diff --git a/packages/engine/src/services/frameCapture-discardWarmup.test.ts b/packages/engine/src/services/frameCapture-discardWarmup.test.ts
index 677da7d91f..3f6f48e8f5 100644
--- a/packages/engine/src/services/frameCapture-discardWarmup.test.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/src/services/frameCapture-discardWarmup.test.ts
@@ -210,3 +210,15 @@ describe("discardWarmupCapture", () => {
     }
   });
 });
+
+describe("getCapturePerfSummary", () => {
+  it("reports the beyond-viewport value the session captured with", () => {
+    const session = makeFakeSession();
+    try {
+      session.options.captureBeyondViewport = false;
+      expect(getCapturePerfSummary(session).captureBeyondViewport).toBe(false);
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(session.outputDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/engine/src/services/frameCapture.ts b/packages/engine/src/services/frameCapture.ts
index 693565d056..6ed92abecf 100644
--- a/packages/engine/src/services/frameCapture.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/src/services/frameCapture.ts
@@ -5557,6 +5557,7 @@ export function getCapturePerfSummary(session: CaptureSession): CapturePerfSumma
     avgSeekMs: Math.round(session.capturePerf.seekMs / frames),
     avgBeforeCaptureMs: Math.round(session.capturePerf.beforeCaptureMs / frames),
     avgScreenshotMs: Math.round(session.capturePerf.screenshotMs / frames),
+    captureBeyondViewport: session.options.captureBeyondViewport,
     p50TotalMs: medianOf(session.capturePerf.frameMs),
     p95TotalMs: percentileOf(session.capturePerf.frameMs, 0.95),
     p99TotalMs: percentileOf(session.capturePerf.frameMs, 0.99),
diff --git a/packages/engine/src/types.ts b/packages/engine/src/types.ts
index 606f2bbec9..44ab61ac91 100644
--- a/packages/engine/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/src/types.ts
@@ -272,6 +272,8 @@ export interface CapturePerfSummary {
   avgSeekMs: number;
   avgBeforeCaptureMs: number;
   avgScreenshotMs: number;
+  /** Whether the session captured beyond the viewport, after init turned the request off for a page that fits. */
+  captureBeyondViewport?: boolean;
   /**
    * Median per-frame capture time — warmup-robust, unlike `avgTotalMs`
    * (first frames pay font/image decode + GC that swamps short renders'
diff --git a/packages/producer/src/services/render/perfSummary.test.ts b/packages/producer/src/services/render/perfSummary.test.ts
index 28e6c8bb94..cb893bfecc 100644
--- a/packages/producer/src/services/render/perfSummary.test.ts
+++ b/packages/producer/src/services/render/perfSummary.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
-import { buildRenderPerfSummary, roundDb } from "./perfSummary.js";
+import { buildRenderPerfSummary, capturedBeyondViewport, roundDb } from "./perfSummary.js";
+import type { CapturePerfSummary } from "@hyperframes/engine";
 import type { RenderJob } from "../renderOrchestrator.js";
 
 describe("roundDb", () => {
@@ -75,3 +76,21 @@ describe("buildRenderPerfSummary drawElement gate reason", () => {
     expect(summary.drawElement?.gateReason).toBe("css_effect:filter");
   });
 });
+
+describe("capturedBeyondViewport", () => {
+  const perf = (captureBeyondViewport?: boolean) =>
+    ({ captureBeyondViewport }) as CapturePerfSummary;
+
+  it("reports off when every worker's session turned the requested capture off", () => {
+    expect(capturedBeyondViewport([perf(false), perf(false)], true)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("reports on when any worker kept it", () => {
+    expect(capturedBeyondViewport([perf(false), perf(true)], false)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("keeps the stage's value when no worker reported one", () => {
+    expect(capturedBeyondViewport([perf()], true)).toBe(true);
+    expect(capturedBeyondViewport([], undefined)).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/producer/src/services/render/perfSummary.ts b/packages/producer/src/services/render/perfSummary.ts
index 8d0ef0f001..4526b7e238 100644
--- a/packages/producer/src/services/render/perfSummary.ts
+++ b/packages/producer/src/services/render/perfSummary.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,15 @@ export function pushWorkerDedupPerfs(
   }
 }
 
+/** Beyond-viewport capture as the workers' sessions used it: on if any kept it, `fallback` when none reported. */
+export function capturedBeyondViewport(
+  perfs: ReadonlyArray<CapturePerfSummary>,
+  fallback: boolean | undefined,
+): boolean | undefined {
+  const used = perfs.flatMap((perf) => perf.captureBeyondViewport ?? []);
+  return used.length > 0 ? used.includes(true) : fallback;
+}
+
 /** Adds each worker's page-error console lines to `sink`, once per distinct line. */
 export function pushWorkerPageErrors(
   results: ReadonlyArray<{ pageErrorLines?: string[] }>,
diff --git a/packages/producer/src/services/renderOrchestrator.ts b/packages/producer/src/services/renderOrchestrator.ts
index 9d4abc0ba1..aef294d5b8 100644
--- a/packages/producer/src/services/renderOrchestrator.ts
+++ b/packages/producer/src/services/renderOrchestrator.ts
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ import { formatCaptureFrameName } from "../utils/paths.js";
 import { findRenderHdrAutoPromotionTrigger, resolveEffectiveHdrMode } from "./render/hdrMode.js";
 import {
   buildRenderPerfSummary,
+  capturedBeyondViewport,
   pushWorkerDedupPerfs,
   pushWorkerPageErrors,
   roundDb,
@@ -5150,10 +5151,12 @@ async function executeRenderPipeline(input: {
           deDrainStats = streamingRes.deDrainStats;
           workerCount = streamingRes.workerCount;
           updateCaptureObservability({ workerCount });
-          if (streamingRes.captureBeyondViewport !== undefined) {
-            updateCaptureObservability({
-              captureBeyondViewport: streamingRes.captureBeyondViewport,
-            });
+          const usedBeyondViewport = capturedBeyondViewport(
+            dedupPerfs,
+            streamingRes.captureBeyondViewport,
+          );
+          if (usedBeyondViewport !== undefined) {
+            updateCaptureObservability({ captureBeyondViewport: usedBeyondViewport });
           }
           probeSession = streamingRes.probeSession;
           lastBrowserConsole = streamingRes.lastBrowserConsole;
@@ -5337,10 +5340,12 @@ async function executeRenderPipeline(input: {
         const captureFrameMs = Date.now() - captureFrameStart;
         workerCount = captureRes.workerCount;
         updateCaptureObservability({ workerCount });
-        if (captureRes.captureBeyondViewport !== undefined) {
-          updateCaptureObservability({
-            captureBeyondViewport: captureRes.captureBeyondViewport,
-          });
+        const usedBeyondViewport = capturedBeyondViewport(
+          dedupPerfs,
+          captureRes.captureBeyondViewport,
+        );
+        if (usedBeyondViewport !== undefined) {
+          updateCaptureObservability({ captureBeyondViewport: usedBeyondViewport });
         }
         probeSession = captureRes.probeSession;
         lastBrowserConsole = captureRes.lastBrowserConsole;