationStarted = deferred<void>();
+  const finishRestoration = deferred<void>();
+  const gateRevisions: number[] = [];
+  let revision = 0;
+  let disconnected = false;
+  const owner = new PlaywrightScenarioBrowserCleanupOwner({
+    closeBrowser: async (disconnectAtBoundary) => {
+      restorationStarted.resolve(undefined);
+      await finishRestoration.promise;
+      await disconnectAtBoundary(async () => {
+        disconnected = true;
+      });
+    },
+    removeProfile: undefined,
+  });
+  const release = owner.release(undefined, {
+    get revision() {
+      return revision;
+    },
+    async run() {
+      gateRevisions.push(revision);
+    },
+  });
+
+  await restorationStarted.promise;
+  revision += 1;
+  finishRestoration.resolve(undefined);
+  await release;
+
+  expect(gateRevisions).toEqual([1]);
+  expect(disconnected).toBe(true);
+  expect(owner.browserClosed).toBe(true);
+});
+
+it.each([false, true])(
+  "retains a failed release gate when its revision changes: %s",
+  async (changeRevision) => {
+    let transportClosed = false;
+    const closeBrowser = vi.fn(
+      async (
+        disconnectAtBoundary: (
+          disconnect: () => Promise<void>,
+        ) => Promise<void>,
+      ) =>
+        disconnectAtBoundary(async () => {
+          transportClosed = true;
+        }),
+    );
+    const owner = new PlaywrightScenarioBrowserCleanupOwner({
+      closeBrowser,
+      removeProfile: undefined,
+    });
+    const failure = new Error("navigation stop was not confirmed");
+    const gateStarted = deferred<void>();
+    const finishGate = deferred<void>();
+    let revision = 0;
+    let failGate = true;
+    const gate = {
+      get revision() {
+        return revision;
+      },
+      async run() {
+        if (failGate) {
+          failGate = false;
+          gateStarted.resolve(undefined);
+          await finishGate.promise;
+          throw failure;
+        }
+      },
+    };
+
+    const release = owner.release(undefined, gate).then(
+      () => ({ ok: true as const }),
+      (cause: unknown) => ({ ok: false as const, cause }),
+    );
+    await gateStarted.promise;
+    if (changeRevision) revision += 1;
+    finishGate.resolve(undefined);
+    await expect(release).resolves.toEqual({ ok: false, cause: failure });
+    expect(closeBrowser).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(transportClosed).toBe(false);
+    expect(owner.browserClosed).toBe(false);
+    expect(owner.cleanupResources).toContain("browser_transport");
+
+    await owner.release(undefined, gate);
+    expect(closeBrowser).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(transportClosed).toBe(true);
+    expect(owner.browserClosed).toBe(true);
+  },
+);
+
 it("bounds an opening failure response while retaining the same late cleanup lease", async () => {
   vi.useFakeTimers();
   let acknowledge: () => void = () => {};
diff --git a/src/browser/PlaywrightScenarioBrowser.ts b/src/browser/PlaywrightScenarioBrowser.ts
index c261553070..bc4f4db26e 100644
--- a/src/browser/PlaywrightScenarioBrowser.ts
+++ b/src/browser/PlaywrightScenarioBrowser.ts
@@ -43,9 +43,17 @@ export interface OpenedScenarioBrowser {
   readonly cleanup: PlaywrightScenarioBrowserCleanupOwner;
 }
 
+/** A retryable obligation that must hold before the browser transport closes. */
+export interface PlaywrightScenarioBrowserReleaseGate {
+  readonly revision: number;
+  run(): Promise<void>;
+}
+
 /** Provider actions retained until the owned browser and profile are released. */
 interface PlaywrightScenarioCleanupResources {
-  readonly closeBrowser: () => Promise<void>;
+  readonly closeBrowser: (
+    disconnectAtBoundary: (disconnect: () => Promise<void>) => Promise<void>,
+  ) => Promise<void>;
   readonly removeProfile: (() => Promise<void>) | undefined;
   readonly onSettled?: (browserClosed: boolean) => void;
 }
@@ -56,6 +64,7 @@ export class PlaywrightScenarioBrowserCleanupOwner {
   #profileRemoved: boolean;
   #eventFinalizationPromise: Promise<void> | undefined;
   #eventsFinalized = false;
+  #releaseGate: PlaywrightScenarioBrowserReleaseGate | undefined;
   readonly cleanupLease: AnalysisCleanupLease;
 
   /** Keep the narrow provider actions needed to release one opened browser. */
@@ -83,13 +92,20 @@ export class PlaywrightScenarioBrowserCleanupOwner {
   }
 
   /** Await actual resource release, including a late browser acknowledgement. */
-  release(finishEvents?: () => Promise<void>): Promise<void> {
+  release(
+    finishEvents?: () => Promise<void>,
+    releaseGate?: PlaywrightScenarioBrowserReleaseGate,
+  ): Promise<void> {
     this.#prepareEvents(finishEvents);
+    if (releaseGate !== undefined) this.#releaseGate = releaseGate;
     return this.cleanupLease.release();
   }
 
