diff --git a/crates/botloftd/src/browser/events.rs b/crates/botloftd/src/browser/events.rs
index 3577092a..aed1bf40 100644
--- a/crates/botloftd/src/browser/events.rs
+++ b/crates/botloftd/src/browser/events.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use super::titles::retitles;
 
 impl Session {
     /// Sets up a new tab before it runs, and makes it the active one.
-    async fn attached(&self, params: &Value) {
+    async fn attached(&self, params: &Value, hooks: &Hooks) {
         let info = &params["targetInfo"];
         if info["type"] != "page" {
             return;
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ impl Session {
             let extra = (tabs.list.len() > MAX_TABS).then(|| tabs.list[0].target.clone());
             (previous, tabs.watching, extra, tabs.viewport)
         };
+        // The app hears of the tab now: the setup below lets the page run,
+        // and a bot's tool may read it before the setup is done.
+        (hooks.changed)(self.lock().info());
         let setup = [
             ("Page.enable", json!({})),
             ("Network.enable", json!({})),
@@ -123,7 +126,7 @@ impl Session {
         let params = &event.params;
         let Some(session) = event.session.as_deref() else {
             match event.method.as_str() {
-                "Target.attachedToTarget" => self.attached(params).await,
+                "Target.attachedToTarget" => self.attached(params, hooks).await,
                 "Target.detachedFromTarget" => self.detached(params).await,
                 "Target.targetInfoChanged" => self.info_changed(&params["targetInfo"]),
                 "Browser.downloadWillBegin" => {
@@ -277,24 +280,29 @@ pub(super) async fn pump(
 ) {
     let mut last = PageInfo::default();
     loop {
-        tokio::select! {
+        let handled = tokio::select! {
             event = events.recv() => {
                 let Some(event) = event else { break };
                 session.handle(&event, &hooks).await;
-                session.changed.notify_waiters();
                 if let Some(page) = event.session.filter(|_| retitles(&event.method)) {
                     let session = Arc::clone(&session);
                     tokio::spawn(async move { session.retitle(&page).await });
                 }
+                true
             }
             // The owner moved between tabs: no event says so.
-            () = session.moved.notified() => {}
-        }
+            () = session.moved.notified() => false,
+        };
         let info = session.lock().info();
         if info != last {
             (hooks.changed)(info.clone());
             last = info;
         }
+        // Only now: a tool that waits for this event answers after the
+        // app's state shows it, so the tab list is never behind the bot.
+        if handled {
+            session.changed.notify_waiters();
+        }
     }
     debug!("browser: closed");
     session.close();
diff --git a/crates/botloftd/tests/browser.rs b/crates/botloftd/tests/browser.rs
index 9b37d21a..9b69d4e4 100644
--- a/crates/botloftd/tests/browser.rs
+++ b/crates/botloftd/tests/browser.rs
@@ -182,13 +182,29 @@ async fn new_tabs_and_dialogs_reach_the_bot_and_the_owner_watches() {
         .await
         .expect("new tab");
     assert!(tab.contains("Thanks, Tab"), "{tab}");
-    let open = b.app.call("browser.list", Value::Null).await.expect("list");
-    // The new tab is the active one, after the tab that opened it.
-    let tabs = open[0]["tabs"].as_array().expect("tabs");
+    // The new tab is the active one, after the tab that opened it. The app
+    // may hear of its address a moment after the bot read the page: the
+    // events that bring it wait while the new tab is set up.
+    let deadline = Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(5);
+    let tabs = loop {
+        let open = b.app.call("browser.list", Value::Null).await.expect("list");
+        let tabs = open[0]["tabs"].as_array().expect("tabs").clone();
+        let shown = tabs.len() == 2
+            && tabs[1]["url"]
+                .as_str()
+                .is_some_and(|url| url.contains("/done"));
+        if shown || Instant::now() > deadline {
+            break tabs;
+        }
+        tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(50)).await;
+    };
     assert_eq!(tabs.len(), 2, "{tabs:?}");
     assert_eq!(tabs[0]["active"], false);
     assert_eq!(tabs[1]["active"], true);
-    assert!(tabs[1]["url"].as_str().expect("url").contains("/done"));
+    assert!(
+        tabs[1]["url"].as_str().expect("url").contains("/done"),
+        "{tabs:?}"
+    );
 
     let picture = b.mcp.tool_result("browser_screenshot", json!({})).await;
     assert_eq!(picture["content"][0]["type"], "image");