diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5546de8..3461563 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+- Closing a browser context releases it, its pages and their route handlers instead of keeping them for the browser's lifetime
+
 ## [1.5.0] - 2026-09-20
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/src/Browser/Browser.php b/src/Browser/Browser.php
index 41de6ae..c324f80 100644
--- a/src/Browser/Browser.php
+++ b/src/Browser/Browser.php
@@ -88,6 +88,14 @@ public function contexts(): array
         return $this->contexts;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @internal called by BrowserContext::close()
+     */
+    public function forgetContext(BrowserContextInterface $context): void
+    {
+        $this->contexts = array_values(array_filter($this->contexts, static fn (BrowserContextInterface $c): bool => $c !== $context));
+    }
+
     public function browserType(): BrowserType
     {
         return $this->browserType;
diff --git a/src/Browser/BrowserContext.php b/src/Browser/BrowserContext.php
index 5bf917d..0952ebb 100644
--- a/src/Browser/BrowserContext.php
+++ b/src/Browser/BrowserContext.php
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ public function dispatchEvent(string $eventName, array $params): void
             $pageId = $params['pageId'] ?? null;
             if (is_string($pageId)) {
                 unset($this->pages[$pageId]);
+                $this->removeEventDispatcher($pageId);
             }
 
             return;
@@ -237,10 +238,46 @@ public function close(): void
             $this->saveAutoTrace();
         }
 
-        $this->transport->send([
-            'action' => 'context.close',
-            'contextId' => $this->contextId,
-        ]);
+        try {
+            $this->transport->send([
+                'action' => 'context.close',
+                'contextId' => $this->contextId,
+            ]);
+        } finally {
+            foreach (array_keys($this->pages) as $pageId) {
+                $this->removeEventDispatcher($pageId);
+            }
+            $this->removeEventDispatcher($this->contextId);
+            $this->pages = [];
+            $this->routeHandlers = [];
+
+            if ($this->browser instanceof Browser) {
+                $this->browser->forgetContext($this);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @internal called by Page::waitForPopup()
+     */
+    public function registerPage(PageInterface $page): void
+    {
+        $this->pages[$page->getPageIdForTransport()] = $page;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @internal called by Page::close()
+     */
+    public function forgetPage(PageInterface $page): void
+    {
+        unset($this->pages[$page->getPageIdForTransport()]);
+    }
+
+    private function removeEventDispatcher(string $id): void
+    {
+        if (method_exists($this->transport, 'removeEventDispatcher')) {
+            $this->transport->removeEventDispatcher($id);
+        }
     }
 
     public function isClosed(): bool
diff --git a/src/Page/Page.php b/src/Page/Page.php
index 3a35201..f1b36f2 100644
--- a/src/Page/Page.php
+++ b/src/Page/Page.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 namespace Playwright\Page;
 
 use Playwright\API\APIRequestContextInterface;
+use Playwright\Browser\BrowserContext;
 use Playwright\Browser\BrowserContextInterface;
 use Playwright\Clock\ClockInterface;
 use Playwright\Configuration\PlaywrightConfig;
@@ -639,6 +640,13 @@ public function close(): void
         $this->sendCommand('close');
 
         $this->isClosed = true;
+
+        if (method_exists($this->transport, 'removeEventDispatcher')) {
+            $this->transport->removeEventDispatcher($this->pageId);
+        }
+        if ($this->context instanceof BrowserContext) {
+            $this->context->forgetPage($this);
+        }
     }
 
     public function isClosed(): bool
@@ -1257,7 +1265,12 @@ public function waitForPopup(callable $action, array|WaitForPopupOptions $option
             throw new TimeoutException('No popup was created within the timeout period');
         }
 
-        return new self($this->transport, $this->context, $popupPageId, $this->config, $this->logger);
+        $popup = new self($this->transport, $this->context, $popupPageId, $this->config, $this->logger);
+        if ($this->context instanceof BrowserContext) {
+            $this->context->registerPage($popup);
+        }
+
+        return $popup;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Transport/JsonRpc/JsonRpcTransport.php b/src/Transport/JsonRpc/JsonRpcTransport.php
index 7cd2168..07ec504 100644
--- a/src/Transport/JsonRpc/JsonRpcTransport.php
+++ b/src/Transport/JsonRpc/JsonRpcTransport.php
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ public function addEventDispatcher(string $id, EventDispatcherInterface $dispatc
         $this->eventDispatchers[$id] = $dispatcher;
     }
 
