diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/trace/recorder/snapshotterInjected.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/trace/recorder/snapshotterInjected.ts
index 0400c6deaf..4d575ef0e9 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/trace/recorder/snapshotterInjected.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/trace/recorder/snapshotterInjected.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ export function frameSnapshotStreamer(snapshotStreamer: string, removeNoScript:
   const kCustomElementsAttribute = '__playwright_custom_elements__';
   const kCurrentSrcAttribute = '__playwright_current_src__';
   const kBoundingRectAttribute = '__playwright_bounding_rect__';
+  const kPopoverOpenAttribute = '__playwright_popover_open_';
 
   // Symbols for our own info on Nodes/StyleSheets.
   const kSnapshotFrameId = Symbol('__playwright_snapshot_frameid_');
@@ -449,6 +450,12 @@ export function frameSnapshotStreamer(snapshotStreamer: string, removeNoScript:
             expectValue(value);
             attrs[kBoundingRectAttribute] = value;
           }
+          if ((element as HTMLElement).popover && (element as HTMLElement).matches && (element as HTMLElement).matches(':popover-open')) {
+            const value = 'true';
+            expectValue(kPopoverOpenAttribute);
+            expectValue(value);
+            attrs[kPopoverOpenAttribute] = value;
+          }
           if (element.scrollTop) {
             expectValue(kScrollTopAttribute);
             expectValue(element.scrollTop);
diff --git a/packages/trace-viewer/src/sw/snapshotRenderer.ts b/packages/trace-viewer/src/sw/snapshotRenderer.ts
index f4e9d908fb..93363878ab 100644
--- a/packages/trace-viewer/src/sw/snapshotRenderer.ts
+++ b/packages/trace-viewer/src/sw/snapshotRenderer.ts
@@ -270,6 +270,13 @@ function snapshotScript(...targetIds: (string | undefined)[]) {
         (element as HTMLOptionElement).selected = element.getAttribute('__playwright_selected_') === 'true';
         element.removeAttribute('__playwright_selected_');
       }
+      for (const element of root.querySelectorAll(`[__playwright_popover_open_]`)) {
+        try {
+          (element as HTMLElement).showPopover();
+        } catch {
+        }
+        element.removeAttribute('__playwright_popover_open_');
+      }
 
       for (const targetId of targetIds) {
         for (const target of root.querySelectorAll(`[__playwright_target__="${targetId}"]`)) {
diff --git a/tests/library/trace-viewer.spec.ts b/tests/library/trace-viewer.spec.ts
index 7e64c62156..2bd7b85888 100644
--- a/tests/library/trace-viewer.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/library/trace-viewer.spec.ts
@@ -1572,3 +1572,20 @@ test('should show only one pointer with multilevel iframes', async ({ page, runA
   await expect.soft(snapshotFrame.frameLocator('iframe').locator('x-pw-pointer')).not.toBeAttached();
   await expect.soft(snapshotFrame.frameLocator('iframe').frameLocator('iframe').locator('x-pw-pointer')).toBeVisible();
 });
+
+test('should show a popover', async ({ runAndTrace, page, server }) => {
+  const traceViewer = await runAndTrace(async () => {
+    await page.setContent(`
+      <button popovertarget="pop">Click me</button>
+      <article id="pop" popover="auto">
+        <div>I'm a popover</div>
+      </article>
+    `);
+    await page.getByRole('button').click();
+    await expect(page.locator('div')).toBeVisible();
+  });
+
+  const snapshot = await traceViewer.snapshotFrame('expect.toBeVisible');
+  const popover = snapshot.locator('#pop');
+  await expect.poll(() => popover.evaluate(e => e.matches(':popover-open'))).toBe(true);
+});