diff --git a/packages/core/src/closed-shadow.js b/packages/core/src/closed-shadow.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6ade4e8d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/closed-shadow.js
@@ -0,0 +1,197 @@
+// Closed-shadow capture helper. CLI-side only.
+//
+// External Percy SDK plugins (puppeteer-percy, playwright-percy,
+// cypress-percy, selenium-chrome-percy) will get their own copy when
+// SDK-side closed-shadow capture is added — that work is intentionally
+// scoped to a separate change so this PR stays focused on the CLI path.
+//
+// Discovers closed shadow roots in the live page and exposes them to
+// PercyDOM.serialize() via per-document `__percyClosedShadowRoots`
+// WeakMaps that clone-dom.js reads through shadow-utils.getRuntime().
+//
+// Closed shadow roots are inaccessible from JavaScript
+// (`element.shadowRoot === null`), but Chrome DevTools Protocol's DOM domain
+// can pierce them. We get the full DOM tree with `pierce: true` (which also
+// traverses iframe boundaries — closed shadow hosts inside iframes are
+// captured by the same walk), collect every closed-shadow host/root pair,
+// resolve both to JS object references via `DOM.resolveNode`, then call
+// `Runtime.callFunctionOn` to write the mapping. The function body installs
+// the WeakMap on the host's *own* `ownerDocument.defaultView` — so a host
+// inside an iframe writes into the iframe's realm, where shadow-utils will
+// later read it.
+//
+// Works for any caller that has a CDP session-like object exposing
+// `send(method, params) => Promise`:
+//   - Puppeteer:    `await page.target().createCDPSession()`
+//   - Playwright:   `await context.newCDPSession(page)`
+//   - Selenium:     `await driver.getDevTools()` (Chromium only)
+//   - Percy CLI:    Percy's own session.send wrapper
+//
+// Side effect: temporarily enables and then disables the CDP `DOM` domain
+// on the supplied session. Don't run concurrently with another `DOM`-domain
+// consumer on the same session — the helper installs an in-flight guard
+// against itself, but can't see other consumers.
+//
+// Limitation: captures the closed shadow roots present at the time of the
+// call. Custom elements that lazy-attach a closed shadow root after this
+// returns (e.g. inside `requestIdleCallback` or `IntersectionObserver`)
+// won't be captured. The caller is responsible for waiting until the page
+// is settled before invoking.
+//
+// Returns the number of closed shadow roots successfully exposed (0 if none,
+// -1 on top-level error). Per-pair errors are swallowed and surfaced via the
+// optional `log` callback — closed-shadow capture is best-effort and must
+// never break a snapshot run.
+
+const DEFAULT_LOG = () => {};
+
+// Mirrors HARD_MAX_IFRAME_DEPTH from serialize-frames so every recursive
+// walk in the capture pipeline shares the same ceiling. Counted only across
+// shadow / iframe boundary crossings — not plain children — otherwise a
+// normal deep DOM (html → body → div → … → custom-element) would burn
+// through the budget before reaching any shadow host.
+const MAX_SHADOW_DEPTH = 10;
+
+// Bound concurrent CDP messages so we don't flood a session with hundreds
+// of in-flight resolveNode/callFunctionOn calls when a page has many
+// closed shadow hosts. Phase 1 (resolve) issues 2 calls per pair, so peak
+// in-flight there is 2 * CDP_BATCH_SIZE; phase 2 (stamp) is 1 per pair so
+// peak is exactly CDP_BATCH_SIZE. 8 chosen as a conservative default that
+// keeps both phases well under typical CDP message-queue depths.
+const CDP_BATCH_SIZE = 8;
+
+// The function body that installs the WeakMap and writes the host→shadow
+// pair. Runs inside Runtime.callFunctionOn with the host as `this`, so
+// `this.ownerDocument.defaultView` is the host's *own* realm — the iframe's
+// window when the host is inside an iframe.
+//
+// IMPORTANT: this is a string (required by Runtime.callFunctionOn) AND it
+// is intentionally ES5 — it executes in the page's realm, which may be any
+// browser/JS target the page itself targets. Don't "modernize" with arrow
+// functions, let/const, or optional chaining.
+const STAMP_FUNCTION =
+  'function(shadowRoot) {' +
+  '  var w = this.ownerDocument && this.ownerDocument.defaultView;' +
+  '  if (!w) return;' +
+  '  if (!w.__percyClosedShadowRoots) w.__percyClosedShadowRoots = new WeakMap();' +
+  '  w.__percyClosedShadowRoots.set(this, shadowRoot);' +
+  '}';
+
+// Marker for the in-flight guard — prevents concurrent invocations on the
+// same session from racing each other's DOM.enable / DOM.disable lifecycle.
+// Module-local Symbol (not Symbol.for) so it can't collide with any other
+// global registry entry.
+const IN_FLIGHT = Symbol('percy.closedShadow.inFlight');
+
+export async function exposeClosedShadowRoots(cdp, log = DEFAULT_LOG) {
+  if (!cdp || typeof cdp.send !== 'function') return -1;
+  if (cdp[IN_FLIGHT]) {
+    log('Skipping concurrent closed-shadow CDP discovery on the same session');
+    return -1;
+  }
+  cdp[IN_FLIGHT] = true;
+
+  let domEnabled = false;
+  try {
+    await cdp.send('DOM.enable');
+    domEnabled = true;
+
+    const { root } = await cdp.send('DOM.getDocument', {
+      depth: -1,
+      pierce: true
+    });
+
+    const closedPairs = [];
+    walkCDPNodes(root, closedPairs);
+
+    if (closedPairs.length === 0) {
+      return 0;
+    }
+
+    log(`Found ${closedPairs.length} closed shadow root(s), exposing via CDP`);
+
+    // Phase 1: resolve every backendNodeId → objectId in parallel batches.
+    const resolved = [];
+    for (let i = 0; i < closedPairs.length; i += CDP_BATCH_SIZE) {
+      const slice = closedPairs.slice(i, i + CDP_BATCH_SIZE);
+      const out = await Promise.all(slice.map(async pair => {
+        try {
+          const [hostRes, shadowRes] = await Promise.all([
+            cdp.send('DOM.resolveNode', { backendNodeId: pair.hostBackendNodeId }),
+            cdp.send('DOM.resolveNode', { backendNodeId: pair.shadowBackendNodeId })
+          ]);
+          return { hostObj: hostRes.object, shadowObj: shadowRes.object, pair };
+        } catch (err) {
+          const msg = err && err.message ? err.message : err;
+          log(`Skipping a closed shadow pair: ${msg} (host=${pair.hostBackendNodeId}, shadow=${pair.shadowBackendNodeId})`);
+          return null;
+        }
+      }));
+      for (const entry of out) if (entry) resolved.push(entry);
+    }
+
+    // Phase 2: stamp the WeakMap (per-realm), also batched. Track real
+    // successes — earlier shapes returned closedPairs.length and overstated
+    // success when stamps failed.
+    let stamped = 0;
+    for (let i = 0; i < resolved.length; i += CDP_BATCH_SIZE) {
+      const slice = resolved.slice(i, i + CDP_BATCH_SIZE);
+      const results = await Promise.all(slice.map(({ hostObj, shadowObj, pair }) =>
+        cdp.send('Runtime.callFunctionOn', {
+          functionDeclaration: STAMP_FUNCTION,
+          objectId: hostObj.objectId,
+          arguments: [{ objectId: shadowObj.objectId }]
+        }).then(() => true).catch(err => {
+          const msg = err && err.message ? err.message : err;
+          log(`Skipping a closed shadow pair: ${msg} (host=${pair.hostBackendNodeId}, shadow=${pair.shadowBackendNodeId})`);
+          return false;
+        })
+      ));
+      for (const ok of results) if (ok) stamped++;
+    }
+
+    return stamped;
+  } catch (err) {
+    log(`Could not expose closed shadow roots via CDP: ${err && err.message ? err.message : err}`);
+    return -1;
+  } finally {
+    if (domEnabled) {
+      await cdp.send('DOM.disable').catch(disableErr => {
+        log(`DOM.disable failed during closed-shadow cleanup: ${disableErr && disableErr.message ? disableErr.message : disableErr}`);
+      });
+    }
+    delete cdp[IN_FLIGHT];
+  }
+}
+
+// Walk a DOM.getDocument tree (with pierce: true) collecting every
+// closed-shadow host/root pair we encounter. `pierce: true` traverses both
+// shadow boundaries and iframe `contentDocument` boundaries, so a single
+// walk reaches closed shadow hosts inside nested iframes. Recursion is
+// bounded at MAX_SHADOW_DEPTH levels — counted only across shadow/iframe
+// boundary crossings, not plain children — so a deep ordinary DOM doesn't
+// exhaust the budget before reaching its shadow hosts. Exported for tests.
+export function walkCDPNodes(node, pairs, depth = 0) {
+  if (!node || depth >= MAX_SHADOW_DEPTH) return;
+  if (node.shadowRoots) {
+    for (const sr of node.shadowRoots) {
+      if (sr.shadowRootType === 'closed') {
+        pairs.push({
+          hostBackendNodeId: node.backendNodeId,
+          shadowBackendNodeId: sr.backendNodeId
+        });
+      }
+      // crossing a shadow boundary — increment depth
+      walkCDPNodes(sr, pairs, depth + 1);
+    }
+  }
+  if (node.children) {
+    // plain children — same realm, same depth
+    for (const child of node.children) walkCDPNodes(child, pairs, depth);
+  }
+  // pierce: true surfaces iframe content documents on the iframe node;
+  // crossing into the iframe's realm — increment depth.
+  if (node.contentDocument) walkCDPNodes(node.contentDocument, pairs, depth + 1);
+}
+
+export default exposeClosedShadowRoots;
diff --git a/packages/core/src/config.js b/packages/core/src/config.js
index 8ac8601fa..ff20a4f51 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/config.js
+++ b/packages/core/src/config.js
@@ -287,6 +287,14 @@ export const configSchema = {
         type: 'boolean',
         default: false
       },
+      ignoreIframeSelectors: {
+        type: 'array',
+        default: [],
+        items: {
+          type: 'string',
+          minLength: 1
+        }
+      },
       pseudoClassEnabledElements: {
         type: 'object',
         additionalProperties: false,
@@ -511,6 +519,7 @@ export const snapshotSchema = {
         scopeOptions: { $ref: '/config/snapshot#/properties/scopeOptions' },
         ignoreCanvasSerializationErrors: { $ref: '/config/snapshot#/properties/ignoreCanvasSerializationErrors' },
         ignoreStyleSheetSerializationErrors: { $ref: '/config/snapshot#/properties/ignoreStyleSheetSerializationErrors' },
+        ignoreIframeSelectors: { $ref: '/config/snapshot#/properties/ignoreIframeSelectors' },
         pseudoClassEnabledElements: { $ref: '/config/snapshot#/properties/pseudoClassEnabledElements' },
         discovery: {
           type: 'object',
diff --git a/packages/core/src/page.js b/packages/core/src/page.js
index 8bef91afc..3f87d1b03 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/page.js
+++ b/packages/core/src/page.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import fs from 'fs';
 import logger from '@percy/logger';
 import Network from './network.js';
+import { exposeClosedShadowRoots } from './closed-shadow.js';
 import { PERCY_DOM } from './api.js';
 import {
   hostname,
@@ -9,6 +10,49 @@ import {
   serializeFunction
 } from './utils.js';
 
+// Internal ceiling on the customElements wait. Set tight (500ms) so a
+// page with a never-registering custom element — third-party widget whose
+// loader is blocked, typo'd tag name, etc. — doesn't add a full 1500ms to
+// every snapshot. Real cascades of legitimate lazy-defined elements
+// complete well within this budget; the loop also exits early as soon as
+// `:not(:defined)` clears.
+export const DEFAULT_WAIT_FOR_CUSTOM_ELEMENTS_TIMEOUT = 500;
+
+// Body of the customElements wait. Runs in the browser via
+// Runtime.callFunctionOn. Re-polls each tick so lazy-defined element
+// cascades are awaited up to the deadline.
+//
+// IMPORTANT: this body is intentionally ES5 — it is evaluated in the
+// page's realm and must work in any browser the page targets. Don't
+// "modernize" with arrow functions, let/const, or optional chaining.
+export const WAIT_FOR_CUSTOM_ELEMENTS_BODY = `
+  var deadline = Date.now() + (arguments[0] || 500);
+  return new Promise(function(resolve) {
+    function tick() {
+      var undef = document.querySelectorAll(":not(:defined)");
+      if (!undef.length) return resolve();
+      if (Date.now() >= deadline) return resolve();
+      var names = {};
+      for (var i = 0; i < undef.length; i++) names[undef[i].localName] = true;
+      var promises = Object.keys(names).map(function(n) {
+        return window.customElements.whenDefined(n).catch(function(){});
+      });
+      Promise.race([
+        Promise.all(promises),
+        new Promise(function(r) { setTimeout(r, 100); })
+      ]).then(tick);
+    }
+    tick();
+  });
+`;
+
+/* istanbul ignore next: runs in the page realm via Runtime.callFunctionOn,
+   not in the test process — there is no way to instrument it from here */
+function serializeDomCapture(_, options) {
+  /* eslint-disable-next-line no-undef */
+  return { domSnapshot: PercyDOM.serialize(options), url: document.URL };
+}
+
 export class Page {
   static TIMEOUT = undefined;
 
@@ -187,7 +231,7 @@ export class Page {
     execute,
     ...snapshot
   }) {
-    let { name, width, enableJavaScript, disableShadowDOM, forceShadowAsLightDOM, domTransformation, reshuffleInvalidTags, ignoreCanvasSerializationErrors, ignoreStyleSheetSerializationErrors, pseudoClassEnabledElements } = snapshot;
+    let { name, width, enableJavaScript, disableShadowDOM, forceShadowAsLightDOM, domTransformation, reshuffleInvalidTags, ignoreCanvasSerializationErrors, ignoreStyleSheetSerializationErrors, ignoreIframeSelectors, pseudoClassEnabledElements } = snapshot;
     this.log.debug(`Taking snapshot: ${name}${width ? ` @${width}px` : ''}`, this.meta);
 
     // wait for any specified timeout
@@ -211,21 +255,58 @@ export class Page {
     // wait for any final network activity before capturing the dom snapshot
     await this.network.idle();
 
+    // Pre-snapshot best-effort steps: waiting for lazy custom elements and
+    // discovering closed shadow roots via CDP. Both target a fully-loaded
+    // page; if the session has already terminated, skip them so the proper
+    // crash/close error surfaces from the downstream insertPercyDom +
+    // serialize evals (which gate on the same session).
+    //
+    // Ordering is load-bearing: closed-shadow capture must run AFTER the
+    // customElements wait so we catch shadows attached inside upgrade /
+    // connectedCallback hooks. Don't reorder or parallelise these.
+    if (!this.session.closedReason) {
+      // Best-effort: a flaky page should not break the snapshot.
+      try {
+        await this.eval(WAIT_FOR_CUSTOM_ELEMENTS_BODY, DEFAULT_WAIT_FOR_CUSTOM_ELEMENTS_TIMEOUT);
+      } catch (err) {
+        /* istanbul ignore next: best-effort log; defensive against non-Error throws */
+        this.log.debug(`Custom elements wait failed: ${err.message ?? err}`, this.meta);
+      }
+
+      if (!disableShadowDOM) {
+        await exposeClosedShadowRoots(this.session, this._logShadowDebug.bind(this));
+      }
+    }
+
     await this.insertPercyDom();
 
     // serialize and capture a DOM snapshot
     this.log.debug('Serialize DOM', this.meta);
 
-    /* istanbul ignore next: no instrumenting injected code */
-    let capture = await this.eval((_, options) => ({
-      /* eslint-disable-next-line no-undef */
-      domSnapshot: PercyDOM.serialize(options),
-      url: document.URL
-    }), { enableJavaScript, disableShadowDOM, forceShadowAsLightDOM, domTransformation, reshuffleInvalidTags, ignoreCanvasSerializationErrors, ignoreStyleSheetSerializationErrors, pseudoClassEnabledElements });
+    let capture = await this.eval(serializeDomCapture, {
+      enableJavaScript,
+      disableShadowDOM,
+      forceShadowAsLightDOM,
+      domTransformation,
+      reshuffleInvalidTags,
+      ignoreCanvasSerializationErrors,
+      ignoreStyleSheetSerializationErrors,
+      ignoreIframeSelectors,
+      pseudoClassEnabledElements
+    });
 
     return { ...snapshot, ...capture };
   }
 
+  // Logger for the closed-shadow CDP helper. Defined on the prototype (not
+  // a class-field arrow) so it's reachable from a unit test that constructs
+  // a Page via Object.create without invoking the constructor — gives us a
+  // direct way to cover the callback without simulating a closed shadow
+  // discovery flow at the integration level.
+  _logShadowDebug(msg) {
+    this.log.debug(msg, this.meta);
+  }
+
   // Initialize newly attached pages and iframes with page options
   _handleAttachedToTarget = event => {
     let session = !event ? this.session
diff --git a/packages/core/test/percy.test.js b/packages/core/test/percy.test.js
index e40509bb8..d34ce9d3f 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/percy.test.js
+++ b/packages/core/test/percy.test.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import Percy from '@percy/core';
 import Pako from 'pako';
 import DetectProxy from '@percy/client/detect-proxy';
 import { validateSnapshotOptions } from '../src/snapshot.js';
+import { Page, WAIT_FOR_CUSTOM_ELEMENTS_BODY } from '../src/page.js';
 
 describe('Percy', () => {
   let percy, server;
@@ -83,7 +84,8 @@ describe('Percy', () => {
       responsiveSnapshotCapture: false,
       ignoreCanvasSerializationErrors: false,
       ignoreStyleSheetSerializationErrors: false,
-      forceShadowAsLightDOM: false
+      forceShadowAsLightDOM: false,
+      ignoreIframeSelectors: []
     });
   });
 
@@ -110,7 +112,7 @@ describe('Percy', () => {
     });
 
     // expect required arguments are passed to PercyDOM.serialize
-    expect(evalSpy.calls.allArgs()[3]).toEqual(jasmine.arrayContaining([jasmine.anything(), { enableJavaScript: undefined, disableShadowDOM: true, domTransformation: undefined, reshuffleInvalidTags: undefined, ignoreCanvasSerializationErrors: undefined, ignoreStyleSheetSerializationErrors: undefined, forceShadowAsLightDOM: undefined, pseudoClassEnabledElements: undefined }]));
+    expect(evalSpy.calls.allArgs()[4]).toEqual(jasmine.arrayContaining([jasmine.anything(), { enableJavaScript: undefined, disableShadowDOM: true, domTransformation: undefined, reshuffleInvalidTags: undefined, ignoreCanvasSerializationErrors: undefined, ignoreStyleSheetSerializationErrors: undefined, ignoreIframeSelectors: undefined, forceShadowAsLightDOM: undefined, pseudoClassEnabledElements: undefined }]));
 
     expect(snapshot.url).toEqual('http://localhost:8000/');
     expect(snapshot.domSnapshot).toEqual(jasmine.objectContaining({
@@ -120,6 +122,100 @@ describe('Percy', () => {
     }));
   });
 
+  it('Page._logShadowDebug forwards messages to log.debug with page meta', () => {
+    // Covers the callback Page passes to exposeClosedShadowRoots. Real
+    // snapshot tests don't fire it (no closed shadows in their HTML, no
+    // CDP error path), so exercise the method directly via Object.create
+    // with a stubbed log/meta.
+    let page = Object.create(Page.prototype);
+    let calls = [];
+    page.log = { debug: (msg, meta) => calls.push([msg, meta]) };
+    page.meta = { snapshot: { name: 'parity' } };
+    page._logShadowDebug('found 3 closed shadow root(s)');
+    expect(calls).toEqual([['found 3 closed shadow root(s)', page.meta]]);
+  });
+
+  it('skips closed-shadow CDP discovery when snapshot.disableShadowDOM is set', async () => {
+    // When the per-snapshot disableShadowDOM flag is true, page.snapshot()
+    // skips the exposeClosedShadowRoots CDP call. Verify by inspecting
+    // session.send call args — the DOM.getDocument send (driven only by
+    // exposeClosedShadowRoots) must not appear during this snapshot.
+    server.reply('/', () => [200, 'text/html', '<p>hi</p>']);
+    await percy.browser.launch();
+    let page = await percy.browser.page();
+    let sendSpy = spyOn(page.session, 'send').and.callThrough();
+    await page.goto('http://localhost:8000');
+    sendSpy.calls.reset();
+    await page.snapshot({ disableShadowDOM: true });
+    let domGetDocSends = sendSpy.calls.allArgs().filter(a => a[0] === 'DOM.getDocument');
+    expect(domGetDocSends.length).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it('skips pre-snapshot wait and closed-shadow capture when the session is already closed', async () => {
+    // Regression for the closedReason gate: when the page session has
+    // already terminated, page.snapshot() must skip the customElements
+    // wait + exposeClosedShadowRoots so the proper close error surfaces
+    // from the downstream insertPercyDom (which gates on the same
+    // session) rather than leaking a confusing CDP error first.
+    //
+    // network.idle() ALSO checks closedReason and throws upstream of the
+    // gate, so we stub it to resolve cleanly — the test must reach line
+    // 261 with closedReason already set in order to exercise the false
+    // branch of the if.
+    server.reply('/', () => [200, 'text/html', '<p>hi</p>']);
+    await percy.browser.launch();
+    let page = await percy.browser.page();
+    let sendSpy = spyOn(page.session, 'send').and.callThrough();
+    let evalSpy = spyOn(page, 'eval').and.callThrough();
+    await page.goto('http://localhost:8000');
+    sendSpy.calls.reset();
+    evalSpy.calls.reset();
+
+    spyOn(page.network, 'idle').and.resolveTo(undefined);
+    page.session.closedReason = 'session closed';
+
+    await expectAsync(page.snapshot({})).toBeRejected();
+
+    // Both pre-snapshot best-effort steps must have been skipped. Match the
+    // wait body by identity against the exported constant so a future
+    // rename of internals inside the body doesn't silently turn this
+    // filter into a no-op.
+    let waitEvals = evalSpy.calls.allArgs().filter(([body]) =>
+      body === WAIT_FOR_CUSTOM_ELEMENTS_BODY);
+    expect(waitEvals.length).toBe(0);
+    let domGetDocSends = sendSpy.calls.allArgs().filter(a => a[0] === 'DOM.getDocument');
+    expect(domGetDocSends.length).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it('continues the snapshot when the customElements wait throws', async () => {
+    // The wait is best-effort — a flaky page that errors during the
+    // customElements.whenDefined poll must not break the snapshot. Force
+    // the wait eval to throw and assert that (a) the snapshot still
+    // resolves and (b) the failure is captured in the debug log.
+    server.reply('/', () => [200, 'text/html', '<p>hi</p>']);
+    await percy.browser.launch();
+    let page = await percy.browser.page();
+    logger.loglevel('debug');
+    await page.goto('http://localhost:8000');
+
+    let originalEval = page.eval.bind(page);
+    spyOn(page, 'eval').and.callFake((body, ...args) => {
+      // Identity-match the exported constant rather than substring-matching
+      // implementation details inside the body — a rename of any internal
+      // local would otherwise silently turn this fake into a passthrough.
+      if (body === WAIT_FOR_CUSTOM_ELEMENTS_BODY) {
+        throw new Error('boom');
+      }
+      return originalEval(body, ...args);
+    });
+
+    await expectAsync(page.snapshot({ disableShadowDOM: true })).toBeResolved();
+
+    expect(logger.stderr).toEqual(jasmine.arrayContaining([
+      jasmine.stringMatching(/Custom elements wait failed: boom/)
+    ]));
+  });
+
   describe('.start()', () => {
     // rather than stub prototypes, extend and mock
     class TestPercy extends Percy {
@@ -2217,9 +2313,10 @@ describe('Percy', () => {
       percy = new Percy({ token: 'PERCY_TOKEN', archiveDir: './percy-archive' });
       await expectAsync(percy.start()).toBeResolved();
 
-      expect(percy.archiveDir).toMatch(/\/percy-archive$/);
+      // Windows resolves to backslash separators; match either / or \.
+      expect(percy.archiveDir).toMatch(/[\\/]percy-archive$/);
       expect(logger.stdout).toEqual(jasmine.arrayContaining([
-        jasmine.stringMatching(/Archiving snapshots to: .*\/percy-archive/)
+        jasmine.stringMatching(/Archiving snapshots to: .*[\\/]percy-archive/)
       ]));
     });
 
@@ -2250,7 +2347,7 @@ describe('Percy', () => {
       await expectAsync(percy.stop()).toBeResolved();
 
       expect(logger.stdout).toEqual(jasmine.arrayContaining([
-        jasmine.stringMatching(/Archived 1 snapshot\(s\) to: .*\/percy-archive/)
+        jasmine.stringMatching(/Archived 1 snapshot\(s\) to: .*[\\/]percy-archive/)
       ]));
     });
 
diff --git a/packages/core/test/unit/archive.test.js b/packages/core/test/unit/archive.test.js
index bfab5f9d0..0b61e2362 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/unit/archive.test.js
+++ b/packages/core/test/unit/archive.test.js
@@ -12,18 +12,25 @@ import {
 describe('Unit / Archive', () => {
   describe('validateArchiveDir', () => {
     it('resolves a valid path', () => {
-      let result = validateArchiveDir('/tmp/percy-archive');
-      expect(result).toBe('/tmp/percy-archive');
+      // Use path.resolve to construct the expected value so this works on
+      // Windows (which prepends a drive letter) as well as POSIX.
+      let input = path.resolve('/tmp/percy-archive');
+      let result = validateArchiveDir(input);
+      expect(result).toBe(input);
     });
 
     it('resolves a relative path to absolute', () => {
       let result = validateArchiveDir('./percy-archive');
-      expect(result).toMatch(/\/percy-archive$/);
+      // Windows resolves to backslash separators; match either / or \.
+      expect(result).toMatch(/[\\/]percy-archive$/);
       expect(result).not.toContain('..');
     });
 
     it('rejects paths that resolve to traversal segments', () => {
-      let traversal = '/foo/../../etc';
+      // Construct the path using the platform path.sep so the traversal
+      // check (which splits on path.sep) sees the '..' segments on both
+      // POSIX and Windows.
+      let traversal = ['', 'foo', '..', '..', 'etc'].join(path.sep);
       spyOn(path, 'resolve').and.returnValue(traversal);
       spyOn(path, 'normalize').and.returnValue(traversal);
 
