diff --git a/src/server/trace/common/traceEvents.ts b/src/server/trace/common/traceEvents.ts
index 9298308e90..1279342e23 100644
--- a/src/server/trace/common/traceEvents.ts
+++ b/src/server/trace/common/traceEvents.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ export type ContextCreatedTraceEvent = {
   isMobile: boolean,
   viewportSize?: { width: number, height: number },
   debugName?: string,
-  snapshotScript: string,
 };
 
 export type ContextDestroyedTraceEvent = {
diff --git a/src/server/trace/recorder/snapshotterInjected.ts b/src/server/trace/recorder/snapshotterInjected.ts
index 8e90611a75..8ce1555f07 100644
--- a/src/server/trace/recorder/snapshotterInjected.ts
+++ b/src/server/trace/recorder/snapshotterInjected.ts
@@ -427,59 +427,3 @@ export function frameSnapshotStreamer() {
 
   (window as any)[kSnapshotStreamer] = new Streamer();
 }
-
-export function snapshotScript() {
-  function applyPlaywrightAttributes(shadowAttribute: string, scrollTopAttribute: string, scrollLeftAttribute: string) {
-    const scrollTops: Element[] = [];
-    const scrollLefts: Element[] = [];
-
-    const visit = (root: Document | ShadowRoot) => {
-      // Collect all scrolled elements for later use.
-      for (const e of root.querySelectorAll(`[${scrollTopAttribute}]`))
-        scrollTops.push(e);
-      for (const e of root.querySelectorAll(`[${scrollLeftAttribute}]`))
-        scrollLefts.push(e);
-
-      for (const iframe of root.querySelectorAll('iframe')) {
-        const src = iframe.getAttribute('src') || '';
-        if (src.startsWith('data:text/html'))
-          continue;
-        // Rewrite iframes to use snapshot url (relative to window.location)
-        // instead of begin relative to the <base> tag.
-        const index = location.pathname.lastIndexOf('/');
-        if (index === -1)
-          continue;
-        const pathname = location.pathname.substring(0, index + 1) + src;
-        const href = location.href.substring(0, location.href.indexOf(location.pathname)) + pathname;
-        iframe.setAttribute('src', href);
-      }
-
-      for (const element of root.querySelectorAll(`template[${shadowAttribute}]`)) {
-        const template = element as HTMLTemplateElement;
-        const shadowRoot = template.parentElement!.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' });
-        shadowRoot.appendChild(template.content);
-        template.remove();
-        visit(shadowRoot);
-      }
-    };
-    visit(document);
-
-    const onLoad = () => {
-      window.removeEventListener('load', onLoad);
-      for (const element of scrollTops) {
-        element.scrollTop = +element.getAttribute(scrollTopAttribute)!;
-        element.removeAttribute(scrollTopAttribute);
-      }
-      for (const element of scrollLefts) {
-        element.scrollLeft = +element.getAttribute(scrollLeftAttribute)!;
-        element.removeAttribute(scrollLeftAttribute);
-      }
-    };
-    window.addEventListener('load', onLoad);
-  }
-
-  const kShadowAttribute = '__playwright_shadow_root_';
-  const kScrollTopAttribute = '__playwright_scroll_top_';
-  const kScrollLeftAttribute = '__playwright_scroll_left_';
-  return `\n(${applyPlaywrightAttributes.toString()})('${kShadowAttribute}', '${kScrollTopAttribute}', '${kScrollLeftAttribute}')`;
-}
diff --git a/src/server/trace/recorder/tracer.ts b/src/server/trace/recorder/tracer.ts
index 5e97c54469..651031e417 100644
--- a/src/server/trace/recorder/tracer.ts
+++ b/src/server/trace/recorder/tracer.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import { Snapshotter } from './snapshotter';
 import { helper, RegisteredListener } from '../../helper';
 import { Dialog } from '../../dialog';
 import { Frame, NavigationEvent } from '../../frames';
-import { snapshotScript } from './snapshotterInjected';
 import { CallMetadata, InstrumentationListener, SdkObject } from '../../instrumentation';
 
