diff --git a/packages/app/component-tests/browser-pane.spec.ts b/packages/app/component-tests/browser-pane.spec.ts
index c943d5f811f..1688f513880 100644
--- a/packages/app/component-tests/browser-pane.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/app/component-tests/browser-pane.spec.ts
@@ -101,6 +101,35 @@ story("keeps a still of the page under floating content that covers it", async (
   await expect(root.getByText("Captures: 1", { exact: true })).toBeVisible()
 })
 
+story("keeps a still of the page under an open dialog instead of blanking the pane", async ({ page }) => {
+  const root = page.getByTestId("browser-pane-fixture")
+  const still = root.locator("#browser-panel img")
+  const native = root.getByTestId("native-Alpha")
+  const toggle = root.getByRole("button", { name: "Toggle dialog", exact: true })
+  await root.getByRole("button", { name: "Hold capture", exact: true }).click()
+
+  // Read in the same task as the click: the page must not hide before its still exists.
+  const visible = await toggle.evaluate((element) => {
+    element.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent("click", { bubbles: true }))
+
+    return document.querySelector('[data-testid="native-Alpha"]')?.getAttribute("data-visible")
+  })
+
+  expect(visible).toBe("true")
+  await expect(root.getByText("Captures: 1", { exact: true })).toBeVisible()
+  await expect(native).toHaveAttribute("data-visible", "true")
+  await expect(still).toHaveCount(0)
+
+  await root.getByRole("button", { name: "Release capture", exact: true }).click()
+  await expect(native).toHaveAttribute("data-visible", "false")
+  await expect(still).toBeVisible()
+
+  await toggle.click()
+  await expect(native).toHaveAttribute("data-visible", "true")
+  await expect(still).toHaveCount(0)
+  await expect(root.getByText("Captures: 1", { exact: true })).toBeVisible()
+})
+
 story("comments on a picked element over a still of the page", async ({ page }) => {
   const root = page.getByTestId("browser-pane-fixture")
   const picker = root.getByRole("button", { name: "Select an element to comment on", exact: true })
diff --git a/packages/app/src/runtime/extension/embeds.tsx b/packages/app/src/runtime/extension/embeds.tsx
index c4e72ad8578..cf1e474f422 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/runtime/extension/embeds.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/runtime/extension/embeds.tsx
@@ -157,8 +157,10 @@ function EmbedView(props: EmbedProps & { input: Input; bridge: Bridge }) {
     const top = Math.round(rect.top * zoom)
     const right = Math.round(rect.right * zoom)
     const bottom = Math.round(rect.bottom * zoom)
-    const shown = props.visible && store.visible && !props.input.dialog()
-    const cover = !!props.frozen || covered(rect)
+    const shown = props.visible && store.visible
+    // A dialog's scrim covers the box like floating content does, so it dims a still of the page
+    // instead of a blank box, and the page does not blink out and back as the dialog opens and closes.
+    const cover = !!props.frozen || props.input.dialog() || covered(rect)
 
     if (shown && cover) freeze(id)
 
@@ -227,7 +229,7 @@ function EmbedView(props: EmbedProps & { input: Input; bridge: Bridge }) {
 
         // The native views are not clipped by the retained panel's DOM. Hide before the next
         // animation frame so closing the panel cannot leave the embed above the app.
-        if (!props.visible || !store.visible || props.input.dialog() || !props.id) return hide()
+        if (!props.visible || !store.visible || !props.id) return hide()
         schedule(300)
       },
     ),
diff --git a/packages/gui-extensions/src/browser/panel.fixture.tsx b/packages/gui-extensions/src/browser/panel.fixture.tsx
index 88868f1f832..b20c7b35975 100644
--- a/packages/gui-extensions/src/browser/panel.fixture.tsx
+++ b/packages/gui-extensions/src/browser/panel.fixture.tsx
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ type PaneFixtureState = {
   error: string | undefined
   layouts: Record<string, BridgeLayout | undefined>
   covered: boolean
+  /** Whether a host dialog is open over the app. */
+  dialog: boolean
   captures: number
   holdCapture: boolean
   picker: Record<string, boolean | undefined>
@@ -131,6 +133,7 @@ export function mountBrowserPane(input: PaneHost) {
       error: undefined,
       layouts: {},
       covered: false,
+      dialog: false,
       captures: 0,
       holdCapture: false,
       picker: {},
@@ -184,7 +187,7 @@ export function mountBrowserPane(input: PaneHost) {
     }
 
     // SAFETY: the host embeds call only `embed` and `capture` on their bridge (`runtime/extension/embeds.tsx`).
-    const embeds = input.createEmbeds({ bridge: bridge as Bridge, zoom: () => 1, dialog: () => false })
+    const embeds = input.createEmbeds({ bridge: bridge as Bridge, zoom: () => 1, dialog: () => store.dialog })
 
     const t = (key: string, params?: Readonly<Partial<Record<string, string | number>>>) =>
       (messages.get(key) ?? language.t(key)).replace(/\{\{(\w+)\}\}/g, (_, name: string) =>
@@ -468,6 +471,7 @@ export function mountBrowserPane(input: PaneHost) {
             <button onClick={() => setStore("holdCapture", true)}>Hold capture</button>
             <button onClick={() => held.splice(0).forEach((resolve) => resolve())}>Release capture</button>
             <button onClick={() => setStore("covered", (covered) => !covered)}>Toggle popover</button>
+            <button onClick={() => setStore("dialog", (open) => !open)}>Toggle dialog</button>
             <button onClick={pick}>Pick element</button>
             <button onClick={() => setStore("history", { visits })}>Seed history</button>
             <button onClick={() => emit(store.session, { type: "page", tabID: current().id, icon, zoom: store.zoom })}>