diff --git a/packages/browser-playwright/src/index.ts b/packages/browser-playwright/src/index.ts
index 4500aa701496..b1226751ec81 100644
--- a/packages/browser-playwright/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/browser-playwright/src/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 export {
+  type CDPSession,
   playwright,
   PlaywrightBrowserProvider,
   type PlaywrightProviderOptions,
diff --git a/packages/browser-playwright/src/playwright.ts b/packages/browser-playwright/src/playwright.ts
index ab971f45e7b0..d838c00997d1 100644
--- a/packages/browser-playwright/src/playwright.ts
+++ b/packages/browser-playwright/src/playwright.ts
@@ -529,18 +529,17 @@ export class PlaywrightBrowserProvider implements BrowserProvider {
     const page = this.getPage(sessionid)
     const cdp = await page.context().newCDPSession(page)
     return {
-      async send(method: string, params: any) {
-        const result = await cdp.send(method as 'DOM.querySelector', params)
-        return result as unknown
+      send(method, params) {
+        return cdp.send(method as any, params)
       },
-      on(event: string, listener: (...args: any[]) => void) {
-        cdp.on(event as 'Accessibility.loadComplete', listener)
+      on(event, listener) {
+        return cdp.on(event as any, listener)
       },
-      off(event: string, listener: (...args: any[]) => void) {
-        cdp.off(event as 'Accessibility.loadComplete', listener)
+      off(event, listener) {
+        return cdp.off(event as any, listener)
       },
-      once(event: string, listener: (...args: any[]) => void) {
-        cdp.once(event as 'Accessibility.loadComplete', listener)
+      once(event, listener) {
+        return cdp.once(event as any, listener)
       },
     }
   }
@@ -638,7 +637,9 @@ type PWSelectOptions = NonNullable<Parameters<Page['selectOption']>[2]>
 type PWDragAndDropOptions = NonNullable<Parameters<Page['dragAndDrop']>[2]>
 type PWSetInputFiles = NonNullable<Parameters<Page['setInputFiles']>[2]>
 // Must be re-aliased here or rollup-plugin-dts removes the import alias and you end up with a circular reference
-type PWCDPSession = PlaywrightCDPSession
+type PWCDPSession = Pick<PlaywrightCDPSession, 'send' | 'on' | 'off' | 'once'>
+
+export { type PWCDPSession as CDPSession }
 
 declare module 'vitest/browser' {
   export interface UserEventHoverOptions extends PWHoverOptions {}
diff --git a/packages/browser-webdriverio/src/webdriverio.ts b/packages/browser-webdriverio/src/webdriverio.ts
index 8e24d4503da2..796390080370 100644
--- a/packages/browser-webdriverio/src/webdriverio.ts
+++ b/packages/browser-webdriverio/src/webdriverio.ts
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ export class WebdriverBrowserProvider implements BrowserProvider {
 
   async getCDPSession(_sessionId: string): Promise<CDPSession> {
     return {
-      send: (method: string, params: any) => {
+      send: (method, params) => {
         if (!this.browser) {
           throw new Error(`The environment was torn down.`)
         }
@@ -308,6 +308,13 @@ declare module 'vitest/browser' {
   export interface LocatorScreenshotOptions extends SelectorOptions {}
 }
 
+interface WebdriverCDPSession {
+  send: (method: string, params?: Record<string, unknown>) => Promise<unknown>
+  on: (event: string, listener: (...args: unknown[]) => void) => void
+  once: (event: string, listener: (...args: unknown[]) => void) => void
+  off: (event: string, listener: (...args: unknown[]) => void) => void
+}
+
 declare module 'vitest/node' {
   export interface BrowserCommandContext {
     browser: WebdriverIO.Browser
@@ -325,4 +332,6 @@ declare module 'vitest/node' {
 
   export interface ToMatchScreenshotComparators
     extends ScreenshotComparatorRegistry {}
+
+  export interface CDPSession extends WebdriverCDPSession {}
 }
diff --git a/packages/browser/context.d.ts b/packages/browser/context.d.ts
index 23fd3dd359d5..d867b07a8838 100644
--- a/packages/browser/context.d.ts
+++ b/packages/browser/context.d.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { SerializedConfig } from 'vitest'
-import { StringifyOptions, BrowserCommands } from 'vitest/internal/browser'
+import { StringifyOptions, CDPSession, BrowserCommands } from 'vitest/internal/browser'
 import { ARIARole } from './aria-role.js'
 import {} from './matchers.js'
 
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@ export type BufferEncoding =
   | 'binary'
   | 'hex'
 
-export interface CDPSession {
-  // methods are defined by the provider type augmentation
-}
+export { CDPSession };
 
 export interface ScreenshotOptions extends SelectorOptions {
   /**
@@ -497,7 +495,7 @@ export interface LocatorByRoleOptions extends LocatorOptions {
   selected?: boolean
 }
 
