diff --git a/src/common/BrowserConnector.ts b/src/common/BrowserConnector.ts
index 8d65873c318..de6ceda23be 100644
--- a/src/common/BrowserConnector.ts
+++ b/src/common/BrowserConnector.ts
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ export async function _connectToBrowser(
     targetFilter,
     isPageTarget
   );
-  await browser.pages();
   return browser;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/common/Connection.ts b/src/common/Connection.ts
index 541e225e4e0..1e4b810a022 100644
--- a/src/common/Connection.ts
+++ b/src/common/Connection.ts
@@ -445,3 +445,13 @@ function rewriteError(
   error.originalMessage = originalMessage ?? error.originalMessage;
   return error;
 }
+
+/**
+ * @internal
+ */
+export function isTargetClosedError(err: Error): boolean {
+  return (
+    err.message.includes('Target closed') ||
+    err.message.includes('Session closed')
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/common/FrameManager.ts b/src/common/FrameManager.ts
index 8ab336bc266..4e4bb12ccb0 100644
--- a/src/common/FrameManager.ts
+++ b/src/common/FrameManager.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import {assert} from '../util/assert.js';
 import {createDebuggableDeferredPromise} from '../util/DebuggableDeferredPromise.js';
 import {DeferredPromise} from '../util/DeferredPromise.js';
 import {isErrorLike} from '../util/ErrorLike.js';
-import {CDPSession} from './Connection.js';
+import {CDPSession, isTargetClosedError} from './Connection.js';
 import {EventEmitter} from './EventEmitter.js';
 import {EVALUATION_SCRIPT_URL, ExecutionContext} from './ExecutionContext.js';
 import {Frame} from './Frame.js';
@@ -172,11 +172,7 @@ export class FrameManager extends EventEmitter {
       ]);
     } catch (error) {
       // The target might have been closed before the initialization finished.
-      if (
-        isErrorLike(error) &&
-        (error.message.includes('Target closed') ||
-          error.message.includes('Session closed'))
-      ) {
+      if (isErrorLike(error) && isTargetClosedError(error)) {
         return;
       }
 
diff --git a/src/common/Page.ts b/src/common/Page.ts
index ab3a2a2c824..3e6c4dee666 100644
--- a/src/common/Page.ts
+++ b/src/common/Page.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,11 @@ import {
 import {isErrorLike} from '../util/ErrorLike.js';
 import {Accessibility} from './Accessibility.js';
 import {Browser, BrowserContext} from './Browser.js';
-import {CDPSession, CDPSessionEmittedEvents} from './Connection.js';
+import {
+  CDPSession,
+  CDPSessionEmittedEvents,
+  isTargetClosedError,
+} from './Connection.js';
 import {ConsoleMessage, ConsoleMessageType} from './ConsoleMessage.js';
 import {Coverage} from './Coverage.js';
 import {Dialog} from './Dialog.js';
@@ -470,7 +474,15 @@ export class Page extends EventEmitter {
     );
     await page.#initialize();
     if (defaultViewport) {
-      await page.setViewport(defaultViewport);
+      try {
+        await page.setViewport(defaultViewport);
+      } catch (err) {
+        if (isErrorLike(err) && isTargetClosedError(err)) {
+          debugError(err);
+        } else {
+          throw err;
+        }
+      }
     }
     return page;
   }
@@ -645,11 +657,19 @@ export class Page extends EventEmitter {
   };
 
   async #initialize(): Promise<void> {
-    await Promise.all([
-      this.#frameManager.initialize(this.#target._targetId),
-      this.#client.send('Performance.enable'),
-      this.#client.send('Log.enable'),
-    ]);
+    try {
+      await Promise.all([
+        this.#frameManager.initialize(this.#target._targetId),
+        this.#client.send('Performance.enable'),
+        this.#client.send('Log.enable'),
+      ]);
+    } catch (err) {
+      if (isErrorLike(err) && isTargetClosedError(err)) {
+        debugError(err);
+      } else {
+        throw err;
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   async #onFileChooser(