diff --git a/packages/core/src/runner/runner.ts b/packages/core/src/runner/runner.ts
index 0987fb70..ab081b7f 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/runner/runner.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/runner/runner.ts
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ import { attachAndroid, detachAndroid, promptDevices } from "../android/service"
 import { forgetAndroidRun } from "../android/tools";
 import { parseComputerTarget } from "../computer/targets";
 import { timedSync } from "../diagnostics/slow";
-import { StreamAccumulator, addUsage, detectLoginFailure, displayToolName, redactBlock } from "./stream";
+import { StreamAccumulator, addUsage, detectLoginFailure, displayToolName, redactBlock, usedBrowser } from "./stream";
 import { tailLines } from "./tail";
 import { requireLicense } from "../license/license";
 
@@ -2923,21 +2923,19 @@ function autoTitle(userMessageId: string): string | undefined {
 async function detectMissingLogin(job: Job, agent: Agent, text: string) {
   if (missingLoginReported.has(job.runId)) return;
   for (const name of job.acc.toolsCalled) if (name.endsWith("report_missing_login")) return;
+  // Without a page the run was on there is no login to add: the sentence quotes an error or another missing login.
+  if (!agent.browser.enabled || (job.vmId && !job.vmBrowser) || !usedBrowser(job.acc.toolsCalled)) return;
   const reason = detectLoginFailure(text);
   if (!reason) return;
-  let service = "Unknown service";
   let url = "";
-  if (agent.browser.enabled && (!job.vmId || job.vmBrowser)) {
-    try {
-      const page = job.vmId ? await currentVmPage(job.vmId) : await currentPage(runProfileOf(job) ?? resolveProfileForAgent(agent, job.conversationId).id, job.conversationId);
-      if (page?.url && /^https?:/i.test(page.url)) {
-        url = page.url;
-        service = hostnameOf(page.url) || service;
-      }
-    } catch (err) {
-      log.debug(`no current page for agent ${agent.id}`, err);
-    }
+  try {
+    const page = job.vmId ? await currentVmPage(job.vmId) : await currentPage(runProfileOf(job) ?? resolveProfileForAgent(agent, job.conversationId).id, job.conversationId);
+    if (page?.url && /^https?:/i.test(page.url)) url = page.url;
+  } catch (err) {
+    log.debug(`no current page for agent ${agent.id}`, err);
   }
+  const service = url ? hostnameOf(url) : "";
+  if (!service) return;
   try {
     reportMissingLogin({ agentId: agent.id, runId: job.runId, workspaceId: agent.workspaceId, kind: "other", service, url, reason });
     log.info(`run ${job.runId}: detected a login problem (${service})`);
diff --git a/packages/core/src/runner/stream.ts b/packages/core/src/runner/stream.ts
index c5724a92..67ef5642 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/runner/stream.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/runner/stream.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { isPlaceholderReply, toolActivity, type ActivityNames } from "@godmode/shared";
+import { BROWSER_MCP_NAME, isPlaceholderReply, toolActivity, type ActivityNames } from "@godmode/shared";
 /**
  * Pure parser for Claude Code `--output-format stream-json` events.
  *
@@ -853,3 +853,9 @@ export function detectLoginFailure(text: string): string | null {
   }
   return null;
 }
+
+/** The run used the browser: a login failure in its answer can be about the page it is on, not just quoted in a report. */
+export function usedBrowser(tools: Iterable<string>): boolean {
+  for (const name of tools) if (name.startsWith(`mcp__${BROWSER_MCP_NAME}__`)) return true;
+  return false;
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/test/runner.test.ts b/packages/core/test/runner.test.ts
index ff9caf70..362b6181 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/runner.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/runner.test.ts
@@ -317,16 +317,12 @@ describe("runner end-to-end with fake claude", () => {
     }
   });
 
-  test("login failures in the final answer are reported as missing logins", async () => {
+  test("a login failure in the answer of a run without a browser page is no missing login", async () => {
     const { run } = await startChat({ agentId: agent.id, content: "LOGIN_FAIL" });
     const finished = await waitForRun(run.id, 20_000);
     expect(finished.status).toBe("succeeded");
-    await until(() => listMissingLogins({}).some((m) => m.runId === run.id), 5000, "missing login");
-    const item = listMissingLogins({}).find((m) => m.runId === run.id)!;
-    expect(item.kind).toBe("other");
-    expect(item.agentId).toBe(agent.id);
-    expect(item.service).toBe("Unknown service");
-    expect(item.reason).toContain("couldn't log in to example.com");
+    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 200));
+    expect(listMissingLogins({}).filter((m) => m.runId === run.id)).toHaveLength(0);
   });
 
   test("Claude's API refusing the sign-in is no missing login of a website", async () => {
diff --git a/packages/core/test/stream.test.ts b/packages/core/test/stream.test.ts
index 18355b9b..3d2d7018 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/stream.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/stream.test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
 import { join } from "node:path";
 import type { MessageBlock } from "@godmode/shared";
 import { isPlaceholderReply } from "@godmode/shared";
-import { MAX_MESSAGE_IMAGE_BASE64, MAX_TOOL_IMAGE_BASE64, StreamAccumulator, detectLoginFailure, displayToolName, redactBlocks, toolResultContent } from "../src/runner/stream";
+import { MAX_MESSAGE_IMAGE_BASE64, MAX_TOOL_IMAGE_BASE64, StreamAccumulator, detectLoginFailure, displayToolName, redactBlocks, toolResultContent, usedBrowser } from "../src/runner/stream";
 
 function events(name: string): unknown[] {
   return readFileSync(join(import.meta.dir, "fixtures", name), "utf8")
@@ -658,4 +658,12 @@ describe("helpers", () => {
     expect(detectLoginFailure("No login required — the page is public.")).toBeNull();
     expect(detectLoginFailure("I couldn't find the log in button at first, but then succeeded.")).toBeNull();
   });
+
+  test("usedBrowser", () => {
+    expect(usedBrowser(["Bash", "mcp__browser__browser_navigate"])).toBe(true);
+    expect(usedBrowser(["mcp__browser__retry_with_browser_use_agent"])).toBe(true);
+    expect(usedBrowser(new Set(["Read", "mcp__godmode__report_missing_login", "mcp__godmode__browser_profiles_list"]))).toBe(false);
+    expect(usedBrowser(["mcp__playwright__browser_navigate"])).toBe(false);
+    expect(usedBrowser([])).toBe(false);
+  });
 });