@@ -194,6 +201,10 @@ describe('Unit / Archive', () => {
 
     it('skips symlink entries with a warning', () => {
       let archiveDir = '.test-archive-symlink';
+      // Clean any stale dir from a previous failed run — without this,
+      // Windows CI hits EEXIST on the symlink because the dir persists
+      // between runs.
+      fs.rmSync(archiveDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
       fs.mkdirSync(archiveDir, { recursive: true });
       fs.writeFileSync(`${archiveDir}/target.json`, '{}');
       fs.symlinkSync(
diff --git a/packages/core/test/unit/closed-shadow.test.js b/packages/core/test/unit/closed-shadow.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..930cab6a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/test/unit/closed-shadow.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,367 @@
+import exposeClosedShadowRoots, { walkCDPNodes } from '../../src/closed-shadow.js';
+
+describe('exposeClosedShadowRoots', () => {
+  function makeCdp(handlers) {
+    let calls = [];
+    return {
+      calls,
+      send: (method, params) => {
+        calls.push([method, params]);
+        let h = handlers[method];
+        if (typeof h === 'function') return h(params);
+        return Promise.resolve(h ?? {});
+      }
+    };
+  }
+
+  it('returns -1 for invalid cdp inputs', async () => {
+    expect(await exposeClosedShadowRoots(null)).toBe(-1);
+    expect(await exposeClosedShadowRoots({})).toBe(-1);
+    expect(await exposeClosedShadowRoots({ send: 'not a function' })).toBe(-1);
+  });
+
+  it('returns 0 and disables DOM domain when no closed shadows exist', async () => {
+    let cdp = makeCdp({
+      'DOM.getDocument': () => Promise.resolve({
+        root: {
+          backendNodeId: 1,
+          children: [
+            { backendNodeId: 2, children: [] },
+            { backendNodeId: 3, shadowRoots: [{ shadowRootType: 'open', backendNodeId: 4 }] }
+          ]
+        }
+      })
+    });
+    expect(await exposeClosedShadowRoots(cdp)).toBe(0);
+    expect(cdp.calls.find(c => c[0] === 'DOM.disable')).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
+  it('exposes closed shadow roots via Runtime.callFunctionOn (per-realm install)', async () => {
+    // The stamp function body must reference ownerDocument.defaultView so
+    // hosts in any realm install the WeakMap on the right window.
+    let cdp = makeCdp({
+      'DOM.getDocument': () => Promise.resolve({
+        root: {
+          backendNodeId: 1,
+          children: [
+            {
+              backendNodeId: 2,
+              shadowRoots: [
+                { shadowRootType: 'closed', backendNodeId: 10, children: [] },
+                { shadowRootType: 'open', backendNodeId: 11, children: [] }
+              ]
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      }),
+      'DOM.resolveNode': ({ backendNodeId }) => Promise.resolve({
+        object: { objectId: `obj-${backendNodeId}` }
+      })
+    });
+
+    let logs = [];
+    expect(await exposeClosedShadowRoots(cdp, msg => logs.push(msg))).toBe(1);
+
+    let runtimeCalls = cdp.calls.filter(c => c[0] === 'Runtime.callFunctionOn');
+    expect(runtimeCalls.length).toBe(1);
+    expect(runtimeCalls[0][1].objectId).toBe('obj-2');
+    expect(runtimeCalls[0][1].arguments[0].objectId).toBe('obj-10');
+    expect(runtimeCalls[0][1].functionDeclaration).toContain('ownerDocument.defaultView');
+    expect(runtimeCalls[0][1].functionDeclaration).toContain('__percyClosedShadowRoots');
+
+    // No standalone Runtime.evaluate to install the WeakMap — install is
+    // bundled into the per-pair stamp now.
+    expect(cdp.calls.find(c => c[0] === 'Runtime.evaluate')).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(logs[0]).toContain('Found 1 closed shadow root');
+  });
+
+  it('returns the count of successfully stamped pairs, not just discovered', async () => {
+    // 2 pairs discovered; second callFunctionOn rejects. Return value
+    // reflects only the 1 that succeeded.
+    let cfoCalls = 0;
+    let cdp = makeCdp({
+      'DOM.getDocument': () => Promise.resolve({
+        root: {
+          backendNodeId: 1,
+          shadowRoots: [
+            { shadowRootType: 'closed', backendNodeId: 10 },
+            { shadowRootType: 'closed', backendNodeId: 20 }
+          ]
+        }
+      }),
+      'DOM.resolveNode': ({ backendNodeId }) => Promise.resolve({
+        object: { objectId: `obj-${backendNodeId}` }
+      }),
+      'Runtime.callFunctionOn': () => {
+        cfoCalls++;
+        if (cfoCalls === 1) return Promise.reject(new Error('detached'));
+        return Promise.resolve({});
+      }
+    });
+    let logs = [];
+    expect(await exposeClosedShadowRoots(cdp, m => logs.push(m))).toBe(1);
+    expect(logs.some(m => m.includes('Skipping a closed shadow pair: detached'))).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('returns 0 when every stamp fails', async () => {
+    let cdp = makeCdp({
+      'DOM.getDocument': () => Promise.resolve({
+        root: {
+          backendNodeId: 1,
+          shadowRoots: [{ shadowRootType: 'closed', backendNodeId: 10 }]
+        }
+      }),
+      'DOM.resolveNode': ({ backendNodeId }) => Promise.resolve({
+        object: { objectId: `obj-${backendNodeId}` }
+      }),
+      'Runtime.callFunctionOn': () => Promise.reject(new Error('all bad'))
+    });
+    expect(await exposeClosedShadowRoots(cdp)).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it('skips a single bad resolveNode pair and continues with the rest', async () => {
+    let resolveCalls = 0;
+    let cdp = makeCdp({
+      'DOM.getDocument': () => Promise.resolve({
+        root: {
+          backendNodeId: 1,
+          shadowRoots: [
+            { shadowRootType: 'closed', backendNodeId: 100 },
+            { shadowRootType: 'closed', backendNodeId: 200 }
+          ]
+        }
+      }),
+      'DOM.resolveNode': () => {
+        resolveCalls++;
+        if (resolveCalls === 1) return Promise.reject(new Error('node detached'));
+        return Promise.resolve({ object: { objectId: `obj-${resolveCalls}` } });
+      }
+    });
+
+    let logs = [];
+    let result = await exposeClosedShadowRoots(cdp, msg => logs.push(msg));
+    // Only one pair survived resolveNode → 1 stamp succeeded.
+    expect(result).toBe(1);
+    expect(logs.some(m => m.includes('Skipping a closed shadow pair'))).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('returns -1 and logs when DOM.enable / DOM.getDocument throws', async () => {
+    let cdp = makeCdp({
+      'DOM.enable': () => Promise.reject(new Error('CDP domain unavailable'))
+    });
+    let logs = [];
+    expect(await exposeClosedShadowRoots(cdp, msg => logs.push(msg))).toBe(-1);
+    expect(logs.some(m => m.includes('CDP domain unavailable'))).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('uses a default no-op log when no callback is supplied', async () => {
+    let cdp = makeCdp({ 'DOM.enable': () => Promise.reject(new Error('exercise default log')) });
+    expect(await exposeClosedShadowRoots(cdp)).toBe(-1);
+  });
+
+  it('tolerates non-Error thrown values in the catch path', async () => {
+    const nonErrorReason = 'plain string';
+    let cdp = makeCdp({ 'DOM.enable': () => Promise.reject(nonErrorReason) });
+    let logs = [];
+    expect(await exposeClosedShadowRoots(cdp, m => logs.push(m))).toBe(-1);
+    expect(logs[0]).toContain('plain string');
+  });
+
+  it('tolerates a non-Error thrown by DOM.resolveNode (per-pair catch)', async () => {
+    const nonErrorReason = 'detached';
+    let cdp = makeCdp({
+      'DOM.getDocument': () => Promise.resolve({
+        root: {
+          backendNodeId: 1,
+          shadowRoots: [{ shadowRootType: 'closed', backendNodeId: 100 }]
+        }
+      }),
+      'DOM.resolveNode': () => Promise.reject(nonErrorReason)
+    });
+    let logs = [];
+    expect(await exposeClosedShadowRoots(cdp, m => logs.push(m))).toBe(0);
+    expect(logs.some(m => m.includes('Skipping a closed shadow pair: detached'))).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('tolerates a non-Error thrown by Runtime.callFunctionOn (per-pair catch)', async () => {
+    const nonErrorReason = 'cfo-string';
+    let cdp = makeCdp({
+      'DOM.getDocument': () => Promise.resolve({
+        root: {
+          backendNodeId: 1,
+          shadowRoots: [{ shadowRootType: 'closed', backendNodeId: 100 }]
+        }
+      }),
+      'DOM.resolveNode': ({ backendNodeId }) => Promise.resolve({ object: { objectId: `obj-${backendNodeId}` } }),
+      'Runtime.callFunctionOn': () => Promise.reject(nonErrorReason)
+    });
+    let logs = [];
+    expect(await exposeClosedShadowRoots(cdp, m => logs.push(m))).toBe(0);
+    expect(logs.some(m => m.includes('Skipping a closed shadow pair: cfo-string'))).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('logs (rather than swallowing silently) when DOM.disable rejects in finally', async () => {
+    let cdp = makeCdp({
+      'DOM.getDocument': () => Promise.resolve({ root: { backendNodeId: 1 } }),
+      'DOM.disable': () => Promise.reject(new Error('disable failed'))
+    });
+    let logs = [];
+    expect(await exposeClosedShadowRoots(cdp, m => logs.push(m))).toBe(0);
+    expect(logs.some(m => m.includes('DOM.disable failed') && m.includes('disable failed'))).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('tolerates a non-Error thrown by DOM.disable in finally', async () => {
+    const nonErrorReason = 'disable-string';
+    let cdp = makeCdp({
+      'DOM.getDocument': () => Promise.resolve({ root: { backendNodeId: 1 } }),
+      'DOM.disable': () => Promise.reject(nonErrorReason)
+    });
+    let logs = [];
+    expect(await exposeClosedShadowRoots(cdp, m => logs.push(m))).toBe(0);
+    expect(logs.some(m => m.includes('DOM.disable failed') && m.includes('disable-string'))).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('processes more pairs than the batch size in multiple passes', async () => {
+    const shadowRoots = [];
+    for (let i = 0; i < 20; i++) {
+      shadowRoots.push({ shadowRootType: 'closed', backendNodeId: 100 + i });
+    }
+    let cdp = makeCdp({
+      'DOM.getDocument': () => Promise.resolve({
+        root: { backendNodeId: 1, shadowRoots }
+      }),
+      'DOM.resolveNode': ({ backendNodeId }) => Promise.resolve({
+        object: { objectId: `obj-${backendNodeId}` }
+      })
+    });
+    expect(await exposeClosedShadowRoots(cdp)).toBe(20);
+    let cfoCalls = cdp.calls.filter(c => c[0] === 'Runtime.callFunctionOn');
+    expect(cfoCalls.length).toBe(20);
+  });
+
+  it('rejects concurrent invocations on the same session', async () => {
+    // First invocation parks at DOM.getDocument; second invocation arrives,
+    // sees the in-flight guard, and bails immediately with -1.
+    let release;
+    let getDocPromise = new Promise(resolve => { release = resolve; });
+    let cdp = makeCdp({
+      'DOM.getDocument': () => getDocPromise.then(() => ({
+        root: {
+          backendNodeId: 1,
+          shadowRoots: [{ shadowRootType: 'closed', backendNodeId: 10 }]
+        }
+      })),
+      'DOM.resolveNode': ({ backendNodeId }) => Promise.resolve({
+        object: { objectId: `obj-${backendNodeId}` }
+      })
+    });
+
+    let logs = [];
+    let first = exposeClosedShadowRoots(cdp, m => logs.push(m));
+    // Yield so the first call sets the in-flight guard before the second starts.
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    let second = exposeClosedShadowRoots(cdp, m => logs.push(m));
+    expect(await second).toBe(-1);
+    expect(logs.some(m => m.includes('Skipping concurrent closed-shadow CDP discovery'))).toBe(true);
+
+    release();
+    expect(await first).toBe(1);
+
+    // After the first call finishes, the guard is cleared — a fresh invocation
+    // proceeds normally.
+    let third = await exposeClosedShadowRoots(cdp);
+    expect(third).toBe(1);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('walkCDPNodes', () => {
+  it('does nothing for null/undefined', () => {
+    let pairs = [];
+    walkCDPNodes(null, pairs);
+    walkCDPNodes(undefined, pairs);
+    expect(pairs).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it('records closed pairs and recurses into shadow + child trees', () => {
+    let pairs = [];
+    walkCDPNodes({
+      backendNodeId: 1,
+      shadowRoots: [
+        {
+          shadowRootType: 'closed',
+          backendNodeId: 10,
+          children: [{
+            backendNodeId: 11,
+            shadowRoots: [{ shadowRootType: 'closed', backendNodeId: 12 }]
+          }]
+        }
+      ],
+      children: [
+        { backendNodeId: 2, shadowRoots: [{ shadowRootType: 'open', backendNodeId: 20 }] }
+      ]
+    }, pairs);
+    expect(pairs).toEqual([
+      { hostBackendNodeId: 1, shadowBackendNodeId: 10 },
+      { hostBackendNodeId: 11, shadowBackendNodeId: 12 }
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('descends into iframe contentDocument from pierce: true', () => {
+    let pairs = [];
+    walkCDPNodes({
+      backendNodeId: 1,
+      children: [{
+        backendNodeId: 2,
+        nodeName: 'IFRAME',
+        contentDocument: {
+          backendNodeId: 3,
+          children: [{
+            backendNodeId: 4,
+            shadowRoots: [{ shadowRootType: 'closed', backendNodeId: 5 }]
+          }]
+        }
+      }]
+    }, pairs);
+    expect(pairs).toEqual([
+      { hostBackendNodeId: 4, shadowBackendNodeId: 5 }
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('does NOT count plain children toward the depth budget', () => {
+    // 30 plain children deep, then a closed shadow root at the bottom.
+    // Without the boundary-only depth rule a 10-level plain-child cap would
+    // miss this; the new rule only increments depth on shadow/iframe
+    // boundary crossings, so the shadow at the bottom is still captured.
+    let leaf = {
+      backendNodeId: 9999,
+      shadowRoots: [{ shadowRootType: 'closed', backendNodeId: 10000 }]
+    };
+    for (let i = 0; i < 30; i++) {
+      leaf = { backendNodeId: 1000 + i, children: [leaf] };
+    }
+    let pairs = [];
+    walkCDPNodes(leaf, pairs);
+    expect(pairs).toEqual([
+      { hostBackendNodeId: 9999, shadowBackendNodeId: 10000 }
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('caps shadow boundary recursion at MAX_SHADOW_DEPTH (10)', () => {
+    // Build a chain of nested closed shadow hosts. Each shadow boundary
+    // increments depth, so a 30-link chain truncates at 10 pairs.
+    let leaf = { backendNodeId: 9999 };
+    for (let i = 0; i < 30; i++) {
+      leaf = {
+        backendNodeId: 1000 + i,
+        shadowRoots: [{
+          shadowRootType: 'closed',
+          backendNodeId: 2000 + i,
+          children: [leaf]
+        }]
+      };
+    }
+    let pairs = [];
+    walkCDPNodes(leaf, pairs);
+    expect(pairs.length).toBe(10);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/dom/src/clone-dom.js b/packages/dom/src/clone-dom.js
index 5f9371166..89e752986 100644
--- a/packages/dom/src/clone-dom.js
+++ b/packages/dom/src/clone-dom.js
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@
 import markElement from './prepare-dom';
 import applyElementTransformations from './transform-dom';
 import serializeBase64 from './serialize-base64';
-import { handleErrors } from './utils';
+import { handleErrors, isCustomElement } from './utils';
+import {
+  getClosedShadowRoot,
+  hasClosedShadowRoot
+} from './shadow-utils';
 
 /**
  * Deep clone a document while also preserving shadow roots
@@ -16,13 +20,17 @@ import { handleErrors } from './utils';
 const ignoreTags = ['NOSCRIPT'];
 
 /**
- * if a custom element has attribute callback then cloneNode calls a callback that can
- * increase CPU load or some other change.
- * So we want to make sure that it is not called when doing serialization.
-*/
+ * Clone an element without triggering custom element lifecycle callbacks.
+ * Custom elements with callbacks or closed shadow roots are cloned as proxy elements
+ * to prevent constructors from running (which could call attachShadow, fetch data, etc).
+ */
 function cloneElementWithoutLifecycle(element) {
-  if (!(element.attributeChangedCallback) || !element.tagName.includes('-')) {
-    return element.cloneNode(); // Standard clone for non-custom elements
+  let isCustom = isCustomElement(element);
+  let hasClosedShadow = isCustom && hasClosedShadowRoot(element);
+  let hasCallbacks = isCustom && element.attributeChangedCallback;
+
+  if (!isCustom || (!hasCallbacks && !hasClosedShadow)) {
+    return element.cloneNode();
   }
 
   const cloned = document.createElement('data-percy-custom-element-' + element.tagName);
@@ -65,6 +73,10 @@ export function cloneNodeAndShadow(ctx) {
 
       let clone = cloneElementWithoutLifecycle(node);
 
+      // Custom-element :state() is captured by the fallback path in
+      // serialize-custom-states.js (live el.matches against state names
+      // discovered in CSS) — no clone-time fast path remains.
+
       // Handle <style> tag specifically for media queries
       if (node.nodeName === 'STYLE' && !enableJavaScript) {
         let cssText = node.textContent?.trim() || '';
@@ -98,11 +110,13 @@ export function cloneNodeAndShadow(ctx) {
         Array.from(clone.children).forEach((child) => clone.removeChild(child));
       }
 
-      // clone shadow DOM
-      if (node.shadowRoot && !disableShadowDOM) {
+      // clone shadow DOM (including closed shadow roots captured via CDP
+      // and stored on window.__percyClosedShadowRoots)
+      let nodeShadowRoot = node.shadowRoot || getClosedShadowRoot(node);
+      if (nodeShadowRoot && !disableShadowDOM) {
         if (forceShadowAsLightDOM) {
           // When forceShadowAsLightDOM is true, treat shadow content as normal DOM
-          walkTree(node.shadowRoot.firstChild, clone);
+          walkTree(nodeShadowRoot.firstChild, clone);
         } else {
           // create shadowRoot
           if (clone.shadowRoot) {
@@ -115,7 +129,7 @@ export function cloneNodeAndShadow(ctx) {
             });
           }
           // clone dom elements
-          walkTree(node.shadowRoot.firstChild, clone.shadowRoot);
+          walkTree(nodeShadowRoot.firstChild, clone.shadowRoot);
         }
       }
 
diff --git a/packages/dom/src/prepare-dom.js b/packages/dom/src/prepare-dom.js
index 13d5f15af..d868afab5 100644
--- a/packages/dom/src/prepare-dom.js
+++ b/packages/dom/src/prepare-dom.js
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+import { getShadowRoot } from './shadow-utils';
+import { isCustomElement } from './utils';
+
 // Returns a mostly random uid.
 export function uid() {
   return `_${Math.random().toString(36).substr(2, 9)}`;
@@ -5,14 +8,20 @@ export function uid() {
 
 export function markElement(domElement, disableShadowDOM, forceShadowAsLightDOM) {
   // Mark elements that are to be serialized later with a data attribute.
-  if (['input', 'textarea', 'select', 'iframe', 'canvas', 'video', 'style', 'dialog'].includes(domElement.tagName?.toLowerCase())) {
+  // Custom elements with ElementInternals or closed shadow roots also get
+  // stamped so the post-clone state-fallback can locate their clones.
+  if (
+    ['input', 'textarea', 'select', 'iframe', 'canvas', 'video', 'style', 'dialog'].includes(domElement.tagName?.toLowerCase()) ||
+    isCustomElement(domElement)
+  ) {
     if (!domElement.getAttribute('data-percy-element-id')) {
       domElement.setAttribute('data-percy-element-id', uid());
     }
   }
 
-  // add special marker for shadow host
-  if (!disableShadowDOM && domElement.shadowRoot) {
+  // add special marker for shadow host (including closed shadow roots captured via CDP)
+  let shadowRoot = getShadowRoot(domElement);
+  if (!disableShadowDOM && shadowRoot) {
     // When forceShadowAsLightDOM is true, don't mark as shadow host
     if (!forceShadowAsLightDOM) {
       domElement.setAttribute('data-percy-shadow-host', '');
diff --git a/packages/dom/src/serialize-custom-states.js b/packages/dom/src/serialize-custom-states.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..305c37ca0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/dom/src/serialize-custom-states.js
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+// Serializes ElementInternals custom-element :state() into Percy's clone
+// via [data-percy-custom-state~="X"] attribute selectors.
+//
+// rewriteCustomStateCSS is the only entry point — it walks <style> elements,
+// rewrites :state(X) and legacy :--X (Chrome 90-124) to the data-attribute
+// selector, then for each state name discovered in CSS tests live custom
+// elements with element.matches(':state(name)') and stamps
+// data-percy-custom-state on the corresponding clone. Only states with at
+// least one CSS rule are captured — states without CSS have no visual
+// effect, so the clone faithfully represents what the page renders.
+
+import { walkShadowDOM } from './shadow-utils';
+import { isCustomElement } from './utils';
+
+// State names that survive into the rewritten attribute selector. Anything
+// else (quotes, brackets, '</style>') would let a hostile page CSS escape
+// the rewritten <style> block or inject extra rules.
+const SAFE_STATE_NAME_RE = /^[-\w]+$/;
+const STATE_ATTR_TEMPLATE = name => `[data-percy-custom-state~="${name}"]`;
+
+export function rewriteCustomStateCSS(ctx) {
+  const stateNames = new Set();
+  const styleElements = collectStyleElements(ctx.clone);
+
+  for (const style of styleElements) {
+    const css = style.textContent;
+    if (!css) continue;
+
+    const modified = rewriteCustomStateSelectors(css, stateNames);
+    if (modified !== css) {
+      // nosemgrep: javascript.browser.security.insecure-document-method.insecure-document-method
+      style.textContent = modified;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (stateNames.size > 0) {
+    addCustomStateAttributes(ctx, stateNames);
+  }
+}
+
+// Rewrites `:state(name)` and the legacy `:--name` to attribute selectors.
+// Names are validated against SAFE_STATE_NAME_RE; unsafe names are left
+// alone so authors notice the bad input rather than getting silent
+// zero-match rules.
+export function rewriteCustomStateSelectors(text, stateNames) {
+  text = text.replace(/:state\(([^)]+)\)/g, (m, name) => {
+    name = name.trim();
+    if (!SAFE_STATE_NAME_RE.test(name)) return m;
+    stateNames.add(name);
+    return STATE_ATTR_TEMPLATE(name);
+  });
+  text = text.replace(/:--([a-zA-Z][\w-]*)/g, (m, name) => {
+    stateNames.add(name);
+    return STATE_ATTR_TEMPLATE(name);
+  });
+  return text;
+}
+
+// Collect <style> elements from the document and every shadow root.
+function collectStyleElements(root) {
+  const styles = [];
+  walkShadowDOM(root, scope => {
+    if (!scope.querySelectorAll) return;
+    for (const el of scope.querySelectorAll('style')) styles.push(el);
+  });
+  return styles;
+}
+
+// :state() supports both the function form and the legacy :--name form.
+// element.matches() may throw on unsupported syntax; tolerate and try both.
+function elementInState(el, name) {
+  for (const sel of [`:state(${name})`, `:--${name}`]) {
+    try {
+      if (el.matches(sel)) return true;
+    } catch (e) {
+      // not supported in this browser — try the next form
+    }
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
+// Test live custom elements against :state(name) for each state name found
+// in CSS, and stamp data-percy-custom-state on the matching clone element.
+//
+// Builds a percyId → cloneEl Map in one walk over the clone tree so the
+// per-element lookup is O(1) — a naive per-element ctx.clone.querySelector
+// scan is O(N × T) for N custom elements and a tree of size T.
+function addCustomStateAttributes(ctx, stateNames) {
+  // ctx.clone is a DocumentFragment we constructed ourselves and shadow
+  // roots always have querySelectorAll, so the visitor doesn't need the
+  // defensive guard the live-DOM walk (below) uses.
+  const cloneByPercyId = new Map();
+  walkShadowDOM(ctx.clone, scope => {
+    for (const el of scope.querySelectorAll('[data-percy-element-id]')) {
+      cloneByPercyId.set(el.getAttribute('data-percy-element-id'), el);
+    }
+  });
+
+  walkShadowDOM(ctx.dom, scope => {
+    if (!scope.querySelectorAll) return;
+    for (const el of scope.querySelectorAll('*')) {
+      if (!isCustomElement(el)) continue;
+      const percyId = el.getAttribute('data-percy-element-id');
+      if (!percyId) continue;
+
+      const cloneEl = cloneByPercyId.get(percyId);
+      if (!cloneEl || cloneEl.hasAttribute('data-percy-custom-state')) continue;
+
+      const matchedStates = [];
+      for (const name of stateNames) {
+        if (elementInState(el, name)) matchedStates.push(name);
+      }
+
+      if (matchedStates.length > 0) {
+        cloneEl.setAttribute('data-percy-custom-state', matchedStates.join(' '));
+      }
+    }
+  });
+}
diff --git a/packages/dom/src/serialize-dom.js b/packages/dom/src/serialize-dom.js
index e830d15ae..0e986998a 100644
--- a/packages/dom/src/serialize-dom.js
+++ b/packages/dom/src/serialize-dom.js
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ import serializeFrames from './serialize-frames';
 import serializeCSSOM from './serialize-cssom';
 import serializeCanvas from './serialize-canvas';
 import serializeVideos from './serialize-video';
-import { serializePseudoClasses, markPseudoClassElements } from './serialize-pseudo-classes';
+import { serializePseudoClasses, markPseudoClassElements, rewriteCustomStateCSS, cleanupInteractiveStateMarkers } from './serialize-pseudo-classes';
 import serializeDialogs from './serialize-dialog';
 import { cloneNodeAndShadow, getOuterHTML } from './clone-dom';
+import { getClosedShadowRoot } from './shadow-utils';
 
 // Returns a copy or new doctype for a document.
 function doctype(dom) {
@@ -49,13 +50,14 @@ function serializeElements(ctx) {
     for (const shadowHost of ctx.dom.querySelectorAll('[data-percy-shadow-host]')) {
       let percyElementId = shadowHost.getAttribute('data-percy-element-id');
       let cloneShadowHost = ctx.clone.querySelector(`[data-percy-element-id="${percyElementId}"]`);
-      if (shadowHost.shadowRoot && cloneShadowHost.shadowRoot) {
+      let origShadow = shadowHost.shadowRoot || getClosedShadowRoot(shadowHost);
+      if (origShadow && cloneShadowHost.shadowRoot) {
         // getHTML requires shadowRoot to be passed explicitly
         // to serialize the shadow elements properly
         ctx.shadowRootElements.push(cloneShadowHost.shadowRoot);
         serializeElements({
           ...ctx,
-          dom: shadowHost.shadowRoot,
+          dom: origShadow,
           clone: cloneShadowHost.shadowRoot
         });
       } else {
@@ -94,6 +96,9 @@ export function serializeDOM(options) {
     ignoreCanvasSerializationErrors = options?.ignore_canvas_serialization_errors,
     ignoreStyleSheetSerializationErrors = options?.ignore_style_sheet_serialization_errors,
     forceShadowAsLightDOM = options?.force_shadow_dom_as_light_dom,
+    ignoreIframeSelectors = options?.ignore_iframe_selectors,
+    maxIframeDepth = options?.max_iframe_depth,
+    iframeDepth = options?.iframe_depth ?? 0,
     pseudoClassEnabledElements = options?.pseudo_class_enabled_elements
   } = options || {};
 
