diff --git a/src/McpContext.ts b/src/McpContext.ts
index 3ebbeae95..468642a1b 100644
--- a/src/McpContext.ts
+++ b/src/McpContext.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,67 @@ interface McpContextOptions {
 
 const DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 5_000;
 const NAVIGATION_TIMEOUT = 10_000;
+const RECOVERABLE_PAGE_INITIALIZATION_TIMEOUTS = [
+  'Network.enable timed out',
+  'Page.enable timed out',
+  'Runtime.enable timed out',
+];
+
+function isRecoverablePageInitializationError(error: unknown): boolean {
+  const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
+  return RECOVERABLE_PAGE_INITIALIZATION_TIMEOUTS.some(timeout => {
+    return message.includes(timeout);
+  });
+}
+
+async function getPageFromTarget(
+  target: Target,
+  logger: Debugger,
+  operation: string,
+  skipRecoverableErrors = false,
+): Promise<Page | null> {
+  try {
+    return await target.page();
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (
+      !skipRecoverableErrors ||
+      !isRecoverablePageInitializationError(error)
+    ) {
+      throw error;
+    }
+
+    logger(
+      `Skipping target during ${operation}: ${target.type()} ${target.url()}`,
+      error,
+    );
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+async function enumerateHealthyPagesByTarget(
+  browser: Browser,
+  logger: Debugger,
+): Promise<Page[]> {
+  const pages: Page[] = [];
+
+  for (const target of browser.targets()) {
+    if (target.type() !== 'page') {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    const page = await getPageFromTarget(
+      target,
+      logger,
+      'fallback page enumeration',
+      true,
+    );
+    if (page && !pages.includes(page)) {
+      pages.push(page);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return pages;
+}
 
 function getNetworkMultiplierFromString(condition: string | null): number {
   const puppeteerCondition =
@@ -579,9 +640,22 @@ export class McpContext implements Context {
     isolatedContextNames: Map<Page, string>;
   }> {
     const defaultCtx = this.browser.defaultBrowserContext();
-    const allPages = await this.browser.pages(
-      this.#options.experimentalIncludeAllPages,
-    );
+    let allPages: Page[];
+    try {
+      allPages = await this.browser.pages(
+        this.#options.experimentalIncludeAllPages,
+      );
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (!isRecoverablePageInitializationError(error)) {
+        throw error;
+      }
+
+      this.logger(
+        'browser.pages() failed with a recoverable page initialization error, falling back to per-target enumeration',
+        error,
+      );
+      allPages = await enumerateHealthyPagesByTarget(this.browser, this.logger);
+    }
 
     const allTargets = this.browser.targets();
     const extensionTargets = allTargets.filter(target => {
@@ -593,7 +667,12 @@ export class McpContext implements Context {
 
     for (const target of extensionTargets) {
       // Right now target.page() returns null for popup and side panel pages.
-      let page = await target.page();
+      let page = await getPageFromTarget(
+        target,
+        this.logger,
+        'extension target enumeration',
+        true,
+      );
       if (!page) {
         // We need to cache pages instances for targets because target.asPage()
         // returns a new page instance every time.
diff --git a/tests/McpContext.test.ts b/tests/McpContext.test.ts
index 075c94742..53e47bce0 100644
--- a/tests/McpContext.test.ts
+++ b/tests/McpContext.test.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {afterEach, describe, it} from 'node:test';
 import sinon from 'sinon';
 
 import {NetworkFormatter} from '../src/formatters/NetworkFormatter.js';
-import type {HTTPResponse} from '../src/third_party/index.js';
+import type {HTTPResponse, Target} from '../src/third_party/index.js';
 import type {TraceResult} from '../src/trace-processing/parse.js';
 
 import {getMockRequest, html, withMcpContext} from './utils.js';
@@ -37,6 +37,42 @@ describe('McpContext', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('falls back to healthy targets when browser.pages hits a recoverable timeout', async () => {
+    await withMcpContext(async (_response, context) => {
+      const healthyPage = context.getSelectedMcpPage().pptrPage;
+      const timeoutError = new Error(
+        "Network.enable timed out. Increase the 'protocolTimeout' setting in launch/connect calls for a higher timeout if needed.",
+      );
+      const healthyTarget = {
+        type: () => {
+          return 'page';
+        },
+        url: () => {
+          return healthyPage.url();
+        },
+        page: sinon.stub().resolves(healthyPage),
+      } as unknown as Target;
+      const frozenTarget = {
+        type: () => {
+          return 'page';
+        },
+        url: () => {
+          return 'https://discarded.example.test/';
+        },
+        page: sinon.stub().rejects(timeoutError),
+      } as unknown as Target;
+
+      sinon.stub(context.browser, 'pages').rejects(timeoutError);
+      sinon
+        .stub(context.browser, 'targets')
+        .returns([healthyTarget, frozenTarget]);
+
+      const pages = await context.createPagesSnapshot();
+
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(pages, [healthyPage]);
+    });
+  });
+
   it('can store and retrieve the latest performance trace', async () => {
     await withMcpContext(async (_response, context) => {
       const fakeTrace1 = {} as unknown as TraceResult;