diff --git a/extensions/browser/src/browser/server-context.tab-ops.ts b/extensions/browser/src/browser/server-context.tab-ops.ts
index 9344f4af6cd..f91bcadb4cd 100644
--- a/extensions/browser/src/browser/server-context.tab-ops.ts
+++ b/extensions/browser/src/browser/server-context.tab-ops.ts
@@ -230,14 +230,14 @@ export function createProfileTabOps({
       {
         method: "PUT",
       },
-      ssrfPolicyOpts.ssrfPolicy,
+      getCdpControlPolicy(),
     ).catch(async (err) => {
       if (String(err).includes("HTTP 405")) {
         return await fetchJson<CdpTarget>(
           endpoint,
           CDP_JSON_NEW_TIMEOUT_MS,
           undefined,
-          ssrfPolicyOpts.ssrfPolicy,
+          getCdpControlPolicy(),
         );
       }
       throw err;
diff --git a/extensions/browser/src/browser/server-context.tab-selection-state.test.ts b/extensions/browser/src/browser/server-context.tab-selection-state.test.ts
index f6bd2c5d704..03354909abf 100644
--- a/extensions/browser/src/browser/server-context.tab-selection-state.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/browser/src/browser/server-context.tab-selection-state.test.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ vi.hoisted(() => {
 });
 
 import "./server-context.chrome-test-harness.js";
+import * as cdpHelpersModule from "./cdp.helpers.js";
 import * as cdpModule from "./cdp.js";
 import { InvalidBrowserNavigationUrlError } from "./navigation-guard.js";
 import { createBrowserRouteContext } from "./server-context.js";
@@ -296,4 +297,38 @@ describe("browser server-context tab selection state", () => {
     );
     expect(fetchMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
+
+  it("uses the loopback CDP control policy for /json/new fallback requests", async () => {
+    vi.spyOn(cdpModule, "createTargetViaCdp").mockRejectedValue(new Error("cdp unavailable"));
+    const fetchJson = vi.spyOn(cdpHelpersModule, "fetchJson");
+    fetchJson.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error("HTTP 405")).mockResolvedValueOnce({
+      id: "NEW",
+      title: "New Tab",
+      url: "https://example.com",
+      webSocketDebuggerUrl: "ws://127.0.0.1/devtools/page/NEW",
+      type: "page",
+    });
+
+    const state = makeState("openclaw");
+    state.resolved.ssrfPolicy = {};
+    const ctx = createBrowserRouteContext({ getState: () => state });
+    const openclaw = ctx.forProfile("openclaw");
+
+    const opened = await openclaw.openTab("https://example.com");
+    expect(opened.targetId).toBe("NEW");
+    expect(fetchJson).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
+      1,
+      expect.stringContaining("/json/new"),
+      expect.any(Number),
+      { method: "PUT" },
+      undefined,
+    );
+    expect(fetchJson).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
+      2,
+      expect.stringContaining("/json/new"),
+      expect.any(Number),
+      undefined,
+      undefined,
+    );
+  });
 });