diff --git a/src/browser/pw-tools-core.test.ts b/src/browser/pw-tools-core.test.ts
index 965d41485..b60bee2e9 100644
--- a/src/browser/pw-tools-core.test.ts
+++ b/src/browser/pw-tools-core.test.ts
@@ -396,6 +396,22 @@ describe("pw-tools-core", () => {
     expect(res.truncated).toBe(true);
   });
 
+  it("scrolls a ref into view (default timeout)", async () => {
+    const scrollIntoViewIfNeeded = vi.fn(async () => {});
+    currentRefLocator = { scrollIntoViewIfNeeded };
+    currentPage = {};
+
+    const mod = await importModule();
+    await mod.scrollIntoViewViaPlaywright({
+      cdpUrl: "http://127.0.0.1:18792",
+      targetId: "T1",
+      ref: "1",
+    });
+
+    expect(sessionMocks.refLocator).toHaveBeenCalledWith(currentPage, "1");
+    expect(scrollIntoViewIfNeeded).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ timeout: 20_000 });
+  });
+
   it("rewrites strict mode violations into snapshot hints", async () => {
     const click = vi.fn(async () => {
       throw new Error(
diff --git a/src/browser/server.test.ts b/src/browser/server.test.ts
index f406db7ba..9dd482d5a 100644
--- a/src/browser/server.test.ts
+++ b/src/browser/server.test.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ const pwMocks = vi.hoisted(() => ({
   fillFormViaPlaywright: vi.fn(async () => {}),
   getConsoleMessagesViaPlaywright: vi.fn(async () => []),
   hoverViaPlaywright: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+  scrollIntoViewViaPlaywright: vi.fn(async () => {}),
   navigateViaPlaywright: vi.fn(async () => ({ url: "https://example.com" })),
   pdfViaPlaywright: vi.fn(async () => ({ buffer: Buffer.from("pdf") })),
   pressKeyViaPlaywright: vi.fn(async () => {}),
@@ -416,6 +417,18 @@ describe("browser control server", () => {
       ref: "2",
     });
 
+    const scroll = (await realFetch(`${base}/act`, {
+      method: "POST",
+      headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
+      body: JSON.stringify({ kind: "scrollIntoView", ref: "2" }),
+    }).then((r) => r.json())) as { ok: boolean };
+    expect(scroll.ok).toBe(true);
+    expect(pwMocks.scrollIntoViewViaPlaywright).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      cdpUrl: cdpBaseUrl,
+      targetId: "abcd1234",
+      ref: "2",
+    });
+
     const drag = (await realFetch(`${base}/act`, {
       method: "POST",
       headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },