diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/network.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/network.ts
index 08d90f036c..376d4bec4b 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/network.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/network.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import type { Headers, RemoteAddr, SecurityDetails, WaitForEventOptions } from '
 import fs from 'fs';
 import { mime } from '../utilsBundle';
 import { assert, isString, headersObjectToArray, isRegExp } from '../utils';
-import { ManualPromise, ScopedRace } from '../utils/manualPromise';
+import { ManualPromise, LongStandingScope } from '../utils/manualPromise';
 import { Events } from './events';
 import type { Page } from './page';
 import { Waiter } from './waiter';
@@ -270,8 +270,8 @@ export class Request extends ChannelOwner<channels.RequestChannel> implements ap
     return this._fallbackOverrides;
   }
 
-  _targetClosedRace(): ScopedRace {
-    return this.serviceWorker()?._closedRace || this.frame()._page?._closedOrCrashedRace || new ScopedRace();
+  _targetClosedScope(): LongStandingScope {
+    return this.serviceWorker()?._closedScope || this.frame()._page?._closedOrCrashedScope || new LongStandingScope();
   }
 }
 
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ export class Route extends ChannelOwner<channels.RouteChannel> implements api.Ro
     // When page closes or crashes, we catch any potential rejects from this Route.
     // Note that page could be missing when routing popup's initial request that
     // does not have a Page initialized just yet.
-    return this.request()._targetClosedRace().safeRace(promise);
+    return this.request()._targetClosedScope().safeRace(promise);
   }
 
   _startHandling(): Promise<boolean> {
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ export class Response extends ChannelOwner<channels.ResponseChannel> implements
   }
 
   async finished(): Promise<null> {
-    return this.request()._targetClosedRace().race(this._finishedPromise);
+    return this.request()._targetClosedScope().race(this._finishedPromise);
   }
 
   async body(): Promise<Buffer> {
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/page.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/page.ts
index f6bfa41d05..6373ebe779 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/page.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/page.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import { urlMatches } from '../utils/network';
 import { TimeoutSettings } from '../common/timeoutSettings';
 import type * as channels from '@protocol/channels';
 import { parseError, serializeError } from '../protocol/serializers';
-import { assert, headersObjectToArray, isObject, isRegExp, isString, ScopedRace, urlMatchesEqual } from '../utils';
+import { assert, headersObjectToArray, isObject, isRegExp, isString, LongStandingScope, urlMatchesEqual } from '../utils';
 import { mkdirIfNeeded } from '../utils/fileUtils';
 import { Accessibility } from './accessibility';
 import { Artifact } from './artifact';
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ export class Page extends ChannelOwner<channels.PageChannel> implements api.Page
   private _frames = new Set<Frame>();
   _workers = new Set<Worker>();
   private _closed = false;
-  readonly _closedOrCrashedRace = new ScopedRace();
+  readonly _closedOrCrashedScope = new LongStandingScope();
   private _viewportSize: Size | null;
   private _routes: RouteHandler[] = [];
 
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ export class Page extends ChannelOwner<channels.PageChannel> implements api.Page
 
     this.coverage = new Coverage(this._channel);
 
-    this.once(Events.Page.Close, () => this._closedOrCrashedRace.scopeClosed(new Error(kBrowserOrContextClosedError)));
-    this.once(Events.Page.Crash, () => this._closedOrCrashedRace.scopeClosed(new Error(kBrowserOrContextClosedError)));
+    this.once(Events.Page.Close, () => this._closedOrCrashedScope.close(kBrowserOrContextClosedError));
+    this.once(Events.Page.Crash, () => this._closedOrCrashedScope.close(kBrowserOrContextClosedError));
 