-  close(finishEvents?: () => Promise<void>): Promise<void> {
-    return this.#awaitCleanup(this.release(finishEvents));
+  close(
+    finishEvents?: () => Promise<void>,
+    releaseGate?: PlaywrightScenarioBrowserReleaseGate,
+  ): Promise<void> {
+    return this.#awaitCleanup(this.release(finishEvents, releaseGate));
   }
 
   #prepareEvents(finishEvents?: () => Promise<void>): void {
@@ -131,7 +147,9 @@ export class PlaywrightScenarioBrowserCleanupOwner {
     }
     if (!this.#browserClosed) {
       try {
-        await this.resources.closeBrowser();
+        await this.resources.closeBrowser((disconnect) =>
+          this.#runReleaseGate(disconnect),
+        );
         this.#browserClosed = true;
       } catch (cause: unknown) {
         failures.push(cause);
@@ -153,6 +171,25 @@ export class PlaywrightScenarioBrowserCleanupOwner {
     if (failures.length > 1)
       throw new AggregateError(failures, "Browser session cleanup failed");
   }
+
+  async #runReleaseGate(disconnect: () => Promise<void>): Promise<void> {
+    for (;;) {
+      const gate = this.#releaseGate;
+      if (gate === undefined) {
+        await disconnect();
+        return;
+      }
+      const revision = gate.revision;
+      await gate.run();
+      if (this.#releaseGate === gate && gate.revision === revision) {
+        // Invoke the physical disconnect in the same continuation that
+        // observes a stable stop revision; no await separates the check and
+        // the operation start.
+        await disconnect();
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 interface AttachedScenarioWaiter {
@@ -566,7 +603,7 @@ const openAttachedScenarioBrowser = async (
     const browser = await launcher.connectOverCDP(browserRequest.cdp_endpoint);
     const cleanup: PlaywrightScenarioBrowserCleanupOwner =
       new PlaywrightScenarioBrowserCleanupOwner({
-        closeBrowser: async () => {
+        closeBrowser: async (disconnectAtBoundary) => {
           let environmentFailure: unknown;
           const ownedEnvironment = environmentOwner;
           if (ownedEnvironment !== undefined) {
@@ -590,7 +627,7 @@ const openAttachedScenarioBrowser = async (
             }
           }
           try {
-            await browser.close();
+            await disconnectAtBoundary(() => browser.close());
             // Once target state is restored, disconnecting the transport is a
             // definitive fallback for an explicit session detach failure.
             environmentOwner = undefined;
@@ -719,7 +756,9 @@ export const openPlaywrightScenarioBrowser = async (
     }
   }
   const cleanup = new PlaywrightScenarioBrowserCleanupOwner({
-    closeBrowser: () => context.close(),
+    closeBrowser: async (disconnectAtBoundary) => {
+      await disconnectAtBoundary(() => context.close());
+    },
     removeProfile: () =>
       rm(profilePath, { recursive: true, force: true, maxRetries: 3 }),
   });
diff --git a/src/browser/PlaywrightScenarioServiceWorkers.ts b/src/browser/PlaywrightScenarioServiceWorkers.ts
index 40b79dfc24..46ffc0579e 100644
--- a/src/browser/PlaywrightScenarioServiceWorkers.ts
+++ b/src/browser/PlaywrightScenarioServiceWorkers.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ export class PlaywrightScenarioServiceWorkers {
   #released = false;
   #detached = false;
   #loadingStopped = false;
+  #stopRequested = false;
+  #stopPromise: Promise<void> | undefined;
   #removeListener: (() => void) | undefined;
   #setup = new AbortController();
 
@@ -276,9 +278,11 @@ export class PlaywrightScenarioServiceWorkers {
   private async stopMainFrame(frame: Frame): Promise<void> {
     try {
       await frame.evaluate("globalThis.stop()");
-      this.#loadingStopped = true;
     } catch (cause: unknown) {
-      if (!this.page.isClosed() && !frame.isDetached()) throw cause;
+      // A closed page no longer has an active navigation to stop. On a live
+      // page, including a detached frame, preserve failure so retry can use a
+      // fresh main-frame reference.
+      if (!this.page.isClosed()) throw cause;
     }
   }
 
@@ -313,9 +317,10 @@ export class PlaywrightScenarioServiceWorkers {
 
   close(stopLoading = false): Promise<void> {
     this.#closed = true;
+    this.#stopRequested ||= stopLoading;
     // Abort discovery/handshakes and reads, never an already-sent page mutation.
     this.#setup.abort();
-    const restoration = (this.#restoration ??= this.restore(stopLoading));
+    const restoration = (this.#restoration ??= this.restore());
     void restoration.then(
       () => {
         if (this.#restoration === restoration) this.#restoration = undefined;
@@ -324,13 +329,48 @@ export class PlaywrightScenarioServiceWorkers {
         if (this.#restoration === restoration) this.#restoration = undefined;
       },
     );
+    // Restoration completion does not discharge a stop request that arrived
+    // after that restoration began. Both paths share the owner's stop latch.
+    const completion = restoration.then(() => this.fulfillStopRequest());
     return withPlaywrightExecutionBoundary(
-      () => restoration,
+      () => completion,
       POLICY_CLEANUP_CONFIRMATION_TIMEOUT_MS,
     );
   }
 