@@ -109,62 +114,76 @@ export function serializeDOM(options) {
     ignoreCanvasSerializationErrors,
     ignoreStyleSheetSerializationErrors,
     forceShadowAsLightDOM,
+    ignoreIframeSelectors,
+    maxIframeDepth,
+    iframeDepth,
     pseudoClassEnabledElements
   };
 
   ctx.dom = dom;
-  markPseudoClassElements(ctx, pseudoClassEnabledElements);
-  ctx.clone = cloneNodeAndShadow(ctx);
 
-  serializeElements(ctx);
+  // markPseudoClassElements writes data-percy-* attributes onto the LIVE DOM.
+  // Wrap it AND everything that follows in try/finally so cleanup runs even
+  // if any step (mark, clone, serialize, transform, html) throws — otherwise
+  // partially-stamped attributes leak into the customer's page (SDK mode
+  // runs in the customer's tab). _liveMutations is appended to incrementally
+  // by stampOnce, so cleanup finds whatever was stamped before the throw.
+  try {
+    markPseudoClassElements(ctx, pseudoClassEnabledElements);
+    ctx.clone = cloneNodeAndShadow(ctx);
+
+    serializeElements(ctx);
+
+    serializePseudoClasses(ctx);
+    rewriteCustomStateCSS(ctx);
+
+    if (domTransformation) {
+      try {
+        // eslint-disable-next-line no-eval
+        if (typeof (domTransformation) === 'string') domTransformation = window.eval(domTransformation);
+        domTransformation(ctx.clone.documentElement);
+      } catch (err) {
+        let errorMessage = `Could not transform the dom: ${err.message}`;
+        ctx.warnings.add(errorMessage);
+        console.error(errorMessage);
+      }
+    }
 
-  // STEP 4: Process pseudo-class enabled elements
-  serializePseudoClasses(ctx);
+    if (reshuffleInvalidTags) {
+      let clonedBody = ctx.clone.body;
+      while (clonedBody.nextSibling) {
+        let sibling = clonedBody.nextSibling;
+        clonedBody.append(sibling);
+      }
+    } else if (ctx.clone.body?.nextSibling) {
+      ctx.hints.add('DOM elements found outside </body>');
+    }
 
-  if (domTransformation) {
+    let cookies = '';
+    // Collecting cookies fail for about://blank page
     try {
-      // eslint-disable-next-line no-eval
-      if (typeof (domTransformation) === 'string') domTransformation = window.eval(domTransformation);
-      domTransformation(ctx.clone.documentElement);
-    } catch (err) {
-      let errorMessage = `Could not transform the dom: ${err.message}`;
+      cookies = dom.cookie;
+    } catch (err) /* istanbul ignore next */ /* Tested this part in discovery.test.js with about:blank page */ {
+      const errorMessage = `Could not capture cookies: ${err.message}`;
       ctx.warnings.add(errorMessage);
       console.error(errorMessage);
     }
-  }
 
-  if (reshuffleInvalidTags) {
-    let clonedBody = ctx.clone.body;
-    while (clonedBody.nextSibling) {
-      let sibling = clonedBody.nextSibling;
-      clonedBody.append(sibling);
-    }
-  } else if (ctx.clone.body?.nextSibling) {
-    ctx.hints.add('DOM elements found outside </body>');
+    let result = {
+      html: serializeHTML(ctx),
+      cookies: cookies,
+      userAgent: navigator.userAgent,
+      warnings: Array.from(ctx.warnings),
+      resources: Array.from(ctx.resources),
+      hints: Array.from(ctx.hints)
+    };
+
+    return stringifyResponse
+      ? JSON.stringify(result)
+      : result;
+  } finally {
+    cleanupInteractiveStateMarkers(ctx);
   }
-
-  let cookies = '';
-  // Collecting cookies fail for about://blank page
-  try {
-    cookies = dom.cookie;
-  } catch (err) /* istanbul ignore next */ /* Tested this part in discovery.test.js with about:blank page */ {
-    const errorMessage = `Could not capture cookies: ${err.message}`;
-    ctx.warnings.add(errorMessage);
-    console.error(errorMessage);
-  }
-
-  let result = {
-    html: serializeHTML(ctx),
-    cookies: cookies,
-    userAgent: navigator.userAgent,
-    warnings: Array.from(ctx.warnings),
-    resources: Array.from(ctx.resources),
-    hints: Array.from(ctx.hints)
-  };
-
-  return stringifyResponse
-    ? JSON.stringify(result)
-    : result;
 }
 
 export default serializeDOM;
diff --git a/packages/dom/src/serialize-frames.js b/packages/dom/src/serialize-frames.js
index 8f9342f81..8e7114f15 100644
--- a/packages/dom/src/serialize-frames.js
+++ b/packages/dom/src/serialize-frames.js
@@ -42,12 +42,66 @@ function setBaseURI(dom, warnings) {
   dom.querySelector('head')?.prepend($base);
 }
 
-// Recursively serializes iframe documents into srcdoc attributes.
-export function serializeFrames({ dom, clone, warnings, resources, enableJavaScript, disableShadowDOM }) {
+// Per-spec: nested iframes are captured up to a configurable depth (default 3).
+// Beyond that we skip recursion to bound runtime and prevent pathological pages
+// (e.g. cyclic iframe trees) from blowing the call stack.
+//
+// MIRROR: these constants + `clampIframeDepth` are duplicated in
+// @percy/sdk-utils/src/index.js (where external SDKs read them to clamp their
+// own pre-CLI config to the same bounds). The values must stay aligned —
+// drift is enforced by a parity test in @percy/sdk-utils/test/index.test.js.
+// Don't change one without changing the other.
+export const DEFAULT_MAX_IFRAME_DEPTH = 3;
+// Hard ceiling for any user-supplied maxIframeDepth — values above this are
+// clamped down. 10 levels is well past any realistic UI nesting and keeps
+// the recursion cost predictable.
+export const HARD_MAX_IFRAME_DEPTH = 10;
+
+function clampIframeDepth(raw) {
+  let n = Number(raw);
+  if (!Number.isFinite(n) || n < 1) return DEFAULT_MAX_IFRAME_DEPTH;
+  return Math.min(Math.floor(n), HARD_MAX_IFRAME_DEPTH);
+}
+
+// Recursively serializes iframe documents into srcdoc attributes. `iframeDepth`
+// is the current nesting level (0 at the top-level document, +1 per recursion).
+// The default fires for direct callers that don't set it (e.g. tests, or
+// any future caller that doesn't go through serializeDOM).
+export function serializeFrames({ dom, clone, warnings, resources, enableJavaScript, disableShadowDOM, ignoreIframeSelectors, forceShadowAsLightDOM, maxIframeDepth, iframeDepth = 0 }) {
+  maxIframeDepth = clampIframeDepth(maxIframeDepth);
+
   for (let frame of dom.querySelectorAll('iframe')) {
     let percyElementId = frame.getAttribute('data-percy-element-id');
     let cloneEl = clone.querySelector(`[data-percy-element-id="${percyElementId}"]`);
+
+    // Skip iframes with data-percy-ignore attribute or matching configured selectors
+    let matchesSelector = ignoreIframeSelectors?.length &&
+      ignoreIframeSelectors.some(sel => { try { return frame.matches(sel); } catch { return false; } });
+    if (frame.hasAttribute('data-percy-ignore') || matchesSelector) {
+      cloneEl?.remove();
+      continue;
+    }
     let builtWithJs = !frame.srcdoc && (!frame.src || frame.src.split(':')[0] === 'javascript');
+    let sandboxAttr = frame.getAttribute('sandbox');
+
+    // Warn about sandboxed iframes lacking the permissions Percy needs to
+    // render with fidelity. Fully-permissive sandboxes (allow-scripts +
+    // allow-same-origin) capture fine.
+    if (sandboxAttr !== null) {
+      let frameLabel = frame.id || frame.src || frame.getAttribute('name') || '<unnamed iframe>';
+      let tokens = sandboxAttr.split(/\s+/).filter(Boolean);
+
+      if (tokens.length === 0) {
+        warnings.add(`Sandboxed iframe "${frameLabel}" has no permissions — content may not render with full fidelity in Percy`);
+      } else {
+        if (!tokens.includes('allow-scripts')) {
+          warnings.add(`Sandboxed iframe "${frameLabel}" has scripts disabled — JS-dependent content will not render in Percy`);
+        }
+        if (!tokens.includes('allow-same-origin')) {
+          warnings.add(`Sandboxed iframe "${frameLabel}" lacks allow-same-origin — styles and resources may not load correctly in Percy`);
+        }
+      }
+    }
 
     // delete frames within the head since they usually break pages when
     // rerendered and do not effect the visuals of a page
@@ -62,12 +116,22 @@ export function serializeFrames({ dom, clone, warnings, resources, enableJavaScr
       // the frame has yet to load and wasn't built with js, it is unsafe to serialize
       if (!builtWithJs && !frame.contentWindow.performance.timing.loadEventEnd) continue;
 
-      // recersively serialize contents
+      // Bound recursion at the configured depth so nested iframes can't
+      // blow the call stack on pathological pages.
+      if (iframeDepth + 1 >= maxIframeDepth) continue;
+
+      // recersively serialize contents — propagate ignoreIframeSelectors,
+      // forceShadowAsLightDOM, and the depth counter so nested iframes/shadow
+      // trees honor the same user options as the top-level capture.
       let serialized = serializeDOM({
         domTransformation: (dom) => setBaseURI(dom, warnings),
         dom: frame.contentDocument,
         enableJavaScript,
-        disableShadowDOM
+        disableShadowDOM,
+        forceShadowAsLightDOM,
+        ignoreIframeSelectors,
+        maxIframeDepth,
+        iframeDepth: iframeDepth + 1
       });
 
       // append serialized warnings and resources
diff --git a/packages/dom/src/serialize-pseudo-classes.js b/packages/dom/src/serialize-pseudo-classes.js
index 1f27c4e32..7fca97f74 100644
--- a/packages/dom/src/serialize-pseudo-classes.js
+++ b/packages/dom/src/serialize-pseudo-classes.js
@@ -1,12 +1,150 @@
 /* global XPathResult */
 
-// Process pseudo-class enabled elements by capturing their pseudo-class styles
-// and applying them as inline styles with !important
+// Serializes pseudo-class state into Percy's clone via two paths:
+//
+//   1. Auto-detect path (every snapshot). For :focus / :focus-within /
+//      :checked / :disabled we stamp the live DOM with the corresponding
+//      data-percy-* attribute and rewrite matching CSS rules to use those
+//      attribute selectors. :focus-within stamps the focused element's
+//      ancestor chain across shadow boundaries.
+//
+//   2. Configured-element path (`pseudoClassEnabledElements` config). User
+//      opts in elements by id/className/xpath/selector. We snapshot all
+//      computed styles (including :hover/:active styles when the page has
+//      forced those states via execute scripts) and inject them as inline
+//      rules on the clone. :hover and :active CSS rules are also rewritten
+//      to data-percy-hover / -active selectors, gated on the configured-
+//      element list — they only stamp on opted-in elements.
+//
+// All live-DOM mutations are recorded on `ctx._liveMutations` so
+// `cleanupInteractiveStateMarkers` can unstamp them after serialization;
+// otherwise SDK mode (which runs in the customer's tab) would leak Percy
+// attributes into the page.
 
 import { uid } from './prepare-dom';
+import { walkShadowDOM, getShadowRoot } from './shadow-utils';
+import { rewriteCustomStateCSS } from './serialize-custom-states';
 
-const PSEDUO_ELEMENT_MARKER_ATTR = 'data-percy-pseudo-element-id';
+export { rewriteCustomStateCSS };
+
+const PSEUDO_ELEMENT_MARKER_ATTR = 'data-percy-pseudo-element-id';
 const POPOVER_OPEN_ATTR = 'data-percy-popover-open';
+const FOCUS_ATTR = 'data-percy-focus';
+const FOCUS_WITHIN_ATTR = 'data-percy-focus-within';
+const CHECKED_ATTR = 'data-percy-checked';
+const DISABLED_ATTR = 'data-percy-disabled';
+const HOVER_ATTR = 'data-percy-hover';
+const ACTIVE_ATTR = 'data-percy-active';
+
+const ALL_INTERACTIVE_PSEUDO = [':focus', ':focus-within', ':checked', ':disabled', ':hover', ':active'];
+
+const PSEUDO_TO_ATTR = {
+  ':focus': '[data-percy-focus]',
+  ':focus-within': '[data-percy-focus-within]',
+  ':checked': '[data-percy-checked]',
+  ':disabled': '[data-percy-disabled]',
+  ':hover': '[data-percy-hover]',
+  ':active': '[data-percy-active]'
+};
+
+// Boundary regex per pseudo-class. Lookahead `(?![-\w])` prevents :focus
+// from matching the start of :focus-within / :focus-visible. Order matters:
+// longer pseudos (:focus-within) are listed first so they win over :focus.
+const PSEUDO_RES = [
+  [':focus-within', /:focus-within(?![-\w])/g],
+  [':focus', /:focus(?![-\w])/g],
+  [':checked', /:checked(?![-\w])/g],
+  [':disabled', /:disabled(?![-\w])/g],
+  [':hover', /:hover(?![-\w])/g],
+  [':active', /:active(?![-\w])/g]
+];
+
+function selectorContainsPseudo(selectorText, pseudoList) {
+  return pseudoList.some(pc => {
+    const re = PSEUDO_RES.find(([p]) => p === pc)[1];
+    re.lastIndex = 0;
+    return re.test(selectorText);
+  });
+}
+
+export function rewritePseudoSelector(selectorText) {
+  let out = selectorText;
+  for (const [pseudo, re] of PSEUDO_RES) out = out.replace(re, PSEUDO_TO_ATTR[pseudo]);
+  return out;
+}
+
+// Record a live-DOM mutation so cleanup can undo it. Callers must ensure
+// ctx._liveMutations exists — markPseudoClassElements and getElementsToProcess
+// both initialize it upfront.
+function stampOnce(ctx, element, attr, value) {
+  if (element.hasAttribute(attr)) return;
+  element.setAttribute(attr, value);
+  ctx._liveMutations.push([element, attr]);
+}
+
+// Walk into shadow roots (including closed ones captured via CDP) to find
+// the deepest focused element, so we can stamp it with FOCUS_ATTR.
+function findDeepActiveElement(dom) {
+  let active = dom.activeElement;
+  let root = active && getShadowRoot(active);
+  while (root?.activeElement) {
+    active = root.activeElement;
+    root = getShadowRoot(active);
+  }
+  return active;
+}
+
+// Walk the focused element's ancestor chain across shadow root boundaries
+// stamping FOCUS_WITHIN_ATTR on each. :focus-within rules in CSS will be
+// rewritten to [data-percy-focus-within] and match these stamps.
+function markFocusWithinAncestors(ctx, focused) {
+  let node = focused?.parentNode;
+  while (node) {
+    if (node.nodeType === 1 /* ELEMENT_NODE */) {
+      stampOnce(ctx, node, FOCUS_WITHIN_ATTR, 'true');
+      node = node.parentNode;
+    } else if (node.nodeType === 11 /* DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE — shadow root */) {
+      // Shadow roots always have a host per spec; if a future detached
+      // fragment ever lacked one, the next iteration's nodeType checks
+      // both fail and the else cascade nulls node anyway.
+      node = node.host;
+    } else {
+      node = null;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+function markInteractiveStates(ctx) {
+  const focused = findDeepActiveElement(ctx.dom);
+  if (focused && focused !== ctx.dom.body && focused !== ctx.dom.documentElement) {
+    stampOnce(ctx, focused, FOCUS_ATTR, 'true');
+    markFocusWithinAncestors(ctx, focused);
+  }
+
+  // Single walk of ctx.dom + shadow roots collecting BOTH :checked and
+  // :disabled in one pass. Previously two separate queryShadowAll calls
+  // each walked the tree and re-traversed every [data-percy-shadow-host]
+  // — on pages with many shadow hosts this doubled the per-snapshot
+  // walk cost. Also tracks which states were observed so the CSS rule
+  // extractor can skip work for selectors that have no matched elements.
+  ctx._stampedInteractive = ctx._stampedInteractive || new Set();
+  // walkShadowDOM only invokes the visitor with Document/Element/ShadowRoot
+  // scopes — each has querySelectorAll, so no defensive guard is needed here.
+  walkShadowDOM(ctx.dom, scope => {
+    try {
+      for (const el of scope.querySelectorAll(':checked')) {
+        stampOnce(ctx, el, CHECKED_ATTR, 'true');
+        ctx._stampedInteractive.add('checked');
+      }
+    } catch (e) { /* selector unsupported in this scope */ }
+    try {
+      for (const el of scope.querySelectorAll(':disabled')) {
+        stampOnce(ctx, el, DISABLED_ATTR, 'true');
+        ctx._stampedInteractive.add('disabled');
+      }
+    } catch (e) { /* selector unsupported in this scope */ }
+  });
+}
 
 function isPopoverOpen(ctx, element) {
   try {
@@ -17,74 +155,76 @@ function isPopoverOpen(ctx, element) {
   }
 }
 
-function markElementIfNeeded(ctx, element, markWithId) {
-  if (!markWithId) return;
-
-  if (element.hasAttribute('popover') && isPopoverOpen(ctx, element) && !element.hasAttribute(POPOVER_OPEN_ATTR)) {
-    element.setAttribute(POPOVER_OPEN_ATTR, 'true');
+function markPopoverIfOpen(ctx, element) {
+  if (element.hasAttribute('popover') && isPopoverOpen(ctx, element)) {
+    stampOnce(ctx, element, POPOVER_OPEN_ATTR, 'true');
   }
+}
 
-  if (!element.getAttribute(PSEDUO_ELEMENT_MARKER_ATTR)) {
-    element.setAttribute(PSEDUO_ELEMENT_MARKER_ATTR, uid());
+function stampPseudoElementId(ctx, element) {
+  if (!element.getAttribute(PSEUDO_ELEMENT_MARKER_ATTR)) {
+    element.setAttribute(PSEUDO_ELEMENT_MARKER_ATTR, uid());
+    ctx._liveMutations.push([element, PSEUDO_ELEMENT_MARKER_ATTR]);
   }
 }
 
-/**
- * Get all elements matching the pseudoClassEnabledElements configuration
- * @param {Document} dom - The document to search
- * @param {Object} config - Configuration with id, className, and xpath arrays
- * @param {boolean} markWithId - Whether to mark elements with PSEDUO_ELEMENT_MARKER_ATTR
- * @returns {Array} Array of elements found
- */
+// Configured elements get :hover/:active stamped unconditionally — opting in
+// IS the request to capture those forced states. :focus/:checked/:disabled
+// are already covered by the page-wide markInteractiveStates pass.
+function markElementInteractiveStates(ctx, element) {
+  stampOnce(ctx, element, HOVER_ATTR, 'true');
+  stampOnce(ctx, element, ACTIVE_ATTR, 'true');
+}
+
 export function getElementsToProcess(ctx, config, markWithId = false) {
   const { dom } = ctx;
   const elements = [];
 
-  if (config.id && Array.isArray(config.id)) {
+  const stamp = (el) => {
+    if (markWithId) {
+      markPopoverIfOpen(ctx, el);
+      markElementInteractiveStates(ctx, el);
+      stampPseudoElementId(ctx, el);
+    }
+  };
+
+  if (Array.isArray(config.id)) {
     for (const id of config.id) {
       const element = dom.getElementById(id);
       if (!element) {
         ctx.warnings.add(`No element found with ID: ${id} for pseudo-class serialization`);
         continue;
       }
-
-      markElementIfNeeded(ctx, element, markWithId);
+      stamp(element);
       elements.push(element);
     }
   }
 
-  // Process only first match per class name
-  if (config.className && Array.isArray(config.className)) {
+  if (Array.isArray(config.className)) {
     for (const className of config.className) {
-      const elementCollection = dom.getElementsByClassName(className);
-      if (!elementCollection.length) {
+      const collection = dom.getElementsByClassName(className);
+      if (!collection.length) {
         ctx.warnings.add(`No element found with class name: ${className} for pseudo-class serialization`);
         continue;
       }
-
-      const element = elementCollection[0];
-      markElementIfNeeded(ctx, element, markWithId);
+      // Process only first match per class name (preserves prior behavior).
+      const element = collection[0];
+      stamp(element);
       elements.push(element);
     }
   }
 
-  if (config.xpath && Array.isArray(config.xpath)) {
+  if (Array.isArray(config.xpath)) {
     for (const xpathExpression of config.xpath) {
       try {
         const element = dom.evaluate(
-          xpathExpression,
-          dom,
-          null,
-          XPathResult.FIRST_ORDERED_NODE_TYPE,
-          null
+          xpathExpression, dom, null, XPathResult.FIRST_ORDERED_NODE_TYPE, null
         ).singleNodeValue;
-
         if (!element) {
           ctx.warnings.add(`No element found for XPath: ${xpathExpression} for pseudo-class serialization`);
           continue;
         }
-
-        markElementIfNeeded(ctx, element, markWithId);
+        stamp(element);
       } catch (err) {
         ctx.warnings.add(`Invalid XPath expression "${xpathExpression}" for pseudo-class serialization. Error: ${err.message}`);
         console.warn(`Invalid XPath expression "${xpathExpression}". Error: ${err.message}`);
@@ -92,18 +232,16 @@ export function getElementsToProcess(ctx, config, markWithId = false) {
     }
   }
 
-  if (config.selectors && Array.isArray(config.selectors)) {
+  if (Array.isArray(config.selectors)) {
     for (const selector of config.selectors) {
       try {
         const matched = Array.from(dom.querySelectorAll(selector));
-
         if (!matched.length) {
           ctx.warnings.add(`No element found for selector: ${selector} for pseudo-class serialization`);
           continue;
         }
-
         matched.forEach((el) => {
-          markElementIfNeeded(ctx, el, markWithId);
+          stamp(el);
           elements.push(el);
         });
       } catch (err) {
@@ -115,53 +253,196 @@ export function getElementsToProcess(ctx, config, markWithId = false) {
   return elements;
 }
 
-/**
- * Mark pseudo-class enabled elements with data-percy-element-id before cloning
- * This must be called before the DOM is cloned
- * @param {Document} dom - The document to mark
- * @param {Object} config - Configuration with id and xpath arrays
- */
+// Pre-clone marking pass. Runs on the live DOM before cloneNodeAndShadow so
+// the data-attributes are copied through to the clone via cloneNode.
 export function markPseudoClassElements(ctx, config) {
-  if (!config) return;
-  getElementsToProcess(ctx, config, true);
+  ctx._liveMutations = [];
+  markInteractiveStates(ctx);
+  if (config) getElementsToProcess(ctx, config, true);
+}
+
+// Reverse every setAttribute we made on the live DOM during marking. Called
+// at the end of serializeDOM so the customer's page is left clean — SDK
+// mode runs in the customer's actual browser tab and leaks would persist
+// past the snapshot.
+export function cleanupInteractiveStateMarkers(ctx) {
+  if (!ctx._liveMutations) return;
+  for (const [element, attr] of ctx._liveMutations) {
+    try {
+      element.removeAttribute(attr);
+    } catch (e) {
+      // Element detached or attribute already gone — fine
+    }
+  }
+  ctx._liveMutations = [];
 }
 
-/**
- * Convert CSSStyleDeclaration to CSS text with !important declarations
- * @param {CSSStyleDeclaration} styles - Computed style declaration
- * @returns {string} CSS text
- */
 function stylesToCSSText(styles) {
-  const cssProperties = [];
+  const decls = [];
   for (let i = 0; i < styles.length; i++) {
     const property = styles[i];
-    const value = styles.getPropertyValue(property);
-    cssProperties.push(`${property}: ${value} !important;`);
+    decls.push(`${property}: ${styles.getPropertyValue(property)} !important;`);
   }
+  return decls.join(' ');
+}
 
-  return cssProperties.join(' ');
+// Walk a CSSRule list yielding every reachable style rule. Nested rules
+// inside @media/@layer/@supports are emitted with the at-rule prelude
+// preserved as a wrapper string; flat-emitting would drop the guard.
+function walkCSSRules(ruleList) {
+  const result = [];
+  for (let i = 0; i < ruleList.length; i++) {
+    const rule = ruleList[i];
+    const hasNested = !!(rule.cssRules && rule.cssRules.length);
+    if (hasNested) {
+      const conditionText = rule.conditionText || rule.media?.mediaText;
+      const atRulePrelude = conditionText && rule.cssText
+        ? rule.cssText.split('{')[0].trim()
+        : null;
+      for (const inner of walkCSSRules(rule.cssRules)) {
+        if (atRulePrelude && inner.selectorText) {
+          result.push({
+            selectorText: inner.selectorText,
+            style: inner.style,
+            wrapper: atRulePrelude
+          });
+        } else {
+          result.push(inner);
+        }
+      }
+    } else if (rule.selectorText) {
+      // Rules without nested cssRules and without selectorText (@font-face,
+      // @charset, @counter-style, etc.) are skipped — they can't contain
+      // interactive pseudos.
+      result.push({ selectorText: rule.selectorText, style: rule.style, wrapper: null });
+    }
+  }
+  return result;
 }
 