     this._setEventToSubscriptionMapping(new Map<string, channels.PageUpdateSubscriptionParams['event']>([
       [Events.Page.Console, 'console'],
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ export class Page extends ChannelOwner<channels.PageChannel> implements api.Page
     this._browserContext.setDefaultNavigationTimeout(0);
     this._browserContext.setDefaultTimeout(0);
     this._instrumentation?.onWillPause();
-    await this._closedOrCrashedRace.safeRace(this.context()._channel.pause());
+    await this._closedOrCrashedScope.safeRace(this.context()._channel.pause());
     this._browserContext.setDefaultNavigationTimeout(defaultNavigationTimeout);
     this._browserContext.setDefaultTimeout(defaultTimeout);
   }
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/video.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/video.ts
index 2f8da237db..6c64a87be8 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/video.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/video.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export class Video implements api.Video {
 
   constructor(page: Page, connection: Connection) {
     this._isRemote = connection.isRemote();
-    this._artifact = page._closedOrCrashedRace.safeRace(this._artifactReadyPromise);
+    this._artifact = page._closedOrCrashedScope.safeRace(this._artifactReadyPromise);
   }
 
   _artifactReady(artifact: Artifact) {
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/worker.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/worker.ts
index 94f161dcbf..3a399323d1 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/worker.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/worker.ts
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ import type { Page } from './page';
 import type { BrowserContext } from './browserContext';
 import type * as api from '../../types/types';
 import type * as structs from '../../types/structs';
-import { ScopedRace } from '../utils';
+import { LongStandingScope } from '../utils';
 import { kBrowserOrContextClosedError } from '../common/errors';
 
 export class Worker extends ChannelOwner<channels.WorkerChannel> implements api.Worker {
   _page: Page | undefined;  // Set for web workers.
   _context: BrowserContext | undefined;  // Set for service workers.
-  readonly _closedRace = new ScopedRace();
+  readonly _closedScope = new LongStandingScope();
 
   static from(worker: channels.WorkerChannel): Worker {
     return (worker as any)._object;
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export class Worker extends ChannelOwner<channels.WorkerChannel> implements api.
         this._context._serviceWorkers.delete(this);
       this.emit(Events.Worker.Close, this);
     });
-    this.once(Events.Worker.Close, () => this._closedRace.scopeClosed(new Error(kBrowserOrContextClosedError)));
+    this.once(Events.Worker.Close, () => this._closedScope.close(kBrowserOrContextClosedError));
   }
 
   url(): string {
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/browserContext.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/browserContext.ts
index 5ccef970d5..0a1e274045 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/browserContext.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/browserContext.ts
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ export abstract class BrowserContext extends SdkObject {
     const [, ...otherPages] = this.pages();
     for (const p of otherPages)
       await p.close(metadata);
-    if (page && page._crashedRace.isDone()) {
+    if (page && page._crashedScope.isClosed()) {
       await page.close(metadata);
       page = undefined;
     }
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/frames.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/frames.ts
index fe1a363fad..f076c4380a 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/frames.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/frames.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import * as types from './types';
 import { BrowserContext } from './browserContext';
 import type { Progress } from './progress';
 import { ProgressController } from './progress';
-import { ScopedRace, assert, constructURLBasedOnBaseURL, makeWaitForNextTask, monotonicTime } from '../utils';
+import { LongStandingScope, assert, constructURLBasedOnBaseURL, makeWaitForNextTask, monotonicTime } from '../utils';
 import { ManualPromise } from '../utils/manualPromise';
 import { debugLogger } from '../common/debugLogger';
 import type { CallMetadata } from './instrumentation';
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ import { FrameSelectors } from './frameSelectors';
 import { TimeoutError } from '../common/errors';
 
 type ContextData = {
-  contextPromise: ManualPromise<dom.FrameExecutionContext | Error>;
+  contextPromise: ManualPromise<dom.FrameExecutionContext | { destroyedReason: string }>;
   context: dom.FrameExecutionContext | null;
 };
 