-  private async restore(stopLoading: boolean): Promise<void> {
+  private fulfillStopRequest(): Promise<void> {
+    if (!this.#stopRequested || this.#loadingStopped) return Promise.resolve();
+    if (this.#stopPromise !== undefined) return this.#stopPromise;
+    const stopping = (async () => {
+      if (this.page.isClosed()) {
+        this.#loadingStopped = true;
+        return;
+      }
+      const session = this.#session;
+      if (
+        !this.#released &&
+        !this.#detached &&
+        session?.sessionId !== undefined
+      ) {
+        await this.send(session.sessionId, "Page.stopLoading");
+      } else {
+        await this.stopMainFrame(this.page.mainFrame());
+      }
+      this.#loadingStopped = true;
+    })();
+    this.#stopPromise = stopping;
+    void stopping.then(
+      () => {
+        if (this.#stopPromise === stopping) this.#stopPromise = undefined;
+      },
+      () => {
+        if (this.#stopPromise === stopping) this.#stopPromise = undefined;
+      },
+    );
+    return stopping;
+  }
+
+  private async restore(): Promise<void> {
     await this.#initialization?.catch(() => undefined);
     if (this.#released) return;
     const session = this.#session;
@@ -339,14 +379,7 @@ export class PlaywrightScenarioServiceWorkers {
       const mainFrame = this.page.mainFrame();
       // This owner exists even with empty storage seeds. Stopped navigation is
       // independent of storage and restoration never waits for a load event.
-      if (stopLoading && !this.#loadingStopped) {
-        if (!this.#detached && session.sessionId !== undefined) {
-          await this.send(session.sessionId, "Page.stopLoading");
-          this.#loadingStopped = true;
-        } else {
-          await this.stopMainFrame(mainFrame);
-        }
-      }
+      await this.fulfillStopRequest();
       await Promise.all(
         [...this.#targets.values()].map((target) =>
           this.settleTargetForRestore(target),
diff --git a/src/browser/PlaywrightScenarioSession.test.ts b/src/browser/PlaywrightScenarioSession.test.ts
index b482d681c4..aa099ec109 100644
--- a/src/browser/PlaywrightScenarioSession.test.ts
+++ b/src/browser/PlaywrightScenarioSession.test.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ vi.mock("./PlaywrightScenarioStorage.js", () => ({
 vi.mock("./PlaywrightScenarioEvents.js", () => ({
   PlaywrightScenarioEvents: class {
     finish() {
-      mocks.finishEvents();
+      return mocks.finishEvents();
     }
 
     result() {
@@ -137,10 +137,22 @@ const fixture = () => {
     version: () => "Chrome 154",
   });
   let browserClosed = false;
-  const close = vi.fn(async (finishEvents?: () => Promise<void>) => {
-    await finishEvents?.();
-    browserClosed = true;
-  });
+  const close = vi.fn(
+    async (
+      finishEvents?: () => Promise<void>,
+      releaseGate?: { readonly revision: number; run(): Promise<void> },
+    ) => {
+      await finishEvents?.();
+      if (releaseGate !== undefined) {
+        for (;;) {
+          const revision = releaseGate.revision;
+          await releaseGate.run();
+          if (releaseGate.revision === revision) break;
+        }
+      }
+      browserClosed = true;
+    },
+  );
   const cleanup = {
     close,
     release: close,
@@ -226,6 +238,41 @@ it("stops attached navigation without storage and retries rejected policy cleanu
   expect(cleanup.close).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
 });
 
+it("stops attached navigation when cancellation precedes the first close", async () => {
+  const { cleanup, page } = fixture();
+  mocks.storage = undefined;
+  const cancellation = new AbortController();
+  const attached = browserScenarioSchema.parse({
+    ...scenario,
+    browser: {
+      mode: "connect",
+      cdp_endpoint: "http://127.0.0.1:9222",
+      target_id: "target",
+    },
+    environment: { service_workers: "block" },
+    storage: {},
+  });
+  const session = await PlaywrightScenarioSession.open(
+    attached,
+    {},
+    { signal: cancellation.signal },
+  );
+  cancellation.abort();
+
+  await expect(session.close()).resolves.toBe("disconnected-external");
+  expect(
+    mocks.policySend.mock.calls.filter(
+      ([method]) => method === "Page.stopLoading",
+    ),
+  ).toHaveLength(1);
+  expect(
+    page.evaluate.mock.calls.filter(
+      ([script]) => script === "globalThis.stop()",
+    ),
+  ).toHaveLength(0);
+  expect(cleanup.close).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+});
+
 it("assigns attached navigation stopping to the storage owner once", async () => {
   const { cleanup, storage } = fixture();
   const attached = browserScenarioSchema.parse({
@@ -318,7 +365,7 @@ it("transfers a late stop request after storage has already released", async ()
   expect(cleanup.close).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   cancellation.abort();
   await expect(session.close()).resolves.toBe("disconnected-external");
-  expect(storage?.close.mock.calls).toEqual([[false], [true]]);
+  expect(storage?.close.mock.calls).toEqual([[false]]);
   expect(
     mocks.policySend.mock.calls.filter(
       ([method]) => method === "Page.stopLoading",
@@ -327,6 +374,614 @@ it("transfers a late stop request after storage has already released", async ()
   expect(cleanup.close).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
 });
 
+it.each(["pending", "settled"] as const)(
+  "honors a late stop after policy restoration is %s",
+  async (phase) => {
+    const { cleanup, page, storage } = fixture();
+    const cancellation = new AbortController();
+    storage?.close.mockResolvedValue({ loadingStopped: false });
+    const attached = browserScenarioSchema.parse({
+      ...scenario,
+      browser: {
+        mode: "connect",
+        cdp_endpoint: "http://127.0.0.1:9222",
+        target_id: "target",
+      },
+      environment: { service_workers: "block" },
+    });
+    const session = await PlaywrightScenarioSession.open(
+      attached,
+      {},
+      { signal: cancellation.signal },
+    );
+    let finishRestoration: () => void = () => undefined;
+    let restorationStarted: () => void = () => undefined;
+    const held = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+      finishRestoration = resolve;
+    });
+    const started = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+      restorationStarted = resolve;
+    });
+    let signalTransportClosed: () => void = () => undefined;
+    const transportClosed = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+      signalTransportClosed = resolve;
+    });
+    mocks.policyTransportClose.mockImplementation(async () => {
+      signalTransportClosed();
+    });
+    mocks.policySend.mockImplementation(async (method: string) => {
+      if (method === "Runtime.evaluate") {
+        restorationStarted();
+        await held;
+      }
+      return policyResponse(method);
+    });
+
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+    try {
+      const firstClose = session.close(false).then(
+        () => ({ ok: true as const }),
+        (cause: unknown) => ({ ok: false as const, cause }),
+      );
+      await started;
+      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(5_001);
+      await expect(firstClose).resolves.toMatchObject({
+        ok: false,
+        cause: { cleanupIncomplete: true },
+      });
+      expect(cleanup.close).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+      if (phase === "settled") {
+        finishRestoration();
+        await transportClosed;
+        await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(0);
+      }
+      cancellation.abort();
+      const retry = session.close();
+      if (phase === "pending") {
+        finishRestoration();
+        await transportClosed;
+        await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(0);
+      }
+      await expect(retry).resolves.toBe("disconnected-external");
+    } finally {
+      vi.useRealTimers();
+    }
+
+    expect(storage?.close.mock.calls).toEqual([[false]]);
+    const policyStops = mocks.policySend.mock.calls.filter(
+      ([method]) => method === "Page.stopLoading",
+    ).length;
+    const frameStops = page.evaluate.mock.calls.filter(
+      ([script]) => script === "globalThis.stop()",
+    ).length;
+    expect(policyStops + frameStops).toBe(1);
+    expect(cleanup.close).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(mocks.policyTransportClose).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  },
+);
+
+it("transfers cancellation to a no-stop cleanup already in progress", async () => {
+  const { cleanup, page, storage } = fixture();
+  const cancellation = new AbortController();
+  storage?.close.mockResolvedValue({ loadingStopped: false });
+  const attached = browserScenarioSchema.parse({
+    ...scenario,
+    browser: {
+      mode: "connect",
+      cdp_endpoint: "http://127.0.0.1:9222",
+      target_id: "target",
+    },
+    environment: { service_workers: "block" },
+  });
+  const session = await PlaywrightScenarioSession.open(
+    attached,
+    {},
+    { signal: cancellation.signal },
+  );
+  let finishRestoration: () => void = () => undefined;
+  let restorationStarted: () => void = () => undefined;
+  const held = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+    finishRestoration = resolve;
+  });
+  const started = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+    restorationStarted = resolve;
+  });
+  let browserWasOpenAtStop = false;
+  page.evaluate.mockImplementation(async (script: unknown) => {
+    if (script === "globalThis.stop()")
+      browserWasOpenAtStop = cleanup.browserClosed === false;
+    return null;
+  });
+  mocks.policySend.mockImplementation(async (method: string) => {
+    if (method === "Runtime.evaluate") {
+      restorationStarted();
+      await held;
+    }
+    if (method === "Page.stopLoading")
+      browserWasOpenAtStop = cleanup.browserClosed === false;
+    return policyResponse(method);
+  });
+
+  const firstClose = session.close(false);
+  await started;
+  cancellation.abort();
+  const retry = session.close();
+  finishRestoration();
+  await expect(Promise.all([firstClose, retry])).resolves.toEqual([
+    "disconnected-external",
+    "disconnected-external",
+  ]);
+
+  const policyStops = mocks.policySend.mock.calls.filter(
+    ([method]) => method === "Page.stopLoading",
+  ).length;
+  const frameStops = page.evaluate.mock.calls.filter(
+    ([script]) => script === "globalThis.stop()",
+  ).length;
+  expect(policyStops + frameStops).toBe(1);
+  expect(cleanup.close).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  expect(browserWasOpenAtStop).toBe(true);
+});
+
+it("does not repeat a stop confirmed by storage during a late retry", async () => {
+  const { cleanup, page, storage } = fixture();
+  const cancellation = new AbortController();
+  storage?.close.mockResolvedValue({ loadingStopped: true });
+  const attached = browserScenarioSchema.parse({
+    ...scenario,
+    browser: {
+      mode: "connect",
+      cdp_endpoint: "http://127.0.0.1:9222",
+      target_id: "target",
+    },
+    environment: { service_workers: "block" },
+  });
+  const session = await PlaywrightScenarioSession.open(
+    attached,
+    {},
+    { signal: cancellation.signal },
+  );
+  let finishRestoration: () => void = () => undefined;
+  let restorationStarted: () => void = () => undefined;
+  const held = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+    finishRestoration = resolve;
+  });
+  const started = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+    restorationStarted = resolve;
+  });
+  mocks.policySend.mockImplementation(async (method: string) => {
+    if (method === "Runtime.evaluate") {
+      restorationStarted();
+      await held;
+    }
+    return policyResponse(method);
+  });
+
+  const firstClose = session.close(false);
+  await started;
+  cancellation.abort();
+  const retry = session.close();
+  finishRestoration();
+  await expect(Promise.all([firstClose, retry])).resolves.toEqual([
+    "disconnected-external",
+    "disconnected-external",
+  ]);
+
+  expect(storage?.close).toHaveBeenCalledWith(false);
+  expect(
+    mocks.policySend.mock.calls.filter(
+      ([method]) => method === "Page.stopLoading",
+    ),
+  ).toHaveLength(0);
+  expect(
+    page.evaluate.mock.calls.filter(
+      ([script]) => script === "globalThis.stop()",
+    ),
+  ).toHaveLength(0);
+  expect(cleanup.close).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+});
+
+it("transfers cancellation arriving during final event cleanup", async () => {
+  const { cleanup, page, storage } = fixture();
+  const cancellation = new AbortController();
+  storage?.close.mockResolvedValue({ loadingStopped: false });
