diff --git a/apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowser.test.ts b/apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowser.test.ts
index 60ed5045d2639..b71da48ca8f79 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowser.test.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowser.test.ts
@@ -666,6 +666,40 @@ it.live("reports a pending dialog without evaluating the page and resolves it ex
   ).pipe(Effect.provide(layer)),
 );
 
+it.live("a dialog the desktop closes without Playwright stops blocking the tab", () =>
+  Effect.scoped(
+    Effect.gen(function* () {
+      const browser = yield* ServerBrowser.ServerBrowser;
+      const broker = yield* Broker.PreviewAutomationBroker;
+      const manager = yield* Manager.PreviewManager;
+      yield* Effect.yieldNow;
+      desktopRendersNext = true;
+      const opened = yield* manager.open({ threadId: scope.thread.threadId, runtime: "server" });
+      const tabId = PreviewTabId.make(opened.tabId);
+      yield* browser.attachViewer(viewerInput(tabId, false));
+      const { page, sessions } = desktopConnections[0]!.context;
+      expect(sessions[0]!.send).toHaveBeenCalledWith("Page.enable");
+      // Electron cancels a beforeunload as soon as it opens; only CDP reports the close.
+      page.emit("dialog", {
+        type: () => "beforeunload",
+        message: () => "",
+        defaultValue: () => "",
+      });
+      sessions[0]!.emit("Page.javascriptDialogClosed");
+      const status = yield* broker.invoke<PreviewAutomationStatus>({
+        scope,
+        tabId,
+        operation: "status",
+        input: {},
+      });
+      expect(status.dialog).toBeNull();
+      expect(
+        yield* broker.invoke({ scope, tabId, operation: "evaluate", input: { expression: "1" } }),
+      ).toBe("evaluated");
+    }),
+  ).pipe(Effect.provide(layer)),
+);
+
 it.live("a tab opened to a file the browser cannot show reports the file to download", () =>
   Effect.scoped(
     Effect.gen(function* () {
diff --git a/apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowser.ts b/apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowser.ts
index 5b386e5f0797a..72132e78e11bb 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowser.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowser.ts
@@ -741,7 +741,9 @@ const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
     // The desktop's page is already a normal browser. A popup's first request
     // went out before it became a tab; everything after presents as Chrome.
     if (!desktop) await presentAsChrome(cdp, host);
+    // Dialog close events need this session's Page domain, which recordCopies turns on.
     if (!desktop) await recordCopies(cdp);
+    else await cdp.send("Page.enable");
     page.setDefaultTimeout(NAVIGATION_TIMEOUT_MS);
     page.setDefaultNavigationTimeout(NAVIGATION_TIMEOUT_MS);
     const control = new SessionControl(snapshot.automationOwner ?? null, () =>
@@ -874,6 +876,14 @@ const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
       tab.dialog = dialog;
       broadcastControl(tab);
     });
+    // Playwright misses dialogs that close without it. Electron cancels
+    // beforeunload itself, and a person can answer one in the desktop view.
+    cdp.on("Page.javascriptDialogClosed", () => {
+      if (!tab.dialog) return;
+      tab.dialog = null;
+      ServerBrowserPage.invalidateRefs(page);
+      broadcastControl(tab);
+    });
     page.on("download", (download) => void saveDownload(tab, download));
     updateFileChooserInterception(tab);
     // Popups become tabs and keep `window.opener`, so sign-in popups can report back.