diff --git a/src/browser/page.test.ts b/src/browser/page.test.ts
index 157af61..42fe9ec 100644
--- a/src/browser/page.test.ts
+++ b/src/browser/page.test.ts
@@ -432,6 +432,19 @@ describe('Page active target tracking', () => {
     }));
   });
 
+  it('forwards waitUntil to the tabs/new command', async () => {
+    sendCommandFullMock.mockResolvedValueOnce({ data: {}, page: 'page-2' });
+
+    const page = new Page('default');
+    await page.newTab?.('https://second.example', { waitUntil: 'none' });
+
+    expect(sendCommandFullMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith('tabs', expect.objectContaining({
+      op: 'new',
+      url: 'https://second.example',
+      waitUntil: 'none',
+    }));
+  });
+
   it('closes a tab by explicit page identity', async () => {
     sendCommandMock.mockResolvedValueOnce({ closed: 'page-2' });
 
diff --git a/src/browser/page.ts b/src/browser/page.ts
index 927de36..e118612 100644
--- a/src/browser/page.ts
+++ b/src/browser/page.ts
@@ -224,10 +224,11 @@ export class Page extends BasePage {
     return Array.isArray(result) ? result : [];
   }
 
-  async newTab(url?: string): Promise<string | undefined> {
+  async newTab(url?: string, options?: { waitUntil?: 'load' | 'none' }): Promise<string | undefined> {
     const result = await sendCommandFull('tabs', {
       op: 'new',
       ...(url !== undefined && { url }),
+      ...(options?.waitUntil && { waitUntil: options.waitUntil }),
       ...this._sessionOpts(),
     });
     this._lastUrl = null;
diff --git a/src/browser/runtime/local-cloak/actions.ts b/src/browser/runtime/local-cloak/actions.ts
index b9e313e..d8cf005 100644
--- a/src/browser/runtime/local-cloak/actions.ts
+++ b/src/browser/runtime/local-cloak/actions.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {
 import { redactText, redactUrl } from '../../../observation/redaction.js';
 import { articleHtmlToMarkdown } from '../../../download/article-download.js';
 import { waitForDownload } from './downloads.js';
-import type { CloakSessionManager } from './session-manager.js';
+import { toGotoWaitUntil, type CloakSessionManager } from './session-manager.js';
 import type { BrowserContext, Frame, Page as PlaywrightPage } from 'playwright-core';
 import { runBrowserProgram } from '../../run/runner.js';
 import { BROWSER_RUN_MAX_SOURCE_BYTES } from '../../run/types.js';
@@ -182,10 +182,7 @@ export async function dispatchCloakAction(manager: CloakSessionManager, command:
       case 'navigate': {
         if (!command.url) return invalidRequest(command, 'Missing url');
         const lease = await resolveLease(manager, command);
-        // 'none' maps to Playwright's 'commit': sites that stream analytics forever
-        // never fire the load event, so adapters gating readiness on their own
-        // selector waits must be able to skip it.
-        await lease.page.goto(command.url, { waitUntil: command.waitUntil === 'none' ? 'commit' : 'load' });
+        await lease.page.goto(command.url, { waitUntil: toGotoWaitUntil(command.waitUntil) });
         return { id: command.id, ok: true, data: { title: await lease.page.title(), url: lease.page.url(), timedOut: false }, page: lease.pageId };
       }
       case 'exec': {
@@ -336,6 +333,7 @@ export async function dispatchCloakAction(manager: CloakSessionManager, command:
               siteSession: command.siteSession,
               idleTimeout: command.idleTimeout,
               url: command.url,
+              waitUntil: command.waitUntil,
               windowMode: command.windowMode,
             });
             return { id: command.id, ok: true, data: { title: await lease.page.title(), url: lease.page.url() }, page: lease.pageId };
diff --git a/src/browser/runtime/local-cloak/provider.test.ts b/src/browser/runtime/local-cloak/provider.test.ts
index 147f7d9..d56db31 100644
--- a/src/browser/runtime/local-cloak/provider.test.ts
+++ b/src/browser/runtime/local-cloak/provider.test.ts
@@ -114,6 +114,22 @@ describe('LocalCloakRuntimeProvider', () => {
     expect(page.goto).toHaveBeenCalledWith('https://example.com/', expect.objectContaining({ waitUntil: 'commit' }));
   });
 