+  const attached = browserScenarioSchema.parse({
+    ...scenario,
+    browser: {
+      mode: "connect",
+      cdp_endpoint: "http://127.0.0.1:9222",
+      target_id: "target",
+    },
+    environment: { service_workers: "block" },
+  });
+  const session = await PlaywrightScenarioSession.open(
+    attached,
+    {},
+    { signal: cancellation.signal },
+  );
+  let finishEvents: () => void = () => undefined;
+  let finishStarted: () => void = () => undefined;
+  const heldEvents = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+    finishEvents = resolve;
+  });
+  const eventsStarted = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+    finishStarted = resolve;
+  });
+  mocks.finishEvents.mockImplementation(async () => {
+    finishStarted();
+    await heldEvents;
+  });
+  let browserWasOpenAtStop = false;
+  page.evaluate.mockImplementation(async (script: unknown) => {
+    if (script === "globalThis.stop()")
+      browserWasOpenAtStop = cleanup.browserClosed === false;
+    return null;
+  });
+
+  const firstClose = session.close(false);
+  await eventsStarted;
+  cancellation.abort();
+  const retry = session.close();
+  finishEvents();
+  await expect(Promise.all([firstClose, retry])).resolves.toEqual([
+    "disconnected-external",
+    "disconnected-external",
+  ]);
+
+  expect(page.evaluate).toHaveBeenCalledWith("globalThis.stop()");
+  expect(browserWasOpenAtStop).toBe(true);
+  expect(cleanup.close).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+});
+
+it("stops a connected page when service workers are allowed", async () => {
+  const { cleanup, page, storage } = fixture();
+  const cancellation = new AbortController();
+  storage?.close.mockResolvedValue({ loadingStopped: false });
+  const attached = browserScenarioSchema.parse({
+    ...scenario,
+    browser: {
+      mode: "connect",
+      cdp_endpoint: "http://127.0.0.1:9222",
+      target_id: "target",
+    },
+    environment: { service_workers: "allow" },
+  });
+  const session = await PlaywrightScenarioSession.open(
+    attached,
+    {},
+    { signal: cancellation.signal },
+  );
+  let finishEvents: () => void = () => undefined;
+  let finishStarted: () => void = () => undefined;
+  const heldEvents = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+    finishEvents = resolve;
+  });
+  const eventsStarted = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+    finishStarted = resolve;
+  });
+  mocks.finishEvents.mockImplementation(async () => {
+    finishStarted();
+    await heldEvents;
+  });
+  let browserWasOpenAtStop = false;
+  page.evaluate.mockImplementation(async (script: unknown) => {
+    if (script === "globalThis.stop()")
+      browserWasOpenAtStop = cleanup.browserClosed === false;
+    return null;
+  });
+
+  const firstClose = session.close(false);
+  await eventsStarted;
+  cancellation.abort();
+  const retry = session.close();
+  finishEvents();
+  await expect(Promise.all([firstClose, retry])).resolves.toEqual([
+    "disconnected-external",
+    "disconnected-external",
+  ]);
+
+  expect(page.evaluate).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  expect(browserWasOpenAtStop).toBe(true);
+  expect(storage?.close).toHaveBeenCalledWith(false);
+  expect(cleanup.close).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+});
+
+it("stops a connected page without storage or a service-worker policy owner", async () => {
+  const { cleanup, page } = fixture();
+  mocks.storage = undefined;
+  const cancellation = new AbortController();
+  const attached = browserScenarioSchema.parse({
+    ...scenario,
+    browser: {
+      mode: "connect",
+      cdp_endpoint: "http://127.0.0.1:9222",
+      target_id: "target",
+    },
+    environment: { service_workers: "allow" },
+  });
+  const session = await PlaywrightScenarioSession.open(
+    attached,
+    {},
+    { signal: cancellation.signal },
+  );
+  let finishEvents: () => void = () => undefined;
+  let finishStarted: () => void = () => undefined;
+  const heldEvents = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+    finishEvents = resolve;
+  });
+  const eventsStarted = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+    finishStarted = resolve;
+  });
+  mocks.finishEvents.mockImplementation(async () => {
+    finishStarted();
+    await heldEvents;
+  });
+
+  const firstClose = session.close(false);
+  await eventsStarted;
+  cancellation.abort();
+  const retry = session.close();
+  finishEvents();
+  await expect(Promise.all([firstClose, retry])).resolves.toEqual([
+    "disconnected-external",
+    "disconnected-external",
+  ]);
+
+  expect(page.evaluate).toHaveBeenCalledWith("globalThis.stop()");
+  expect(cleanup.close).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+});
+
+it("retries a failed connected-page stop when service workers are allowed", async () => {
+  const { cleanup, page, storage } = fixture();
+  const cancellation = new AbortController();
+  storage?.close.mockResolvedValue({ loadingStopped: false });
+  const attached = browserScenarioSchema.parse({
+    ...scenario,
+    browser: {
+      mode: "connect",
+      cdp_endpoint: "http://127.0.0.1:9222",
+      target_id: "target",
+    },
+    environment: { service_workers: "allow" },
+  });
+  const session = await PlaywrightScenarioSession.open(
+    attached,
+    {},
+    { signal: cancellation.signal },
+  );
+  let finishEvents: () => void = () => undefined;
+  let finishStarted: () => void = () => undefined;
+  const heldEvents = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+    finishEvents = resolve;
+  });
+  const eventsStarted = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+    finishStarted = resolve;
+  });
+  mocks.finishEvents.mockImplementation(async () => {
+    finishStarted();
+    await heldEvents;
+  });
+  const failedFrame = {
+    isDetached: () => false,
+    evaluate: vi.fn(async () => {
+      throw new Error("main frame stop failed");
+    }),
+  } as unknown as ReturnType<typeof page.mainFrame>;
+  const freshFrame = {
+    isDetached: () => false,
+    evaluate: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
+  } as unknown as ReturnType<typeof page.mainFrame>;
+  vi.spyOn(page, "mainFrame")
+    .mockReturnValueOnce(failedFrame)
+    .mockReturnValue(freshFrame);
+
+  const firstClose = session.close(false);
+  await eventsStarted;
+  cancellation.abort();
+  const concurrentClose = session.close();
+  finishEvents();
+  await expect(
+    Promise.allSettled([firstClose, concurrentClose]),
+  ).resolves.toEqual(
+    expect.arrayContaining([
+      expect.objectContaining({ status: "rejected" }),
+      expect.objectContaining({ status: "rejected" }),
+    ]),
+  );
+
+  expect(cleanup.browserClosed).toBe(false);
+  await expect(session.close()).resolves.toBe("disconnected-external");
+  expect(failedFrame.evaluate).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  expect(freshFrame.evaluate).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  expect(storage?.close).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  expect(cleanup.close).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+});
+
+it("retains a late fallback stop failure for retry", async () => {
+  const { cleanup, page, storage } = fixture();
+  const cancellation = new AbortController();
+  storage?.close.mockResolvedValue({ loadingStopped: false });
+  const attached = browserScenarioSchema.parse({