-/**
- * Process pseudo-class elements and add percy-pseudo-class CSS
- * @param {Object} ctx - Serialization context
- */
-export function serializePseudoClasses(ctx) {
-  if (!ctx.pseudoClassEnabledElements) {
-    return;
+// Collect { sheet, owner } entries for every stylesheet in the document
+// and inside every shadow root. owner is the shadow host (or null for
+// document-level sheets) so we know which clone scope to inject into.
+function collectStyleSheets(doc) {
+  const entries = [];
+  walkShadowDOM(doc, scope => {
+    let sheets;
+    try {
+      sheets = scope.styleSheets;
+    } catch (e) {
+      return;
+    }
+    if (!sheets) return;
+    const owner = scope === doc ? null : scope.host;
+    for (const sheet of sheets) entries.push({ sheet, owner });
+  });
+  return entries;
+}
+
+function extractPseudoClassRules(ctx) {
+  const sheetEntries = collectStyleSheets(ctx.dom);
+  const rulesByOwner = new Map();
+
+  // Short-circuit per pseudo: when markInteractiveStates ran first (the
+  // production path via markPseudoClassElements), `ctx._stampedInteractive`
+  // records which interactive states were actually observed. Rules for
+  // `:checked` / `:disabled` selectors that found no live elements can't
+  // match anything in the clone after rewriting, so we drop them from the
+  // filter and avoid the rewrite cost. When the marker is absent (unit
+  // tests that call serializePseudoClasses directly), fall back to the
+  // full pseudo list to preserve prior behavior. `:focus`, `:focus-within`,
+  // `:hover`, `:active` are kept regardless either way.
+  const activePseudos = ctx._stampedInteractive
+    ? ALL_INTERACTIVE_PSEUDO.filter(p => {
+      if (p === ':checked') return ctx._stampedInteractive.has('checked');
+      if (p === ':disabled') return ctx._stampedInteractive.has('disabled');
+      return true;
+    })
+    : ALL_INTERACTIVE_PSEUDO;
+
+  for (const { sheet, owner } of sheetEntries) {
+    let rules;
+    try {
+      rules = sheet.cssRules;
+    } catch (e) {
+      // Cross-origin stylesheet — skip
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (!rules) continue;
+
+    for (const rule of walkCSSRules(rules)) {
+      // Cheapest possible filter: a selector with no `:` can't contain any
+      // interactive pseudo. Skips most rules on most stylesheets without
+      // touching the regex bank.
+      if (!rule.selectorText.includes(':')) continue;
+      if (!selectorContainsPseudo(rule.selectorText, activePseudos)) continue;
+
+      const rewrittenSelector = rewritePseudoSelector(rule.selectorText);
+
+      const cssText = `${rewrittenSelector} { ${rule.style.cssText} }`;
+      const wrapped = rule.wrapper ? `${rule.wrapper} { ${cssText} }` : cssText;
+      if (!rulesByOwner.has(owner)) rulesByOwner.set(owner, []);
+      rulesByOwner.get(owner).push(wrapped);
+    }
   }
 
-  const elements = ctx.dom.querySelectorAll(`[${PSEDUO_ELEMENT_MARKER_ATTR}]`);
-  if (elements.length === 0) {
-    return;
+  // Build a percyId → cloneEl index once for shadow-host injection — only
+  // when there is at least one non-null owner in the collected rules.
+  let cloneByPercyId = null;
+  for (const owner of rulesByOwner.keys()) {
+    if (owner !== null) {
+      cloneByPercyId = new Map();
+      for (const el of ctx.clone.querySelectorAll('[data-percy-element-id]')) {
+        cloneByPercyId.set(el.getAttribute('data-percy-element-id'), el);
+      }
+      break;
+    }
   }
 
-  const cssRules = [];
+  for (const [owner, rewrittenRules] of rulesByOwner) {
+    const styleElement = ctx.clone.createElement
+      ? ctx.clone.createElement('style')
+      : ctx.dom.createElement('style');
+    styleElement.setAttribute('data-percy-interactive-states', 'true');
+    // nosemgrep: javascript.browser.security.insecure-document-method.insecure-document-method
+    styleElement.textContent = rewrittenRules.join('\n');
 
-  for (const element of elements) {
-    const percyElementId = element.getAttribute(PSEDUO_ELEMENT_MARKER_ATTR);
+    if (owner === null) {
+      const head = ctx.clone.head || ctx.clone.querySelector('head');
+      if (head) head.appendChild(styleElement);
+    } else {
+      const percyId = owner.getAttribute('data-percy-element-id');
+      const cloneHost = cloneByPercyId.get(percyId);
+      if (cloneHost && cloneHost.shadowRoot) {
+        cloneHost.shadowRoot.appendChild(styleElement);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export function serializePseudoClasses(ctx) {
+  // Auto-detect path runs unconditionally so `:focus`/`:checked`/`:disabled`
+  // rules are rewritten regardless of whether the user configured a
+  // pseudoClassEnabledElements list (and regardless of whether that list
+  // matched anything on this page).
+  extractPseudoClassRules(ctx);
+
+  if (!ctx.pseudoClassEnabledElements) return;
+
+  const elements = ctx.dom.querySelectorAll(`[${PSEUDO_ELEMENT_MARKER_ATTR}]`);
+  if (elements.length === 0) return;
 
-    const cloneElement = ctx.clone.querySelector(`[${PSEDUO_ELEMENT_MARKER_ATTR}="${percyElementId}"]`);
+  // pseudoElementId → cloneEl index, built once. The previous shape did a
+  // ctx.clone.querySelector per element which is O(N × T).
+  const cloneByPseudoId = new Map();
+  for (const el of ctx.clone.querySelectorAll(`[${PSEUDO_ELEMENT_MARKER_ATTR}]`)) {
+    cloneByPseudoId.set(el.getAttribute(PSEUDO_ELEMENT_MARKER_ATTR), el);
+  }
+
+  const cssRules = [];
+  for (const element of elements) {
+    const percyElementId = element.getAttribute(PSEUDO_ELEMENT_MARKER_ATTR);
+    const cloneElement = cloneByPseudoId.get(percyElementId);
 
     if (!cloneElement) {
       ctx.warnings.add(`Element not found for pseudo-class serialization with percy-element-id: ${percyElementId}`);
@@ -169,20 +450,22 @@ export function serializePseudoClasses(ctx) {
     }
 
     try {
-      // Get all computed styles including pseudo-classes
-      const computedStyles = window.getComputedStyle(element);
+      // ctx.dom.defaultView is the iframe's window for nested-frame contexts;
+      // fall back to the global window when ctx.dom is the top document or a
+      // synthetic root that doesn't expose defaultView (e.g. tests).
+      const win = ctx.dom.defaultView || window;
+      const computedStyles = win.getComputedStyle(element);
       const cssText = stylesToCSSText(computedStyles);
-      const selector = `[${PSEDUO_ELEMENT_MARKER_ATTR}="${percyElementId}"]`;
-      cssRules.push(`${selector} { ${cssText} }`);
+      cssRules.push(`[${PSEUDO_ELEMENT_MARKER_ATTR}="${percyElementId}"] { ${cssText} }`);
     } catch (err) {
       console.warn('Could not get computed styles for element', element, err);
     }
   }
 
-  // Inject CSS into cloned document
   if (cssRules.length > 0) {
     const styleElement = ctx.dom.createElement('style');
     styleElement.setAttribute('data-percy-pseudo-class-styles', 'true');
+    // nosemgrep: javascript.browser.security.insecure-document-method.insecure-document-method
     styleElement.textContent = cssRules.join('\n');
 
     const head = ctx.clone.head || ctx.clone.querySelector('head');
diff --git a/packages/dom/src/shadow-utils.js b/packages/dom/src/shadow-utils.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b58fdeb94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/dom/src/shadow-utils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+// Shared traversal helpers for walking a document plus every shadow root
+// it contains (open or closed-via-CDP). Centralizes access to the
+// closed-shadow WeakMap so each call site honors the *iframe's* runtime
+// window — a top-level `window.__percyClosedShadowRoots` lookup misses
+// shadow roots stored on per-document WeakMaps inside iframes.
+
+// Resolve the runtime window for any node (Document/Element/ShadowRoot).
+// For a node inside an iframe, returns the iframe's window — which is where
+// the per-document closed-shadow WeakMap is installed. Returns null when
+// imported outside a browser realm (Node/Worker) so callers can no-op.
+export function getRuntime(node) {
+  const doc = node?.ownerDocument || node;
+  if (doc?.defaultView) return doc.defaultView;
+  /* istanbul ignore next: the global-window fallback only fires when this
+     module is imported outside a browser realm (Node/Worker). The karma
+     browser test runner always has a global window, so neither branch of
+     this final fallback is reachable from tests. */
+  return typeof window !== 'undefined' ? window : null;
+}
+
+// Closed-shadow-root WeakMap installed by exposeClosedShadowRoots via CDP,
+// scoped to the node's owning document.
+export function getClosedShadowRoot(host) {
+  return getRuntime(host)?.__percyClosedShadowRoots?.get(host) || null;
+}
+
+export function hasClosedShadowRoot(host) {
+  return !!getRuntime(host)?.__percyClosedShadowRoots?.has(host);
+}
+
+// Resolve a shadow host's root, including closed roots captured via CDP.
+// Returns null when the host has no shadow root reachable.
+export function getShadowRoot(host) {
+  if (host?.shadowRoot) return host.shadowRoot;
+  return getClosedShadowRoot(host);
+}
+
+// Walk root + every shadow root descendant, calling visit(scope) on each.
+// `scope` is either the original root or a shadow root.
+export function walkShadowDOM(root, visit) {
+  visit(root);
+  if (!root.querySelectorAll) return;
+  for (const host of root.querySelectorAll('[data-percy-shadow-host]')) {
+    const shadow = getShadowRoot(host);
+    if (shadow) walkShadowDOM(shadow, visit);
+  }
+}
+
+// Run a selector against root + every shadow root, returning the flat list
+// of matching elements. Tolerates selectors that aren't supported in a given
+// scope so a single bad scope can't break the whole walk.
+export function queryShadowAll(root, selector) {
+  const results = [];
+  walkShadowDOM(root, scope => {
+    try {
+      for (const el of scope.querySelectorAll(selector)) results.push(el);
+    } catch (e) {
+      // Selector syntax not supported in this scope — skip
+    }
+  });
+  return results;
+}
diff --git a/packages/dom/src/utils.js b/packages/dom/src/utils.js
index 2a5b32d40..ee9ee9cad 100644
--- a/packages/dom/src/utils.js
+++ b/packages/dom/src/utils.js
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+// Custom element names are required by spec to contain a hyphen. Returns
+// false for text/comment nodes (which don't have a tagName). This is the
+// single source of truth used across prepare-dom, clone-dom, and the
+// serializers — keep checks consistent by importing this rather than
+// inlining `tagName?.includes('-')`.
+export function isCustomElement(element) {
+  return !!element?.tagName?.includes('-');
+}
+
 // Creates a resource object from an element's unique ID and data URL
 export function resourceFromDataURL(uid, dataURL) {
   // split dataURL into desired parts
diff --git a/packages/dom/test/serialize-css.test.js b/packages/dom/test/serialize-css.test.js
index 4d6430808..03675fa7f 100644
--- a/packages/dom/test/serialize-css.test.js
+++ b/packages/dom/test/serialize-css.test.js
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ describe('serializeCSSOM', () => {
         const baseContent = document.querySelector('#content');
         baseContent.innerHTML = '<input type="text>';
         const serialized = serializeDOM();
-        expect(serialized.warnings).toEqual(['Skipping `styleSheets` as it is not supported.']);
+        expect(serialized.warnings).toContain('Skipping `styleSheets` as it is not supported.');
       });
     });
   });
diff --git a/packages/dom/test/serialize-dom.test.js b/packages/dom/test/serialize-dom.test.js
index 24c00b5ed..3e8384822 100644
--- a/packages/dom/test/serialize-dom.test.js
+++ b/packages/dom/test/serialize-dom.test.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { withExample, replaceDoctype, createShadowEl, getTestBrowser, chromeBrowser, parseDOM, createAndAttachSlotTemplate } from './helpers';
 import serializeDOM, { waitForResize } from '@percy/dom';
+import { getClosedShadowRoot, hasClosedShadowRoot } from '../src/shadow-utils';
 
 describe('serializeDOM', () => {
   it('returns serialied html, warnings, and resources', () => {
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ describe('serializeDOM', () => {
 
   it('optionally returns a stringified response', () => {
     expect(serializeDOM({ stringifyResponse: true }))
-      .toMatch('{"html":".*","cookies":".*","userAgent":".*","warnings":\\[\\],"resources":\\[\\],"hints":\\[\\]}');
+      .toMatch('{"html":".*","cookies":".*","userAgent":".*","warnings":\\[.*\\],"resources":\\[\\],"hints":\\[\\]}');
   });
 
   it('always has a doctype', () => {
@@ -71,6 +72,26 @@ describe('serializeDOM', () => {
     expect($('h2.callback').length).toEqual(1);
   });
 
+  it('does not flag closed shadow roots as inaccessible when disableShadowDOM is set', () => {
+    if (!window.customElements.get('percy-opted-out')) {
+      class PercyOptedOut extends window.HTMLElement {
+        connectedCallback() { this.innerHTML = '<span>opted out</span>'; }
+      }
+      window.customElements.define('percy-opted-out', PercyOptedOut);
+    }
+    withExample('<percy-opted-out id="poo"></percy-opted-out>', { withShadow: false });
+    let el = document.getElementById('poo');
+    let origMap = window.__percyClosedShadowRoots;
+    let map = new WeakMap();
+    map.set(el, {});
+    window.__percyClosedShadowRoots = map;
+
+    let result = serializeDOM({ disableShadowDOM: true });
+    expect(result.warnings.some(w => w.includes('[capture]') && w.includes('potentially inaccessible'))).toBe(false);
+
+    window.__percyClosedShadowRoots = origMap;
+  });
+
   it('applies default dom transformations', () => {
     withExample('<img loading="lazy" src="http://some-url"/><iframe loading="lazy" src="">');
 
@@ -299,7 +320,7 @@ describe('serializeDOM', () => {
       const baseContent = document.querySelector('#content');
       baseContent.innerHTML = '<input type="text>';
       const serialized = serializeDOM();
-      expect(serialized.warnings).toEqual(['data-percy-shadow-host does not have shadowRoot']);
+      expect(serialized.warnings).toContain('data-percy-shadow-host does not have shadowRoot');
     });
 
     it('renders slot template with shadowrootmode open', () => {
@@ -671,4 +692,141 @@ describe('serializeDOM', () => {
       expect(result.warnings).toContain('Error: Canvas error');
     });
   });
+
+  describe('closed shadow root capture', () => {
+    it('captures closed shadow root content when preflight WeakMap is populated', () => {
+      if (getTestBrowser() !== chromeBrowser) return;
+
+      // Simulate preflight: set up the WeakMap
+      let map = new WeakMap();
+      let origMap = window.__percyClosedShadowRoots;
+      window.__percyClosedShadowRoots = map;
+
+      let el = document.createElement('div');
+      el.id = 'closed-host';
+      // Manually create a closed shadow root and store in WeakMap
+      let shadow = el.attachShadow({ mode: 'closed' });
+      shadow.innerHTML = '<p>closed content</p>';
+      map.set(el, shadow);
+
+      document.getElementById('test')?.remove();
+      let $test = document.createElement('div');
+      $test.id = 'test';
+      $test.appendChild(el);
+      document.body.appendChild($test);
+
+      let result = serializeDOM();
+      expect(result.html).toContain('closed content');
+
+      // Cleanup
+      window.__percyClosedShadowRoots = origMap;
+    });
+
+    it('marks closed shadow hosts with data-percy-shadow-host', () => {
+      if (getTestBrowser() !== chromeBrowser) return;
+
+      let map = new WeakMap();
+      let origMap = window.__percyClosedShadowRoots;
+      window.__percyClosedShadowRoots = map;
+
+      let el = document.createElement('div');
+      let shadow = el.attachShadow({ mode: 'closed' });
+      shadow.innerHTML = '<span>test</span>';
+      map.set(el, shadow);
+
+      document.getElementById('test')?.remove();
+      let $test = document.createElement('div');
+      $test.id = 'test';
+      $test.appendChild(el);
+      document.body.appendChild($test);
+
+      serializeDOM();
+      expect(el.hasAttribute('data-percy-shadow-host')).toBe(true);
+
+      window.__percyClosedShadowRoots = origMap;
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('interactive state CSS capture', () => {
+    it('marks checked inputs with data-percy-checked', () => {
+      withExample('<input type="checkbox" id="cb" checked>', { withShadow: false });
+      let result = serializeDOM();
+      expect(result.html).toContain('data-percy-checked="true"');
+    });
+
+    it('marks disabled inputs with data-percy-disabled', () => {
+      withExample('<input type="text" id="dis" disabled>', { withShadow: false });
+      let result = serializeDOM();
+      expect(result.html).toContain('data-percy-disabled="true"');
+    });
+
+    it('extracts :checked CSS rules and injects as attribute selectors', () => {
+      withExample('<label><input type="checkbox" checked><span>text</span></label>', { withShadow: false });
+      // Add a CSS rule with :checked
+      let style = document.createElement('style');
+      style.textContent = 'input:checked + span { color: green; }';
+      document.head.appendChild(style);
+
+      let result = serializeDOM();
+      expect(result.html).toContain('data-percy-interactive-states');
+      expect(result.html).toContain('[data-percy-checked]');
+
+      style.remove();
+    });
+
+    it('extracts :disabled CSS rules', () => {
+      withExample('<input type="text" disabled>', { withShadow: false });
+      let style = document.createElement('style');
+      style.textContent = 'input:disabled { opacity: 0.5; }';
+      document.head.appendChild(style);
+
+      let result = serializeDOM();
+      expect(result.html).toContain('[data-percy-disabled]');
+
+      style.remove();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe(':state() CSS rewriting', () => {
+    it('rewrites :state() selectors to attribute selectors in shadow DOM styles', () => {
+      if (getTestBrowser() !== chromeBrowser) return;
+
+      withExample('', { withShadow: false });
+      let el = document.createElement('div');
+      let shadow = el.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' });
+      shadow.innerHTML = '<style>:host(:state(active)) { color: green; }</style><p>content</p>';
+      document.getElementById('test').appendChild(el);
+
+      let result = serializeDOM();
+      expect(result.html).toContain('[data-percy-custom-state~="active"]');
+      expect(result.html).not.toContain(':state(active)');
+    });
+
+    it('rewrites legacy :--state selectors', () => {
+      if (getTestBrowser() !== chromeBrowser) return;
+
+      withExample('', { withShadow: false });
+      let el = document.createElement('div');
+      let shadow = el.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' });
+      shadow.innerHTML = '<style>:host(:--loading) { opacity: 0.5; }</style><p>content</p>';
+      document.getElementById('test').appendChild(el);
+
+      let result = serializeDOM();
+      expect(result.html).toContain('[data-percy-custom-state~="loading"]');
+      expect(result.html).not.toContain(':--loading');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('shadow-utils getRuntime fallback', () => {
+    it('falls back to window when the node has no ownerDocument.defaultView', () => {
+      // Exercises the `(typeof window !== 'undefined' ? window : null)` fallback
+      // branch in shadow-utils.getRuntime — fires when getClosedShadowRoot is
+      // called with a node that is null or has no resolvable runtime.
+      // null-host calls return null/false without throwing — they hit the
+      // fallback, then the optional chain on the missing WeakMap yields the
+      // expected absent value.
+      expect(getClosedShadowRoot(null)).toBeNull();
+      expect(hasClosedShadowRoot(null)).toBe(false);
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/dom/test/serialize-frames.test.js b/packages/dom/test/serialize-frames.test.js
index eb208cf1e..e9b27c375 100644
--- a/packages/dom/test/serialize-frames.test.js
+++ b/packages/dom/test/serialize-frames.test.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { when } from 'interactor.js';
 import { assert, withExample, parseDOM, platforms, platformDOM, getTestBrowser, chromeBrowser, firefoxBrowser } from './helpers';
 import serializeDOM from '../src/serialize-dom';
-import { resetPolicy } from '../src/serialize-frames';
+import { resetPolicy, serializeFrames } from '../src/serialize-frames';
 
 describe('serializeFrames', () => {
   let serialized, cache = { shadow: {}, plain: {} };
@@ -306,6 +306,109 @@ describe('serializeFrames', () => {
       expect($('#frame-inject')).toHaveSize(0);
     });
 
+    it(`${platform}: warns for fully sandboxed iframes`, () => {
+      withExample('<iframe id="frame-sandbox-full" sandbox srcdoc="<p>test</p>"></iframe>');
+
+      let result = serializeDOM();
+      expect(result.warnings).toContain(
+        jasmine.stringMatching(/Sandboxed iframe.*frame-sandbox-full.*has no permissions/)
+      );
+    });
+
+    it(`${platform}: warns for sandboxed iframe without allow-scripts`, () => {
+      withExample('<iframe id="frame-sandbox-no-scripts" sandbox="allow-same-origin" srcdoc="<p>test</p>"></iframe>');
+
+      let result = serializeDOM();
+      expect(result.warnings).toContain(
+        jasmine.stringMatching(/Sandboxed iframe.*frame-sandbox-no-scripts.*scripts disabled/)
+      );
+    });
+
+    it(`${platform}: warns for sandboxed iframe without allow-same-origin`, () => {
+      withExample('<iframe id="frame-sandbox-no-origin" sandbox="allow-scripts" srcdoc="<p>test</p>"></iframe>');
+
+      let result = serializeDOM();
+      expect(result.warnings).toContain(
+        jasmine.stringMatching(/Sandboxed iframe.*frame-sandbox-no-origin.*allow-same-origin/)
+      );
+    });
+
+    it(`${platform}: does not warn for sandbox with allow-scripts and allow-same-origin`, () => {
+      withExample('<iframe id="frame-sandbox-ok" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin" srcdoc="<p>test</p>"></iframe>');
+
+      let result = serializeDOM();
+      let sandboxWarnings = result.warnings.filter(w => w.includes('frame-sandbox-ok'));
+      expect(sandboxWarnings).toEqual([]);
+    });
+
+    it(`${platform}: does not warn for iframes without sandbox attribute`, () => {
+      withExample('<iframe id="frame-no-sandbox" srcdoc="<p>test</p>"></iframe>');
+
+      let result = serializeDOM();
+      let sandboxWarnings = result.warnings.filter(w => w.includes('Sandboxed iframe'));
+      expect(sandboxWarnings).toEqual([]);
+    });
+
+    it(`${platform}: warns for sandboxed iframe without id using src as label`, () => {
+      withExample('<iframe src="about:blank" sandbox srcdoc="<p>test</p>"></iframe>');
+
+      let result = serializeDOM();
+      expect(result.warnings).toContain(
+        jasmine.stringMatching(/Sandboxed iframe.*has no permissions/)
+      );
+    });
+
+    it(`${platform}: warns for sandboxed iframe without id or src using percyElementId or unknown as label`, () => {
+      withExample('<iframe sandbox srcdoc="<p>test</p>"></iframe>');
+
+      let result = serializeDOM();
+      expect(result.warnings).toContain(
+        jasmine.stringMatching(/Sandboxed iframe.*has no permissions/)
+      );
+    });
+
+    it(`${platform}: removes iframes with data-percy-ignore`, () => {
+      withExample('<iframe id="frame-ignored" data-percy-ignore srcdoc="<p>ignored</p>"></iframe>' +
+        '<iframe id="frame-kept" srcdoc="<p>kept</p>"></iframe>');
+
+      let result = serializeDOM();
+      let $parsed = parseDOM(result.html, platform);
+      expect($parsed('#frame-ignored')).toHaveSize(0);
+      expect($parsed('#frame-kept')).toHaveSize(1);
+    });
+
+    it(`${platform}: removes iframes matching ignoreIframeSelectors`, () => {
+      withExample('<iframe id="frame-ad" class="ad-frame" srcdoc="<p>ad</p>"></iframe>' +
+        '<iframe id="frame-track" data-tracking="true" srcdoc="<p>track</p>"></iframe>' +
+        '<iframe id="frame-normal" srcdoc="<p>normal</p>"></iframe>');
+
+      let result = serializeDOM({ ignoreIframeSelectors: ['.ad-frame', '[data-tracking]'] });
+      let $parsed = parseDOM(result.html, platform);
+      expect($parsed('#frame-ad')).toHaveSize(0);
+      expect($parsed('#frame-track')).toHaveSize(0);
+      expect($parsed('#frame-normal')).toHaveSize(1);
+    });
+
+    it(`${platform}: handles invalid selectors in ignoreIframeSelectors gracefully`, () => {
+      withExample('<iframe id="frame-ok" srcdoc="<p>ok</p>"></iframe>');
+
+      let result = serializeDOM({ ignoreIframeSelectors: ['[invalid==='] });
+      let $parsed = parseDOM(result.html, platform);
+      expect($parsed('#frame-ok')).toHaveSize(1);
+    });
+
+    it(`${platform}: does not remove iframes without data-percy-ignore`, () => {
+      withExample('<div data-percy-ignore>' +
+        '<iframe id="frame-inside-ignore-div" srcdoc="<p>kept</p>"></iframe>' +
+        '</div>' +
+        '<iframe id="frame-outside" srcdoc="<p>kept</p>"></iframe>');
+
+      let result = serializeDOM();
+      let $parsed = parseDOM(result.html, platform);
+      expect($parsed('#frame-inside-ignore-div')).toHaveSize(1);
+      expect($parsed('#frame-outside')).toHaveSize(1);
+    });
+
     if (platform === 'plain') {
       it('uses Trusted Types policy to create srcdoc when available', () => {
         let createHTML = jasmine.createSpy('createHTML').and.callFake(html => html);
@@ -388,4 +491,66 @@ describe('serializeFrames', () => {
       });
     }
   });
+
+  describe('iframe depth limit', () => {
+    it('clamps non-finite or out-of-range maxIframeDepth to the default', () => {
+      // Non-finite (NaN), zero, and negative values must fall back to
+      // DEFAULT_MAX_IFRAME_DEPTH (3) — exercises clampIframeDepth's invalid path.
+      withExample('<iframe id="cl-frame" srcdoc="<input/>"></iframe>');
+      // No await needed — even if the iframe isn't fully loaded, the call shouldn't throw.
+      expect(() => serializeDOM({ maxIframeDepth: 'not a number' })).not.toThrow();
+      expect(() => serializeDOM({ maxIframeDepth: 0 })).not.toThrow();
+      expect(() => serializeDOM({ maxIframeDepth: -5 })).not.toThrow();
+    });
+
+    it('caps user-supplied maxIframeDepth at the hard maximum (10)', () => {
+      // Values above HARD_MAX_IFRAME_DEPTH (10) get clamped to 10.
+      withExample('<iframe id="cap-frame" srcdoc="<input/>"></iframe>');
+      let result = serializeDOM({ maxIframeDepth: 999 });
+      expect(result).toBeDefined();
+      expect(result.html).toBeDefined();
+    });
+
+    it('skips recursion into iframes past the depth limit', async () => {
+      // With maxIframeDepth=1, the very first iframe (depth 0) trips the
+      // iframeDepth+1 >= 1 guard and is skipped — its srcdoc is left as
+      // the original literal markup rather than being replaced with
+      // serialized HTML (which would contain a <!DOCTYPE>).
+      withExample('<iframe id="depth-skip" srcdoc="<p>untouched</p>"></iframe>');
+      await getFrame('depth-skip');
+      let result = serializeDOM({ maxIframeDepth: 1 });
+      // Recursion would have replaced srcdoc with serialized HTML; absence
+      // of <!DOCTYPE inside the iframe's srcdoc proves recursion was skipped.
+      let match = result.html.match(/id="depth-skip"\s+srcdoc="([^"]*)"/);
+      expect(match).not.toBeNull();
+      expect(match[1]).not.toContain('DOCTYPE');
+      expect(match[1]).toContain('untouched');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('serializeFrames direct invocation', () => {
+    it('uses the iframeDepth=0 default when called without it', () => {
+      // serializeDOM always passes iframeDepth, but a direct caller (test, or
+      // future consumer) can omit it. The destructure default exists for
+      // exactly this case and must be reachable in tests.
+      withExample('', { withShadow: false });
+      let dom = document.implementation.createHTMLDocument('TopFrame');
+      // nosemgrep: javascript.browser.security.insecure-document-method.insecure-document-method
+      dom.body.innerHTML = '<iframe id="dd" srcdoc="<p>x</p>" data-percy-element-id="_dd"></iframe>';
+      let clone = document.implementation.createHTMLDocument('Clone');
+      // nosemgrep: javascript.browser.security.insecure-document-method.insecure-document-method
+      clone.body.innerHTML = dom.body.innerHTML;
+
+      // No iframeDepth in the args → exercises the `= 0` default.
+      expect(() => serializeFrames({
+        dom,
+        clone,
+        warnings: new Set(),
+        resources: new Set(),
+        enableJavaScript: false,
+        disableShadowDOM: false,
+        maxIframeDepth: 3
+      })).not.toThrow();
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/dom/test/serialize-pseudo-classes.test.js b/packages/dom/test/serialize-pseudo-classes.test.js
index e2d888c18..7bd0c28f9 100644
--- a/packages/dom/test/serialize-pseudo-classes.test.js
+++ b/packages/dom/test/serialize-pseudo-classes.test.js
@@ -1,8 +1,25 @@
 // nosemgrep: javascript.browser.security.insecure-document-method.insecure-document-method
 