 const fsWriteFileAsync = util.promisify(fs.writeFile.bind(fs));
@@ -102,7 +101,6 @@ class ContextTracer implements SnapshotterDelegate {
       deviceScaleFactor: context._options.deviceScaleFactor || 1,
       viewportSize: context._options.viewport || undefined,
       debugName: context._options._debugName,
-      snapshotScript: snapshotScript(),
     };
     this._appendTraceEvent(event);
     this._snapshotter = new Snapshotter(context, this);
diff --git a/src/server/trace/viewer/frameSnapshot.ts b/src/server/trace/viewer/frameSnapshot.ts
index 7885ab26da..97e9b719f1 100644
--- a/src/server/trace/viewer/frameSnapshot.ts
+++ b/src/server/trace/viewer/frameSnapshot.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import * as trace from '../common/traceEvents';
-import { ContextEntry, ContextResources } from './traceModel';
+import { ContextResources } from './traceModel';
 export * as trace from '../common/traceEvents';
 
 export type SerializedFrameSnapshot = {
@@ -26,13 +26,11 @@ export type SerializedFrameSnapshot = {
 export class FrameSnapshot {
   private _snapshots: trace.FrameSnapshotTraceEvent[];
   private _index: number;
-  private _contextEntry: ContextEntry;
   private _contextResources: ContextResources;
   private _frameId: string;
 
-  constructor(frameId: string, contextEntry: ContextEntry, contextResources: ContextResources, events: trace.FrameSnapshotTraceEvent[], index: number) {
+  constructor(frameId: string, contextResources: ContextResources, events: trace.FrameSnapshotTraceEvent[], index: number) {
     this._frameId = frameId;
-    this._contextEntry = contextEntry;
     this._contextResources = contextResources;
     this._snapshots = events;
     this._index = index;
@@ -82,7 +80,7 @@ export class FrameSnapshot {
     let html = visit(snapshot.html, this._index);
     if (snapshot.doctype)
       html = `<!DOCTYPE ${snapshot.doctype}>` + html;
-    html += `<script>${this._contextEntry.created.snapshotScript}</script>`;
+    html += `<script>${snapshotScript}</script>`;
 
     const resources: { [key: string]: { resourceId: string, sha1?: string } } = {};
     for (const [url, contextResources] of this._contextResources) {
@@ -125,3 +123,59 @@ function snapshotNodes(snapshot: trace.FrameSnapshot): trace.NodeSnapshot[] {
   }
   return (snapshot as any)._nodes;
 }
+
+export function snapshotScript() {
+  function applyPlaywrightAttributes(shadowAttribute: string, scrollTopAttribute: string, scrollLeftAttribute: string) {
+    const scrollTops: Element[] = [];
+    const scrollLefts: Element[] = [];
+
+    const visit = (root: Document | ShadowRoot) => {
+      // Collect all scrolled elements for later use.
+      for (const e of root.querySelectorAll(`[${scrollTopAttribute}]`))
+        scrollTops.push(e);
+      for (const e of root.querySelectorAll(`[${scrollLeftAttribute}]`))
+        scrollLefts.push(e);
+
+      for (const iframe of root.querySelectorAll('iframe')) {
+        const src = iframe.getAttribute('src') || '';
+        if (src.startsWith('data:text/html'))
+          continue;
+        // Rewrite iframes to use snapshot url (relative to window.location)
+        // instead of begin relative to the <base> tag.
+        const index = location.pathname.lastIndexOf('/');
+        if (index === -1)
+          continue;
+        const pathname = location.pathname.substring(0, index + 1) + src;
+        const href = location.href.substring(0, location.href.indexOf(location.pathname)) + pathname;
+        iframe.setAttribute('src', href);
+      }
+
+      for (const element of root.querySelectorAll(`template[${shadowAttribute}]`)) {
+        const template = element as HTMLTemplateElement;
+        const shadowRoot = template.parentElement!.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' });
+        shadowRoot.appendChild(template.content);
+        template.remove();
+        visit(shadowRoot);
+      }
+    };
+    visit(document);
+
+    const onLoad = () => {
+      window.removeEventListener('load', onLoad);
+      for (const element of scrollTops) {
+        element.scrollTop = +element.getAttribute(scrollTopAttribute)!;
+        element.removeAttribute(scrollTopAttribute);
+      }
+      for (const element of scrollLefts) {
+        element.scrollLeft = +element.getAttribute(scrollLeftAttribute)!;
+        element.removeAttribute(scrollLeftAttribute);
+      }
+    };
+    window.addEventListener('load', onLoad);
+  }
+
+  const kShadowAttribute = '__playwright_shadow_root_';
+  const kScrollTopAttribute = '__playwright_scroll_top_';
+  const kScrollLeftAttribute = '__playwright_scroll_left_';
+  return `\n(${applyPlaywrightAttributes.toString()})('${kShadowAttribute}', '${kScrollTopAttribute}', '${kScrollLeftAttribute}')`;
+}
diff --git a/src/server/trace/viewer/snapshotServer.ts b/src/server/trace/viewer/snapshotServer.ts
index bf32c21537..91826f0974 100644
--- a/src/server/trace/viewer/snapshotServer.ts
+++ b/src/server/trace/viewer/snapshotServer.ts
@@ -15,25 +15,22 @@
  */
 