+    ...scenario,
+    browser: {
+      mode: "connect",
+      cdp_endpoint: "http://127.0.0.1:9222",
+      target_id: "target",
+    },
+    environment: { service_workers: "block" },
+  });
+  const session = await PlaywrightScenarioSession.open(
+    attached,
+    {},
+    { signal: cancellation.signal },
+  );
+  let finishRestoration: () => void = () => undefined;
+  let restorationStarted: () => void = () => undefined;
+  const held = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+    finishRestoration = resolve;
+  });
+  const started = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+    restorationStarted = resolve;
+  });
+  let signalTransportClosed: () => void = () => undefined;
+  const transportClosed = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+    signalTransportClosed = resolve;
+  });
+  mocks.policyTransportClose.mockImplementation(async () => {
+    signalTransportClosed();
+  });
+  mocks.policySend.mockImplementation(async (method: string) => {
+    if (method === "Runtime.evaluate") {
+      restorationStarted();
+      await held;
+    }
+    return policyResponse(method);
+  });
+
+  vi.useFakeTimers();
+  try {
+    const firstClose = session.close(false).then(
+      () => ({ ok: true as const }),
+      (cause: unknown) => ({ ok: false as const, cause }),
+    );
+    await started;
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(5_001);
+    await expect(firstClose).resolves.toMatchObject({ ok: false });
+    finishRestoration();
+    await transportClosed;
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(0);
+
+    cancellation.abort();
+    const stopFailure = new Error("late main-frame stop failed");
+    const detachedFrame = {
+      evaluate: vi.fn(async () => {
+        throw stopFailure;
+      }),
+      isDetached: () => true,
+    } as unknown as ReturnType<typeof page.mainFrame>;
+    const freshFrame = {
+      evaluate: vi.fn(async () => null),
+      isDetached: () => false,
+    } as unknown as ReturnType<typeof page.mainFrame>;
+    vi.spyOn(page, "mainFrame")
+      .mockReturnValueOnce(detachedFrame)
+      .mockReturnValue(freshFrame);
+    const failedRetry = session.close().then(
+      () => ({ ok: true as const }),
+      (cause: unknown) => ({ ok: false as const, cause }),
+    );
+    await expect(failedRetry).resolves.toMatchObject({
+      ok: false,
+      cause: { cleanupIncomplete: true },
+    });
+    expect(cleanup.close).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+    await expect(session.close()).resolves.toBe("disconnected-external");
+    expect(detachedFrame.evaluate).toHaveBeenCalledWith("globalThis.stop()");
+    expect(freshFrame.evaluate).toHaveBeenCalledWith("globalThis.stop()");
+  } finally {
+    vi.useRealTimers();
+  }
+
+  expect(cleanup.close).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+});
+
+it("coalesces concurrent late-stop close retries", async () => {
+  const { cleanup, page, storage } = fixture();
+  const cancellation = new AbortController();
+  storage?.close.mockResolvedValue({ loadingStopped: false });
+  const attached = browserScenarioSchema.parse({
+    ...scenario,
+    browser: {
+      mode: "connect",
+      cdp_endpoint: "http://127.0.0.1:9222",
+      target_id: "target",
+    },
+    environment: { service_workers: "block" },
+  });
+  const session = await PlaywrightScenarioSession.open(
+    attached,
+    {},
+    { signal: cancellation.signal },
+  );
+  let finishRestoration: () => void = () => undefined;
+  let restorationStarted: () => void = () => undefined;
+  const held = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+    finishRestoration = resolve;
+  });
+  const started = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+    restorationStarted = resolve;
+  });
+  let signalTransportClosed: () => void = () => undefined;
+  const transportClosed = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+    signalTransportClosed = resolve;
+  });
+  mocks.policyTransportClose.mockImplementation(async () => {
+    signalTransportClosed();
+  });
+  mocks.policySend.mockImplementation(async (method: string) => {
+    if (method === "Runtime.evaluate") {
+      restorationStarted();
+      await held;
+    }
+    return policyResponse(method);
+  });
+
+  vi.useFakeTimers();
+  try {
+    const firstClose = session.close(false).then(
+      () => ({ ok: true as const }),
+      (cause: unknown) => ({ ok: false as const, cause }),
+    );
+    await started;
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(5_001);
+    await expect(firstClose).resolves.toMatchObject({ ok: false });
+    finishRestoration();
+    await transportClosed;
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(0);
+
+    cancellation.abort();
+    let finishStop: () => void = () => undefined;
+    let stopStarted: () => void = () => undefined;
+    const heldStop = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+      finishStop = resolve;
+    });
+    const startedStop = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+      stopStarted = resolve;
+    });
+    page.evaluate.mockImplementation(async (script: unknown) => {
+      if (script === "globalThis.stop()") {
+        stopStarted();
+        await heldStop;
+      }
+      return null;
+    });
+    const firstRetry = session.close();
+    await startedStop;
+    const secondRetry = session.close();
+    expect(
+      page.evaluate.mock.calls.filter(
+        ([script]) => script === "globalThis.stop()",
+      ),
+    ).toHaveLength(1);
+    finishStop();
+    await expect(Promise.all([firstRetry, secondRetry])).resolves.toEqual([
+      "disconnected-external",
+      "disconnected-external",
+    ]);
+  } finally {
+    vi.useRealTimers();
+  }
+
+  expect(
+    page.evaluate.mock.calls.filter(
+      ([script]) => script === "globalThis.stop()",
+    ),
+  ).toHaveLength(1);
+  expect(cleanup.close).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+});
+
 it("retains transferred navigation stopping after setup cleanup fails", async () => {
   const { cleanup, storage } = fixture();
   const cancellation = new AbortController();
diff --git a/src/browser/PlaywrightScenarioSession.ts b/src/browser/PlaywrightScenarioSession.ts
index dca2896280..031d5b9372 100644
--- a/src/browser/PlaywrightScenarioSession.ts
+++ b/src/browser/PlaywrightScenarioSession.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { BrowserScenarioSecrets } from "./BrowserScenarioSecrets.js";
 import {
   failBrowserScenarioOperation,
   openPlaywrightScenarioBrowser,
+  type PlaywrightScenarioBrowserReleaseGate,
   type OpenedScenarioBrowser,
 } from "./PlaywrightScenarioBrowser.js";
 import { performPlaywrightScenarioAction } from "./PlaywrightScenarioActions.js";
@@ -83,9 +84,14 @@ export class PlaywrightScenarioSession implements BrowserScenarioSessionPort {
   private readonly serviceWorkers: PlaywrightScenarioServiceWorkers | undefined;
   private readonly signal: AbortSignal | undefined;
   #storageReleased = false;
+  #storageCloseCompleted = false;
+  #storageStopConfirmed = false;
   #stopLoading = false;
+  #stopRevision = 0;
   readonly cleanupLease: AnalysisCleanupLease;
-  #policyStopsLoading = false;
+  #navigationStopConfirmed = false;
+  readonly #browserReleaseGate: PlaywrightScenarioBrowserReleaseGate;
+  readonly #onAbort = (): void => this.#recordStopRequest();
 