+  it("maps waitUntil 'none' to a commit-only wait when opening a tab", async () => {
+    const { provider, pages } = makeProviderWithFakePage();
+    const result = await provider.dispatch({
+      id: 'new',
+      action: 'tabs',
+      op: 'new',
+      session: 'work',
+      surface: 'browser',
+      url: 'https://second.example/',
+      waitUntil: 'none',
+      profileId: 'default',
+    });
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({ id: 'new', ok: true, page: expect.any(String) });
+    expect(pages[1].goto).toHaveBeenCalledWith('https://second.example/', expect.objectContaining({ waitUntil: 'commit' }));
+  });
+
   it('evaluates JavaScript in the resolved page', async () => {
     const { provider } = makeProviderWithFakePage();
     const nav = await provider.dispatch({ id: 'nav', action: 'navigate', session: 'work', surface: 'browser', url: 'https://example.com/', profileId: 'default' });
diff --git a/src/browser/runtime/local-cloak/session-manager.ts b/src/browser/runtime/local-cloak/session-manager.ts
index 429db9f..bfaa1f4 100644
--- a/src/browser/runtime/local-cloak/session-manager.ts
+++ b/src/browser/runtime/local-cloak/session-manager.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,17 @@ export function resolveCloakBrowserVersion(): string | undefined {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Map the protocol's navigation wait condition onto Playwright's `goto` option.
+ * 'none' becomes 'commit': sites that stream analytics forever never fire the
+ * load event, so callers gating readiness on their own selector waits must be
+ * able to skip it. Every `goto` in this runtime routes through here so a new
+ * call site cannot quietly reintroduce a hardcoded 'load'.
+ */
+export function toGotoWaitUntil(waitUntil?: 'load' | 'none'): 'load' | 'commit' {
+  return waitUntil === 'none' ? 'commit' : 'load';
+}
+
 export type LaunchPersistentContext = typeof cloakLaunchPersistentContext;
 export type RecoverLockedProfile = (userDataDir: string) => Promise<boolean>;
 
@@ -257,7 +268,7 @@ export class CloakSessionManager {
     })));
   }
 
-  async newPage(input: SessionKeyInput & { url?: string }): Promise<CloakPageLease> {
+  async newPage(input: SessionKeyInput & { url?: string; waitUntil?: 'load' | 'none' }): Promise<CloakPageLease> {
     const profileId = normalizeProfileId(input.profileId);
     const session = requireSession(input.session);
     const surface = normalizeSurface(input.surface);
@@ -269,7 +280,7 @@ export class CloakSessionManager {
     );
     if (input.url) {
       try {
-        await acquired.page.goto(input.url, { waitUntil: 'load' });
+        await acquired.page.goto(input.url, { waitUntil: toGotoWaitUntil(input.waitUntil) });
       } catch (error) {
         if (!pageIsClosed(acquired.page)) await acquired.page.close().catch(() => {});
         throw error;
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 903379b..1c23ba6 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ export interface IPage {
   waitForDownload?(pattern?: string, timeoutMs?: number): Promise<BrowserDownloadWaitResult>;
   tabs(): Promise<any>;
   closeTab?(target?: number | string): Promise<void>;
-  newTab?(url?: string): Promise<string | undefined>;
+  newTab?(url?: string, options?: { waitUntil?: 'load' | 'none' }): Promise<string | undefined>;
   selectTab(target: number | string): Promise<void>;
   networkRequests(includeStatic?: boolean): Promise<any>;
   consoleMessages(level?: string): Promise<any>;