 import * as http from 'http';
-import fs from 'fs';
-import path from 'path';
 import querystring from 'querystring';
-import { TraceServer } from './traceServer';
-import type { FrameSnapshot, SerializedFrameSnapshot } from './frameSnapshot';
 import type { NetworkResourceTraceEvent } from '../common/traceEvents';
+import type { FrameSnapshot, SerializedFrameSnapshot } from './frameSnapshot';
+import { HttpServer } from '../../../utils/httpServer';
 
 export interface SnapshotStorage {
+  resourceContent(sha1: string): Buffer;
   resourceById(resourceId: string): NetworkResourceTraceEvent;
   snapshotByName(snapshotName: string): FrameSnapshot | undefined;
 }
 
 export class SnapshotServer {
-  private _resourcesDir: string | undefined;
   private _urlPrefix: string;
   private _snapshotStorage: SnapshotStorage;
 
-  constructor(server: TraceServer, snapshotStorage: SnapshotStorage, resourcesDir: string | undefined) {
-    this._resourcesDir = resourcesDir;
+  constructor(server: HttpServer, snapshotStorage: SnapshotStorage) {
     this._urlPrefix = server.urlPrefix();
     this._snapshotStorage = snapshotStorage;
 
@@ -212,9 +209,6 @@ export class SnapshotServer {
   }
 
   private _serveResource(request: http.IncomingMessage, response: http.ServerResponse): boolean {
-    if (!this._resourcesDir)
-      return false;
-
     // - /resources/<resourceId>
     // - /resources/<resourceId>/override/<overrideSha1>
     const parts = request.url!.split('/');
@@ -239,7 +233,7 @@ export class SnapshotServer {
     const resource = this._snapshotStorage.resourceById(resourceId);
     const sha1 = overrideSha1 || resource.responseSha1;
     try {
-      const content = fs.readFileSync(path.join(this._resourcesDir, sha1));
+      const content = this._snapshotStorage.resourceContent(sha1);
       response.statusCode = 200;
       let contentType = resource.contentType;
       const isTextEncoding = /^text\/|^application\/(javascript|json)/.test(contentType);
diff --git a/src/server/trace/viewer/traceModel.ts b/src/server/trace/viewer/traceModel.ts
index 8a65a29a50..c23440da69 100644
--- a/src/server/trace/viewer/traceModel.ts
+++ b/src/server/trace/viewer/traceModel.ts
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ export class TraceModel {
     const frameSnapshots = pageEntry.snapshotsByFrameId[frameId];
     for (let index = 0; index < frameSnapshots.length; index++) {
       if (frameSnapshots[index].snapshotId === snapshotId)
-        return new FrameSnapshot(frameId, contextEntry, this.contextResources.get(contextEntry.created.contextId)!, frameSnapshots, index);
+        return new FrameSnapshot(frameId, this.contextResources.get(contextEntry.created.contextId)!, frameSnapshots, index);
     }
   }
 