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ export class Frame extends SdkObject {
   _inflightRequests = new Set<network.Request>();
   private _networkIdleTimer: NodeJS.Timer | undefined;
   private _setContentCounter = 0;
-  readonly _detachedRace = new ScopedRace();
+  readonly _detachedScope = new LongStandingScope();
   private _raceAgainstEvaluationStallingEventsPromises = new Set<ManualPromise<any>>();
   readonly _redirectedNavigations = new Map<string, { url: string, gotoPromise: Promise<network.Response | null> }>(); // documentId -> data
   readonly selectors: FrameSelectors;
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ export class Frame extends SdkObject {
   }
 
   isDetached(): boolean {
-    return this._detachedRace.isDone();
+    return this._detachedScope.isClosed();
   }
 
   _onLifecycleEvent(event: RegularLifecycleEvent) {
@@ -613,10 +613,10 @@ export class Frame extends SdkObject {
   }
 
   async raceNavigationAction(progress: Progress, options: types.GotoOptions, action: () => Promise<network.Response | null>): Promise<network.Response | null> {
-    return ScopedRace.raceMultiple([
-      this._detachedRace,
-      this._page._disconnectedRace,
-      this._page._crashedRace,
+    return LongStandingScope.raceMultiple([
+      this._detachedScope,
+      this._page._disconnectedScope,
+      this._page._crashedScope,
     ], action().catch(e => {
       if (e instanceof NavigationAbortedError && e.documentId) {
         const data = this._redirectedNavigations.get(e.documentId);
@@ -727,10 +727,10 @@ export class Frame extends SdkObject {
   }
 
   _context(world: types.World): Promise<dom.FrameExecutionContext> {
-    return this._contextData.get(world)!.contextPromise.then(contextOrError => {
-      if (contextOrError instanceof js.ExecutionContext)
-        return contextOrError;
-      throw contextOrError;
+    return this._contextData.get(world)!.contextPromise.then(contextOrDestroyedReason => {
+      if (contextOrDestroyedReason instanceof js.ExecutionContext)
+        return contextOrDestroyedReason;
+      throw new Error(contextOrDestroyedReason.destroyedReason);
     });
   }
 
@@ -1053,10 +1053,10 @@ export class Frame extends SdkObject {
         // Make sure we react immediately upon page close or frame detach.
         // We need this to show expected/received values in time.
         const actionPromise = new Promise(f => setTimeout(f, timeout));
-        await ScopedRace.raceMultiple([
-          this._page._disconnectedRace,
-          this._page._crashedRace,
-          this._detachedRace,
+        await LongStandingScope.raceMultiple([
+          this._page._disconnectedScope,
+          this._page._crashedScope,
+          this._detachedScope,
         ], actionPromise);
       }
       progress.throwIfAborted();
@@ -1533,12 +1533,11 @@ export class Frame extends SdkObject {
 