-import { markPseudoClassElements, serializePseudoClasses, getElementsToProcess } from '../src/serialize-pseudo-classes';
+import { markPseudoClassElements, serializePseudoClasses, getElementsToProcess, rewriteCustomStateCSS, cleanupInteractiveStateMarkers, rewritePseudoSelector } from '../src/serialize-pseudo-classes';
+import { rewriteCustomStateSelectors } from '../src/serialize-custom-states';
 import { withExample } from './helpers';
 
+// Helper to mock document.activeElement cross-browser (Firefox headless doesn't honor .focus())
+function withMockedFocus(el, fn) {
+  let orig = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(document.constructor.prototype, 'activeElement') ||
+    Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(document, 'activeElement');
+  Object.defineProperty(document, 'activeElement', { get: () => el, configurable: true });
+  try {
+    fn();
+  } finally {
+    if (orig) {
+      Object.defineProperty(document, 'activeElement', orig);
+    } else {
+      delete document.activeElement;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 describe('serialize-pseudo-classes', () => {
   let ctx;
 
@@ -349,6 +366,118 @@ describe('serialize-pseudo-classes', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('rewriteCustomStateCSS', () => {
+    it('rewrites :state() selectors in style elements', () => {
+      withExample('<style>my-el:state(open) { color: green; }</style><my-el id="myel"></my-el>');
+      ctx = {
+        dom: document,
+        clone: document.implementation.createHTMLDocument('Clone'),
+        warnings: new Set(),
+        cache: new Map(),
+        resources: new Set(),
+        hints: new Set(),
+        shadowRootElements: []
+      };
+      // nosemgrep: javascript.browser.security.insecure-document-method.insecure-document-method
+      ctx.clone.body.innerHTML = document.body.innerHTML;
+      // Copy style to clone head
+      let origStyles = document.querySelectorAll('style');
+      for (let s of origStyles) {
+        ctx.clone.head.appendChild(s.cloneNode(true));
+      }
+
+      rewriteCustomStateCSS(ctx);
+
+      let style = ctx.clone.head.querySelector('style');
+      expect(style.textContent).toContain('[data-percy-custom-state~="open"]');
+      expect(style.textContent).not.toContain(':state(open)');
+    });
+
+    it('calls addCustomStateAttributes fallback and detects :state() on elements', () => {
+      // Register a custom element that uses ElementInternals.states (CustomStateSet)
+      if (!window.customElements.get('percy-state-fallback')) {
+        class PercyStateFallback extends window.HTMLElement {
+          static get formAssociated() { return true; }
+
+          constructor() {
+            super();
+            try {
+              this._internals = this.attachInternals();
+              if (this._internals.states) {
+                this._internals.states.add('open');
+              }
+            } catch (e) {
+              // attachInternals not supported
+            }
+          }
+
+          connectedCallback() {
+            this.innerHTML = '<span>state fallback</span>';
+          }
+        }
+        window.customElements.define('percy-state-fallback', PercyStateFallback);
+      }
+
+      withExample('<style>percy-state-fallback:state(open) { border: 1px solid green; }</style>' +
+        '<percy-state-fallback id="psf"></percy-state-fallback>', { withShadow: false });
+
+      let el = document.getElementById('psf');
+      el.setAttribute('data-percy-element-id', '_testfallback');
+
+      ctx = {
+        dom: document,
+        clone: document.implementation.createHTMLDocument('Clone'),
+        warnings: new Set(),
+        cache: new Map(),
+        resources: new Set(),
+        hints: new Set(),
+        shadowRootElements: []
+      };
+      // nosemgrep: javascript.browser.security.insecure-document-method.insecure-document-method
+      ctx.clone.body.innerHTML = document.body.innerHTML;
+      let origStyles = document.querySelectorAll('style');
+      for (let s of origStyles) {
+        ctx.clone.head.appendChild(s.cloneNode(true));
+      }
+
+      rewriteCustomStateCSS(ctx);
+
+      // The :state(open) should have been rewritten in CSS
+      let style = ctx.clone.head.querySelector('style');
+      expect(style.textContent).toContain('[data-percy-custom-state~="open"]');
+
+      // If the browser supports :state() + CustomStateSet, the clone element should have the attribute
+      let cloneEl = ctx.clone.querySelector('[data-percy-element-id="_testfallback"]');
+      if (el._internals?.states?.has('open')) {
+        expect(cloneEl.getAttribute('data-percy-custom-state')).toContain('open');
+      }
+    });
+
+    it('rewrites legacy :--state selectors', () => {
+      withExample('<style>my-el:--active { color: blue; }</style><my-el></my-el>');
+      ctx = {
+        dom: document,
+        clone: document.implementation.createHTMLDocument('Clone'),
+        warnings: new Set(),
+        cache: new Map(),
+        resources: new Set(),
+        hints: new Set(),
+        shadowRootElements: []
+      };
+      // nosemgrep: javascript.browser.security.insecure-document-method.insecure-document-method
+      ctx.clone.body.innerHTML = document.body.innerHTML;
+      let origStyles = document.querySelectorAll('style');
+      for (let s of origStyles) {
+        ctx.clone.head.appendChild(s.cloneNode(true));
+      }
+
+      rewriteCustomStateCSS(ctx);
+
+      let style = ctx.clone.head.querySelector('style');
+      expect(style.textContent).toContain('[data-percy-custom-state~="active"]');
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('selector branch in getElementsToProcess', () => {
     it('marks popover elements matched by a [popover] selector when open', () => {
       withExample('<div id="p1" popover="auto"></div><div id="p2" popover="manual"></div>');
@@ -407,4 +536,1161 @@ describe('serialize-pseudo-classes', () => {
       expect(document.getElementById('p1').hasAttribute('data-percy-pseudo-element-id')).toBe(false);
     });
   });
+
+  describe('focus detection in markInteractiveStates', () => {
+    it('marks focused input elements with data-percy-focus', () => {
+      withExample('<input id="focusable" type="text" />', { withShadow: false });
+      let el = document.getElementById('focusable');
+      withMockedFocus(el, () => {
+        markPseudoClassElements(ctx, { id: ['focusable'] });
+      });
+      expect(el.hasAttribute('data-percy-focus')).toBe(true);
+      expect(el.getAttribute('data-percy-focus')).toBe('true');
+    });
+
+    it('marks focused button elements with data-percy-focus', () => {
+      withExample('<button id="focusbtn">Click</button>', { withShadow: false });
+      let el = document.getElementById('focusbtn');
+      withMockedFocus(el, () => {
+        markPseudoClassElements(ctx, { id: ['focusbtn'] });
+      });
+      expect(el.hasAttribute('data-percy-focus')).toBe(true);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('cross-origin stylesheet catch (line 351)', () => {
+    it('skips stylesheets where cssRules throws (cross-origin)', () => {
+      withExample('<div class="cross-origin-test">test</div>', { withShadow: false });
+      // Create a style element and override its sheet's cssRules to throw
+      let style = document.createElement('style');
+      style.textContent = '.cross-origin-test:focus { color: red; }';
+      document.head.appendChild(style);
+
+      let sheet = style.sheet;
+      // Override cssRules with a getter that throws (simulating cross-origin)
+      Object.defineProperty(sheet, 'cssRules', {
+        get() { throw new window.DOMException('cross-origin'); }
+      });
+
+      ctx = {
+        dom: document,
+        clone: document.implementation.createHTMLDocument('Clone'),
+        warnings: new Set(),
+        cache: new Map(),
+        resources: new Set(),
+        hints: new Set(),
+        shadowRootElements: []
+      };
+      // nosemgrep: javascript.browser.security.insecure-document-method.insecure-document-method
+      ctx.clone.body.innerHTML = document.body.innerHTML;
+
+      // Should not throw - the cross-origin sheet is skipped
+      expect(() => serializePseudoClasses(ctx)).not.toThrow();
+
+      style.remove();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('extractPseudoClassRules catch block for invalid base selector (line 384)', () => {
+    it('catches error when querySelectorAll(baseSelector) throws after stripping pseudo-classes', () => {
+      // Create a CSS rule with a complex hover selector that, after stripping pseudo-classes,
+      // produces an invalid CSS selector for querySelectorAll
+      // :hover on a selector like ":has(:hover)" - stripping :hover leaves ":has()" which is invalid
+      withExample(
+        '<style>:has(div):hover { color: red; }</style>' +
+        '<div id="has-test">test</div>',
+        { withShadow: false }
+      );
+      ctx = {
+        dom: document,
+        clone: document.implementation.createHTMLDocument('Clone'),
+        warnings: new Set(),
+        cache: new Map(),
+        resources: new Set(),
+        hints: new Set(),
+        shadowRootElements: [],
+        pseudoClassEnabledElements: { id: ['has-test'] }
+      };
+      // nosemgrep: javascript.browser.security.insecure-document-method.insecure-document-method
+      ctx.clone.body.innerHTML = document.body.innerHTML;
+      markPseudoClassElements(ctx, ctx.pseudoClassEnabledElements);
+      // nosemgrep: javascript.browser.security.insecure-document-method.insecure-document-method
+      ctx.clone.body.innerHTML = ctx.dom.body.innerHTML;
+      // Should not throw
+      expect(() => serializePseudoClasses(ctx)).not.toThrow();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('extractPseudoClassRules rewrittenSelector === selectorText branch (line 391)', () => {
+    it('does not add rules when rewriting does not change selector', () => {
+      // Create a CSS rule that contains an interactive pseudo-class keyword in a comment or
+      // unusual position where rewritePseudoSelector won't match (e.g., :focus-within, :focus-visible)
+      // :focus-within includes ':focus' substring but the regex uses negative lookahead for hyphen
+      withExample(
+        '<style>.fw:focus-within { color: green; }</style>' +
+        '<div class="fw">test</div>',
+        { withShadow: false }
+      );
+      ctx = {
+        dom: document,
+        clone: document.implementation.createHTMLDocument('Clone'),
+        warnings: new Set(),
+        cache: new Map(),
+        resources: new Set(),
+        hints: new Set(),
+        shadowRootElements: []
+      };
+      // nosemgrep: javascript.browser.security.insecure-document-method.insecure-document-method
+      ctx.clone.body.innerHTML = document.body.innerHTML;
+      serializePseudoClasses(ctx);
+      // Since :focus-within is not in INTERACTIVE_PSEUDO_CLASSES, it won't be processed
+      // But if somehow containsInteractivePseudo detects it... let's just ensure no throw
+      expect(true).toBe(true);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('extractPseudoClassRules clone.createElement fallback and head fallback (lines 399-406)', () => {
+    it('uses ctx.dom.createElement when ctx.clone.createElement is falsy (line 401)', () => {
+      withExample(
+        '<style>.fc-test:checked { color: red; }</style>' +
+        '<input type="checkbox" class="fc-test" id="fc-input" checked />',
+        { withShadow: false }
+      );
+      ctx = {
+        dom: document,
+        clone: document.implementation.createHTMLDocument('Clone'),
+        warnings: new Set(),
+        cache: new Map(),
+        resources: new Set(),
+        hints: new Set(),
+        shadowRootElements: []
+      };
+      // nosemgrep: javascript.browser.security.insecure-document-method.insecure-document-method
+      ctx.clone.body.innerHTML = document.body.innerHTML;
+      // Remove createElement from clone to trigger fallback
+      let origCreate = ctx.clone.createElement;
+      ctx.clone.createElement = null;
+      markPseudoClassElements(ctx, { id: ['fc-input'] });
+      // nosemgrep: javascript.browser.security.insecure-document-method.insecure-document-method
+      ctx.clone.body.innerHTML = ctx.dom.body.innerHTML;
+      serializePseudoClasses(ctx);
+      // Restore
+      ctx.clone.createElement = origCreate;
+      let interactiveStyle = ctx.clone.querySelector('style[data-percy-interactive-states]');
+      expect(interactiveStyle).not.toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('uses ctx.clone.querySelector(head) when ctx.clone.head is falsy (line 405)', () => {
+      withExample(
+        '<style>.head-test:checked { color: blue; }</style>' +
+        '<input type="checkbox" class="head-test" id="head-input" checked />',
+        { withShadow: false }
+      );
+      ctx = {
+        dom: document,
+        clone: document.implementation.createHTMLDocument('Clone'),
+        warnings: new Set(),
+        cache: new Map(),
+        resources: new Set(),
+        hints: new Set(),
+        shadowRootElements: []
+      };
+      // nosemgrep: javascript.browser.security.insecure-document-method.insecure-document-method
+      ctx.clone.body.innerHTML = document.body.innerHTML;
+      // Override clone.head to be null to trigger fallback to querySelector('head')
+      let origHead = ctx.clone.head;
+      Object.defineProperty(ctx.clone, 'head', { get: () => null, configurable: true });
+      markPseudoClassElements(ctx, { id: ['head-input'] });
+      // nosemgrep: javascript.browser.security.insecure-document-method.insecure-document-method
+      ctx.clone.body.innerHTML = ctx.dom.body.innerHTML;
+      serializePseudoClasses(ctx);
+      // Restore head
+      Object.defineProperty(ctx.clone, 'head', { get: () => origHead, configurable: true });
+      // The style should still be injected via querySelector('head') fallback
+      let interactiveStyle = ctx.clone.querySelector('style[data-percy-interactive-states]');
+      expect(interactiveStyle).not.toBeNull();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('addCustomStateAttributes branch coverage', () => {
+    it('skips when cloneEl is not found (line 541 !cloneEl branch)', () => {
+      let tagName = 'percy-noclone-test-' + Math.random().toString(36).slice(2, 8);
+      class NoCloneEl extends window.HTMLElement {
+        connectedCallback() { this.innerHTML = '<span>no clone</span>'; }
+      }
+      window.customElements.define(tagName, NoCloneEl);
+
+      withExample(
+        `<style>${tagName}:state(open) { color: red; }</style>` +
+        `<${tagName} id="noclone-el"></${tagName}>`,
+        { withShadow: false }
+      );
+
+      let el = document.getElementById('noclone-el');
+      el.setAttribute('data-percy-element-id', '_noclone_id');
+
+      ctx = {
+        dom: document,
+        clone: document.implementation.createHTMLDocument('Clone'),
+        warnings: new Set(),
+        cache: new Map(),
+        resources: new Set(),
+        hints: new Set(),
+        shadowRootElements: []
+      };
+      // Do NOT copy DOM to clone - so the clone element won't be found
+      // nosemgrep: javascript.browser.security.insecure-document-method.insecure-document-method
+      ctx.clone.body.innerHTML = '<div>empty</div>';
+      let origStyles = document.querySelectorAll('style');
+      for (let s of origStyles) {
+        ctx.clone.head.appendChild(s.cloneNode(true));
+      }
+
+      // Should not throw - just skips
+      expect(() => rewriteCustomStateCSS(ctx)).not.toThrow();
+    });
+
+    it('skips when cloneEl already has data-percy-custom-state (line 541 hasAttribute branch)', () => {
+      let tagName = 'percy-prestate-test-' + Math.random().toString(36).slice(2, 8);
+      class PreStateEl extends window.HTMLElement {
+        connectedCallback() { this.innerHTML = '<span>pre state</span>'; }
+      }
+      window.customElements.define(tagName, PreStateEl);
+
+      withExample(
+        `<style>${tagName}:state(ready) { color: blue; }</style>` +
+        `<${tagName} id="prestate-el"></${tagName}>`,
+        { withShadow: false }
+      );
+
+      let el = document.getElementById('prestate-el');
+      el.setAttribute('data-percy-element-id', '_prestate_id');
+
+      ctx = {
+        dom: document,
+        clone: document.implementation.createHTMLDocument('Clone'),
+        warnings: new Set(),
+        cache: new Map(),
+        resources: new Set(),
+        hints: new Set(),
+        shadowRootElements: []
+      };
+      // nosemgrep: javascript.browser.security.insecure-document-method.insecure-document-method
+      ctx.clone.body.innerHTML = document.body.innerHTML;
+      // Pre-set the attribute on clone element
+      let cloneEl = ctx.clone.querySelector('[data-percy-element-id="_prestate_id"]');
+      cloneEl.setAttribute('data-percy-custom-state', 'already-set');
+
+      let origStyles = document.querySelectorAll('style');
+      for (let s of origStyles) {
+        ctx.clone.head.appendChild(s.cloneNode(true));
+      }
+
+      rewriteCustomStateCSS(ctx);
+
+      // The attribute should still be the pre-set value, not overwritten
+      expect(cloneEl.getAttribute('data-percy-custom-state')).toBe('already-set');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('collectStyleSheets shadow root branches (lines 304, 309)', () => {
+    it('skips shadow root collection when querySelectorAll is not available (line 304)', () => {
+      withExample('<div class="no-qs">test</div>', { withShadow: false });
+      // Create a minimal doc-like object without querySelectorAll for the extractPseudoClassRules path
+      let fakeDoc = {
+        styleSheets: document.styleSheets,
+        querySelectorAll: undefined
+      };
+      ctx = {
+        dom: fakeDoc,
+        clone: document.implementation.createHTMLDocument('Clone'),
+        warnings: new Set(),
+        cache: new Map(),
+        resources: new Set(),
+        hints: new Set(),
+        shadowRootElements: []
+      };
+      // nosemgrep: javascript.browser.security.insecure-document-method.insecure-document-method
+      ctx.clone.body.innerHTML = '<div>test</div>';
+      expect(() => serializePseudoClasses(ctx)).not.toThrow();
+    });
+
+    it('skips shadow root when styleSheets is falsy (line 309)', () => {
+      withExample('<div data-percy-shadow-host id="shhost">host</div>', { withShadow: false });
+      let host = document.getElementById('shhost');
+      // Create a real shadow root but mock styleSheets to be null
+      let shadow = host.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' });
+      shadow.innerHTML = '<style>.inner:focus { color: red; }</style><input class="inner" />';
+      Object.defineProperty(shadow, 'styleSheets', { get: () => null, configurable: true });
+
+      ctx = {
+        dom: document,
+        clone: document.implementation.createHTMLDocument('Clone'),
+        warnings: new Set(),
+        cache: new Map(),
+        resources: new Set(),
+        hints: new Set(),
+        shadowRootElements: []
+      };
+      // nosemgrep: javascript.browser.security.insecure-document-method.insecure-document-method
+      ctx.clone.body.innerHTML = document.body.innerHTML;
+      expect(() => serializePseudoClasses(ctx)).not.toThrow();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('extractPseudoClassRules null rules branch (line 353)', () => {
+    it('skips stylesheet when cssRules is null', () => {
+      withExample('<div class="null-rules">test</div>', { withShadow: false });
+      let style = document.createElement('style');
+      style.textContent = '.null-rules:focus { color: red; }';
+      document.head.appendChild(style);
+
+      let sheet = style.sheet;
+      // Override cssRules to return null instead of throwing
+      Object.defineProperty(sheet, 'cssRules', { get: () => null, configurable: true });
+
+      ctx = {
+        dom: document,
+        clone: document.implementation.createHTMLDocument('Clone'),
+        warnings: new Set(),
+        cache: new Map(),
+        resources: new Set(),
+        hints: new Set(),
+        shadowRootElements: []
+      };
+      // nosemgrep: javascript.browser.security.insecure-document-method.insecure-document-method
+      ctx.clone.body.innerHTML = document.body.innerHTML;
+      expect(() => serializePseudoClasses(ctx)).not.toThrow();
+      style.remove();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('extractPseudoClassRules no head fallback (line 406)', () => {
+    it('does not inject styles when clone has no head at all', () => {
+      withExample('<style>.nohead:checked { color: red; }</style><input type="checkbox" class="nohead" checked />', { withShadow: false });
+
+      ctx = {
+        dom: document,
+        clone: document.implementation.createHTMLDocument('Clone'),
+        warnings: new Set(),
+        cache: new Map(),
+        resources: new Set(),
+        hints: new Set(),
+        shadowRootElements: []
+      };
+      // nosemgrep: javascript.browser.security.insecure-document-method.insecure-document-method
+      ctx.clone.body.innerHTML = document.body.innerHTML;
+      // Remove head entirely and mock both head and querySelector to return null
+      ctx.clone.head.remove();
+      let origQS = ctx.clone.querySelector.bind(ctx.clone);
+      ctx.clone.querySelector = function(sel) {
+        if (sel === 'head') return null;
+        return origQS(sel);
+      };
+
+      expect(() => serializePseudoClasses(ctx)).not.toThrow();
+      // No interactive-states style should be injected (no head to put it in)
+      expect(ctx.clone.querySelector('style[data-percy-interactive-states]')).toBeNull();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('markInteractiveStates with no focus', () => {
+    it('does not stamp data-percy-focus when nothing is focused', () => {
+      withExample('<input id="unfocused" type="text" /><input id="chk2" type="checkbox" checked />', { withShadow: false });
+      ctx = {
+        dom: document,
+        clone: document.implementation.createHTMLDocument('Clone'),
+        warnings: new Set(),
+        cache: new Map(),
+        resources: new Set(),
+        hints: new Set(),
+        shadowRootElements: []
+      };
+      // Blur any active element to ensure nothing is focused
+      document.activeElement?.blur();
+      markPseudoClassElements(ctx, { id: ['unfocused'] });
+      // unfocused should NOT have data-percy-focus
+      let el = document.getElementById('unfocused');
+      expect(el.hasAttribute('data-percy-focus')).toBe(false);
+      // but :checked should still be detected on chk2
+      let chk = document.getElementById('chk2');
+      expect(chk.hasAttribute('data-percy-checked')).toBe(true);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('markInteractiveStates focused element', () => {
+    it('stamps data-percy-focus on the focused element via the page-wide pass', () => {
+      withExample('<input id="has-percy-id" type="text" />', { withShadow: false });
+      let el = document.getElementById('has-percy-id');
+      el.setAttribute('data-percy-element-id', '_focus_branch_test');
+      withMockedFocus(el, () => {
+        ctx = { dom: document, warnings: new Set() };
+        markPseudoClassElements(ctx, { id: ['has-percy-id'] });
+      });
+      expect(el.hasAttribute('data-percy-focus')).toBe(true);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('markInteractiveStates disabled already marked branch', () => {
+    it('does not re-mark already disabled element', () => {
+      withExample('<input id="dis-pre" type="text" disabled />', { withShadow: false });
+      let el = document.getElementById('dis-pre');
+      el.setAttribute('data-percy-disabled', 'true');
+      ctx = {
+        dom: document,
+        warnings: new Set()
+      };
+      markPseudoClassElements(ctx, { id: ['dis-pre'] });
+      // Should still have the attribute (not removed)
+      expect(el.getAttribute('data-percy-disabled')).toBe('true');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('queryShadowAll catch branch (line 253)', () => {
+    it('returns empty array when querySelectorAll throws', () => {
+      withExample('<div data-percy-shadow-host id="throw-host">host</div>', { withShadow: false });
+      let host = document.getElementById('throw-host');
+      let shadow = host.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' });
+      shadow.innerHTML = '<input type="checkbox" checked />';
+
+      // Override querySelectorAll on the shadow root to throw
+      let origQSA = shadow.querySelectorAll.bind(shadow);
+      shadow.querySelectorAll = function(sel) {
+        if (sel === ':checked') throw new Error('simulated querySelectorAll failure');
+        return origQSA(sel);
+      };
+
+      ctx = { dom: document, warnings: new Set() };
+      // This will traverse into shadow and call queryShadowAll(shadow, ':checked') which throws
+      expect(() => markPseudoClassElements(ctx, { id: ['throw-host'] })).not.toThrow();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('queryShadowAll with shadow hosts (line 254)', () => {
+    it('traverses shadow hosts with data-percy-shadow-host attribute', () => {
+      withExample('<div id="sh" data-percy-shadow-host>host</div>', { withShadow: false });
+      let host = document.getElementById('sh');
+      let shadow = host.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' });
+      shadow.innerHTML = '<input type="checkbox" checked id="shadow-chk" />';
+
+      ctx = {
+        dom: document,
+        warnings: new Set()
+      };
+      markPseudoClassElements(ctx, { id: ['sh'] });
+      // The checkbox inside shadow should be found and marked
+      let chk = shadow.getElementById('shadow-chk');
+      if (chk) {
+        expect(chk.hasAttribute('data-percy-checked')).toBe(true);
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('walkCSSRules nested @media (line 273)', () => {
+    it('walks CSS rules inside @media blocks', () => {
+      // Use :checked inside @media — works cross-browser without .focus()
+      withExample(
+        '<style>@media all { .media-chk:checked { outline: 2px solid red; } }</style>' +
+        '<input type="checkbox" class="media-chk" id="media-input" checked />',
+        { withShadow: false }
+      );
+
+      // Verify the @media rule exists in stylesheets
+      let found = false;
+      for (let sheet of document.styleSheets) {
+        try {
+          for (let rule of sheet.cssRules) {
+            if (rule.cssRules) { found = true; break; }
+          }
+        } catch (e) { /* skip */ }
+        if (found) break;
+      }
+      expect(found).toBe(true);
+
+      ctx = {
+        dom: document,
+        clone: document.implementation.createHTMLDocument('Clone'),
+        warnings: new Set(),
+        cache: new Map(),
+        resources: new Set(),
+        hints: new Set(),
+        shadowRootElements: []
+      };
+      // nosemgrep: javascript.browser.security.insecure-document-method.insecure-document-method
+      ctx.clone.body.innerHTML = document.body.innerHTML;
+
+      serializePseudoClasses(ctx);
+      let interactiveStyle = ctx.clone.querySelector('style[data-percy-interactive-states]');
+      expect(interactiveStyle).not.toBeNull();
+      expect(interactiveStyle.textContent).toContain('[data-percy-checked]');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('addCustomStateAttributes - :state() and :--state matching (lines 547, 555, 563)', () => {
+    it('detects :state() on custom elements and sets data-percy-custom-state (lines 547, 563)', () => {
+      // Register a custom element with CustomStateSet
+      let tagName = 'percy-state-test-' + Math.random().toString(36).slice(2, 8);
+      let stateSupported = true;
+
+      class StateTestEl extends window.HTMLElement {
+        static get formAssociated() { return true; }
+
+        constructor() {
+          super();
+          try {
+            this._internals = this.attachInternals();
+            if (this._internals.states) {
+              this._internals.states.add('active');
+            } else {
+              stateSupported = false;
+            }
+          } catch (e) {
+            stateSupported = false;
+          }
+        }
+
+        connectedCallback() {
+          this.innerHTML = '<span>state test</span>';
+        }
+      }
+      window.customElements.define(tagName, StateTestEl);
+
+      withExample(
+        `<style>${tagName}:state(active) { color: green; }</style>` +
+        `<${tagName} id="state-el"></${tagName}>`,
+        { withShadow: false }
+      );
+
+      let el = document.getElementById('state-el');
+      el.setAttribute('data-percy-element-id', '_statetest1');
+
+      ctx = {
+        dom: document,
+        clone: document.implementation.createHTMLDocument('Clone'),
+        warnings: new Set(),
+        cache: new Map(),
+        resources: new Set(),
+        hints: new Set(),
+        shadowRootElements: []
+      };
+      // nosemgrep: javascript.browser.security.insecure-document-method.insecure-document-method
+      ctx.clone.body.innerHTML = document.body.innerHTML;
+      let origStyles = document.querySelectorAll('style');
+      for (let s of origStyles) {
+        ctx.clone.head.appendChild(s.cloneNode(true));
+      }
+
+      rewriteCustomStateCSS(ctx);
+
+      let style = ctx.clone.head.querySelector('style');
+      expect(style.textContent).toContain('[data-percy-custom-state~="active"]');
+
+      if (stateSupported) {
+        let cloneEl = ctx.clone.querySelector('[data-percy-element-id="_statetest1"]');
+        expect(cloneEl.getAttribute('data-percy-custom-state')).toContain('active');
+      }
+    });
+
+    it('covers safeMatchesState return false when no state matches', () => {
+      let tagName = 'percy-nomatch-test-' + Math.random().toString(36).slice(2, 8);
+      class NoMatchEl extends window.HTMLElement {
+        connectedCallback() { this.innerHTML = '<span>no match</span>'; }
+      }
+      window.customElements.define(tagName, NoMatchEl);
+
+      // CSS references :state(active) but the element has no states
+      withExample(
+        `<style>${tagName}:state(active) { color: red; }</style>` +
+        `<${tagName} id="nomatch-el"></${tagName}>`,
+        { withShadow: false }
+      );
+
+      let el = document.getElementById('nomatch-el');
+      el.setAttribute('data-percy-element-id', '_nomatch_id');
+
+      ctx = {
+        dom: document,
+        clone: document.implementation.createHTMLDocument('Clone'),
+        warnings: new Set(),
+        cache: new Map(),
+        resources: new Set(),
+        hints: new Set(),
+        shadowRootElements: []
+      };
+      // nosemgrep: javascript.browser.security.insecure-document-method.insecure-document-method
+      ctx.clone.body.innerHTML = document.body.innerHTML;
+      let origStyles = document.querySelectorAll('style');
+      for (let s of origStyles) {
+        ctx.clone.head.appendChild(s.cloneNode(true));
+      }
+
+      rewriteCustomStateCSS(ctx);
+
+      // The element should NOT have data-percy-custom-state since :state(active) doesn't match
+      let cloneEl = ctx.clone.querySelector('[data-percy-element-id="_nomatch_id"]');
+      expect(cloneEl.hasAttribute('data-percy-custom-state')).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('tries legacy :--name syntax matching (line 555)', () => {
+      // Register a custom element
+      let tagName = 'percy-legacy-test-' + Math.random().toString(36).slice(2, 8);
+
+      class LegacyTestEl extends window.HTMLElement {
+        connectedCallback() {
+          this.innerHTML = '<span>legacy test</span>';
+        }
+      }
+      window.customElements.define(tagName, LegacyTestEl);
+
+      withExample(
+        `<style>${tagName}:--highlighted { background: yellow; }</style>` +
+        `<${tagName} id="legacy-el"></${tagName}>`,
+        { withShadow: false }
+      );
+
+      let el = document.getElementById('legacy-el');
+      el.setAttribute('data-percy-element-id', '_legacytest1');
+
+      // Mock el.matches to return true for :--highlighted using defineProperty
+      // to ensure the mock persists when querySelectorAll returns this element
+      let origMatches = window.Element.prototype.matches;
+      Object.defineProperty(el, 'matches', {
+        value: function(sel) {
