diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e5e6e48..2afcdfa 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@lambdatest/smartui-cli",
-  "version": "4.1.77",
+  "version": "4.1.78",
   "description": "A command line interface (CLI) to run SmartUI tests on LambdaTest",
   "files": [
     "dist/**/*"
diff --git a/src/lib/constants.ts b/src/lib/constants.ts
index ab1f058..7ec0f44 100644
--- a/src/lib/constants.ts
+++ b/src/lib/constants.ts
@@ -165,6 +165,9 @@ export default {
     // Default page load time
     DEFAULT_PAGE_LOAD_TIMEOUT: 180000,
 
+    // Cap on page/context teardown; a crashed target never returns from close().
+    BROWSER_CLOSE_TIMEOUT: 15000,
+
     // Magic Numbers 
     MAGIC_NUMBERS: [
         { ext: 'jpg', magic: Buffer.from([0xFF, 0xD8, 0xFF]) },
diff --git a/src/lib/screenshot.ts b/src/lib/screenshot.ts
index 102da46..906d446 100644
--- a/src/lib/screenshot.ts
+++ b/src/lib/screenshot.ts
@@ -371,8 +371,18 @@ async function captureScreenshotsForConfig(
     } catch (error) {
         throw new Error(`captureScreenshotsForConfig failed for browser ${browserName}; error: ${error}`);
     } finally {
-        await page?.close();
-        await context?.close();
+        // A crashed target never resolves close(), which would strand this capture and block
+        // finalizeBuild. Abandoning it is safe: closeBrowsers() kills the browser process after.
+        const closed = await Promise.race([
+            (async () => { await page?.close(); await context?.close(); return true; })().catch(() => true),
+            new Promise<boolean>(resolve => {
+                const timer = setTimeout(() => resolve(false), constants.BROWSER_CLOSE_TIMEOUT);
+                (timer as any).unref?.();
+            })
+        ]);
+        if (!closed) {
+            ctx.log.warn(`${browserName}: page/context close timed out after ${constants.BROWSER_CLOSE_TIMEOUT}ms; abandoning it`);
+        }
     }
 
 }