   _onDetached() {
     this._stopNetworkIdleTimer();
-    const error = new Error('Frame was detached');
-    this._detachedRace.scopeClosed(error);
+    this._detachedScope.close('Frame was detached');
     for (const data of this._contextData.values()) {
       if (data.context)
-        data.context.contextDestroyed(error);
-      data.contextPromise.resolve(error);
+        data.context.contextDestroyed('Frame was detached');
+      data.contextPromise.resolve({ destroyedReason: 'Frame was detached' });
     }
     if (this._parentFrame)
       this._parentFrame._childFrames.delete(this);
@@ -1591,7 +1590,7 @@ export class Frame extends SdkObject {
     // connections so we might end up creating multiple isolated worlds.
     // We can use either.
     if (data.context) {
-      data.context.contextDestroyed(new Error('Execution context was destroyed, most likely because of a navigation'));
+      data.context.contextDestroyed('Execution context was destroyed, most likely because of a navigation');
       this._setContext(world, null);
     }
     this._setContext(world, context);
@@ -1600,9 +1599,9 @@ export class Frame extends SdkObject {
   _contextDestroyed(context: dom.FrameExecutionContext) {
     // Sometimes we get this after detach, in which case we should not reset
     // our already destroyed contexts to something that will never resolve.
-    if (this._detachedRace.isDone())
+    if (this._detachedScope.isClosed())
       return;
-    context.contextDestroyed(new Error('Execution context was destroyed, most likely because of a navigation'));
+    context.contextDestroyed('Execution context was destroyed, most likely because of a navigation');
     for (const [world, data] of this._contextData) {
       if (data.context === context)
         this._setContext(world, null);
@@ -1614,7 +1613,7 @@ export class Frame extends SdkObject {
     // We should not start a timer and report networkidle in detached frames.
     // This happens at least in Firefox for child frames, where we may get requestFinished
     // after the frame was detached - probably a race in the Firefox itself.
-    if (this._firedLifecycleEvents.has('networkidle') || this._detachedRace.isDone())
+    if (this._firedLifecycleEvents.has('networkidle') || this._detachedScope.isClosed())
       return;
     this._networkIdleTimer = setTimeout(() => {
       this._firedNetworkIdleSelf = true;
@@ -1703,10 +1702,10 @@ class SignalBarrier {
         this._progress.log(`  navigated to "${frame._url}"`);
       return true;
     });
-    await ScopedRace.raceMultiple([
-      frame._page._disconnectedRace,
-      frame._page._crashedRace,
-      frame._detachedRace,
+    await LongStandingScope.raceMultiple([
+      frame._page._disconnectedScope,
+      frame._page._crashedScope,
+      frame._detachedScope,
     ], waiter.promise).catch(() => {});
     waiter.dispose();
     this.release();
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/javascript.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/javascript.ts
index 3221ace0a4..cdb2872688 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/javascript.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/javascript.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import * as utilityScriptSource from '../generated/utilityScriptSource';
 import { serializeAsCallArgument } from './isomorphic/utilityScriptSerializers';
 import type { UtilityScript } from './injected/utilityScript';
 import { SdkObject } from './instrumentation';
-import { ScopedRace } from '../utils/manualPromise';
+import { LongStandingScope } from '../utils/manualPromise';
 
 export type ObjectId = string;
 export type RemoteObject = {
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export interface ExecutionContextDelegate {
 export class ExecutionContext extends SdkObject {
   private _delegate: ExecutionContextDelegate;
   private _utilityScriptPromise: Promise<JSHandle> | undefined;
-  private _contextDestroyedRace = new ScopedRace();
+  private _contextDestroyedScope = new LongStandingScope();
   readonly worldNameForTest: string;
 
   constructor(parent: SdkObject, delegate: ExecutionContextDelegate, worldNameForTest: string) {
@@ -72,12 +72,12 @@ export class ExecutionContext extends SdkObject {
     this._delegate = delegate;
   }
 
-  contextDestroyed(error: Error) {
-    this._contextDestroyedRace.scopeClosed(error);
+  contextDestroyed(reason: string) {
+    this._contextDestroyedScope.close(reason);
   }
 
   async _raceAgainstContextDestroyed<T>(promise: Promise<T>): Promise<T> {
-    return this._contextDestroyedRace.race(promise);
+    return this._contextDestroyedScope.race(promise);
   }
 
