diff --git a/src/browser/runtime/local-cloak/actions.ts b/src/browser/runtime/local-cloak/actions.ts
index c12b35a5..19f7d499 100644
--- a/src/browser/runtime/local-cloak/actions.ts
+++ b/src/browser/runtime/local-cloak/actions.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,20 @@ function invalidRequest(command: BrowserRuntimeCommand, error: string): BrowserR
   return { id: command.id, ok: false, errorCode: 'invalid_request', error };
 }
 
+/**
+ * Translate the command vocabulary ('load' | 'none') into Playwright's for a
+ * `page.goto` call. 'none' maps to 'commit': sites that stream analytics forever
+ * never fire the load event, so adapters gating readiness on their own selector
+ * waits must be able to skip it.
+ *
+ * Every Playwright-backed navigation in this runtime goes through here, so a
+ * future waitUntil value reaches all of them at once — the hardcoded literal at
+ * the second call site is what left `tab new --url` hanging after #106/#107.
+ */
+function toGotoWaitUntil(waitUntil: BrowserRuntimeCommand['waitUntil']): 'load' | 'commit' {
+  return waitUntil === 'none' ? 'commit' : 'load';
+}
+
 async function resolveLease(manager: CloakSessionManager, command: BrowserRuntimeCommand) {
   const profileId = resolveCloakCommandProfileId(manager, command);
   if (command.page) {
@@ -204,9 +218,6 @@ export async function dispatchCloakAction(manager: CloakSessionManager, command:
       case 'navigate': {
         if (!command.url) return invalidRequest(command, 'Missing url');
         const profileId = resolveCloakCommandProfileId(manager, command);
-        // 'none' maps to Playwright's 'commit': sites that stream analytics forever
-        // never fire the load event, so adapters gating readiness on their own
-        // selector waits must be able to skip it.
         const lease = await manager.navigatePage(
           {
             profileId,
@@ -222,7 +233,7 @@ export async function dispatchCloakAction(manager: CloakSessionManager, command:
             windowMode: command.windowMode,
           },
           command.url,
-          command.waitUntil === 'none' ? 'commit' : 'load',
+          toGotoWaitUntil(command.waitUntil),
         );
         return { id: command.id, ok: true, data: { title: await lease.page.title(), url: lease.page.url(), timedOut: false }, page: lease.pageId };
       }
@@ -389,6 +400,7 @@ export async function dispatchCloakAction(manager: CloakSessionManager, command:
               runId: command.runId,
               idleTimeout: command.idleTimeout,
               url: command.url,
+              waitUntil: toGotoWaitUntil(command.waitUntil),
               windowMode: command.windowMode,
             });
             return { id: command.id, ok: true, data: { title: await lease.page.title(), url: lease.page.url() }, page: lease.pageId };
diff --git a/src/browser/runtime/local-cloak/session-manager.test.ts b/src/browser/runtime/local-cloak/session-manager.test.ts
index ef74a144..eb4f7796 100644
--- a/src/browser/runtime/local-cloak/session-manager.test.ts
+++ b/src/browser/runtime/local-cloak/session-manager.test.ts
@@ -1531,3 +1531,82 @@ describe('CloakSessionManager', () => {
     expect(launchPersistentContext).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
   });
 });
+
+describe('waitUntil plumbing', () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.useRealTimers();
+    vi.restoreAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  function managerWithPage() {
+    const launched = fakeContext();
+    launched.context.newPage.mockResolvedValue(launched.page);
+    const manager = new CloakSessionManager({
+      baseDir: '/tmp/webcmd-test',
+      launchPersistentContext: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(launched.context),
+    });
+    return { manager, page: launched.page };
+  }
+
+  // 'none' has to reach Playwright as 'commit'. Waiting for 'load' on a site that
+  // never goes idle is the hang #106 was filed about.
+  it('maps waitUntil none to commit when opening a tab with a url', async () => {
+    const { manager, page } = managerWithPage();
+
+    await dispatchCloakAction(manager, {
+      id: 'cmd-tab-none',
+      action: 'tabs',
+      op: 'new',
+      session: 'work',
+      surface: 'browser',
+      url: 'https://example.com/',
+      waitUntil: 'none',
+    });
+
+    expect(page.goto).toHaveBeenCalledWith('https://example.com/', { waitUntil: 'commit' });
+  });
+
+  it('defaults a tab opened without waitUntil to load', async () => {
+    const { manager, page } = managerWithPage();
+
+    await dispatchCloakAction(manager, {
+      id: 'cmd-tab-default',
+      action: 'tabs',
+      op: 'new',
+      session: 'work',
+      surface: 'browser',
+      url: 'https://example.com/',
+    });
+
+    expect(page.goto).toHaveBeenCalledWith('https://example.com/', { waitUntil: 'load' });
+  });
+
+  it('still maps waitUntil none to commit on navigate', async () => {
+    const { manager, page } = managerWithPage();
+
+    await dispatchCloakAction(manager, {
+      id: 'cmd-navigate-none',
+      action: 'navigate',
+      session: 'work',
+      surface: 'browser',
+      url: 'https://example.com/',
+      waitUntil: 'none',
+    });
+
+    expect(page.goto).toHaveBeenCalledWith('https://example.com/', { waitUntil: 'commit' });
+  });
+
+  it('defaults navigate without waitUntil to load', async () => {
+    const { manager, page } = managerWithPage();
+
+    await dispatchCloakAction(manager, {
+      id: 'cmd-navigate-default',
+      action: 'navigate',
+      session: 'work',
+      surface: 'browser',
+      url: 'https://example.com/',
+    });
+
+    expect(page.goto).toHaveBeenCalledWith('https://example.com/', { waitUntil: 'load' });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/browser/runtime/local-cloak/session-manager.ts b/src/browser/runtime/local-cloak/session-manager.ts
index 49cef1ae..d11d3eba 100644
--- a/src/browser/runtime/local-cloak/session-manager.ts
+++ b/src/browser/runtime/local-cloak/session-manager.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,16 @@ export interface SessionKeyInput {
   freshPage?: boolean;
 }
 