+    public function removeEventDispatcher(string $id): void
+    {
+        unset($this->eventDispatchers[$id]);
+    }
+
     public function connect(): void
     {
         if ($this->connected) {
diff --git a/tests/Mocks/EventDispatcherTransport.php b/tests/Mocks/EventDispatcherTransport.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..48a9333
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Mocks/EventDispatcherTransport.php
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the community-maintained Playwright PHP project.
+ * It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Microsoft.
+ *
+ * (c) 2025-Present - Playwright PHP - https://github.com/playwright-php
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Playwright\Tests\Mocks;
+
+use Playwright\Event\EventDispatcherInterface;
+use Playwright\Transport\TransportInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Decorates a transport with the event dispatcher registry of JsonRpcTransport.
+ */
+final class EventDispatcherTransport implements TransportInterface
+{
+    /** @var array<string, EventDispatcherInterface> */
+    private array $eventDispatchers = [];
+
+    public function __construct(private readonly TransportInterface $decorated)
+    {
+    }
+
+    public function addEventDispatcher(string $id, EventDispatcherInterface $dispatcher): void
+    {
+        $this->eventDispatchers[$id] = $dispatcher;
+    }
+
+    public function removeEventDispatcher(string $id): void
+    {
+        unset($this->eventDispatchers[$id]);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return array<string, EventDispatcherInterface>
+     */
+    public function getEventDispatchers(): array
+    {
+        return $this->eventDispatchers;
+    }
+
+    public function connect(): void
+    {
+        $this->decorated->connect();
+    }
+
+    public function disconnect(): void
+    {
+        $this->decorated->disconnect();
+    }
+
+    public function send(array $message): array
+    {
+        return $this->decorated->send($message);
+    }
+
+    public function sendAsync(array $message): void
+    {
+        $this->decorated->sendAsync($message);
+    }
+
+    public function isConnected(): bool
+    {
+        return $this->decorated->isConnected();
+    }
+
+    public function processEvents(): void
+    {
+        $this->decorated->processEvents();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Browser/BrowserContextCloseTest.php b/tests/Unit/Browser/BrowserContextCloseTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..354a9c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Unit/Browser/BrowserContextCloseTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the community-maintained Playwright PHP project.
+ * It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Microsoft.
+ *
+ * (c) 2025-Present - Playwright PHP - https://github.com/playwright-php
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Playwright\Tests\Unit\Browser;
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\CoversClass;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use Playwright\Browser\Browser;
+use Playwright\Browser\BrowserContext;
+use Playwright\Configuration\PlaywrightConfig;
+use Playwright\Exception\TransportException;
+use Playwright\Page\Page;
+use Playwright\Tests\Mocks\EventDispatcherTransport;
+use Playwright\Transport\MockTransport;
+
+#[CoversClass(Browser::class)]
+#[CoversClass(BrowserContext::class)]
+#[CoversClass(Page::class)]
+final class BrowserContextCloseTest extends TestCase
+{
+    private MockTransport $mockTransport;
+    private EventDispatcherTransport $transport;
+    private Browser $browser;
+
+    protected function setUp(): void
+    {
+        $this->mockTransport = new MockTransport();
+        $this->mockTransport->connect();
+        $this->transport = new EventDispatcherTransport($this->mockTransport);
+        $this->browser = new Browser($this->transport, 'browser_1', 'ctx_default', '1.0', new PlaywrightConfig());
+    }
+
+    public function testCloseForgetsTheContextAndReleasesItsDispatchers(): void
+    {
+        $context = $this->openContext('ctx_1');
+        $this->mockTransport->queueResponse(['pageId' => 'page_1']);
+        $context->newPage();
+        $this->mockTransport->queueResponse([]);
+        $context->route('**/*', static function (): void {});
+
+        $this->assertSame([$this->browser->context(), $context], $this->browser->contexts());
+        $this->assertSame(['ctx_default', 'ctx_1', 'page_1'], array_keys($this->transport->getEventDispatchers()));
+
+        $this->mockTransport->queueResponse([]);
+        $context->close();
+
+        $this->assertSame([$this->browser->context()], $this->browser->contexts());
+        $this->assertSame(['ctx_default'], array_keys($this->transport->getEventDispatchers()));
+        $this->assertSame([], $context->pages());
+        $this->assertSame(
+            ['newContext', 'context.newPage', 'context.route', 'context.close'],
+            array_column($this->mockTransport->getSentMessages(), 'action'),
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function testClosedContextsAreGarbageCollected(): void
+    {
+        $references = [];
+        for ($i = 0; $i < 3; ++$i) {
+            $context = $this->openContext('ctx_'.$i);
+            $this->mockTransport->queueResponse(['pageId' => 'page_'.$i]);
+            $page = $context->newPage();
+            $this->mockTransport->queueResponse([]);
+            $page->route('**/*', static fn () => $context);
+            $this->mockTransport->queueResponse([]);
+            $context->route('**/*', static fn () => $page);
+            $this->mockTransport->queueResponse(['popupPageId' => 'popup_'.$i]);
+            $popup = $page->waitForPopup(static fn () => null);
+            $this->mockTransport->queueResponse([]);
+            $popup->route('**/*', static fn () => $context);
+
+            $this->mockTransport->queueResponse([]);
+            $context->close();
+
+            $references[] = \WeakReference::create($context);
+        }
+        unset($context, $page, $popup);
+
+        gc_collect_cycles();
+
+        foreach ($references as $reference) {
+            $this->assertNull($reference->get());
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function testCloseReleasesTheContextWhenTheCloseCommandFails(): void
+    {
+        $context = $this->openContext('ctx_1');
+        $this->mockTransport->queueResponse(['pageId' => 'page_1']);
+        $context->newPage();
+
+        $this->mockTransport->queueResponse(new TransportException('context.close failed'));
+        try {
+            $context->close();
+            $this->fail('Expected the close command to fail.');
+        } catch (TransportException) {
+        }
+
+        $this->assertSame([$this->browser->context()], $this->browser->contexts());
+        $this->assertSame(['ctx_default'], array_keys($this->transport->getEventDispatchers()));
+        $this->assertSame([], $context->pages());
+    }
+
+    public function testPopupIsTrackedByItsContext(): void
+    {
+        $context = $this->openContext('ctx_1');
+        $this->mockTransport->queueResponse(['pageId' => 'page_1']);
+        $page = $context->newPage();
+        $this->mockTransport->queueResponse(['popupPageId' => 'popup_1']);
+
+        $popup = $page->waitForPopup(static fn () => null);
+
+        $this->assertSame([$page, $popup], $context->pages());
+
+        $this->mockTransport->queueResponse([]);
+        $context->close();
+
+        $this->assertSame(['ctx_default'], array_keys($this->transport->getEventDispatchers()));
+    }
+
+    public function testPageCloseReleasesThePage(): void
+    {
+        $context = $this->openContext('ctx_1');
+        $this->mockTransport->queueResponse(['pageId' => 'page_1']);
+        $page = $context->newPage();
+
+        $this->mockTransport->queueResponse([]);
+        $page->close();
+
+        $this->assertSame([], $context->pages());
+        $this->assertSame(['ctx_default', 'ctx_1'], array_keys($this->transport->getEventDispatchers()));
+        $this->assertSame(
+            ['newContext', 'context.newPage', 'page.close'],
+            array_column($this->mockTransport->getSentMessages(), 'action'),
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function testPageClosedEventReleasesThePageDispatcher(): void
+    {
+        $context = $this->openContext('ctx_1');
+        $this->mockTransport->queueResponse(['pageId' => 'page_1']);
+        $context->newPage();
+
+        $context->dispatchEvent('pageClosed', ['pageId' => 'page_1']);
+
+        $this->assertSame([], $context->pages());
+        $this->assertSame(['ctx_default', 'ctx_1'], array_keys($this->transport->getEventDispatchers()));
+    }
+
+    private function openContext(string $contextId): BrowserContext
+    {
+        $this->mockTransport->queueResponse(['contextId' => $contextId]);
+
+        return $this->browser->newContext();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Transport/JsonRpc/JsonRpcTransportTest.php b/tests/Unit/Transport/JsonRpc/JsonRpcTransportTest.php
index 944d53e..cbf7e2b 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Transport/JsonRpc/JsonRpcTransportTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Transport/JsonRpc/JsonRpcTransportTest.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\CoversClass;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use Playwright\Event\EventDispatcherInterface;
 use Playwright\Exception\NetworkException;
 use Playwright\Tests\Mocks\TestLogger;
 use Playwright\Transport\JsonRpc\JsonRpcClient;
@@ -222,6 +223,39 @@ public function testDestructorDisconnects(): void
         $this->assertFalse($transport->isConnected());
     }
 
