diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/chromium/crBrowser.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/chromium/crBrowser.ts
index 5f0a07a7f1..fe74ae5b0b 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/chromium/crBrowser.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/chromium/crBrowser.ts
@@ -196,6 +196,18 @@ export class CRBrowser extends Browser {
       context.emit(CRBrowserContext.CREvents.ServiceWorker, serviceWorker);
       return;
     }
+
+    // Detach from any targets we are not interested in, to avoid side-effects.
+    //
+    // One example of a side effect: upon shared worker restart, we receive
+    // Inspector.targetReloadedAfterCrash and backend waits for Runtime.runIfWaitingForDebugger
+    // from any attached client. If we do not resume, shared worker will stall.
+    //
+    // Ideally, detaching should resume any target, but there is a bug in the backend,
+    // so we must Runtime.runIfWaitingForDebugger first.
+    session._sendMayFail('Runtime.runIfWaitingForDebugger').then(() => {
+      this._session._sendMayFail('Target.detachFromTarget', { sessionId });
+    });
   }
 
   _onDetachedFromTarget(payload: Protocol.Target.detachFromTargetParameters) {
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/chromium/crServiceWorker.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/chromium/crServiceWorker.ts
index 6c3c060018..55033c6e2e 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/chromium/crServiceWorker.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/chromium/crServiceWorker.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ export class CRServiceWorker extends Worker {
 
     session.send('Runtime.enable', {}).catch(e => { });
     session.send('Runtime.runIfWaitingForDebugger').catch(e => { });
+    session.on('Inspector.targetReloadedAfterCrash', () => {
+      // Resume service worker after restart.
+      session._sendMayFail('Runtime.runIfWaitingForDebugger', {});
+    });
   }
 
   async updateOffline(initial: boolean): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/tests/assets/shared-worker/shared-worker.html b/tests/assets/shared-worker/shared-worker.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0a6fb67199
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/assets/shared-worker/shared-worker.html
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<script>
+  window.sharedWorkerResponsePromise = new Promise(f => {
+    window.myWorker = new SharedWorker("shared-worker.js");
+    window.myWorker.port.postMessage('hello');
+    window.myWorker.port.onmessage = e => f(e.data);
+  });
+</script>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/assets/shared-worker/shared-worker.js b/tests/assets/shared-worker/shared-worker.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5e599482f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/assets/shared-worker/shared-worker.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+onconnect = event => {
+  const port = event.ports[0];
+  port.onmessage = e => port.postMessage('echo:' + e.data);
+};
diff --git a/tests/library/shared-worker.spec.ts b/tests/library/shared-worker.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de356a6279
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/library/shared-worker.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { contextTest as test, expect } from '../config/browserTest';
+
+test('should survive shared worker restart', async ({ context, server }) => {
+  const page1 = await context.newPage();
+  await page1.goto(server.PREFIX + '/shared-worker/shared-worker.html');
+  expect(await page1.evaluate('window.sharedWorkerResponsePromise')).toBe('echo:hello');
+  await page1.close();
+
+  const page2 = await context.newPage();
+  await page2.goto(server.PREFIX + '/shared-worker/shared-worker.html');
+  expect(await page2.evaluate('window.sharedWorkerResponsePromise')).toBe('echo:hello');
+  await page2.close();
+});