+export type NewPageInput = SessionKeyInput & {
+  url?: string;
+  /**
+   * Playwright `goto` readiness for `url`, already translated from the command
+   * vocabulary by the caller. Defaults to 'load'; 'commit' skips waiting for the
+   * load event on sites that never go idle.
+   */
+  waitUntil?: 'load' | 'commit';
+};
+
 type PageEntry = {
   page: PlaywrightPage;
   pageId: string;
@@ -414,7 +424,7 @@ export class CloakSessionManager {
     })));
   }
 
-  async newPage(input: SessionKeyInput & { url?: string }): Promise<CloakPageLease> {
+  async newPage(input: NewPageInput): Promise<CloakPageLease> {
     return this.newPageAttempt(input, 0);
   }
 
@@ -422,7 +432,7 @@ export class CloakSessionManager {
     return this.navigatePageAttempt(input, url, waitUntil, 0);
   }
 
-  private async newPageAttempt(input: SessionKeyInput & { url?: string }, attempt: number): Promise<CloakPageLease> {
+  private async newPageAttempt(input: NewPageInput, attempt: number): Promise<CloakPageLease> {
     const profileId = normalizeProfileId(input.profileId);
     const session = requireSession(input.session);
     const sessionId = requireSessionId(input);
@@ -433,7 +443,7 @@ export class CloakSessionManager {
     });
     if (input.url) {
       try {
-        await acquired.page.goto(input.url, { waitUntil: 'load' });
+        await acquired.page.goto(input.url, { waitUntil: input.waitUntil ?? 'load' });
       } catch (error) {
         if (attempt === 0 && isClosedContextError(error)) {
           this.invalidateProfileRuntime(profileId, acquired.runtime);