diff --git a/apps/web/src/browser/HostedBrowserWebview.tsx b/apps/web/src/browser/HostedBrowserWebview.tsx
index cd1852d369279..e128cdfdcdcec 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/browser/HostedBrowserWebview.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/browser/HostedBrowserWebview.tsx
@@ -289,6 +289,7 @@ export function HostedBrowserWebview(props: {
   const wrapperStyle = resolveHostedBrowserWebviewWrapperStyle({
     active,
     renderingActive,
+    serverDriven,
     // Electron 43 can permanently blank a macOS webview after `visibility: hidden`.
     keepPaintableWhenInactive: isMacPlatform(navigator.platform),
     cornerRadius: presentation.cornerRadius,
@@ -303,7 +304,7 @@ export function HostedBrowserWebview(props: {
       className="fixed overflow-hidden bg-muted/35"
       style={{ ...wrapperStyle, overscrollBehavior: "contain" }}
       onScroll={syncContentPresentation}
-      data-preview-rendering={renderingActive ? "active" : "suspended"}
+      data-preview-rendering={renderingActive || serverDriven ? "active" : "suspended"}
       data-preview-viewport={runtimeTabId}
     >
       <div className="relative" style={{ width: layout.canvasWidth, height: layout.canvasHeight }}>
diff --git a/apps/web/src/browser/hostedBrowserWebviewStyle.ts b/apps/web/src/browser/hostedBrowserWebviewStyle.ts
index f37c222b08e9c..fcc1c8c7b5cdc 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/browser/hostedBrowserWebviewStyle.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/browser/hostedBrowserWebviewStyle.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ const HIDDEN_BROWSER_WEBVIEW_OFFSET = -100_000;
 export function resolveHostedBrowserWebviewWrapperStyle(input: {
   readonly active: boolean;
   readonly renderingActive: boolean;
+  readonly serverDriven?: boolean;
   readonly keepPaintableWhenInactive?: boolean;
   readonly cornerRadius?: number;
   readonly zIndex?: number;
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ export function resolveHostedBrowserWebviewWrapperStyle(input: {
     keepPaintableWhenInactive = false,
     rect,
     renderingActive,
+    serverDriven = false,
     zIndex = 30,
   } = input;
   if (active && rect) {
@@ -48,8 +50,9 @@ export function resolveHostedBrowserWebviewWrapperStyle(input: {
     };
   }
 
-  if (renderingActive) {
+  if (renderingActive || serverDriven) {
     // Electron stops compositing offscreen guests; keep capture-active guests inside the viewport behind the app.
+    // Server-driven guests must paint before the remote handshake's first capture.
     return {
       left: 0,
       top: 0,