   private constructor(
     private readonly opened: OpenedScenarioBrowser,
@@ -106,6 +112,15 @@ export class PlaywrightScenarioSession implements BrowserScenarioSessionPort {
     this.storage = options.storage;
     this.serviceWorkers = options.serviceWorkers;
     this.signal = options.signal;
+    const session = this;
+    this.#browserReleaseGate = {
+      get revision() {
+        return session.#stopRevision;
+      },
+      run: () => this.#fulfillNavigationStopRequest(),
+    };
+    if (this.signal?.aborted === true) this.#recordStopRequest();
+    else this.signal?.addEventListener("abort", this.#onAbort, { once: true });
     this.version = opened.browser.version();
     this.initialUrl = opened.page.url();
     this.cleanupLease = new AnalysisCleanupLease(
@@ -457,7 +472,7 @@ export class PlaywrightScenarioSession implements BrowserScenarioSessionPort {
   }
 
   async close(stopLoading = this.signal?.aborted === true) {
-    this.#stopLoading ||= stopLoading;
+    if (stopLoading) this.#recordStopRequest();
     try {
       await withPlaywrightExecutionBoundary(
         () => this.cleanupLease.release(),
@@ -480,31 +495,46 @@ export class PlaywrightScenarioSession implements BrowserScenarioSessionPort {
   }
 
