diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/trace/recorder/tracing.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/trace/recorder/tracing.ts
index 67b163b1fe5bf..ed938f231ebc9 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/trace/recorder/tracing.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/trace/recorder/tracing.ts
@@ -515,7 +515,10 @@ export class Tracing extends SdkObject implements InstrumentationListener, Snaps
     if (this._snapshotter?.started()) {
       // Node references are only reset by the first snapshot of the action.
       const resetTargets = phase === 'before';
-      await this._snapshotter?.captureSnapshot(page, progress.metadata.id, phase, resetTargets).catch(() => {});
+      try {
+        await progress.race(this._snapshotter.captureSnapshot(page, progress.metadata.id, phase, resetTargets));
+      } catch {
+      }
     }
 
     const options = this._state?.options;
diff --git a/packages/trace-viewer/src/ui/workbench.tsx b/packages/trace-viewer/src/ui/workbench.tsx
index 12c47c5590c73..685ab431fc77a 100644
--- a/packages/trace-viewer/src/ui/workbench.tsx
+++ b/packages/trace-viewer/src/ui/workbench.tsx
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ const PartitionedWorkbench: React.FunctionComponent<WorkbenchProps & { partition
   }, [model]);
 
   const playback = usePlayback(actions || [], selectedAction, onActionSelected, selectedTime, boundaries);
+  const { showSelectedAction } = playback;
 
   const selectPropertiesTab = React.useCallback((tab: string) => {
     setSelectedPropertiesTab(tab);
@@ -180,9 +181,9 @@ const PartitionedWorkbench: React.FunctionComponent<WorkbenchProps & { partition
       selectPropertiesTab('inspector');
     // Inspecting works against the DOM snapshot, not the screencast frame.
     if (value)
-      playback.showSelectedAction();
+      showSelectedAction();
     setIsInspectingState(value);
-  }, [setIsInspectingState, selectPropertiesTab, isInspecting, playback.showSelectedAction]);
+  }, [setIsInspectingState, selectPropertiesTab, isInspecting, showSelectedAction]);
 
   const elementPicked = React.useCallback((element: HighlightedElement) => {
     setHighlightedElement(element);
diff --git a/tests/library/tracing.spec.ts b/tests/library/tracing.spec.ts
index 184bb34c0d8a0..970aa5436d8d3 100644
--- a/tests/library/tracing.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/library/tracing.spec.ts
@@ -468,6 +468,23 @@ test('should not crash when browser closes mid-trace', async ({ browserType, ser
   await new Promise(f => setTimeout(f, 1000));  // Give it some time to throw errors
 });
 
+test('should not hang when page is unresponsive', async ({ browserType, server }) => {
+  test.info().annotations.push({ type: 'issue', description: 'https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/42903' });
+  const browser = await browserType.launch();
+  const page = await browser.newPage();
+  await page.context().tracing.start({ snapshots: true });
+  await page.goto(server.EMPTY_PAGE);
+  await page.evaluate(() => {
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      while (true) {}
+    }, 0);
+  });
+  // All bets are off with a tight loop in the page, but an explicit timeout should still fire.
+  const error = await page.goto(server.EMPTY_PAGE, { timeout: 1000 }).catch(e => e);
+  expect(error.message).toContain('Timeout 1000ms exceeded');
+  await browser.close();
+});
+
 test('should survive browser.close with auto-created traces dir', async ({ browserType }, testInfo) => {
   const oldTracesDir = (browserType as any)._playwright._defaultTracesDir;
   (browserType as any)._playwright._defaultTracesDir = undefined;
diff --git a/utils/eslint-plugin-progress/index.js b/utils/eslint-plugin-progress/index.js
index 394ade81b93be..7a256116b7b0d 100644
--- a/utils/eslint-plugin-progress/index.js
+++ b/utils/eslint-plugin-progress/index.js
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 // @ts-check
 
+const crypto = require('crypto');
+const fs = require('fs');
 const { ESLintUtils } = require('@typescript-eslint/utils');
 
 const createRule = ESLintUtils.RuleCreator(name => name);
@@ -156,7 +158,9 @@ const rule = createRule({
         if (!isInProgressFunction())
           return;
 
-        const awaited = node.argument;
+        let awaited = node.argument;
+        if (awaited.type === 'ChainExpression')
+          awaited = awaited.expression;
 
         // await progress.anything(...) is always fine — calls on the progress object itself.
         if (awaited.type === 'CallExpression' &&
@@ -195,6 +199,11 @@ const rule = createRule({
 });
 
 module.exports = {
+  meta: {
+    name: 'eslint-plugin-progress',
+    // ESLint cache key includes plugin version, so edits to this file invalidate cached results.
+    version: crypto.createHash('sha1').update(fs.readFileSync(__filename)).digest('hex'),
+  },
   rules: {
     'await-must-use-progress': rule,
   },