diff --git a/src/main/browser/cdp-bridge-integration.test.ts b/src/main/browser/cdp-bridge-integration.test.ts
index 61fa36d79..eab3e74b6 100644
--- a/src/main/browser/cdp-bridge-integration.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/browser/cdp-bridge-integration.test.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,12 @@ const SEARCH_PAGE_TREE: AXNode[] = [
 
 // ── Mock WebContents factory ──
 
-function createMockGuest(id: number, url: string, title: string) {
+function createMockGuest(
+  id: number,
+  url: string,
+  title: string,
+  options?: { readyState?: string | (() => string) }
+) {
   let currentUrl = url
   let currentTitle = title
   let currentTree = EXAMPLE_COM_TREE
@@ -111,7 +116,14 @@ function createMockGuest(id: number, url: string, title: string) {
       case 'Runtime.evaluate': {
         const expr = (params as { expression: string }).expression
         if (expr === 'document.readyState') {
-          return { result: { value: 'complete' } }
+          return {
+            result: {
+              value:
+                typeof options?.readyState === 'function'
+                  ? options.readyState()
+                  : (options?.readyState ?? 'complete')
+            }
+          }
         }
         if (expr === 'location.origin') {
           return { result: { value: new URL(currentUrl).origin } }
@@ -413,6 +425,43 @@ describe('Browser automation pipeline (integration)', () => {
     expect((res.error as { code: string }).code).toBe('browser_navigation_failed')
   })
 
+  it('clears readyState polling timers when navigation times out', async () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers()
+    try {
+      const slowGuestHarness = createMockGuest(6001, 'https://slow.example.com', 'Slow Page', {
+        readyState: 'loading'
+      })
+      webContentsFromIdMock.mockImplementation((id: number) => {
+        if (id === 6001) {
+          return slowGuestHarness.guest
+        }
+        return null
+      })
+
+      const browserManager = new BrowserManager()
+      browserManager.attachGuestPolicies(slowGuestHarness.guest as never)
+      browserManager.registerGuest({
+        browserPageId: 'slow-page',
+        webContentsId: 6001,
+        rendererWebContentsId: RENDERER_WC_ID
+      })
+      const bridge = new CdpBridge(browserManager)
+      bridge.setActiveTab(6001)
+
+      const gotoResult = bridge.goto('https://slow.example.com/still-loading').then(
+        () => null,
+        (error: unknown) => error
+      )
+
+      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(25_000)
+
+      await expect(gotoResult).resolves.toMatchObject({ code: 'browser_timeout' })
+      expect(vi.getTimerCount()).toBe(0)
+    } finally {
+      vi.useRealTimers()
+    }
+  })
+
   // ── Fill ──
 
   it('fills an input by ref', async () => {
diff --git a/src/main/browser/cdp-bridge.ts b/src/main/browser/cdp-bridge.ts
index 532b2223c..5390455a2 100644
--- a/src/main/browser/cdp-bridge.ts
+++ b/src/main/browser/cdp-bridge.ts
@@ -1634,28 +1634,51 @@ export class CdpBridge {
 
     // Phase 1: wait for readyState=complete
     await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+      let settled = false
+      let pollTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null
+
+      const finish = (callback: () => void): void => {
+        if (settled) {
+          return
+        }
+        settled = true
+        clearTimeout(timeout)
+        if (pollTimer) {
+          clearTimeout(pollTimer)
+          pollTimer = null
+        }
+        callback()
+      }
+
       const timeout = setTimeout(() => {
-        reject(new BrowserError('browser_timeout', 'Page load timed out.'))
+        finish(() => reject(new BrowserError('browser_timeout', 'Page load timed out.')))
       }, TIMEOUT_MS)
 
       const check = async (): Promise<void> => {
+        if (settled) {
+          return
+        }
         try {
           const { result } = (await sender('Runtime.evaluate', {
             expression: 'document.readyState',
             returnByValue: true
           })) as { result: { value: string } }
+          if (settled) {
+            return
+          }
           if (result.value === 'complete') {
-            clearTimeout(timeout)
-            resolve()
+            finish(resolve)
           } else {
-            setTimeout(check, 100)
+            pollTimer = setTimeout(() => {
+              pollTimer = null
+              void check()
+            }, 100)
           }
         } catch {
-          clearTimeout(timeout)
-          resolve()
+          finish(resolve)
         }
       }
-      check()
+      void check()
     })
 
     // Phase 2: wait for network idle