diff --git a/crates/crw-renderer/src/cdp.rs b/crates/crw-renderer/src/cdp.rs
index 94129dbf..a0e087e2 100644
--- a/crates/crw-renderer/src/cdp.rs
+++ b/crates/crw-renderer/src/cdp.rs
@@ -450,6 +450,8 @@ pub struct CdpRenderer {
     /// requiring a specific content selector to mount + networkIdle(0). Keeps the
     /// mandatory content gate (never snapshots an empty CSR shell). Default off.
     fast_ready: bool,
+    /// UA for `Network.setUserAgentOverride`; empty = no override (browser default).
+    user_agent: String,
 }
 
 impl CdpRenderer {
@@ -472,6 +474,7 @@ impl CdpRenderer {
             challenge_max_retries: CHALLENGE_MAX_RETRIES,
             spa_selector_max: Duration::from_millis(SPA_SELECTOR_MAX_MS),
             fast_ready: false,
+            user_agent: String::new(),
         }
     }
 
@@ -483,6 +486,15 @@ impl CdpRenderer {
         self
     }
 
+    /// Set the User-Agent the CDP renderer presents (via
+    /// `Network.setUserAgentOverride`). Pass the same `effective_ua` the HTTP
+    /// fetcher uses so a JS-rendered page sees a modern UA, not the browser's
+    /// default — and HTTP/CDP UAs match (a mismatch is itself a bot tell).
+    pub fn with_user_agent(mut self, ua: &str) -> Self {
+        self.user_agent = ua.to_string();
+        self
+    }
+
     /// Override the post-navigate challenge-clear retry count (default 3).
     /// Set lower (or 0) to trim the anti-bot tail; anti-bot recovery is then the
     /// stealth/auto-egress tier's job (the Firecrawl/Spider approach).
@@ -2088,6 +2100,23 @@ impl CdpRenderer {
         )
         .await?;
 
+        // Present a modern UA on the CDP path too (the HTTP fetcher already does,
+        // but renderers otherwise send the browser's own — often stale — UA, which
+        // trips "your browser is outdated" gates). Session-scoped (so pooled
+        // contexts don't leak it) and best-effort: lightpanda may not implement
+        // this method, and a failure must NOT abort an otherwise-fine render —
+        // hence `.ok()`, not `?`. Empty UA = skip (keep the browser default).
+        if !self.user_agent.is_empty() {
+            conn.send_recv(
+                "Network.setUserAgentOverride",
+                serde_json::json!({ "userAgent": self.user_agent }),
+                Some(&session_id),
+                self.page_timeout,
+            )
+            .await
+            .ok();
+        }
+
         // Subscribe to events BEFORE navigating so we don't miss loadEventFired.
         let events_rx = conn.subscribe();
 
@@ -2595,7 +2624,7 @@ fn is_spa_text_ready(text_len: i64) -> bool {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use super::{build_auth_response, is_content_stable};
+    use super::{CdpRenderer, build_auth_response, is_content_stable};
 
     #[test]
     fn auth_response_provides_credentials_when_creds_set() {
@@ -2760,4 +2789,16 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(!is_capturable_mime("application/javascript"));
         assert!(!is_capturable_mime(""));
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn user_agent_default_empty_and_builder_sets_it() {
+        // Default = empty → fetch_inner skips the override (browser default).
+        let r = CdpRenderer::new("chrome", "ws://127.0.0.1:9222", 1000, 1);
+        assert_eq!(r.user_agent, "", "default UA must be empty (no override)");
+        // Builder threads the effective UA through so CDP matches the HTTP path.
+        let ua = "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 \
+                  (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/150.0.0.0 Safari/537.36";
+        let r = r.with_user_agent(ua);
+        assert_eq!(r.user_agent, ua);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/crw-renderer/src/lib.rs b/crates/crw-renderer/src/lib.rs
index 6c166d5e..6ee1531a 100644
--- a/crates/crw-renderer/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/crw-renderer/src/lib.rs
@@ -458,12 +458,15 @@ impl FallbackRenderer {
 
             if want(RendererMode::Lightpanda) {
                 if let Some(lp) = &config.lightpanda {
-                    js_renderers.push(Arc::new(cdp::CdpRenderer::new(
-                        "lightpanda",
-                        &lp.ws_url,
-                        config.lightpanda_timeout(),
-                        config.pool_size,
-                    )));
+                    js_renderers.push(Arc::new(
+                        cdp::CdpRenderer::new(
+                            "lightpanda",
+                            &lp.ws_url,
+                            config.lightpanda_timeout(),
+                            config.pool_size,
+                        )
+                        .with_user_agent(&effective_ua),
+                    ));
                 } else if matches!(config.mode, RendererMode::Lightpanda) {
                     return Err(CrwError::ConfigError(
                         "renderer.mode = \"lightpanda\" but [renderer.lightpanda] ws_url is not \
@@ -476,12 +479,15 @@ impl FallbackRenderer {
                 if let Some(pw) = &config.playwright {
                     // Playwright is treated as a "chrome-equivalent" tier —
                     // same timeout budget, same kind of work.
-                    js_renderers.push(Arc::new(cdp::CdpRenderer::new(
-                        "playwright",
-                        &pw.ws_url,
-                        config.chrome_timeout(),
-                        config.pool_size,
-                    )));
+                    js_renderers.push(Arc::new(
+                        cdp::CdpRenderer::new(
+                            "playwright",
+                            &pw.ws_url,
+                            config.chrome_timeout(),
+                            config.pool_size,
+                        )
+                        .with_user_agent(&effective_ua),
+                    ));
                 } else if matches!(config.mode, RendererMode::Playwright) {
                     return Err(CrwError::ConfigError(
                         "renderer.mode = \"playwright\" but [renderer.playwright] ws_url is not \
@@ -500,6 +506,7 @@ impl FallbackRenderer {
                         config.chrome_timeout(),
                         config.pool_size,
                     )
+                    .with_user_agent(&effective_ua)
                     .with_nav_budget(config.chrome_nav_budget_ms)
                     .with_challenge_retries(
                         config
@@ -589,6 +596,7 @@ impl FallbackRenderer {
                         config.chrome_proxy_timeout(),
                         config.pool_size,
                     )
+                    .with_user_agent(&effective_ua)
                     .with_nav_budget(config.chrome_nav_budget_ms)
                     .with_challenge_retries(
                         config