   rawEvaluateJSON(expression: string): Promise<any> {
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/page.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/page.ts
index c5be62fe4e..588e77b2bd 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/page.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/page.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import * as accessibility from './accessibility';
 import { FileChooser } from './fileChooser';
 import type { Progress } from './progress';
 import { ProgressController } from './progress';
-import { ScopedRace, assert, isError } from '../utils';
+import { LongStandingScope, assert, isError } from '../utils';
 import { ManualPromise } from '../utils/manualPromise';
 import { debugLogger } from '../common/debugLogger';
 import type { ImageComparatorOptions } from '../utils/comparators';
@@ -142,8 +142,8 @@ export class Page extends SdkObject {
   private _disconnected = false;
   private _initialized = false;
   private _eventsToEmitAfterInitialized: { event: string | symbol, args: any[] }[] = [];
-  readonly _disconnectedRace = new ScopedRace();
-  readonly _crashedRace = new ScopedRace();
+  readonly _disconnectedScope = new LongStandingScope();
+  readonly _crashedScope = new LongStandingScope();
   readonly _browserContext: BrowserContext;
   readonly keyboard: input.Keyboard;
   readonly mouse: input.Mouse;
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ export class Page extends SdkObject {
     this._frameManager.dispose();
     this._frameThrottler.dispose();
     this.emit(Page.Events.Crash);
-    this._crashedRace.scopeClosed(new Error('Page crashed'));
+    this._crashedScope.close('Page crashed');
     this.instrumentation.onPageClose(this);
   }
 
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ export class Page extends SdkObject {
     this._frameThrottler.dispose();
     assert(!this._disconnected, 'Page disconnected twice');
     this._disconnected = true;
-    this._disconnectedRace.scopeClosed(new Error('Page closed'));
+    this._disconnectedScope.close('Page closed');
   }
 
   async _onFileChooserOpened(handle: dom.ElementHandle) {
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ export class Page extends SdkObject {
   }
 
   isClosedOrClosingOrCrashed() {
-    return this._closedState !== 'open' || this._crashedRace.isDone();
+    return this._closedState !== 'open' || this._crashedScope.isClosed();
   }
 
   _addWorker(workerId: string, worker: Worker) {
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ export class Worker extends SdkObject {
 
   didClose() {
     if (this._existingExecutionContext)
-      this._existingExecutionContext.contextDestroyed(new Error('Worker was closed'));
+      this._existingExecutionContext.contextDestroyed('Worker was closed');
     this.emit(Worker.Events.Close, this);
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/utils/manualPromise.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/utils/manualPromise.ts
index ff6342056b..9decdab02b 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/utils/manualPromise.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/utils/manualPromise.ts
@@ -56,25 +56,33 @@ export class ManualPromise<T = void> extends Promise<T> {
   }
 }
 
-export class ScopedRace {
+export class LongStandingScope {
   private _terminateError: Error | undefined;
+  private _terminateErrorMessage: string | undefined;
   private _terminatePromises = new Map<ManualPromise<Error>, Error>();
-  private _isDone = false;
+  private _isClosed = false;
 
-  scopeClosed(error: Error) {
-    this._isDone = true;
+  reject(error: Error) {
+    this._isClosed = true;
     this._terminateError = error;
+    for (const p of this._terminatePromises.keys())
+      p.resolve(error);
+  }
+
+  close(errorMessage: string) {
+    this._isClosed = true;
+    this._terminateErrorMessage = errorMessage;
     for (const [p, e] of this._terminatePromises) {
-      rewriteErrorMessage(e, error.message);
+      rewriteErrorMessage(e, errorMessage);
       p.resolve(e);
     }
   }
 
-  isDone() {
-    return this._isDone;
+  isClosed() {
+    return this._isClosed;
   }
 
-  static async raceMultiple<T>(scopes: ScopedRace[], promise: Promise<T>): Promise<T> {
+  static async raceMultiple<T>(scopes: LongStandingScope[], promise: Promise<T>): Promise<T> {
     return Promise.race(scopes.map(s => s.race(promise)));
   }
 
@@ -90,8 +98,9 @@ export class ScopedRace {
     const terminatePromise = new ManualPromise<Error>();
     if (this._terminateError)
       terminatePromise.resolve(this._terminateError);
-    const error = new Error('');
-    this._terminatePromises.set(terminatePromise, error);
+    if (this._terminateErrorMessage)
+      terminatePromise.resolve(new Error(this._terminateErrorMessage));
+    this._terminatePromises.set(terminatePromise, new Error(''));
     try {
       return await Promise.race([
         terminatePromise.then(e => safe ? defaultValue : Promise.reject(e)),