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ export class TraceModel {
       if (timestamp && snapshot.timestamp <= timestamp)
         snapshotIndex = index;
     }
-    return snapshotIndex >= 0 ? new FrameSnapshot(frameId, contextEntry, this.contextResources.get(contextEntry.created.contextId)!, frameSnapshots, snapshotIndex) : undefined;
+    return snapshotIndex >= 0 ? new FrameSnapshot(frameId, this.contextResources.get(contextEntry.created.contextId)!, frameSnapshots, snapshotIndex) : undefined;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/server/trace/viewer/traceViewer.ts b/src/server/trace/viewer/traceViewer.ts
index 121814d6e8..1e26f2704a 100644
--- a/src/server/trace/viewer/traceViewer.ts
+++ b/src/server/trace/viewer/traceViewer.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import { ScreenshotGenerator } from './screenshotGenerator';
 import { TraceModel } from './traceModel';
 import { NetworkResourceTraceEvent, TraceEvent } from '../common/traceEvents';
 import { SnapshotServer, SnapshotStorage } from './snapshotServer';
-import { ServerRouteHandler, TraceServer } from './traceServer';
+import { ServerRouteHandler, HttpServer } from '../../../utils/httpServer';
 import { FrameSnapshot } from './frameSnapshot';
 
 const fsReadFileAsync = util.promisify(fs.readFile.bind(fs));
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ type TraceViewerDocument = {
   model: TraceModel;
 };
 
-const emptyModel: TraceModel = new TraceModel();
-
 class TraceViewer implements SnapshotStorage {
   private _document: TraceViewerDocument | undefined;
 
@@ -74,8 +72,17 @@ class TraceViewer implements SnapshotStorage {
     // - "/snapshot/service-worker.js" - service worker that intercepts snapshot resources
     //   and translates them into "/resources/<resourceId>".
 
-    const server = new TraceServer(this._document ? this._document.model : emptyModel);
-    const snapshotServer = new SnapshotServer(server, this, this._document ? this._document.resourcesDir : undefined);
+    const server = new HttpServer();
+
+    const traceModelHandler: ServerRouteHandler = (request, response) => {
+      response.statusCode = 200;
+      response.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json');
+      response.end(JSON.stringify(Array.from(this._document!.model.contextEntries.values())));
+      return true;
+    };
+    server.routePath('/contexts', traceModelHandler);
+
+    const snapshotServer = new SnapshotServer(server, this);
     const screenshotGenerator = this._document ? new ScreenshotGenerator(snapshotServer, this._document.resourcesDir, this._document.model) : undefined;
 
     const traceViewerHandler: ServerRouteHandler = (request, response) => {
@@ -145,6 +152,10 @@ class TraceViewer implements SnapshotStorage {
     const snapshot = parsed.snapshotId ? traceModel.findSnapshotById(parsed.pageId, parsed.frameId, parsed.snapshotId) : traceModel.findSnapshotByTime(parsed.pageId, parsed.frameId, parsed.timestamp!);
     return snapshot;
   }
+
+  resourceContent(sha1: string): Buffer {
+    return fs.readFileSync(path.join(this._document!.resourcesDir, sha1));
+  }
 }
 
 export async function showTraceViewer(traceDir: string) {
diff --git a/src/server/trace/viewer/traceServer.ts b/src/utils/httpServer.ts
similarity index 87%
rename from src/server/trace/viewer/traceServer.ts
rename to src/utils/httpServer.ts
index b171ecfaeb..1a2d62a632 100644
--- a/src/server/trace/viewer/traceServer.ts
+++ b/src/utils/httpServer.ts
@@ -17,27 +17,16 @@
 import * as http from 'http';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
-import type { TraceModel } from './traceModel';
 
 export type ServerRouteHandler = (request: http.IncomingMessage, response: http.ServerResponse) => boolean;
 
-export class TraceServer {
-  private _traceModel: TraceModel;
+export class HttpServer {
   private _server: http.Server | undefined;
   private _urlPrefix: string;
   private _routes: { prefix?: string, exact?: string, needsReferrer: boolean, handler: ServerRouteHandler }[] = [];
 
-  constructor(traceModel: TraceModel) {
-    this._traceModel = traceModel;
+  constructor() {
     this._urlPrefix = '';
-
-    const traceModelHandler: ServerRouteHandler = (request, response) => {
-      response.statusCode = 200;
-      response.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json');
-      response.end(JSON.stringify(Array.from(this._traceModel.contextEntries.values())));
-      return true;
-    };
-    this.routePath('/contexts', traceModelHandler);
   }
 
   routePrefix(prefix: string, handler: ServerRouteHandler, skipReferrerCheck?: boolean) {