diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/coding-agent/CHANGELOG.md
index ad20be261..51e3d2356 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Fixed `tab.scroll()` timing out after a queued wheel event waits too long for a busy renderer's acknowledgement ([#5905](https://github.com/can1357/oh-my-pi/issues/5905)).
+
 ## [17.0.3] - 2026-07-17
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/tools/browser/tab-worker.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/tools/browser/tab-worker.ts
index 55bb31eb2..b7229bb57 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/tools/browser/tab-worker.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/tools/browser/tab-worker.ts
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ interface OpenDialogInfo {
  */
 const QUICK_OP_TIMEOUT_MS = 20_000;
 const ACTION_OP_TIMEOUT_MS = 8_000;
+/** Maximum wait for a renderer acknowledgement after a wheel event is queued. */
+const SCROLL_ACK_TIMEOUT_MS = 2_000;
 /** Headroom subtracted from the cell budget so a per-op deadline fires before it. */
 const OP_DEADLINE_SLACK_MS = CELL_BUDGET_SLACK_MS;
 /**
@@ -175,6 +177,14 @@ export function resolveOpTimeouts(cellTimeoutMs: number): OpTimeouts {
 	};
 }
 
+/** Queue a wheel event without treating a delayed renderer acknowledgement as dispatch failure. */
+export async function dispatchScroll(
+	dispatch: () => Promise<void>,
+	ackTimeoutMs = SCROLL_ACK_TIMEOUT_MS,
+): Promise<void> {
+	await Promise.race([dispatch(), Bun.sleep(ackTimeoutMs)]);
+}
+
 /**
  * Effective timeout for a wait helper (`waitFor*`). A positive explicit `{ timeout }` is
  * honored but clamped to the cell budget so it still fails fast + named; raising the tool
@@ -1216,7 +1226,9 @@ export class WorkerCore {
 					await untilAborted(sig, () => page.keyboard.press(key));
 				}),
 			scroll: (deltaX, deltaY) =>
-				op("tab.scroll()", actionOpMs, sig => untilAborted(sig, () => page.mouse.wheel({ deltaX, deltaY }))),
+				op("tab.scroll()", actionOpMs, sig =>
+					untilAborted(sig, () => dispatchScroll(() => page.mouse.wheel({ deltaX, deltaY }))),
+				),
 			drag: (from, to) => op("tab.drag()", actionOpMs, sig => this.#drag(from, to, sig)),
 			waitFor: (selector, opts) => {
 				const w = waitMs(opts?.timeout);
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/test/tools/browser-tab-timeouts.test.ts b/packages/coding-agent/test/tools/browser-tab-timeouts.test.ts
index ed66b8fd9..6f023146c 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/test/tools/browser-tab-timeouts.test.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/test/tools/browser-tab-timeouts.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "bun:test";
 import { resolvePredicateTimeout } from "@oh-my-pi/pi-coding-agent/tools/browser/run-cancellation";
 import {
+	dispatchScroll,
 	normalizeSelector,
 	resolveOpTimeouts,
 	resolveWaitTimeout,
@@ -42,6 +43,20 @@ describe("browser per-op fail-fast ceilings", () => {
 	});
 });
 
+describe("browser scroll acknowledgement", () => {
+	it("returns after the acknowledgement deadline while the renderer remains stalled", async () => {
+		const acknowledgement = Promise.withResolvers<void>();
+
+		await expect(dispatchScroll(() => acknowledgement.promise, 1)).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+	});
+
+	it("preserves wheel dispatch failures received before the acknowledgement deadline", async () => {
+		await expect(dispatchScroll(() => Promise.reject(new Error("target closed")), 100)).rejects.toThrow(
+			"target closed",
+		);
+	});
+});
+
 describe("browser wait-helper timeout resolution", () => {
 	it("defaults a wait to the action ceiling when no explicit timeout is given", () => {
 		const cell = 30_000;