diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/connection.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/connection.ts
index 4a11fef924..7deabaabeb 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/connection.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/connection.ts
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ export class Connection extends EventEmitter {
     const converted = { id, guid, method, params };
     // Do not include metadata in debug logs to avoid noise.
     debugLogger.log('channel:command', converted);
-    const metadata: channels.Metadata = { stack: frames, apiName };
+    const metadata: channels.Metadata = { stack: frames, apiName, internal: !apiName };
     this.onmessage({ ...converted, metadata });
 
     return await new Promise((resolve, reject) => this._callbacks.set(id, { resolve, reject, stackTrace }));
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/dispatchers/dispatcher.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/dispatchers/dispatcher.ts
index 45ba25afea..10a4b06493 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/dispatchers/dispatcher.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/dispatchers/dispatcher.ts
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ export class DispatcherConnection {
       id: `call@${id}`,
       stack: validMetadata.stack,
       apiName: validMetadata.apiName,
+      internal: validMetadata.internal,
       objectId: sdkObject?.guid,
       pageId: sdkObject?.attribution?.page?.guid,
       frameId: sdkObject?.attribution?.frame?.guid,
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/protocol/callMetadata.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/protocol/callMetadata.ts
index 65a159fec7..f6dd2f6a2a 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/protocol/callMetadata.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/protocol/callMetadata.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export type CallMetadata = {
   method: string;
   params: any;
   apiName?: string;
+  internal?: boolean;
   stack?: StackFrame[];
   log: string[];
   afterSnapshot?: string;
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/protocol/channels.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/protocol/channels.ts
index 4cbd5a1c80..353d5af358 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/protocol/channels.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/protocol/channels.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ export type StackFrame = {
 export type Metadata = {
   stack?: StackFrame[],
   apiName?: string,
+  internal?: boolean,
 };
 
 export type Point = {
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/protocol/protocol.yml b/packages/playwright-core/src/protocol/protocol.yml
index 1e607e8a06..1f40e01b97 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/protocol/protocol.yml
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/protocol/protocol.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Metadata:
       type: array?
       items: StackFrame
     apiName: string?
+    internal: boolean?
 
 
 Point:
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/protocol/validator.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/protocol/validator.ts
index 57af3d49e1..af4114e5a1 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/protocol/validator.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/protocol/validator.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ export function createScheme(tChannel: (name: string) => Validator): Scheme {
   scheme.Metadata = tObject({
     stack: tOptional(tArray(tType('StackFrame'))),
     apiName: tOptional(tString),
+    internal: tOptional(tBoolean),
   });
   scheme.Point = tObject({
     x: tNumber,
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/traceModel.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/traceModel.ts
index 14ab4c759f..320633aa37 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/traceModel.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/web/traceViewer/traceModel.ts
@@ -111,9 +111,12 @@ export class TraceModel {
         break;
       }
       case 'action': {
-        const include = !!event.metadata.apiName && !isTracing(event.metadata);
-        if (include)
+        const include = !isTracing(event.metadata) && (!event.metadata.internal || event.metadata.apiName);
+        if (include) {
+          if (!event.metadata.apiName)
+            event.metadata.apiName = event.metadata.type + '.' + event.metadata.method;
           this.contextEntry!.actions.push(event);
+        }
         break;
       }
       case 'event': {