diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a3206ce8..bfd8415c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
   `429 Too Many Requests` for a full remote browser service, and exposes it as `#status`
 
 ### Fixed
+- Service workers registered by a page stayed attached and alive for the browser's lifetime, now Chrome can stop them
 - An out-of-process iframe kept its parent page's session when `Target.targetCreated` came before
   `Target.attachedToTarget`, so commands sent through it reached the page [#663]
 - `:extensions` run before the document's own scripts in popups and out-of-process iframes too. Popups used to get
diff --git a/lib/ferrum/contexts.rb b/lib/ferrum/contexts.rb
index 33138fb7..3cf79c85 100644
--- a/lib/ferrum/contexts.rb
+++ b/lib/ferrum/contexts.rb
@@ -159,14 +159,14 @@ def subscribe
     def subscribe_attached_target(client)
       client.on("Target.attachedToTarget") do |params|
         info, session_id = params.values_at("targetInfo", "sessionId")
-        next detach_untracked(session_id) unless ALLOWED_TARGET_TYPES.include?(info["type"])
+        next detach_untracked(session_id, client) unless ALLOWED_TARGET_TYPES.include?(info["type"])
 
         context_id = info["browserContextId"]
         add_context(context_id)
         target = @contexts[context_id]&.add_target(session_id: session_id, params: info, attached: true)
 
         rearm_auto_attach(session_id, info["type"])
-        handle_attach(target, session_id, params)
+        handle_attach(target, session_id, params, client)
       end
     end
 
@@ -218,11 +218,11 @@ def rearm_auto_attach(session_id, type)
       subscribe_attached_target(client)
     end
 
-    def handle_attach(target, session_id, params)
+    def handle_attach(target, session_id, params, parent)
       return unless target
 
       if target.service_worker?
-        detach_unless_manually_attached(target, session_id)
+        detach_unless_manually_attached(target, session_id, parent)
       elsif target.worker? || target.shared_worker?
         connect_worker(target)
       else
@@ -247,21 +247,17 @@ def add_extensions_and_resume(session_id, waiting)
     # we don't track: Chrome's own `browser_ui` targets, for instance. We
     # never resume those, so left alone they stay attached and paused for
     # the lifetime of the browser. Resume them and drop the session.
-    def detach_untracked(session_id)
-      detach(session_id)
-    rescue BrowserError, TimeoutError
-      nil
+    def detach_untracked(session_id, parent)
+      silent_detach(session_id, parent)
     end
 
     # Attaching keeps a service worker alive forever, so unless the caller
     # explicitly asked to connect to it (via Context#attach_target), we
     # just resume it and let go.
-    def detach_unless_manually_attached(target, session_id)
+    def detach_unless_manually_attached(target, session_id, parent)
       return if @manually_attached.delete(target.id)
 
-      detach(session_id)
-    rescue BrowserError, TimeoutError
-      nil
+      silent_detach(session_id, parent)
     end
 
     # Workers have no events to notify us when they're ready, so we
@@ -277,9 +273,13 @@ def resume(session_id)
       @client.session(session_id).command("Runtime.runIfWaitingForDebugger", async: true)
     end
 
-    def detach(session_id)
-      resume(session_id)
-      @client.command("Target.detachFromTarget", sessionId: session_id)
+    def silent_detach(session_id, parent)
+      Utils::Thread.spawn do
+        @client.session(session_id).command("Runtime.runIfWaitingForDebugger")
+        parent.command("Target.detachFromTarget", sessionId: session_id)
+      rescue Error
+        nil
+      end
     end
 
     def discover
diff --git a/sig/ferrum/contexts.rbs b/sig/ferrum/contexts.rbs
index 3da8c009..7e5a82ad 100644
--- a/sig/ferrum/contexts.rbs
+++ b/sig/ferrum/contexts.rbs
@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@ module Ferrum
 
     def rearm_auto_attach: (String session_id, String type) -> void
 
-    def handle_attach: (Target? target, String session_id, Hash[String, untyped] params) -> void
+    def handle_attach: (Target? target, String session_id, Hash[String, untyped] params, (Client | SessionClient) parent) -> void
 
-    def detach_untracked: (String session_id) -> void
+    def detach_untracked: (String session_id, (Client | SessionClient) parent) -> void
 
-    def detach_unless_manually_attached: (Target target, String session_id) -> void
+    def detach_unless_manually_attached: (Target target, String session_id, (Client | SessionClient) parent) -> void
 
     def connect_worker: (Target target) -> void
 
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ module Ferrum
 
     def resume: (String session_id) -> void
 
-    def detach: (String session_id) -> void
+    def silent_detach: (String session_id, (Client | SessionClient) parent) -> Thread
 
     def discover: () -> void
 
diff --git a/spec/worker_spec.rb b/spec/worker_spec.rb
index 9c96fa91..26e3cce1 100644
--- a/spec/worker_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/worker_spec.rb
@@ -83,6 +83,17 @@ def wait_for_target(&block)
       expect(browser.service_workers).to contain_exactly(target)
     end
 
+    it "detaches from them so Chrome can terminate them" do
+      page.go_to
+      page.evaluate_async(%(navigator.serviceWorker.register("/sw.js").then(arguments[0])), 5)
+      wait_for_target(&:service_worker?)
+
+      wait_for do
+        browser.client.command("Target.getTargets")["targetInfos"]
+               .select { |info| info["type"] == "service_worker" }.map { |info| info["attached"] }
+      end.to eq([false])
+    end
+
     it "connects on demand through Context#attach_target, keeping it alive" do
       page.go_to
       page.evaluate_async(%(navigator.serviceWorker.register("/sw.js").then(arguments[0])), 5)