+          if (sel === ':--highlighted') return true;
+          return origMatches.call(this, sel);
+        },
+        configurable: true,
+        writable: true
+      });
+
+      ctx = {
+        dom: document,
+        clone: document.implementation.createHTMLDocument('Clone'),
+        warnings: new Set(),
+        cache: new Map(),
+        resources: new Set(),
+        hints: new Set(),
+        shadowRootElements: []
+      };
+      // nosemgrep: javascript.browser.security.insecure-document-method.insecure-document-method
+      ctx.clone.body.innerHTML = document.body.innerHTML;
+      let origStyles = document.querySelectorAll('style');
+      for (let s of origStyles) {
+        ctx.clone.head.appendChild(s.cloneNode(true));
+      }
+
+      rewriteCustomStateCSS(ctx);
+
+      let style = ctx.clone.head.querySelector('style');
+      // CSS should be rewritten
+      expect(style.textContent).toContain('[data-percy-custom-state~="highlighted"]');
+      // Clone element should have the attribute set via the :-- mock
+      let cloneEl = ctx.clone.querySelector('[data-percy-element-id="_legacytest1"]');
+      // Verify mock works: el.matches should return true for :--highlighted
+      expect(el.matches(':--highlighted')).toBe(true);
+      // Verify the element is the same reference in querySelectorAll
+      let allEls = document.querySelectorAll('*');
+      let found = Array.from(allEls).find(e => e.id === 'legacy-el');
+      expect(found).toBe(el);
+      expect(found.matches(':--highlighted')).toBe(true);
+      // The attribute may or may not be set depending on if addCustomStateAttributes was called
+      // and found the element via queryShadowAll
+      if (cloneEl) {
+        expect(cloneEl.getAttribute('data-percy-custom-state')).toContain('highlighted');
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('shadow root focus traversal (lines 177, 209)', () => {
+    it('traverses shadow root activeElement chain in markPseudoClassElements', () => {
+      withExample('<div id="shadow-focus-host" data-percy-shadow-host>host</div>', { withShadow: false });
+      let host = document.getElementById('shadow-focus-host');
+      let shadow = host.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' });
+      shadow.innerHTML = '<input id="deep-focus" type="text" data-percy-element-id="_deep_focus_1" />';
+      let deepInput = shadow.getElementById('deep-focus');
+
+      // Mock activeElement to simulate shadow root focus traversal:
+      // document.activeElement -> host, host.shadowRoot.activeElement -> deepInput
+      let origAE = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(document.constructor.prototype, 'activeElement') ||
+        Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(document, 'activeElement');
+      // Mock the host's shadowRoot.activeElement
+      Object.defineProperty(shadow, 'activeElement', { get: () => deepInput, configurable: true });
+      Object.defineProperty(document, 'activeElement', { get: () => host, configurable: true });
+      try {
+        ctx = { dom: document, warnings: new Set() };
+        markPseudoClassElements(ctx, null);
+        // The traversal should reach deepInput and stamp [data-percy-focus]
+        expect(deepInput.hasAttribute('data-percy-focus')).toBe(true);
+      } finally {
+        if (origAE) {
+          Object.defineProperty(document, 'activeElement', origAE);
+        } else {
+          delete document.activeElement;
+        }
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('shadow DOM style injection (line 441)', () => {
+    it('injects rewritten CSS rules into shadow root clone', () => {
+      withExample('<div id="sh-style-host" data-percy-shadow-host>host</div>', { withShadow: false });
+      let host = document.getElementById('sh-style-host');
+      host.setAttribute('data-percy-element-id', '_sh_style_1');
+      let shadow = host.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' });
+
+      // Add a stylesheet via CSSOM so styleSheets is guaranteed populated
+      let style = document.createElement('style');
+      shadow.appendChild(style);
+      style.sheet.insertRule('.inner:focus { outline: 2px solid blue; }', 0);
+
+      // Verify shadow stylesheet is accessible (sanity check)
+      expect(shadow.styleSheets.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+      expect(shadow.styleSheets[0].cssRules[0].selectorText).toBe('.inner:focus');
+
+      let input = document.createElement('input');
+      input.className = 'inner';
+      input.type = 'text';
+      input.setAttribute('data-percy-element-id', '_sh_inner_1');
+      shadow.appendChild(input);
+
+      // Build a clone that mirrors the shadow structure
+      ctx = {
+        dom: document,
+        clone: document.implementation.createHTMLDocument('Clone'),
+        warnings: new Set(),
+        cache: new Map(),
+        resources: new Set(),
+        hints: new Set(),
+        shadowRootElements: []
+      };
+      // nosemgrep: javascript.browser.security.insecure-document-method.insecure-document-method
+      ctx.clone.body.innerHTML = '<div id="sh-style-host" data-percy-shadow-host data-percy-element-id="_sh_style_1"></div>';
+      let cloneHost = ctx.clone.querySelector('[data-percy-element-id="_sh_style_1"]');
+      cloneHost.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' });
+
+      // Verify the host is findable via the attribute selector
+      expect(document.querySelectorAll('[data-percy-shadow-host]').length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+      expect(host.shadowRoot).toBeTruthy();
+
+      withMockedFocus(input, () => {
+        markPseudoClassElements(ctx, null);
+        serializePseudoClasses(ctx);
+      });
+
+      // The shadow root in the clone should have a <style> element with rewritten rules
+      let cloneShadow = cloneHost.shadowRoot;
+      let injectedStyle = cloneShadow.querySelector('style[data-percy-interactive-states]');
+      expect(injectedStyle).not.toBeNull();
+      expect(injectedStyle.textContent).toContain('data-percy-focus');
+    });
+
+    it('skips injection when clone host has no shadow root (line 440)', () => {
+      withExample('<div id="sh-noshadow-host" data-percy-shadow-host>host</div>', { withShadow: false });
+      let host = document.getElementById('sh-noshadow-host');
+      host.setAttribute('data-percy-element-id', '_sh_noshadow_1');
+      let shadow = host.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' });
+
+      let style = document.createElement('style');
+      shadow.appendChild(style);
+      style.sheet.insertRule('.inner:focus { outline: 2px solid blue; }', 0);
+
+      let input = document.createElement('input');
+      input.className = 'inner';
+      input.type = 'text';
+      input.setAttribute('data-percy-element-id', '_sh_noshadow_inner_1');
+      shadow.appendChild(input);
+
+      ctx = {
+        dom: document,
+        clone: document.implementation.createHTMLDocument('Clone'),
+        warnings: new Set(),
+        cache: new Map(),
+        resources: new Set(),
+        hints: new Set(),
+        shadowRootElements: []
+      };
+      // Clone host exists but WITHOUT a shadow root attached
+      // nosemgrep: javascript.browser.security.insecure-document-method.insecure-document-method
+      ctx.clone.body.innerHTML = '<div id="sh-noshadow-host" data-percy-shadow-host data-percy-element-id="_sh_noshadow_1"></div>';
+
+      withMockedFocus(input, () => {
+        markPseudoClassElements(ctx, null);
+        // Should not throw even though clone host has no shadow root
+        expect(() => serializePseudoClasses(ctx)).not.toThrow();
+      });
+
+      // No style should be injected anywhere since there's no shadow root on the clone
+      let cloneHost = ctx.clone.querySelector('[data-percy-element-id="_sh_noshadow_1"]');
+      expect(cloneHost).not.toBeNull();
+      expect(cloneHost.shadowRoot).toBeNull();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('rewriteCustomStateCSS unsafe-name passthrough', () => {
+    it('leaves :state(name) unchanged when name fails the SAFE_STATE_NAME_RE check', () => {
+      // Hostile names containing ", ], <, >, {, }, whitespace must NOT be
+      // interpolated into the rewritten attribute selector — the replace
+      // callback returns the original match. This covers the early-return
+      // branch in serialize-custom-states.js for STATE_FN_RE.
+      const cloneDoc = document.implementation.createHTMLDocument('Clone');
+      // nosemgrep: javascript.browser.security.insecure-document-method.insecure-document-method
+      cloneDoc.body.innerHTML = '<style>:state(bad"]anything) { color: red }</style>';
+      const fakeCtx = {
+        dom: document,
+        clone: cloneDoc,
+        warnings: new Set()
+      };
+      rewriteCustomStateCSS(fakeCtx);
+      const styleEl = cloneDoc.querySelector('style');
+      // Original CSS preserved verbatim — no rewrite happened.
+      expect(styleEl.textContent).toContain(':state(bad"]anything)');
+      expect(styleEl.textContent).not.toContain('data-percy-custom-state');
+    });
+
+    it('leaves legacy :--name unchanged when restricted regex would match but SAFE_STATE_NAME_RE fails', () => {
+      // The legacy regex /:--([a-zA-Z][\w-]*)/g already restricts to safe
+      // characters, so the LEGACY_DASH_DASH_RE callback's safety gate is
+      // belt-and-suspenders. Pass a name that the regex captures but that
+      // we want to assert STILL rewrites correctly — confirms the gated
+      // path is exercised end-to-end.
+      const cloneDoc = document.implementation.createHTMLDocument('Clone');
+      // nosemgrep: javascript.browser.security.insecure-document-method.insecure-document-method
+      cloneDoc.body.innerHTML = '<style>:--legacystate { color: blue }</style>';
+      const fakeCtx = {
+        dom: document,
+        clone: cloneDoc,
+        warnings: new Set()
+      };
+      rewriteCustomStateCSS(fakeCtx);
+      const styleEl = cloneDoc.querySelector('style');
+      expect(styleEl.textContent).toContain('[data-percy-custom-state~="legacystate"]');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('walkCSSRules nested at-rule without conditionText', () => {
+    it('passes inner rules through unchanged when the outer at-rule has no condition', () => {
+      // @layer has cssRules and a name but no conditionText / media — the
+      // inner rule still has selectorText, so walkCSSRules takes the else
+      // branch (no wrapper) and pushes the inner rule unchanged.
+      withExample(
+        '<style>@layer base { button:focus { color: green } }</style>' +
+        '<button id="lay-btn">x</button>'
+      );
+      ctx = {
+        dom: document,
+        clone: document.implementation.createHTMLDocument('Clone'),
+        warnings: new Set(),
+        cache: new Map(),
+        resources: new Set(),
+        hints: new Set(),
+        shadowRootElements: []
+      };
+      // nosemgrep: javascript.browser.security.insecure-document-method.insecure-document-method
+      ctx.clone.body.innerHTML = document.body.innerHTML;
+      markPseudoClassElements(ctx, null);
+      // nosemgrep: javascript.browser.security.insecure-document-method.insecure-document-method
+      ctx.clone.body.innerHTML = ctx.dom.body.innerHTML;
+      expect(() => serializePseudoClasses(ctx)).not.toThrow();
+      // The :focus rule still rewrites successfully — @layer wraps but
+      // contributes no condition prelude.
+      const interactiveStyle = ctx.clone.querySelector('style[data-percy-interactive-states]');
+      expect(interactiveStyle).not.toBeNull();
+      expect(interactiveStyle.textContent).toContain('[data-percy-focus]');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('cleanupInteractiveStateMarkers with no prior marking', () => {
+    it('returns early when ctx._liveMutations is undefined', () => {
+      // Exercises the early-return branch when cleanup is called before any
+      // marking happened (or with a bare ctx).
+      expect(() => cleanupInteractiveStateMarkers({})).not.toThrow();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe(':hover/:active rewrite', () => {
+    it('rewrites :hover to [data-percy-hover] regardless of configured elements', () => {
+      withExample(
+        '<style>.cm3-btn:hover { color: red }</style>' +
+        '<button id="cm3-btn" class="cm3-btn">x</button>'
+      );
+      ctx = {
+        dom: document,
+        clone: document.implementation.createHTMLDocument('Clone'),
+        warnings: new Set(),
+        cache: new Map(),
+        resources: new Set(),
+        hints: new Set(),
+        shadowRootElements: [],
+        pseudoClassEnabledElements: { id: ['cm3-btn'] }
+      };
+      // nosemgrep: javascript.browser.security.insecure-document-method.insecure-document-method
+      ctx.clone.body.innerHTML = document.body.innerHTML;
+      markPseudoClassElements(ctx, ctx.pseudoClassEnabledElements);
+      // nosemgrep: javascript.browser.security.insecure-document-method.insecure-document-method
+      ctx.clone.body.innerHTML = ctx.dom.body.innerHTML;
+      expect(() => serializePseudoClasses(ctx)).not.toThrow();
+      const interactiveStyle = ctx.clone.querySelector('style[data-percy-interactive-states]');
+      expect(interactiveStyle).not.toBeNull();
+      expect(interactiveStyle.textContent).toContain('[data-percy-hover]');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('walkCSSRules charset / import / etc with no selectorText', () => {
+    it('skips rules that have neither nested cssRules nor a selector', () => {
+      // @charset has no cssRules and no selectorText — exercises the
+      // else-if false branch (rule is skipped silently).
+      withExample(
+        '<style>@charset "UTF-8"; .cs-btn:focus { color: red }</style>' +
+        '<button id="cs-btn" class="cs-btn">x</button>'
+      );
+      ctx = {
+        dom: document,
+        clone: document.implementation.createHTMLDocument('Clone'),
+        warnings: new Set(),
+        cache: new Map(),
+        resources: new Set(),
+        hints: new Set(),
+        shadowRootElements: []
+      };
+      // nosemgrep: javascript.browser.security.insecure-document-method.insecure-document-method
+      ctx.clone.body.innerHTML = document.body.innerHTML;
+      markPseudoClassElements(ctx, null);
+      // nosemgrep: javascript.browser.security.insecure-document-method.insecure-document-method
+      ctx.clone.body.innerHTML = ctx.dom.body.innerHTML;
+      expect(() => serializePseudoClasses(ctx)).not.toThrow();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('extractPseudoClassRules with multiple stylesheets', () => {
+    it('appends rules from each stylesheet under the same owner key', () => {
+      // Two <style> elements at the document level — both produce auto-detect
+      // rules, exercising the rulesByOwner.has(owner) === true branch on the
+      // second sheet. The input is `checked` so markInteractiveStates stamps
+      // a live `:checked` element — without this, the per-pseudo short-circuit
+      // in extractPseudoClassRules would (correctly) drop the `:checked` rule
+      // and the assertion below would fail.
+      withExample(
+        '<style>.ms-btn:focus { color: red }</style>' +
+        '<style>.ms-btn:checked { color: blue }</style>' +
+        '<input type="checkbox" class="ms-btn" checked />'
+      );
+      ctx = {
+        dom: document,
+        clone: document.implementation.createHTMLDocument('Clone'),
+        warnings: new Set(),
+        cache: new Map(),
+        resources: new Set(),
+        hints: new Set(),
+        shadowRootElements: []
+      };
+      // nosemgrep: javascript.browser.security.insecure-document-method.insecure-document-method
+      ctx.clone.body.innerHTML = document.body.innerHTML;
+      markPseudoClassElements(ctx, null);
+      // nosemgrep: javascript.browser.security.insecure-document-method.insecure-document-method
+      ctx.clone.body.innerHTML = ctx.dom.body.innerHTML;
+      expect(() => serializePseudoClasses(ctx)).not.toThrow();
+      const interactiveStyle = ctx.clone.querySelector('style[data-percy-interactive-states]');
+      expect(interactiveStyle).not.toBeNull();
+      expect(interactiveStyle.textContent).toContain('[data-percy-focus]');
+      expect(interactiveStyle.textContent).toContain('[data-percy-checked]');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('serializePseudoClasses — defaultView fallback', () => {
+    it('falls back to global window when ctx.dom has no defaultView', () => {
+      // serializePseudoClasses computes styles via ctx.dom.defaultView ||
+      // window. A synthetic ctx.dom that lacks defaultView exercises the
+      // fallback branch.
+      withExample('<div id="dv"></div>', { withShadow: false });
+      let realDom = document;
+      let realEl = document.getElementById('dv');
+      realEl.setAttribute('data-percy-pseudo-element-id', '_dv_id');
+
+      // Wrap ctx.dom in a Proxy that strips `defaultView` but forwards
+      // everything else (querySelectorAll, etc.) to the real document.
+      let stripped = new Proxy(realDom, {
+        get(target, prop) {
+          if (prop === 'defaultView') return undefined;
+          let v = target[prop];
+          return typeof v === 'function' ? v.bind(target) : v;
+        }
+      });
+
+      let clone = document.implementation.createHTMLDocument('Clone');
+      // nosemgrep: javascript.browser.security.insecure-document-method.insecure-document-method
+      clone.body.innerHTML = '<div id="dv" data-percy-pseudo-element-id="_dv_id"></div>';
+      let ctx = {
+        dom: stripped,
+        clone,
+        warnings: new Set(),
+        cache: new Map(),
+        resources: new Set(),
+        hints: new Set(),
+        shadowRootElements: [],
+        pseudoClassEnabledElements: { id: ['dv'] }
+      };
+      expect(() => serializePseudoClasses(ctx)).not.toThrow();
+      // Cleanup live-DOM mutation
+      realEl.removeAttribute('data-percy-pseudo-element-id');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('walkCSSRules — selectorText-less rules (@font-face)', () => {
+    it('skips rules without selectorText (covers the else branch)', () => {
+      // Mix a @font-face rule (no selectorText) with a style rule that has
+      // an interactive pseudo. walkCSSRules must yield only the style rule.
+      withExample(
+        '<style>' +
+        '@font-face { font-family: "X"; src: url("a.woff2"); }' +
+        '.btn:focus { color: red; }' +
+        '</style><button class="btn"></button>',
+        { withShadow: false });
+      let ctx = {
+        dom: document,
+        clone: document.implementation.createHTMLDocument('Clone'),
+        warnings: new Set(),
+        cache: new Map(),
+        resources: new Set(),
+        hints: new Set(),
+        shadowRootElements: []
+      };
+      // nosemgrep: javascript.browser.security.insecure-document-method.insecure-document-method
+      ctx.clone.body.innerHTML = document.body.innerHTML;
+      expect(() => serializePseudoClasses(ctx)).not.toThrow();
+      // The :focus rule still got rewritten and injected; @font-face was
+      // skipped silently.
+      let s = ctx.clone.querySelector('style[data-percy-interactive-states]');
+      expect(s).not.toBeNull();
+      expect(s.textContent).toContain('[data-percy-focus]');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('rewriteCustomStateCSS defensive guards', () => {
+    it('returns early when ctx.clone has no querySelectorAll (collectStyleElements scope guard)', () => {
+      // walkShadowDOM passes the root to visit() before its own querySelectorAll
+      // guard, so the inner visit body must guard too. Pass a synthetic clone
+      // lacking querySelectorAll — collectStyleElements should return [] and
+      // rewriteCustomStateCSS exits without state-detection.
+      let ctx = {
+        dom: document,
+        clone: { /* no querySelectorAll */ },
+        warnings: new Set()
+      };
+      expect(() => rewriteCustomStateCSS(ctx)).not.toThrow();
+    });
+
+    it('handles an empty ctx.dom in addCustomStateAttributes scope guard', () => {
+      // Force the fallback path (state names captured but ctx.dom lacks
+      // querySelectorAll). rewriteCustomStateCSS first collects styles from
+      // ctx.clone (a real document), captures :state(active), then walks
+      // ctx.dom — which we pass as a bare object.
+      let realClone = document.implementation.createHTMLDocument('Clone');
+      let s = realClone.createElement('style');
+      s.textContent = ':state(active) { color: red }';
+      realClone.head.appendChild(s);
+
+      let ctx = {
+        dom: { /* no querySelectorAll */ },
+        clone: realClone,
+        warnings: new Set()
+      };
+      expect(() => rewriteCustomStateCSS(ctx)).not.toThrow();
+      // CSS rewrite still happens regardless of the dom-walk fallback.
+      expect(realClone.head.querySelector('style').textContent)
+        .toContain('[data-percy-custom-state~="active"]');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('rewritePseudoSelector', () => {
+    it('does not rewrite :focus-within or :focus-visible', () => {
+      expect(rewritePseudoSelector('.x:focus-within, .y:focus-visible'))
+        .toBe('.x[data-percy-focus-within], .y:focus-visible');
+    });
+
+    it('rewrites :not(:checked) correctly', () => {
+      expect(rewritePseudoSelector(':not(:checked)'))
+        .toBe(':not([data-percy-checked])');
+    });
+
+    it('rewrites multiple pseudo-classes in a single selector', () => {
+      expect(rewritePseudoSelector('.a:focus.b:checked.c:disabled'))
+        .toBe('.a[data-percy-focus].b[data-percy-checked].c[data-percy-disabled]');
+    });
+
+    it('returns selector unchanged when no pseudo-class is present', () => {
+      expect(rewritePseudoSelector('.foo .bar > .baz'))
+        .toBe('.foo .bar > .baz');
+    });
+
+    it('rewrites :focus-within to its data-attribute selector', () => {
+      expect(rewritePseudoSelector('.x:focus-within')).toBe('.x[data-percy-focus-within]');
+    });
+
+    it('rewrites :hover and :active', () => {
+      expect(rewritePseudoSelector('.btn:hover.btn2:active'))
+        .toBe('.btn[data-percy-hover].btn2[data-percy-active]');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('rewriteCustomStateSelectors — tokenizer edge cases', () => {
+    function names(set) { return Array.from(set).sort(); }
+
+    it('rewrites a simple :state(name) selector', () => {
+      let s = new Set();
+      expect(rewriteCustomStateSelectors('my-el:state(active) { color: red }', s))
+        .toBe('my-el[data-percy-custom-state~="active"] { color: red }');
+      expect(names(s)).toEqual(['active']);
+    });
+
+    it('rewrites legacy :--name selectors', () => {
+      let s = new Set();
+      expect(rewriteCustomStateSelectors('my-el:--highlighted', s))
+        .toBe('my-el[data-percy-custom-state~="highlighted"]');
+      expect(names(s)).toEqual(['highlighted']);
+    });
+
+    it('rejects state names that fail validation', () => {
+      let s = new Set();
+      expect(rewriteCustomStateSelectors(':state(weird name)', s))
+        .toBe(':state(weird name)');
+      expect(s.size).toBe(0);
+    });
+
+    it('handles unterminated :state expressions gracefully', () => {
+      let s = new Set();
+      expect(rewriteCustomStateSelectors(':state(unfinished', s))
+        .toBe(':state(unfinished');
+    });
+
+    it('handles unterminated quoted strings gracefully', () => {
+      let s = new Set();
+      expect(rewriteCustomStateSelectors('"unterminated', s))
+        .toBe('"unterminated');
+    });
+
+    it('handles unterminated attribute brackets gracefully', () => {
+      let s = new Set();
+      expect(rewriteCustomStateSelectors('[unterminated', s))
+        .toBe('[unterminated');
+    });
+
+    it('handles unterminated string inside attribute bracket', () => {
+      // Hits the falsy branch of `if (i < len)` after the inner string
+      // skip runs out of input without finding the closing quote.
+      let s = new Set();
+      expect(rewriteCustomStateSelectors('[x="abc', s)).toBe('[x="abc');
+    });
+
+    it('returns text unchanged when no :state() / :-- is present', () => {
+      let s = new Set();
+      expect(rewriteCustomStateSelectors('.foo .bar', s)).toBe('.foo .bar');
+      expect(s.size).toBe(0);
+    });
+
+    it('rejects :-- with no following name (legacy regex miss)', () => {
+      let s = new Set();
+      expect(rewriteCustomStateSelectors(':--', s)).toBe(':--');
+      expect(s.size).toBe(0);
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/dom/test/shadow-utils.test.js b/packages/dom/test/shadow-utils.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d53d9ec29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/dom/test/shadow-utils.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+import {
+  getRuntime,
+  getClosedShadowRoot,
+  hasClosedShadowRoot,
+  getShadowRoot,
+  walkShadowDOM,
+  queryShadowAll
+} from '../src/shadow-utils';
+import { withExample } from './helpers';
+
+describe('shadow-utils', () => {
+  describe('getRuntime', () => {
+    it('returns the document.defaultView when present', () => {
+      expect(getRuntime(document)).toBe(window);
+      expect(getRuntime(document.body)).toBe(window);
+    });
+
+    it('falls back to global window when node has no ownerDocument or defaultView', () => {
+      // A bare object with no ownerDocument and no defaultView lands on the
+      // window fallback — covers the typeof-window branch that used to be
+      // istanbul-ignored.
+      expect(getRuntime({})).toBe(window);
+      expect(getRuntime(null)).toBe(window);
+    });
+
+    // The non-browser fallback (typeof window === 'undefined') is honestly
+    // unreachable in the karma browser runner — kept in the source as a
+    // safety net for Node/Worker imports, ignored from coverage there.
+  });
+
+  describe('getClosedShadowRoot / hasClosedShadowRoot', () => {
+    it('returns null when no closed-shadow WeakMap is installed', () => {
+      withExample('<div id="x"></div>', { withShadow: false });
+      let el = document.getElementById('x');
+      let prev = window.__percyClosedShadowRoots;
+      delete window.__percyClosedShadowRoots;
+      try {
+        expect(getClosedShadowRoot(el)).toBeNull();
+        expect(hasClosedShadowRoot(el)).toBe(false);
+      } finally {
+        if (prev) window.__percyClosedShadowRoots = prev;
+      }
+    });
+
+    it('reads from the WeakMap when present', () => {
+      withExample('<div id="x"></div>', { withShadow: false });
+      let el = document.getElementById('x');
+      let map = new WeakMap();
+      let fakeRoot = { tag: 'fake' };
+      map.set(el, fakeRoot);
+      let prev = window.__percyClosedShadowRoots;
+      window.__percyClosedShadowRoots = map;
+      try {
+        expect(getClosedShadowRoot(el)).toBe(fakeRoot);
+        expect(hasClosedShadowRoot(el)).toBe(true);
+      } finally {
+        if (prev) {
+          window.__percyClosedShadowRoots = prev;
+        } else {
+          delete window.__percyClosedShadowRoots;
+        }
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('getShadowRoot', () => {
+    it('returns host.shadowRoot for open roots', () => {
+      withExample('<div id="open-host"></div>', { withShadow: false });
+      let host = document.getElementById('open-host');
+      let shadow = host.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' });
+      expect(getShadowRoot(host)).toBe(shadow);
+    });
+
+    it('falls back to the closed-shadow WeakMap when host.shadowRoot is null', () => {
+      withExample('<div id="closed-host"></div>', { withShadow: false });
+      let host = document.getElementById('closed-host');
+      let stub = { tag: 'closed' };
+      let map = new WeakMap();
+      map.set(host, stub);
+      let prev = window.__percyClosedShadowRoots;
+      window.__percyClosedShadowRoots = map;
+      try {
+        expect(getShadowRoot(host)).toBe(stub);
+      } finally {
+        if (prev) {
+          window.__percyClosedShadowRoots = prev;
+        } else {
+          delete window.__percyClosedShadowRoots;
+        }
+      }
+    });
+
+    it('returns null when neither open nor closed root is available', () => {
+      withExample('<div id="bare"></div>', { withShadow: false });
+      expect(getShadowRoot(document.getElementById('bare'))).toBeNull();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('walkShadowDOM', () => {
+    it('visits the root scope', () => {
+      withExample('<div></div>', { withShadow: false });
+      let scopes = [];
+      walkShadowDOM(document, scope => scopes.push(scope));
+      expect(scopes[0]).toBe(document);
+    });
+
+    it('descends into shadow hosts marked with data-percy-shadow-host', () => {
+      withExample('<div id="sh"></div>', { withShadow: false });
+      let host = document.getElementById('sh');
+      host.setAttribute('data-percy-shadow-host', '');
+      let shadow = host.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' });
+      let scopes = [];
+      walkShadowDOM(document, scope => scopes.push(scope));
+      expect(scopes).toContain(shadow);
+    });
+
+    it('returns without recursing when root has no querySelectorAll', () => {
+      // Fake "root" — no querySelectorAll. The visit callback fires once,
+      // and the recursion guard returns cleanly (no throw).
+      let scopes = [];
+      let bareRoot = { tag: 'bare' };
+      expect(() => walkShadowDOM(bareRoot, scope => scopes.push(scope))).not.toThrow();
+      expect(scopes).toEqual([bareRoot]);
+    });
+
+    it('skips hosts whose getShadowRoot returns null', () => {
+      // Marker present but no shadow root reachable — exercise the
+      // "if (shadow) walkShadowDOM(...)" false branch.
+      withExample('<div id="ghost"></div>', { withShadow: false });
+      let host = document.getElementById('ghost');
+      host.setAttribute('data-percy-shadow-host', '');
+      // No shadow attached; no WeakMap entry.
+      let scopes = [];
+      walkShadowDOM(document, scope => scopes.push(scope));
+      // Only the document scope should fire — the ghost host produces no inner scope.
+      expect(scopes.filter(s => s !== document).length).toBe(0);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('queryShadowAll', () => {
+    it('returns matches from root and all shadow descendants', () => {
+      withExample('<div id="qsa-host"></div><input id="top-input">', { withShadow: false });
+      let host = document.getElementById('qsa-host');
+      host.setAttribute('data-percy-shadow-host', '');
+      let shadow = host.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' });
+      // nosemgrep: javascript.browser.security.insecure-document-method.insecure-document-method
+      shadow.innerHTML = '<input id="inner-input">';
+
+      let inputs = queryShadowAll(document, 'input');
+      let ids = inputs.map(i => i.id);
+      expect(ids).toContain('top-input');
+      expect(ids).toContain('inner-input');
+    });
+
+    it('tolerates a scope that throws on the user selector only', () => {
+      // Throw only when called with the user's selector (so walkShadowDOM's
+      // own [data-percy-shadow-host] query still works); the inner visit's
+      // try/catch absorbs the user-selector throw and skips that scope.
+      withExample('<div id="thrower"></div>', { withShadow: false });
+      let host = document.getElementById('thrower');
+      host.setAttribute('data-percy-shadow-host', '');
+      let shadow = host.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' });
+      let realQSA = shadow.querySelectorAll.bind(shadow);
+      shadow.querySelectorAll = (sel) => {
+        if (sel === 'input') throw new Error('boom');
+        return realQSA(sel);
+      };
+      expect(() => queryShadowAll(document, 'input')).not.toThrow();
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/sdk-utils/src/index.js b/packages/sdk-utils/src/index.js
index 61b0b4c0e..c19eea711 100644
--- a/packages/sdk-utils/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/sdk-utils/src/index.js
@@ -11,6 +11,23 @@ import flushSnapshots from './flush-snapshots.js';
 import captureAutomateScreenshot from './post-screenshot.js';
 import getResponsiveWidths from './get-responsive-widths.js';
 
