diff --git a/bin/playwright-server.js b/bin/playwright-server.js
index 597e5bd..ffcc750 100644
--- a/bin/playwright-server.js
+++ b/bin/playwright-server.js
@@ -132,6 +132,24 @@ class PlaywrightServer extends BaseHandler {
     });
   }
 
+  // Pages opened by the browser itself (window.open(), target="_blank", ...) never go through
+  // createNewPage()/waitForEvent('page')/waitForPopup - subscribe passively so the PHP client
+  // learns about them without having to anticipate every popup-opening action in advance.
+  registerContextPopups(context, contextId) {
+    context.on('page', (newPage) => {
+      setImmediate(() => {
+        for (const existing of this.pages.values()) {
+          if (existing === newPage) return;
+        }
+        const pageId = this.generateId('page');
+        this.pages.set(pageId, newPage);
+        this.pageContexts.set(pageId, contextId);
+        this.setupPageEventListeners(newPage, pageId);
+        sendFramedResponse({ objectId: contextId, event: 'page', params: { pageId } });
+      });
+    });
+  }
+
   formatEventParams(eventName, eventData) {
     const formatters = {
       console: () => ({ type: eventData.type(), text: eventData.text(), args: [], location: eventData.location ? eventData.location() : {} }),
@@ -174,6 +192,7 @@ class PlaywrightServer extends BaseHandler {
       const context = await browser.newContext();
       const contextId = this.generateId('context');
       this.contexts.set(contextId, { context, browserId, id: contextId });
+      this.registerContextPopups(context, contextId);
       return { browserId, defaultContextId: contextId, version: browser.version() };
     } catch (error) {
       logger.error('launchBrowser error', { message: error.message });
@@ -204,6 +223,7 @@ class PlaywrightServer extends BaseHandler {
     const context = await browser.newContext(command.options || {});
     const contextId = this.generateId('context');
     this.contexts.set(contextId, { context, browserId: command.browserId, id: contextId });
+    this.registerContextPopups(context, contextId);
     return { contextId };
   }
 
@@ -301,6 +321,7 @@ class PlaywrightServer extends BaseHandler {
       const context = await attached.newContext();
       const contextId = this.generateId('context');
       this.contexts.set(contextId, { context, browserId, id: contextId });
+      this.registerContextPopups(context, contextId);
       return { browserId, defaultContextId: contextId, version: attached.version() };
     } catch (error) {
       logger.error('connect error', { message: error.message });
@@ -321,6 +342,7 @@ class PlaywrightServer extends BaseHandler {
       const context = await attached.newContext();
       const contextId = this.generateId('context');
       this.contexts.set(contextId, { context, browserId, id: contextId });
+      this.registerContextPopups(context, contextId);
       return { browserId, defaultContextId: contextId, version: attached.version() };
     } catch (error) {
       logger.error('connectOverCDP error', { message: error.message });
diff --git a/tests/Integration/Popup/PassivePopupDiscoveryTest.php b/tests/Integration/Popup/PassivePopupDiscoveryTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64fc1d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Integration/Popup/PassivePopupDiscoveryTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the community-maintained Playwright PHP project.
+ * It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Microsoft.
+ *
+ * (c) 2025-Present - Playwright PHP - https://github.com/playwright-php
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Playwright\Tests\Integration\Popup;
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\CoversClass;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\Test;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use Playwright\Browser\BrowserContext;
+use Playwright\Browser\BrowserContextInterface;
+use Playwright\Testing\PlaywrightTestCaseTrait;
+
+/**
+ * Regression test: a page opened by the browser itself (window.open()/target="_blank")
+ * must become visible through BrowserContext::pages() even when nothing armed a
+ * waitForPopup()/waitForEvent('page') listener before the triggering action ran.
+ *
+ * This is the scenario driver code built on top of Mink hits: it clicks a link and only
+ * afterwards inspects the set of open windows/tabs, with no opportunity to arm a listener
+ * around the specific click that happens to open one.
+ */
+#[CoversClass(BrowserContext::class)]
+final class PassivePopupDiscoveryTest extends TestCase
+{
+    use PlaywrightTestCaseTrait;
+
+    protected function setUp(): void
+    {
+        $this->setUpPlaywright();
+    }
+
+    #[Test]
+    public function itDiscoversATargetBlankPageWithoutAnArmedListener(): void
+    {
+        $context = $this->browser->newContext();
+        $page = $context->newPage();
+
+        $page->setContent(<<<HTML
+            <!DOCTYPE html>
+            <html>
+            <body>
+                <a id="open" href="about:blank" target="_blank">Open</a>
+            </body>
+            </html>
+        HTML);
+
+        self::assertCount(1, $context->pages());
+
+        // No waitForPopup()/waitForEvent('page') armed beforehand - this is the passive
+        // discovery path that used to depend on the (missing) server-side subscription.
+        $page->click('#open');
+
+        self::assertCount(2, $this->waitForPageCount($context, 2), 'New tab was not discovered passively after the click.');
+
+        $context->close();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return array<\Playwright\Page\PageInterface>
+     */
+    private function waitForPageCount(BrowserContextInterface $context, int $expectedCount, int $timeoutMs = 2000): array
+    {
+        $deadline = microtime(true) + $timeoutMs / 1000;
+        do {
+            $pages = $context->pages();
+            if (count($pages) >= $expectedCount) {
+                return $pages;
+            }
+            usleep(50000);
+            // Any transport round trip flushes buffered server-pushed events.
+            $context->cookies();
+        } while (microtime(true) < $deadline);
+
+        return $context->pages();
+    }
+}