diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/main/browser-agent/driver.test.ts b/apps/desktop/src/main/browser-agent/driver.test.ts
index 7c3ce842eaa..c729da5ebbd 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/main/browser-agent/driver.test.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/main/browser-agent/driver.test.ts
@@ -3223,14 +3223,18 @@ describe('credential protection', () => {
       const contents = await openPage()
       const calls: string[] = []
       let probe = 0
+      let firstProbeAt = Number.NaN
+      let snapshotAt = Number.NaN
       vi.mocked(contents.executeJavaScript).mockImplementation((expression: string) => {
         if (isPageCall(expression, 'readDomQuiet')) {
           calls.push('probe')
+          if (Number.isNaN(firstProbeAt)) firstProbeAt = Date.now()
           const quietMs = quietReadings[Math.min(probe++, quietReadings.length - 1)]
           return Promise.resolve({ quietMs, loading: false })
         }
         if (isPageCall(expression, 'collectSnapshot')) {
           calls.push('snapshot')
+          snapshotAt = Date.now()
           return Promise.resolve({
             url: 'https://example.com/',
             title: 'Example',
@@ -3256,6 +3260,10 @@ describe('credential protection', () => {
         const probesBeforeSnapshot = calls.indexOf('snapshot')
         expect(probesBeforeSnapshot).toBeGreaterThan(0)
         if (expectedProbes !== undefined) expect(probesBeforeSnapshot).toBe(expectedProbes)
+        else {
+          expect(snapshotAt - firstProbeAt).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1_900)
+          expect(snapshotAt - firstProbeAt).toBeLessThanOrEqual(2_000)
+        }
       } finally {
         vi.useRealTimers()
       }
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/main/browser-agent/page-functions.test.ts b/apps/desktop/src/main/browser-agent/page-functions.test.ts
index efc9711dfa8..dc3da220e3a 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/main/browser-agent/page-functions.test.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/main/browser-agent/page-functions.test.ts
@@ -381,6 +381,148 @@ describe('combobox typing surfaces', () => {
     expect(focusElementForTyping(0)).toMatchObject({ error: 'obstructed' })
   })
 
+  /**
+   * Answers hit testing with the paint stack (topmost first) over the field's sampled points and
+   * elsewhere, as `elementsFromPoint` does; `elementFromPoint` is its top.
+   */
+  function stackTo(
+    overField: Element[],
+    elsewhere: (x: number, y: number) => Element[],
+    target: Document | ShadowRoot = document
+  ): void {
+    const stackAt = (x: number, y: number) =>
+      x >= 10 && x <= 100 && y <= 20 ? overField : elsewhere(x, y)
+    Object.defineProperty(target, 'elementsFromPoint', { configurable: true, value: stackAt })
+    Object.defineProperty(target, 'elementFromPoint', {
+      configurable: true,
+      value: (x: number, y: number) => stackAt(x, y)[0] ?? null,
+    })
+  }
+  const page = () => [document.body, document.documentElement]
+  const byId = <T extends Element = HTMLDivElement>(id: string) =>
+    document.getElementById(id) as unknown as T
+
+  it('refuses a top-page field behind an unmarked backdrop and panel', () => {
+    document.body.innerHTML = `
+      <input id="field" type="text" aria-label="Search" />
+      <div id="backdrop" style="position: fixed"></div>
+      <div id="panel" style="position: fixed">Subscribe to our newsletter</div>
+    `
+    const input = visible(byId<HTMLInputElement>('field'))
+    register(input)
+    stackTo([byId('panel'), byId('backdrop'), input, ...page()], () => [
+      byId('backdrop'),
+      ...page(),
+    ])
+
+    expect(focusElementForTyping(0)).toMatchObject({ error: 'obstructed' })
+  })
+
+  it('refuses a field behind an unmarked modal nested in a full-screen app shell', () => {
+    document.body.innerHTML = `
+      <div id="shell" style="position: fixed">
+        <input id="field" type="text" aria-label="Search" />
+        <div id="backdrop" style="position: fixed"><div id="panel">Confirm your plan</div></div>
+      </div>
+    `
+    const input = visible(byId<HTMLInputElement>('field'))
+    register(input)
+    stackTo([byId('panel'), byId('backdrop'), input, byId('shell'), ...page()], () => [
+      byId('backdrop'),
+      byId('shell'),
+      ...page(),
+    ])
+
+    expect(focusElementForTyping(0)).toMatchObject({ error: 'obstructed' })
+  })
+
+  it('refuses a field behind an unmarked modal inside the same shadow root', () => {
+    document.body.innerHTML = '<div id="host"></div>'
+    const shadow = byId('host').attachShadow({ mode: 'open' })
+    shadow.innerHTML =
+      '<input type="text" aria-label="Search" /><div id="backdrop" style="position: fixed"><div id="panel">Sign up</div></div>'
+    const input = visible(shadow.querySelector('input') as HTMLInputElement)
+    const backdrop = shadow.querySelector('#backdrop') as HTMLDivElement
+    const panel = shadow.querySelector('#panel') as HTMLDivElement
+    register(input)
+    stackTo(
+      [panel, backdrop, input, byId('host'), ...page()],
+      () => [backdrop, byId('host'), ...page()],
+      shadow
+    )
+
+    expect(focusElementForTyping(0)).toMatchObject({ error: 'obstructed' })
+  })
+
+  it('types under covers that do not reach every corner of the viewport', () => {
+    document.body.innerHTML = `
+      <div id="map" style="position: fixed">Map</div>
+      <div id="header" style="position: fixed">Menu</div>
+      <input id="field" type="text" aria-label="Search" />
+      <div id="toast">Saved to your list</div>
+      <div id="banner" style="position: fixed">We use cookies</div>
+    `
+    const input = visible(byId<HTMLInputElement>('field'))
+    register(input)
