diff --git a/apps/web/src/browser/HostedBrowserWebview.tsx b/apps/web/src/browser/HostedBrowserWebview.tsx
index 28edc42d406a8..e95b557eb6c3a 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/browser/HostedBrowserWebview.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/browser/HostedBrowserWebview.tsx
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
 } from "~/components/preview/thumbButtons";
 import { usePreviewBridge } from "~/components/preview/usePreviewBridge";
 import { useClientSettingsHydrated } from "~/hooks/useSettings";
+import { useViewportSize } from "~/hooks/useViewportSize";
 import { cn, isMacPlatform } from "~/lib/utils";
 
 import { resolveBrowserSurfacePanelRect, useBrowserSurfaceStore } from "./browserSurfaceStore";
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ export function HostedBrowserWebview(props: {
     serverRendering,
   } = props;
   const clientSettingsHydrated = useClientSettingsHydrated();
+  const windowSize = useViewportSize();
   const config = usePreviewWebviewConfig(threadRef.environmentId, profileId);
   const [initialSrc] = useState(() => initialUrl ?? "about:blank");
   const tabLeaseRef = useRef<AcquiredDesktopTab | null>(null);
@@ -331,6 +333,7 @@ export function HostedBrowserWebview(props: {
     zIndex: presentation.zIndex,
     rect: lastRect,
     hiddenSize: { width: hiddenWidth, height: hiddenHeight },
+    windowSize,
   });
 
   return (
diff --git a/apps/web/src/browser/hostedBrowserWebviewStyle.test.ts b/apps/web/src/browser/hostedBrowserWebviewStyle.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4f676dc6e6cf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/src/browser/hostedBrowserWebviewStyle.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import { expect, it } from "vite-plus/test";
+
+import { resolveHostedBrowserWebviewWrapperStyle } from "./hostedBrowserWebviewStyle";
+
+it.each([
+  { hiddenSize: { width: 1440, height: 900 }, windowSize: { width: 1840, height: 1016 }, scale: 1 },
+  {
+    hiddenSize: { width: 3440, height: 1440 },
+    windowSize: { width: 1720, height: 1016 },
+    scale: 0.5,
+  },
+  {
+    hiddenSize: { width: 1000, height: 2000 },
+    windowSize: { width: 1840, height: 500 },
+    scale: 0.25,
+  },
+  { hiddenSize: { width: 3440, height: 1440 }, windowSize: { width: 0, height: 0 }, scale: 1 },
+])(
+  "fits a $hiddenSize.width x $hiddenSize.height capture guest in a $windowSize.width x $windowSize.height window",
+  ({ hiddenSize, windowSize, scale }) => {
+    const style = resolveHostedBrowserWebviewWrapperStyle({
+      active: false,
+      renderingActive: true,
+      rect: null,
+      hiddenSize,
+      windowSize,
+    });
+    expect(style).toMatchObject({ left: 0, top: 0, ...hiddenSize, visibility: "visible" });
+    expect(style.transform).toBe(scale < 1 ? `scale(${scale})` : undefined);
+    expect(style.transformOrigin).toBe(scale < 1 ? "top left" : undefined);
+  },
+);
diff --git a/apps/web/src/browser/hostedBrowserWebviewStyle.ts b/apps/web/src/browser/hostedBrowserWebviewStyle.ts
index f37c222b08e9c..c4a31c6c56900 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/browser/hostedBrowserWebviewStyle.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/browser/hostedBrowserWebviewStyle.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ export interface HostedBrowserWebviewWrapperStyle {
   readonly pointerEvents: "auto" | "none";
   readonly borderRadius?: number;
   readonly visibility?: "hidden" | "visible";
+  readonly transform?: string;
+  readonly transformOrigin?: "top left";
 }
 
 const HIDDEN_BROWSER_WEBVIEW_OFFSET = -100_000;
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@ export function resolveHostedBrowserWebviewWrapperStyle(input: {
   readonly zIndex?: number;
   readonly rect: BrowserSurfaceRect | null;
   readonly hiddenSize: HostedBrowserWebviewSize;
+  readonly windowSize: HostedBrowserWebviewSize;
 }): HostedBrowserWebviewWrapperStyle {
   const {
     active,
@@ -35,6 +38,7 @@ export function resolveHostedBrowserWebviewWrapperStyle(input: {
     rect,
     renderingActive,
     zIndex = 30,
+    windowSize,
   } = input;
   if (active && rect) {
     return {
@@ -49,7 +53,12 @@ export function resolveHostedBrowserWebviewWrapperStyle(input: {
   }
 
   if (renderingActive) {
-    // Electron stops compositing offscreen guests; keep capture-active guests inside the viewport behind the app.
+    // Electron clips oversized native surfaces; fit the whole guest without changing its DOM viewport.
+    // A minimized window can report a zero viewport; scale(0) would stop the guest compositing.
+    const scale =
+      windowSize.width > 0 && windowSize.height > 0
+        ? Math.min(1, windowSize.width / hiddenSize.width, windowSize.height / hiddenSize.height)
+        : 1;
     return {
       left: 0,
       top: 0,
@@ -58,6 +67,7 @@ export function resolveHostedBrowserWebviewWrapperStyle(input: {
       zIndex: -1,
       pointerEvents: "none",
       visibility: "visible",
+      ...(scale < 1 ? { transform: `scale(${scale})`, transformOrigin: "top left" as const } : {}),
     };
   }