+// Iframe depth constants shared with @percy/dom's serialize-frames. Kept
+// here so external Percy SDKs (Capybara, Cypress, Playwright, etc.) can
+// clamp their own pre-CLI configuration to the same bounds the CLI enforces.
+//
+// MIRROR: must match @percy/dom/src/serialize-frames.js. The pair is kept
+// duplicated (rather than imported across the package boundary) because the
+// previous cross-package import broke Node 14 CI; the parity test below
+// enforces alignment instead. Don't change one without changing the other.
+const DEFAULT_MAX_IFRAME_DEPTH = 3;
+const HARD_MAX_IFRAME_DEPTH = 10;
+
+function clampIframeDepth(raw) {
+  const n = Number(raw);
+  if (!Number.isFinite(n) || n < 1) return DEFAULT_MAX_IFRAME_DEPTH;
+  return Math.min(Math.floor(n), HARD_MAX_IFRAME_DEPTH);
+}
+
 export {
   logger,
   percy,
@@ -23,7 +40,10 @@ export {
   flushSnapshots,
   captureAutomateScreenshot,
   postBuildEvents,
-  getResponsiveWidths
+  getResponsiveWidths,
+  DEFAULT_MAX_IFRAME_DEPTH,
+  HARD_MAX_IFRAME_DEPTH,
+  clampIframeDepth
 };
 
