diff --git a/tests/webview/webviewTest.ts b/tests/webview/webviewTest.ts
index b5e0e1c21d939..f5896b7250174 100644
--- a/tests/webview/webviewTest.ts
+++ b/tests/webview/webviewTest.ts
@@ -18,11 +18,14 @@ import { spawnSync } from 'child_process';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
 
+import { iso } from '../../packages/playwright-core/lib/coreBundle';
 import { baseTest } from '../config/baseTest';
 import { loadWebViewExpectations, shouldSkipWebViewTest, type WebViewExpectation } from './expectationUtil';
 import type { PageTestFixtures, PageWorkerFixtures } from '../page/pageTestApi';
 export { expect } from '@playwright/test';
 
+const { raceAgainstDeadline } = iso;
+
 const PROXY_BASE = process.env.PW_WEBVIEW_PROXY_BASE || 'http://localhost:9222';
 
 type WebViewWorkerFixtures = PageWorkerFixtures & {
@@ -138,7 +141,7 @@ export const webviewTest = baseTest.extend<WebViewTestFixtures, WebViewWorkerFix
     await run(endpoint);
   }, { scope: 'worker', timeout: 180000 }],
 
-  page: async ({ playwright, webviewEndpoint }, run) => {
+  page: async ({ playwright, webviewEndpoint }, run, testInfo) => {
     const browser = await playwright.webkit.connectOverCDP(webviewEndpoint);
     const [context] = browser.contexts();
     const pages = context.pages();
@@ -148,9 +151,12 @@ export const webviewTest = baseTest.extend<WebViewTestFixtures, WebViewWorkerFix
       throw new Error('No Mobile Safari tab is attached');
     await page.goto('about:blank').catch(() => {});
     await run(page);
-    // The shared Mobile Safari cookie store persists across tests; clear it
-    // while still on the test's domain (webview cookies are domain-scoped).
-    await page.context().clearCookies().catch(() => {});
+    // The shared Mobile Safari cookie store persists across tests; clear it while
+    // still on the test's domain (webview cookies are domain-scoped). A test that
+    // wedges the page's main thread stalls the inspector protocol, so cap this at
+    // the remaining test timeout, reserving a moment for `browser.close()` below.
+    const { deadline } = (testInfo as unknown as { _deadline(): { deadline: number } })._deadline();
+    await raceAgainstDeadline(() => page.context().clearCookies().catch(() => {}), deadline - 250);
     await browser.close();
   },