+    const topHalf = (y: number) => y < window.innerHeight / 2
+    for (const [cover, label, elsewhere] of [
+      // a fixed header over a full-screen fixed map the field also sits above
+      [
+        'header',
+        'Menu',
+        (_x: number, y: number): Element[] => [
+          ...(topHalf(y) ? [byId('header')] : []),
+          byId('map'),
+          ...page(),
+        ],
+      ],
+      // a fixed header with a cookie banner pinned to the bottom corners
+      [
+        'header',
+        'Menu',
+        (_x: number, y: number): Element[] => [
+          topHalf(y) ? byId('header') : byId('banner'),
+          ...page(),
+        ],
+      ],
+      // a toast whose full-screen wrapper lets the pointer through, so the wrapper is in no stack
+      ['toast', 'Saved to your list', (): Element[] => page()],
+    ] as const) {
+      stackTo([byId(cover), input, byId('map'), ...page()], elsewhere)
+      expect(focusElementForTyping(0)).toMatchObject({ focused: true, coveredBy: label })
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('types inside a full-screen fixed app shell that also holds the field', () => {
+    document.body.innerHTML = `
+      <div id="shell" style="position: fixed">
+        <input id="field" type="text" aria-label="Search" /><div id="card">Shop for your home</div>
+      </div>
+    `
+    const input = visible(byId<HTMLInputElement>('field'))
+    register(input)
+    // the shell paints below the field, or above it when the field sits at a negative z-index
+    for (const overField of [
+      [byId('card'), input, byId('shell'), ...page()],
+      [byId('card'), byId('shell'), input, ...page()],
+    ]) {
+      stackTo(overField, () => [byId('shell'), ...page()])
+      expect(focusElementForTyping(0)).toMatchObject({
+        focused: true,
+        coveredBy: 'Shop for your home',
+      })
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('refuses a top-page field when no sampled point hits anything', () => {
+    document.body.innerHTML = '<input type="text" aria-label="Search" />'
+    const input = visible(document.querySelector('input') as HTMLInputElement)
+    register(input)
+    Object.defineProperty(document, 'elementFromPoint', { configurable: true, value: () => null })
+
+    expect(focusElementForTyping(0)).toMatchObject({ error: 'obstructed' })
+  })
+
   it('still refuses a covered field inside a frame', () => {
     const frame = document.createElement('iframe')
     document.body.append(frame)
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/main/browser-agent/page-functions.ts b/apps/desktop/src/main/browser-agent/page-functions.ts
index 4e726c82ee7..e2226ded3d4 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/main/browser-agent/page-functions.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/main/browser-agent/page-functions.ts
@@ -2040,11 +2040,12 @@ export function focusElementForTyping(id: number, moveFocus = true): unknown {
       coveredByRelatedPopup = true
     }
   }
-  // Top-page typing goes through keyboard focus, so a non-modal overlay does not block it; a modal
-  // or dialog cover still refuses, and framed fields keep the check for their mapped point.
+  // Top-page typing goes through keyboard focus, so a non-modal overlay does not block it. A modal
+  // still does: a dialog, or an unmarked backdrop, which paints above the field and under every
+  // corner of the viewport. Framed fields keep the check for their mapped point.
   const topPageField = view === window && window.top === window
-  const insideModal = (node: Element | null): boolean => {
-    for (let current = node; current; current = composedParent(current)) {
+  const insideDialog = (node: Element): boolean => {
+    for (let current: Element | null = node; current; current = composedParent(current)) {
       const role = current.getAttribute('role')
       if (
         current.getAttribute('aria-modal') === 'true' ||
@@ -2057,12 +2058,43 @@ export function focusElementForTyping(id: number, moveFocus = true): unknown {
     }
     return false
   }
+  const behindBackdrop = (): boolean => {
+    const stackRoot = root as ParentNode & {
+      elementsFromPoint?: (x: number, y: number) => Element[]
+    }
+    if (typeof stackRoot.elementsFromPoint !== 'function') return false
+    const stackAt = stackRoot.elementsFromPoint.bind(stackRoot)
+    const aboveField = new Set<Element>()
+    for (const point of blockedPoints) {
+      for (const element of stackAt(point.x, point.y)) {
+        if (element === editable || editable.contains(element) || element.contains(editable)) break
+        aboveField.add(element)
+      }
+    }
+    if (aboveField.size === 0) return false
+    const width = editable.ownerDocument.documentElement.clientWidth || view.innerWidth
+    const height = editable.ownerDocument.documentElement.clientHeight || view.innerHeight
+    const inset = 4
+    for (const [x, y] of [
+      [inset, inset],
+      [width - inset, inset],
+      [inset, height - inset],
+      [width - inset, height - inset],
+    ]) {
+      const corner = new Set(stackAt(x, y))
+      for (const element of aboveField) if (!corner.has(element)) aboveField.delete(element)
+      if (aboveField.size === 0) return false
+    }
+    return true
+  }
+  const hits = Array.from(new Set(blockedPoints.flatMap((point) => (point.hit ? [point.hit] : []))))
   let coveredBy: string | undefined
   if (
     !chosenPoint &&
     topPageField &&
-    blockedPoints.length > 0 &&
-    !blockedPoints.some((point) => insideModal(point.hit))
+    hits.length > 0 &&
+    !hits.some(insideDialog) &&
+    !behindBackdrop()
   ) {
     chosenPoint = { x: blockedPoints[0].x, y: blockedPoints[0].y }
     coveredBy = blockerLabel(firstBlocker)