 // export the namespace by default
diff --git a/packages/sdk-utils/test/index.test.js b/packages/sdk-utils/test/index.test.js
index 5a80350ce..c45322e0b 100644
--- a/packages/sdk-utils/test/index.test.js
+++ b/packages/sdk-utils/test/index.test.js
@@ -648,4 +648,65 @@ describe('SDK Utils', () => {
       ]);
     });
   });
+
+  describe('iframe depth constants', () => {
+    let { DEFAULT_MAX_IFRAME_DEPTH, HARD_MAX_IFRAME_DEPTH, clampIframeDepth } = utils;
+
+    it('exposes the default and hard-cap depth values', () => {
+      expect(DEFAULT_MAX_IFRAME_DEPTH).toEqual(3);
+      expect(HARD_MAX_IFRAME_DEPTH).toEqual(10);
+    });
+
+    it('clamps a user-supplied depth to the hard cap', () => {
+      expect(clampIframeDepth(50)).toEqual(10);
+      expect(clampIframeDepth(11)).toEqual(10);
+      expect(clampIframeDepth(10)).toEqual(10);
+    });
+
+    it('passes through valid in-range values', () => {
+      expect(clampIframeDepth(1)).toEqual(1);
+      expect(clampIframeDepth(5)).toEqual(5);
+      expect(clampIframeDepth(9)).toEqual(9);
+    });
+
+    it('floors fractional values', () => {
+      expect(clampIframeDepth(3.7)).toEqual(3);
+    });
+
+    it('falls back to the default for invalid input', () => {
+      expect(clampIframeDepth(undefined)).toEqual(3);
+      expect(clampIframeDepth(null)).toEqual(3);
+      expect(clampIframeDepth(0)).toEqual(3);
+      expect(clampIframeDepth(-1)).toEqual(3);
+      expect(clampIframeDepth(NaN)).toEqual(3);
+      expect(clampIframeDepth('abc')).toEqual(3);
+    });
+
+    // Node-only: reads the dom file from disk via fs to enforce parity
+    // with @percy/sdk-utils' duplicated constants/clamp body. The karma
+    // (browser) runs of this suite have a `process` polyfill but no real
+    // `process.cwd`/`fs`, so guard on cwd being callable.
+    const isNode = typeof process !== 'undefined' &&
+      typeof process.cwd === 'function' &&
+      !!(process.versions && process.versions.node);
+    const itNode = isNode ? it : xit;
+
+    itNode('stays in lockstep with @percy/dom/src/serialize-frames.js', async () => {
+      // The constants + clampIframeDepth body are intentionally duplicated
+      // across @percy/sdk-utils and @percy/dom (cross-package import broke
+      // Node 14 CI in an earlier attempt). This test reads the dom source
+      // and asserts the literal values + clamp body match — drift fails
+      // loudly instead of silently.
+      const fs = await import('fs');
+      const path = await import('path');
+      // sdk-utils tests run with cwd at the sdk-utils package root.
+      const domSource = fs.readFileSync(
+        path.resolve(process.cwd(), '../dom/src/serialize-frames.js'),
+        'utf8'
+      );
+      expect(domSource).toContain('export const DEFAULT_MAX_IFRAME_DEPTH = 3;');
+      expect(domSource).toContain('export const HARD_MAX_IFRAME_DEPTH = 10;');
+      expect(domSource).toMatch(/function clampIframeDepth\(raw\) \{[^}]*Number\(raw\)[^}]*Number\.isFinite[^}]*DEFAULT_MAX_IFRAME_DEPTH[^}]*Math\.min\(Math\.floor\(n\), HARD_MAX_IFRAME_DEPTH\)/);
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/test/regression/pages/dom-structures.html b/test/regression/pages/dom-structures.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b8105983
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/regression/pages/dom-structures.html
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+<head>
+  <meta charset="UTF-8">
+  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
+  <title>DOM Structures Coverage Test</title>
+  <link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/css/base.css">
+  <style>
+    .test-box {
+      padding: 12px;
+      margin: 8px 0;
+      border: 1px solid #ccc;
+      border-radius: 4px;
+      font-family: sans-serif;
+    }
+    .ignored-section { background: #fff0f0; border-color: #cc3333; }
+    .kept-section { background: #f0fff0; border-color: #33cc33; }
+    .custom-el-section { background: #f0f0ff; border-color: #3333cc; }
+  </style>
+</head>
+<body>
+  <h1>DOM Structures Coverage</h1>
+
+  <!-- Item 1: data-percy-ignore on iframes -->
+  <div class="section">
+    <div class="section-title">data-percy-ignore: Direct Attribute</div>
+    <iframe data-percy-ignore srcdoc="<p style='padding:12px;color:red;'>This iframe should be IGNORED by Percy</p>" width="400" height="80" style="border:1px solid #cc3333;"></iframe>
+    <div class="test-box ignored-section">The iframe above has data-percy-ignore. It will be removed from the snapshot but its position is captured for the fidelity overlay.</div>
+  </div>
+
+  <div class="section">
+    <div class="section-title">ignoreIframeSelectors: CSS Selector Match</div>
+    <iframe class="ad-frame" srcdoc="<p style='padding:12px;color:red;'>This iframe matches .ad-frame selector</p>" width="400" height="80" style="border:1px solid #cc3333;"></iframe>
+    <div class="test-box ignored-section">The iframe above matches .ad-frame selector. Removed from snapshot, position captured for fidelity overlay.</div>
+  </div>
+
+  <div class="section">
+    <div class="section-title">Normal Iframe (should be captured)</div>
+    <iframe srcdoc="<p style='padding:12px;color:green;'>This iframe should be CAPTURED by Percy</p>" width="400" height="80" style="border:1px solid #33cc33;"></iframe>
+    <div class="test-box kept-section">The iframe above does NOT have data-percy-ignore and should appear in the snapshot.</div>
+  </div>
+
+  <!-- Item 2: Custom elements (customElements.whenDefined) -->
+  <div class="section">
+    <div class="section-title">Custom Elements: Defined Synchronously</div>
+    <percy-status-badge></percy-status-badge>
+  </div>
+
+  <div class="section">
+    <div class="section-title">Custom Elements: Defined with Delay</div>
+    <percy-delayed-card></percy-delayed-card>
+  </div>
+
+  <script>
+    // Synchronous custom element — defined immediately
+    class PercyStatusBadge extends HTMLElement {
+      connectedCallback() {
+        this.innerHTML = '<div class="test-box custom-el-section">' +
+          '<strong>Status:</strong> Custom element defined and rendered &#10003;</div>';
+      }
+    }
+    customElements.define('percy-status-badge', PercyStatusBadge);
+
+    // Delayed custom element — defined after 500ms to test whenDefined() wait
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      class PercyDelayedCard extends HTMLElement {
+        connectedCallback() {
+          this.innerHTML = '<div class="test-box custom-el-section">' +
+            '<strong>Delayed Card:</strong> This element was defined after 500ms. ' +
+            'Percy should wait for customElements.whenDefined() before snapshot.</div>';
+        }
+      }
+      customElements.define('percy-delayed-card', PercyDelayedCard);
+    }, 500);
+  </script>
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/test/regression/pages/hydration.html b/test/regression/pages/hydration.html
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+++ b/test/regression/pages/hydration.html
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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+<head>
+  <meta charset="UTF-8">
+  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
+  <title>Hydration Regression Test</title>
+  <link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/css/base.css">
+  <style>
+    .status { padding: 12px; border: 1px solid #ccc; border-radius: 4px; min-height: 40px; margin-bottom: 8px; }
+    .hydrated { background: #d4edda; border-color: #28a745; color: #155724; font-weight: bold; }
+    .loading { background: #fff3cd; border-color: #ffc107; color: #856404; }
+  </style>
+</head>
+<body>
+  <h1>Hydration Test</h1>
+  <p style="color:#666;margin-bottom:16px;">
+    These custom-element components hydrate inside connectedCallback the moment
+    customElements.define runs. Percy's pre-snapshot wait blocks on
+    <code>:not(:defined)</code> elements, so by the time Percy serializes,
+    every component below has finished its synchronous hydration and the
+    captured DOM reflects the post-hydration state.
+  </p>
+
+  <div class="section">
+    <div class="section-title">Sync hydration on define</div>
+    <hydrate-sync>Loading...</hydrate-sync>
+  </div>
+
+  <div class="section">
+    <div class="section-title">Hydration that mutates structure</div>
+    <hydrate-structural>Loading...</hydrate-structural>
+  </div>
+
+  <div class="section">
+    <div class="section-title">Multi-phase hydration (all phases run synchronously)</div>
+    <hydrate-multi>Phase 0: Server rendered</hydrate-multi>
+  </div>
+
+  <script>
+    // Custom elements hydrate synchronously inside connectedCallback.
+    // Because Percy waits on `:not(:defined)` before serializing, the
+    // captured DOM always reflects the post-hydration state — regardless
+    // of how long the page takes to download the script.
+
+    class HydrateSync extends HTMLElement {
+      connectedCallback() {
+        this.className = 'status hydrated';
+        this.textContent = 'Hydrated synchronously on define';
+      }
+    }
+
+    class HydrateStructural extends HTMLElement {
+      connectedCallback() {
+        this.className = 'status hydrated';
+        this.innerHTML = '<strong>Hydrated:</strong> structure replaced';
+      }
+    }
+
+    class HydrateMulti extends HTMLElement {
+      connectedCallback() {
+        // Run every phase synchronously so the final state is captured.
+        this.textContent = 'Phase 1: Components mounted';
+        this.textContent = 'Phase 2: Data fetched';
+        this.className = 'status hydrated';
+        this.textContent = 'Phase 3: Fully hydrated';
+      }
+    }
+
+    customElements.define('hydrate-sync', HydrateSync);
+    customElements.define('hydrate-structural', HydrateStructural);
+    customElements.define('hydrate-multi', HydrateMulti);
+  </script>
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/test/regression/pages/interactive-states.html b/test/regression/pages/interactive-states.html
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+++ b/test/regression/pages/interactive-states.html
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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+<head>
+  <meta charset="UTF-8">
+  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
+  <title>Percy DOM Structures Coverage Test</title>
+  <style>
+    * { box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
+    body { font-family: system-ui, sans-serif; padding: 24px; background: #f5f5f5; }
+    h1 { font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 16px; color: #1a1a1a; }
+    h2 { font-size: 16px; margin: 24px 0 8px; color: #333; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; padding-bottom: 4px; }
+    .section { background: #fff; border: 1px solid #ddd; border-radius: 8px; padding: 16px; margin-bottom: 16px; }
+    .label { font-size: 12px; color: #666; margin-bottom: 4px; }
+    .status { display: inline-block; padding: 2px 8px; border-radius: 4px; font-size: 11px; font-weight: 600; }
+    .pass { background: #d4edda; color: #155724; }
+    .fail { background: #f8d7da; color: #721c24; }
+    .warn { background: #fff3cd; color: #856404; }
+
+    /* Styles for interactive states */
+    .focus-test:focus { outline: 3px solid #4a90d9; background: #e8f0fe; }
+    .focus-test:focus-within { border-color: #4a90d9; }
+    .hover-test:hover { background: #ffeeba; color: #856404; }
+    .checked-label input:checked + span { color: #28a745; font-weight: bold; }
+    .disabled-test:disabled { opacity: 0.5; background: #e9ecef; }
+    .active-test:active { background: #c82333; color: white; }
+  </style>
+</head>
+<body>
+
+<h1>Percy DOM Structures Coverage Test Page</h1>
+<p style="margin-bottom:16px;color:#666;">Open this in a browser and snapshot with Percy to verify capture fidelity.</p>
+
+<!-- ============================================ -->
+<!-- S2+S3: Interactive States                    -->
+<!-- ============================================ -->
+<h2>S2+S3: Interactive States (:focus, :checked, :disabled, :active)</h2>
+
+<div class="section" id="interactive-states">
+  <div class="label">:focus state</div>
+  <input type="text" class="focus-test" id="focus-input" value="I should be focused"
+         style="padding:8px;border:2px solid #ccc;border-radius:4px;margin-bottom:12px;display:block;width:300px;">
+
+  <div class="label">:focus-within state</div>
+  <div class="focus-test" id="focus-within-container"
+       style="padding:12px;border:2px solid #ccc;border-radius:4px;margin-bottom:12px;">
+    <input type="text" id="inner-focus-input" value="Focus me to trigger :focus-within on parent"
+           style="padding:6px;border:1px solid #999;border-radius:4px;width:280px;">
+  </div>
+
+  <div class="label">:checked state</div>
+  <div style="margin-bottom:12px;">
+    <label class="checked-label" style="margin-right:16px;">
+      <input type="checkbox" id="check1" checked> <span>Checked checkbox</span>
+    </label>
+    <label class="checked-label" style="margin-right:16px;">
+      <input type="checkbox" id="check2"> <span>Unchecked checkbox</span>
+    </label>
+    <label class="checked-label" style="margin-right:16px;">
+      <input type="radio" name="radio-group" id="radio1" checked> <span>Selected radio</span>
+    </label>
+    <label class="checked-label">
+      <input type="radio" name="radio-group" id="radio2"> <span>Unselected radio</span>
+    </label>
+  </div>
+
+  <div class="label">:disabled state</div>
+  <div style="margin-bottom:12px;">
+    <input type="text" class="disabled-test" disabled value="I am disabled"
+           style="padding:8px;border:1px solid #ccc;border-radius:4px;margin-right:8px;">
+    <button class="disabled-test" disabled
+            style="padding:8px 16px;border:1px solid #ccc;border-radius:4px;">Disabled Button</button>
+    <select class="disabled-test" disabled style="padding:8px;border:1px solid #ccc;border-radius:4px;">
+      <option>Disabled Select</option>
+    </select>
+  </div>
+
+  <div class="label">:active state (click and hold)</div>
+  <button class="active-test" id="active-btn"
+          style="padding:8px 16px;background:#dc3545;color:white;border:none;border-radius:4px;cursor:pointer;">
+    Click & Hold Me
+  </button>
+</div>
+
+<!-- ============================================ -->
+<!-- S4: Hover State                              -->
+<!-- ============================================ -->
+<h2>S4: Hover Forced State</h2>
+
+<div class="section" id="hover-states">
+  <div class="label">:hover state (hover over these)</div>
+  <div style="display:flex;gap:12px;margin-top:8px;">
+    <div class="hover-test" style="padding:16px;border:1px solid #ddd;border-radius:4px;cursor:pointer;">
+      Hover Card 1
+    </div>
+    <div class="hover-test" style="padding:16px;border:1px solid #ddd;border-radius:4px;cursor:pointer;">
+      Hover Card 2
+    </div>
+    <a href="#" class="hover-test" style="padding:16px;border:1px solid #ddd;border-radius:4px;text-decoration:none;color:#333;">
+      Hover Link
+    </a>
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+<!-- ============================================ -->
+<!-- S1: Open Shadow DOM                          -->
+<!-- ============================================ -->
+<h2>S1: Open Shadow DOM</h2>
+
+<div class="section" id="open-shadow-dom">
+  <div class="label">Open shadow root with styles</div>
+  <open-shadow-card id="open-card-1"></open-shadow-card>
+
+  <div class="label" style="margin-top:12px;">Open shadow root with form inputs (tests S2+S3 inside shadow)</div>
+  <shadow-form-element id="shadow-form-1"></shadow-form-element>
+</div>
+
+<!-- ============================================ -->
+<!-- S1: Closed Shadow DOM                        -->
+<!-- ============================================ -->
+<h2>S1: Closed Shadow DOM</h2>
+
+<div class="section" id="closed-shadow-dom">
+  <div class="label">Closed shadow root (should NOT be captured without monkey-patch)</div>
+  <closed-shadow-card id="closed-card-1"></closed-shadow-card>
+
+  <div class="label" style="margin-top:12px;">Closed shadow root with dynamic content</div>
+  <closed-dynamic-card id="closed-dynamic-1"></closed-dynamic-card>
+</div>
+
+<!-- ============================================ -->
+<!-- S1: Nested Shadow DOM                        -->
+<!-- ============================================ -->
+<h2>S1: Nested Shadow DOM (shadow inside shadow)</h2>
+
+<div class="section" id="nested-shadow-dom">
+  <div class="label">3 levels deep: outer > middle > inner</div>
+  <nested-shadow-outer id="nested-outer-1"></nested-shadow-outer>
+</div>
+
+<!-- ============================================ -->
+<!-- S1: Closed Shadow Inside Open Shadow         -->
+<!-- ============================================ -->
+<h2>S1: Closed Shadow Root Inside Open Shadow Root</h2>
+
+<div class="section" id="closed-inside-open">
+  <div class="label">Open shadow root containing a child with a closed shadow root</div>
+  <open-with-closed-child id="open-closed-1"></open-with-closed-child>
+</div>
+
+<!-- ============================================ -->
+<!-- S1: Nested Closed Shadow Roots               -->
+<!-- ============================================ -->
+<h2>S1: Nested Closed Shadow Roots (closed inside closed)</h2>
+
+<div class="section" id="nested-closed">
+  <div class="label">Outer closed shadow containing inner closed shadow</div>
+  <closed-outer-wrapper id="closed-nested-1"></closed-outer-wrapper>
+</div>
+
+<!-- ============================================ -->
+<!-- S5: ElementInternals Custom States           -->
+<!-- ============================================ -->
+<h2>S5: ElementInternals Custom States</h2>
+
+<div class="section" id="custom-states">
+  <div class="label">Custom element with :state(active) and :state(loading)</div>
+  <custom-state-element id="state-el-1" data-state="active"></custom-state-element>
+
+  <div class="label" style="margin-top:12px;">Custom element with :state(error)</div>
+  <custom-state-element id="state-el-2" data-state="error"></custom-state-element>
+
+  <div class="label" style="margin-top:12px;">Custom element with no custom state</div>
+  <custom-state-element id="state-el-3" data-state="idle"></custom-state-element>
+</div>
+
+<!-- ============================================ -->
+<!-- W1: Web Components with Slots & Templates    -->
+<!-- ============================================ -->
+<h2>W1: Web Components — Slots, Templates, whenDefined()</h2>
+
+<div class="section" id="web-components-slots">
+  <div class="label">Named slots (content should appear in projected position)</div>
+  <slotted-card id="slot-card-1">
+    <span slot="title">Card Title via Slot</span>
+    <span slot="body">This body content is slotted from light DOM into shadow DOM.</span>
+    <span slot="footer">Footer: Slotted</span>
+  </slotted-card>
+
+  <div class="label" style="margin-top:12px;">Default slot (fallback content)</div>
+  <slotted-card id="slot-card-2">
+    <!-- no slotted content — should show fallback -->
+  </slotted-card>
+</div>
+
+<div class="section" id="web-components-lazy">
+  <div class="label">Lazy-defined element (defined after 2s delay — tests whenDefined())</div>
+  <lazy-defined-widget id="lazy-widget-1" data-message="I was defined late!"></lazy-defined-widget>
+  <div id="lazy-status" class="status warn" style="margin-top:8px;">Waiting for definition...</div>
+</div>
+
+<!-- ============================================ -->
+<!-- W1: Async / Lazy-Load Web Component          -->
+<!-- ============================================ -->
+<h2>W1: Async Data-Fetching Component</h2>
+
+<div class="section" id="async-component">
+  <div class="label">Component that fetches data in connectedCallback (simulated 1s delay)</div>
+  <async-data-card id="async-card-1" data-endpoint="users"></async-data-card>
+</div>
+
+<!-- ============================================ -->
+<!-- Combined: Shadow DOM + Adopted Stylesheets   -->
+<!-- ============================================ -->
+<h2>Combined: Adopted Stylesheets in Shadow DOM</h2>
+
+<div class="section" id="adopted-styles">
+  <div class="label">Shadow root using adoptedStyleSheets API</div>
+  <adopted-style-card id="adopted-card-1"></adopted-style-card>
+</div>
+
+<!-- ============================================ -->
+<!-- Edge Case: Shadow DOM with :host styles      -->
+<!-- ============================================ -->
+<h2>Edge Case: :host and ::slotted() CSS</h2>
+
+<div class="section" id="host-slotted-css">
+  <div class="label">:host selector + ::slotted() pseudo-element</div>
+  <host-styled-card id="host-card-1">
+    <span slot="highlight">This text styled via ::slotted()</span>
+  </host-styled-card>
+</div>
+
+<!-- ============================================ -->
+<!-- Fidelity Reference: Plain HTML baseline      -->
+<!-- ============================================ -->
+<h2>F1: Fidelity Reference — Plain HTML (should always capture 100%)</h2>
+
+<div class="section" id="fidelity-baseline">
+  <p style="color:#333;">This plain HTML section is the baseline. If Percy can't capture this, something is broken.</p>
+  <div style="display:flex;gap:8px;margin-top:8px;">
+    <div style="width:80px;height:80px;background:#4a90d9;border-radius:4px;"></div>
+    <div style="width:80px;height:80px;background:#d94a4a;border-radius:4px;"></div>
+    <div style="width:80px;height:80px;background:#4ad97a;border-radius:4px;"></div>
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+
+<!-- ============================================ -->
+<!-- SCRIPTS: Define all custom elements          -->
+<!-- ============================================ -->
+<script>
+// ---- Open Shadow DOM Card ----
+class OpenShadowCard extends HTMLElement {
+  constructor() {
+    super();
+    const shadow = this.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' });
+    shadow.innerHTML = `
+      <style>
+        :host { display: block; border: 2px solid #4a90d9; border-radius: 8px; padding: 16px; margin-top: 8px; }
+        .title { font-weight: bold; color: #4a90d9; margin-bottom: 8px; }
+        .content { color: #333; }
+        .badge { display: inline-block; background: #4a90d9; color: white; padding: 2px 8px; border-radius: 12px; font-size: 11px; }
+      </style>
+      <div class="title">Open Shadow Card <span class="badge">shadow</span></div>
+      <div class="content">This content lives inside an open shadow root. Percy should capture this.</div>
+    `;
+  }
+}
+customElements.define('open-shadow-card', OpenShadowCard);
+
+// ---- Shadow Form Element (interactive states inside shadow DOM) ----
+class ShadowFormElement extends HTMLElement {
+  constructor() {
+    super();
+    const shadow = this.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' });
+    shadow.innerHTML = `
+      <style>
+        :host { display: block; border: 1px solid #ddd; border-radius: 8px; padding: 16px; margin-top: 8px; }
+        input[type="text"]:focus { outline: 3px solid #4a90d9; background: #e8f0fe; }
+        input[type="checkbox"]:checked + label { color: #28a745; font-weight: bold; }
+        input:disabled { opacity: 0.5; background: #e9ecef; }
+        .row { margin-bottom: 8px; }
+      </style>
+      <div class="row">
+        <input type="text" id="shadow-text" value="Focus me (inside shadow)" style="padding:6px;border:1px solid #ccc;border-radius:4px;">
+      </div>
+      <div class="row">
+        <input type="checkbox" id="shadow-check" checked>
+        <label for="shadow-check">Checked inside shadow DOM</label>
+      </div>
+      <div class="row">
+        <input type="text" disabled value="Disabled inside shadow" style="padding:6px;border:1px solid #ccc;border-radius:4px;">
+      </div>
+      <div class="row">
+        <select id="shadow-select">
+          <option>Option A</option>
+          <option selected>Option B (selected)</option>
+          <option>Option C</option>
+        </select>
+      </div>
+    `;
+  }
+}
+customElements.define('shadow-form-element', ShadowFormElement);
+
+// ---- Closed Shadow DOM Card ----
+class ClosedShadowCard extends HTMLElement {
+  constructor() {
+    super();
+    const shadow = this.attachShadow({ mode: 'closed' });
+    shadow.innerHTML = `
+      <style>
+        :host { display: block; border: 2px solid #dc3545; border-radius: 8px; padding: 16px; margin-top: 8px; }
+        .title { font-weight: bold; color: #dc3545; }
+        .content { color: #333; margin-top: 8px; }
+        .badge { display: inline-block; background: #dc3545; color: white; padding: 2px 8px; border-radius: 12px; font-size: 11px; }
+      </style>
+      <div class="title">Closed Shadow Card <span class="badge">closed</span></div>
+      <div class="content">This content is inside a CLOSED shadow root. Percy cannot capture this without attachShadow monkey-patching.</div>
+    `;
+  }
+}
+customElements.define('closed-shadow-card', ClosedShadowCard);
+
+// ---- Closed Dynamic Card ----
+class ClosedDynamicCard extends HTMLElement {
+  constructor() {
+    super();
+    this._shadow = this.attachShadow({ mode: 'closed' });
+    this._shadow.innerHTML = `
+      <style>
+        :host { display: block; border: 2px dashed #dc3545; border-radius: 8px; padding: 16px; margin-top: 8px; }
+        .counter { font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; color: #dc3545; }
+      </style>
+      <div class="counter">Count: <span id="count">0</span></div>
+      <div>Dynamic closed shadow content — updates every second</div>
+    `;
+    let count = 0;
+    setInterval(() => {
+      count++;
+      this._shadow.getElementById('count').textContent = count;
+    }, 1000);
+  }
+}
+customElements.define('closed-dynamic-card', ClosedDynamicCard);
+
+// ---- Nested Shadow DOM (3 levels) ----
+class NestedShadowOuter extends HTMLElement {
+  constructor() {
+    super();
+    const shadow = this.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' });
+    shadow.innerHTML = `
+      <style>
+        :host { display: block; border: 2px solid #6f42c1; border-radius: 8px; padding: 16px; margin-top: 8px; }
+        .level { font-size: 12px; color: #6f42c1; font-weight: bold; }
+      </style>
+      <div class="level">Level 1 (Outer Shadow)</div>
+      <nested-shadow-middle></nested-shadow-middle>
+    `;
+  }
+}
+
+class NestedShadowMiddle extends HTMLElement {
+  constructor() {
+    super();
+    const shadow = this.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' });
+    shadow.innerHTML = `
+      <style>
+        :host { display: block; border: 2px solid #e83e8c; border-radius: 6px; padding: 12px; margin-top: 8px; }
+        .level { font-size: 12px; color: #e83e8c; font-weight: bold; }
+      </style>
+      <div class="level">Level 2 (Middle Shadow)</div>
+      <nested-shadow-inner></nested-shadow-inner>
+    `;
+  }
+}
+
+class NestedShadowInner extends HTMLElement {
+  constructor() {
+    super();
+    const shadow = this.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' });
+    shadow.innerHTML = `
+      <style>
+        :host { display: block; border: 2px solid #fd7e14; border-radius: 4px; padding: 8px; margin-top: 8px; }
+        .level { font-size: 12px; color: #fd7e14; font-weight: bold; }
+        .deep-content { color: #333; margin-top: 4px; }
+      </style>
+      <div class="level">Level 3 (Inner Shadow)</div>
+      <div class="deep-content">Deepest nested shadow content. Percy must capture all 3 levels.</div>
+    `;
+  }
+}
+
+customElements.define('nested-shadow-inner', NestedShadowInner);
+customElements.define('nested-shadow-middle', NestedShadowMiddle);
+customElements.define('nested-shadow-outer', NestedShadowOuter);
+
+// ---- Closed Shadow Inside Open Shadow ----
+class OpenWithClosedChild extends HTMLElement {
+  constructor() {
+    super();
+    const shadow = this.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' });
+    shadow.innerHTML = `
+      <style>
+        :host { display: block; border: 2px solid #17a2b8; border-radius: 8px; padding: 16px; margin-top: 8px; }
+        .label { font-weight: bold; color: #17a2b8; margin-bottom: 8px; }
+      </style>
+      <div class="label">Open Shadow (parent)</div>
+      <div>This is inside an open shadow root.</div>
+      <closed-inner-child></closed-inner-child>
+    `;
+  }
+}
+
+class ClosedInnerChild extends HTMLElement {
+  constructor() {
+    super();
+    const shadow = this.attachShadow({ mode: 'closed' });
+    shadow.innerHTML = `
+      <style>
+        :host { display: block; border: 2px solid #dc3545; border-radius: 4px; padding: 12px; margin-top: 8px; }
+        .inner { color: #dc3545; font-weight: bold; }
+      </style>
+      <div class="inner">Closed shadow INSIDE open shadow. Percy must capture this too.</div>
+    `;
+  }
+}
+
+customElements.define('closed-inner-child', ClosedInnerChild);
+customElements.define('open-with-closed-child', OpenWithClosedChild);
+
+// ---- Nested Closed Shadow Roots (closed inside closed) ----
+class ClosedOuterWrapper extends HTMLElement {
+  constructor() {
+    super();
+    const shadow = this.attachShadow({ mode: 'closed' });
+    shadow.innerHTML = `
+      <style>
+        :host { display: block; border: 2px solid #856404; border-radius: 8px; padding: 16px; margin-top: 8px; }
+        .label { font-weight: bold; color: #856404; margin-bottom: 8px; }
+      </style>
+      <div class="label">Outer Closed Shadow</div>
+      <closed-inner-nested></closed-inner-nested>
+    `;
+  }
+}
+
+class ClosedInnerNested extends HTMLElement {
+  constructor() {
+    super();
+    const shadow = this.attachShadow({ mode: 'closed' });
+    shadow.innerHTML = `
+      <style>
+        :host { display: block; border: 2px dashed #856404; border-radius: 4px; padding: 12px; margin-top: 8px; }
+        .deep { color: #856404; font-style: italic; }
+      </style>
+      <div class="deep">Inner closed shadow nested inside outer closed shadow.</div>
+    `;
+  }
+}
+
+customElements.define('closed-inner-nested', ClosedInnerNested);
+customElements.define('closed-outer-wrapper', ClosedOuterWrapper);
+
+// ---- ElementInternals Custom States ----
+class CustomStateElement extends HTMLElement {
+  static get formAssociated() { return true; }
+
+  constructor() {
+    super();
+    this._internals = this.attachInternals();
+    const shadow = this.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' });
+    shadow.innerHTML = `
+      <style>
+        :host { display: block; border: 1px solid #ccc; border-radius: 8px; padding: 16px; margin-top: 8px; transition: all 0.2s; }
+        :host(:state(active)) { border-color: #28a745; background: #d4edda; }
+        :host(:state(loading)) { border-color: #ffc107; background: #fff3cd; }
+        :host(:state(error)) { border-color: #dc3545; background: #f8d7da; }
+        .state-label { font-weight: bold; font-size: 14px; }
+        .state-value { font-size: 12px; color: #666; margin-top: 4px; }
+      </style>
+      <div class="state-label">Custom State Element</div>
+      <div class="state-value" id="state-display">State: initializing...</div>
+    `;
+  }
+
+  connectedCallback() {
+    const state = this.getAttribute('data-state') || 'idle';
+    if (state !== 'idle') {
+      try {
+        this._internals.states.add(state);
+      } catch (e) {
+        // Fallback for browsers without CustomStateSet
+        console.warn('ElementInternals.states not supported:', e.message);
+      }
+    }
+    this.shadowRoot.getElementById('state-display').textContent = `State: ${state}`;
+  }
+}
+customElements.define('custom-state-element', CustomStateElement);
+
+// ---- Slotted Card (named slots) ----
+class SlottedCard extends HTMLElement {
+  constructor() {
+    super();
+    const shadow = this.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' });
+    shadow.innerHTML = `
+      <style>
+        :host { display: block; border: 1px solid #17a2b8; border-radius: 8px; overflow: hidden; margin-top: 8px; }
+        .header { background: #17a2b8; color: white; padding: 12px 16px; font-weight: bold; }
+        .body { padding: 16px; color: #333; }
+        .footer { background: #f8f9fa; padding: 8px 16px; font-size: 12px; color: #666; border-top: 1px solid #ddd; }
+        ::slotted(span) { display: block; }
+        .fallback { color: #999; font-style: italic; }
+      </style>
+      <div class="header"><slot name="title"><span class="fallback">Default Title</span></slot></div>
+      <div class="body"><slot name="body"><span class="fallback">Default body content — no slot provided.</span></slot></div>
+      <div class="footer"><slot name="footer"><span class="fallback">Default Footer</span></slot></div>
+    `;
+  }
+}
+customElements.define('slotted-card', SlottedCard);
+
+// ---- Lazy-Defined Widget (defined after 2s delay) ----
+setTimeout(() => {
+  class LazyDefinedWidget extends HTMLElement {
+    constructor() {
+      super();
+      const shadow = this.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' });
+      const msg = this.getAttribute('data-message') || 'No message';
+      shadow.innerHTML = `
+        <style>
+          :host { display: block; border: 2px solid #20c997; border-radius: 8px; padding: 16px; margin-top: 8px; }
+          .title { font-weight: bold; color: #20c997; }
+          .msg { margin-top: 8px; color: #333; }
+        </style>
+        <div class="title">Lazy Widget (defined after 2s)</div>
+        <div class="msg">${msg}</div>
+      `;
+    }
+
+    connectedCallback() {
+      document.getElementById('lazy-status').textContent = 'Defined!';
+      document.getElementById('lazy-status').className = 'status pass';
+    }
+  }
+  customElements.define('lazy-defined-widget', LazyDefinedWidget);
+}, 2000);
+
+// ---- Async Data Card (simulated fetch) ----
+class AsyncDataCard extends HTMLElement {
+  constructor() {
+    super();
+    this.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' });
+    this.shadowRoot.innerHTML = `
+      <style>
+        :host { display: block; border: 1px solid #6610f2; border-radius: 8px; padding: 16px; margin-top: 8px; }
+        .loading { color: #6610f2; font-style: italic; }
+        .loaded { color: #333; }
+        .title { font-weight: bold; color: #6610f2; margin-bottom: 8px; }
+        .user { padding: 4px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee; }
+      </style>
+      <div class="title">Async Data Card</div>
+      <div id="content" class="loading">Loading data...</div>
+    `;
+  }
+
+  connectedCallback() {
+    // Simulate async data fetch with 1s delay
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      const users = [
+        { name: 'Alice Johnson', role: 'Engineer' },
+        { name: 'Bob Smith', role: 'Designer' },
+        { name: 'Carol White', role: 'PM' }
+      ];
+      const content = this.shadowRoot.getElementById('content');
+      content.className = 'loaded';
+      content.innerHTML = users.map(u =>
+        `<div class="user"><strong>${u.name}</strong> — ${u.role}</div>`
+      ).join('');
+    }, 1000);
+  }
+}
+customElements.define('async-data-card', AsyncDataCard);
+
+// ---- Adopted Stylesheets Card ----
+class AdoptedStyleCard extends HTMLElement {
+  constructor() {
+    super();
+    const shadow = this.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' });
+
+    // Use adoptedStyleSheets API
+    const sheet = new CSSStyleSheet();
+    sheet.replaceSync(`
+      :host { display: block; border: 2px solid #007bff; border-radius: 8px; padding: 16px; margin-top: 8px; }
+      .title { font-weight: bold; color: #007bff; margin-bottom: 8px; }
+      .content { color: #333; }
+      .badge { display: inline-block; background: #007bff; color: white; padding: 2px 8px; border-radius: 12px; font-size: 11px; }
+    `);
+    shadow.adoptedStyleSheets = [sheet];
+
+    shadow.innerHTML = `
+      <div class="title">Adopted Stylesheet Card <span class="badge">adoptedStyleSheets</span></div>
+      <div class="content">Styled via adoptedStyleSheets API, not inline &lt;style&gt; tags. Percy must serialize this.</div>
+    `;
+  }
+}
+customElements.define('adopted-style-card', AdoptedStyleCard);
+
+// ---- Host-Styled Card (:host + ::slotted) ----
+class HostStyledCard extends HTMLElement {
+  constructor() {
+    super();
+    const shadow = this.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' });
+    shadow.innerHTML = `
+      <style>
+        :host {
+          display: block;
+          border: 2px solid #e83e8c;
+          border-radius: 8px;
+          padding: 16px;
+          margin-top: 8px;
+          background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fff5f7, #fff);
+        }
+        :host(:hover) {
+          border-color: #c2185b;
+          box-shadow: 0 2px 8px rgba(232,62,140,0.2);
+        }
+        .title { font-weight: bold; color: #e83e8c; margin-bottom: 8px; }
+        ::slotted(span) {
+          color: #c2185b;
+          font-weight: bold;
+          font-size: 16px;
+          text-decoration: underline;
+        }
+      </style>
+      <div class="title">:host + ::slotted() CSS</div>
+      <slot name="highlight"><span style="color:#999;">No slotted content</span></slot>
+    `;
+  }
+}
+customElements.define('host-styled-card', HostStyledCard);
+
+// ---- Auto-focus the focus test input ----
+window.addEventListener('load', () => {
+  document.getElementById('focus-input').focus();
+});
+</script>
+
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/test/regression/pages/sandbox-iframes.html b/test/regression/pages/sandbox-iframes.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..98506ec5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/regression/pages/sandbox-iframes.html
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+<head>
+  <meta charset="UTF-8">
+  <title>Sandboxed Iframes & Nested Depth</title>
+  <link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/css/base.css">
+</head>
+<body>
+  <h1>Sandboxed Iframes & Nested Depth</h1>
+
+  <!-- Fully-permissive sandbox: should capture without warnings. -->
+  <div class="section">
+    <div class="section-title">Sandbox: allow-scripts + allow-same-origin (no warning)</div>
+    <iframe id="frame-permissive"
+            sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin"
+            srcdoc="<p style='padding:12px;'>Permissive sandbox content</p>"
+            width="400" height="80"></iframe>
+  </div>
+
+  <!-- Empty sandbox: warns with "has no permissions". -->
+  <div class="section">
+    <div class="section-title">Sandbox: empty (warns "no permissions")</div>
+    <iframe id="frame-empty-sandbox"
+            sandbox=""
+            srcdoc="<p style='padding:12px;color:#cc3333;'>Empty sandbox content</p>"
+            width="400" height="80"></iframe>
+  </div>
+
+  <!-- Sandbox missing allow-scripts: warns "scripts disabled". -->
+  <div class="section">
+    <div class="section-title">Sandbox: missing allow-scripts (warns)</div>
+    <iframe id="frame-no-scripts"
+            sandbox="allow-same-origin"
+            srcdoc="<p style='padding:12px;color:#cc3333;'>JS-dependent content will not render</p>"
+            width="400" height="80"></iframe>
+  </div>
+
+  <!-- Sandbox missing allow-same-origin: warns about styles/resources. -->
+  <div class="section">
+    <div class="section-title">Sandbox: missing allow-same-origin (warns)</div>
+    <iframe id="frame-no-origin"
+            sandbox="allow-scripts"
+            srcdoc="<p style='padding:12px;color:#cc3333;'>Styles and resources may not load</p>"
+            width="400" height="80"></iframe>
+  </div>
+
+  <!-- Nested iframes: depth 0 → 1 → 2 → 3. With default maxIframeDepth=3,
+       the inner-most iframe at depth 3 is excluded. -->
+  <div class="section">
+    <div class="section-title">Nested iframes (depth limit boundary)</div>
+    <iframe id="depth-1"
+            srcdoc="<iframe id='depth-2' srcdoc=&quot;<iframe id='depth-3' srcdoc=&apos;<p>Innermost</p>&apos;></iframe>&quot;></iframe>"
+            width="600" height="200"></iframe>
+  </div>
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/test/regression/pages/shadow-dom.html b/test/regression/pages/shadow-dom.html
index 3fbbeda26..cade65b15 100644
--- a/test/regression/pages/shadow-dom.html
+++ b/test/regression/pages/shadow-dom.html
@@ -44,6 +44,22 @@ <h1>Shadow DOM</h1>
     <div id="resource-shadow-host"></div>
   </div>
 
+  <!-- Closed shadow root (mode: 'closed') — captured via the CDP
+       exposeClosedShadowRoots helper. element.shadowRoot returns null for
+       these from page JS, so they're invisible to the cloner without the
+       helper installing the WeakMap entry. -->
+  <div class="section">
+    <div class="section-title">Closed Shadow Root</div>
+    <div id="closed-shadow-host"></div>
+  </div>
+
+  <!-- Custom element with a closed shadow root attached in its constructor.
+       Common pattern for component libraries that hide internals. -->
+  <div class="section">
+    <div class="section-title">Custom Element with Closed Shadow Root</div>
+    <percy-closed-card></percy-closed-card>
+  </div>
+
   <script src="/assets/js/custom-element.js"></script>
   <script>
     // Programmatic shadow root
@@ -78,6 +94,56 @@ <h1>Shadow DOM</h1>
         <span>Shadow DOM with external image resource</span>
       </div>
     `;
+
+    // Programmatic CLOSED shadow root. The reference is held in a local
+    // const so the page can't reach it via element.shadowRoot — Percy's
+    // CDP discovery is the only way to capture this content.
+    const closedHost = document.getElementById('closed-shadow-host');
+    const closedShadow = closedHost.attachShadow({ mode: 'closed' });
+    closedShadow.innerHTML = `
+      <style>
+        .closed-content {
+          padding: 12px;
+          background: #fef9e7;
+          border: 1px solid #b7791f;
+          border-radius: 4px;
+          color: #744210;
+        }
+      </style>
+      <div class="closed-content">
+        <p>This content lives inside a <strong>closed</strong> shadow root.</p>
+        <p>element.shadowRoot returns null — Percy captures it via CDP.</p>
+      </div>
+    `;
+
+    // Custom element that opens a closed shadow root in its constructor —
+    // mirrors how component libraries (e.g. some web-component design
+    // systems) hide their implementation details.
+    if (!customElements.get('percy-closed-card')) {
+      customElements.define('percy-closed-card', class extends HTMLElement {
+        constructor() {
+          super();
+          const shadow = this.attachShadow({ mode: 'closed' });
+          shadow.innerHTML = `
+            <style>
+              .card {
+                padding: 12px;
+                background: #f0fff4;
+                border: 1px solid #2f855a;
+                border-radius: 4px;
+                color: #22543d;
+              }
+              .card-title { font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 4px; }
+            </style>
+            <div class="card">
+              <div class="card-title">Closed Custom Element</div>
+              <p>Constructor attached a closed shadow root.</p>
+              <p>Captured via CDP because no JS handle escapes the constructor.</p>
+            </div>
+          `;
+        }
+      });
+    }
   </script>
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/test/regression/snapshots.yml b/test/regression/snapshots.yml
index 690b34481..cb1c86b78 100644
--- a/test/regression/snapshots.yml
+++ b/test/regression/snapshots.yml
@@ -52,3 +52,34 @@
 - name: Responsive
   url: /responsive.html
   widths: [375, 768, 1280]
+
+- name: DOM Structures Coverage
+  url: /dom-structures.html
+  widths: [1280]
+  ignoreIframeSelectors:
+    - '.ad-frame'
+
+# Interactive states (:focus/:focus-within/:checked/:disabled), forced
+# :hover/:active via pseudoClassEnabledElements, ElementInternals :state(),
+# closed shadow roots (multiple shapes), nested shadows, :host/::slotted,
+# adopted stylesheets, and lazy-defined custom elements.
+- name: Interactive States & Custom States
+  url: /interactive-states.html
+  widths: [1280]
+  pseudoClassEnabledElements:
+    selectors:
+      - '.hover-test'
+      - '.active-test'
+
+# Hydration: page begins as plain HTML and is upgraded by JS post-load.
+# Capture must happen after hydration completes so the upgraded DOM is
+# what's serialized.
+- name: Hydration
+  url: /hydration.html
+  widths: [1280]
+
+# Sandboxed iframes (4 sandbox token combinations) and 3-level nested
+# iframes to exercise the depth-limit boundary.
+- name: Sandbox & Nested Iframes
+  url: /sandbox-iframes.html
+  widths: [1280]