   async #closeResources(): Promise<void> {
-    const stopLoading = this.#stopLoading || this.signal?.aborted === true;
+    const stopLoading = this.#stopLoading;
     let storageFailure: { readonly cause: unknown } | undefined;
     let policyFailure: { readonly cause: unknown } | undefined;
     let browserFailure: { readonly cause: unknown } | undefined;
-    if (stopLoading && this.storage === undefined)
-      this.#policyStopsLoading = true;
-    if (!this.#storageReleased) {
+    if (!this.#storageCloseCompleted) {
       try {
         const result = await this.storage?.close(stopLoading);
-        if (stopLoading && result?.loadingStopped !== true)
-          this.#policyStopsLoading = true;
+        this.#storageStopConfirmed = result?.loadingStopped === true;
+        this.#storageCloseCompleted = true;
       } catch (failure: unknown) {
         storageFailure = { cause: failure };
-        if (stopLoading) this.#policyStopsLoading = true;
       }
     }
     try {
       if (!this.opened.cleanup.browserClosed)
-        await this.serviceWorkers?.close(this.#policyStopsLoading);
+        await this.serviceWorkers?.close(
+          stopLoading && !this.#storageStopConfirmed,
+        );
+      if (
+        stopLoading &&
+        !this.#storageStopConfirmed &&
+        this.serviceWorkers !== undefined
+      )
+        this.#navigationStopConfirmed = true;
     } catch (failure: unknown) {
       policyFailure = { cause: failure };
     }
     if (policyFailure === undefined) {
       try {
-        await this.opened.cleanup.release(() => this.eventCapture.finish());
+        await this.#fulfillNavigationStopRequest();
+      } catch (failure: unknown) {
+        policyFailure = { cause: failure };
+      }
+    }
+    if (policyFailure === undefined) {
+      try {
+        await this.opened.cleanup.release(
+          () => this.eventCapture.finish(),
+          this.#browserReleaseGate,
+        );
       } catch (failure: unknown) {
         browserFailure = { cause: failure };
       }
@@ -515,7 +545,10 @@ export class PlaywrightScenarioSession implements BrowserScenarioSessionPort {
         browserFailure = { cause: failure };
       }
     }
-    if (this.opened.cleanup.browserClosed) this.#storageReleased = true;
+    if (this.opened.cleanup.browserClosed) {
+      this.#storageReleased = true;
+      this.signal?.removeEventListener("abort", this.#onAbort);
+    }
     throwCleanupFailures([
       ...(policyFailure === undefined ? [] : [policyFailure.cause]),
       ...(this.#storageReleased || storageFailure === undefined
@@ -525,6 +558,33 @@ export class PlaywrightScenarioSession implements BrowserScenarioSessionPort {
     ]);
   }
 
+  #recordStopRequest(): void {
+    if (!this.#stopLoading) this.#stopRevision += 1;
+    this.#stopLoading = true;
+  }
+
+  async #fulfillNavigationStopRequest(): Promise<void> {
+    if (
+      !this.#stopLoading ||
+      this.#storageStopConfirmed ||
+      this.#navigationStopConfirmed ||
+      this.mode === "launch"
+    )
+      return;
+    if (this.serviceWorkers !== undefined) {
+      await this.serviceWorkers.close(true);
+    } else if (this.opened.page.isClosed()) {
+      this.#navigationStopConfirmed = true;
+      return;
+    } else {
+      const frame = this.opened.page.mainFrame();
+      if (frame.isDetached())
+        throw new Error("Cannot stop navigation through a detached main frame");
+      await frame.evaluate("globalThis.stop()");
+    }
+    this.#navigationStopConfirmed = true;
+  }
+
   redactError(error: unknown): string {
     return this.secrets.redact(
       error instanceof Error ? error.message : "browser action failed",