diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/chromium/crNetworkManager.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/chromium/crNetworkManager.ts
index f9a973699f206..93929394bf224 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/chromium/crNetworkManager.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/chromium/crNetworkManager.ts
@@ -520,6 +520,11 @@ export class CRNetworkManager {
       request.request.setRawRequestHeaders(null);
     }
     this._deleteRequest(request);
+    // Chromium aborts 204 responses, other browsers finish them.
+    if (response?.status() === 204) {
+      (this._page?.frameManager || this._serviceWorker)!.reportRequestFinished(request.request, response);
+      return;
+    }
     request.request._setFailureText(event.errorText || event.blockedReason || '');
     (this._page?.frameManager || this._serviceWorker)!.requestFailed(request.request, !!event.canceled);
   }
diff --git a/tests/page/page-event-request.spec.ts b/tests/page/page-event-request.spec.ts
index 284c3ebfa4ce1..a4f61a4e82130 100644
--- a/tests/page/page-event-request.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/page/page-event-request.spec.ts
@@ -260,9 +260,11 @@ it('main resource xhr should have type xhr', async ({ page, server }) => {
 });
 
 it('should finish 204 request', {
-  annotation: { type: 'issue', description: 'https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/32752' }
-}, async ({ page, server, browserName }) => {
-  it.fixme(browserName === 'chromium');
+  annotation: [
+    { type: 'issue', description: 'https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/32752' },
+    { type: 'issue', description: 'https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/42786' },
+  ],
+}, async ({ page, server }) => {
   server.setRoute('/204', (req, res) => {
     res.writeHead(204, { 'Content-type': 'text/plain' });
     res.end();