+    public function testEventsAreDispatchedToTheRegisteredDispatcher(): void
+    {
+        $transport = new JsonRpcTransport(processLauncher: $this->processLauncher, logger: $this->logger);
+
+        $dispatcher = $this->createMock(EventDispatcherInterface::class);
+        $dispatcher->expects($this->once())->method('dispatchEvent')->with('console', ['text' => 'hi']);
+        $transport->addEventDispatcher('page_1', $dispatcher);
+
+        $this->handleEvent($transport, ['objectId' => 'page_1', 'event' => 'console', 'params' => ['text' => 'hi']]);
+    }
+
+    public function testRemovedDispatcherNoLongerReceivesEvents(): void
+    {
+        $transport = new JsonRpcTransport(processLauncher: $this->processLauncher, logger: $this->logger);
+
+        $dispatcher = $this->createMock(EventDispatcherInterface::class);
+        $dispatcher->expects($this->never())->method('dispatchEvent');
+        $transport->addEventDispatcher('page_1', $dispatcher);
+        $transport->removeEventDispatcher('page_1');
+
+        $this->handleEvent($transport, ['objectId' => 'page_1', 'event' => 'console', 'params' => []]);
+
+        $this->assertFalse($this->logger->hasWarningRecords());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param array<string, mixed> $event
+     */
+    private function handleEvent(JsonRpcTransport $transport, array $event): void
+    {
+        (new \ReflectionMethod($transport, 'handleEvent'))->invoke($transport, $event);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param array<string, mixed> $config
      */