-interface LocatorScreenshotOptions extends Omit<ScreenshotOptions, 'element'> {}
+export interface LocatorScreenshotOptions extends Omit<ScreenshotOptions, 'element'> {}
 
 export interface LocatorSelectors {
   /**
diff --git a/packages/browser/src/node/cdp.ts b/packages/browser/src/node/cdp.ts
index 40c23797fadb..1654b1a44196 100644
--- a/packages/browser/src/node/cdp.ts
+++ b/packages/browser/src/node/cdp.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export class BrowserServerCDPHandler {
   ) {}
 
   send(method: string, params?: Record<string, unknown>): Promise<unknown> {
-    return this.session.send(method, params)
+    return this.session.send(method as any, params)
   }
 
   on(event: string, id: string, once = false): void {
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export class BrowserServerCDPHandler {
         }
       }
 
-      this.session.on(event, this.listeners[event])
+      this.session.on(event as any, this.listeners[event])
     }
   }
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export class BrowserServerCDPHandler {
     this.listenerIds[event] = this.listenerIds[event].filter(l => l !== id)
 
     if (!this.listenerIds[event].length) {
-      this.session.off(event, this.listeners[event])
+      this.session.off(event as any, this.listeners[event])
       delete this.listeners[event]
     }
   }
diff --git a/packages/coverage-v8/package.json b/packages/coverage-v8/package.json
index c5843821cf7d..b47e956f012e 100644
--- a/packages/coverage-v8/package.json
+++ b/packages/coverage-v8/package.json
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
     "@types/istanbul-lib-report": "catalog:",
     "@types/istanbul-reports": "catalog:",
     "@vitest/browser": "workspace:*",
+    "@vitest/browser-playwright": "workspace:*",
     "pathe": "catalog:",
     "vitest": "workspace:*"
   }
diff --git a/packages/coverage-v8/src/browser.ts b/packages/coverage-v8/src/browser.ts
index 701d83910af8..87ec6e5c3c98 100644
--- a/packages/coverage-v8/src/browser.ts
+++ b/packages/coverage-v8/src/browser.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
+import type { CDPSession } from '@vitest/browser-playwright'
 import type { CoverageProviderModule } from 'vitest/node'
 import type { V8CoverageProvider } from './provider'
 import { cdp } from 'vitest/browser'
 import { loadProvider } from './load-provider'
 
-const session = cdp()
+const session = cdp() as CDPSession
 let enabled = false
 
 type ScriptCoverage = Awaited<ReturnType<typeof session.send<'Profiler.takePreciseCoverage'>>>
diff --git a/packages/vitest/browser/context.d.ts b/packages/vitest/browser/context.d.ts
index a0f9bc61d33a..ad0a691696bb 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/browser/context.d.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/browser/context.d.ts
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ export * from '@vitest/browser-playwright/context'
 export * from '@vitest/browser-webdriverio/context'
 // @ts-ignore -- @vitest/browser-preview might not be installed
 export * from '@vitest/browser-preview/context'
-export { BrowserCommands, FsOptions } from 'vitest/internal/browser'
+export { BrowserCommands, CDPSession, FsOptions } from 'vitest/internal/browser'
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/types/browser.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/types/browser.ts
index dada8b46f418..624e3ca7359a 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/types/browser.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/types/browser.ts
@@ -3,18 +3,13 @@ import type { CancelReason } from '@vitest/runner'
 import type { Awaitable, ParsedStack, TestError } from '@vitest/utils'
 import type { StackTraceParserOptions } from '@vitest/utils/source-map'
 import type { Plugin, ViteDevServer } from 'vite'
-import type { BrowserCommands } from 'vitest/browser'
+import type { BrowserCommands, CDPSession } from 'vitest/browser'
 import type { BrowserTraceViewMode } from '../../runtime/config'
 import type { BrowserTesterOptions } from '../../types/browser'
 import type { TestProject } from '../project'
 import type { ApiConfig, ProjectConfig } from './config'
 
-export interface CDPSession {
-  send: (method: string, params?: Record<string, unknown>) => Promise<unknown>
-  on: (event: string, listener: (...args: unknown[]) => void) => void
-  once: (event: string, listener: (...args: unknown[]) => void) => void
-  off: (event: string, listener: (...args: unknown[]) => void) => void
-}
+export type { CDPSession }
 
 export interface BrowserModuleMocker {
   register: (sessionId: string, module: MockedModule) => Promise<void>
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/public/browser.ts b/packages/vitest/src/public/browser.ts
index 64ee91c05172..c0e5316e2d41 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/public/browser.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/public/browser.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ export interface BrowserCommands {
   ) => Promise<void>
   removeFile: (path: string) => Promise<void>
 }
+
+export interface CDPSession {
+  // methods are defined by the provider type augmentation
+}
+
 /**
  * @internal
  */
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 90fd71363941..c50e0dbb125a 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -718,6 +718,9 @@ importers:
       '@vitest/browser':
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../browser
+      '@vitest/browser-playwright':
+        specifier: workspace:*
+        version: link:../browser-playwright
       pathe:
         specifier: 'catalog:'
         version: 2.0.3
diff --git a/test/browser/specs/utils.ts b/test/browser/specs/utils.ts
index 736d3fade0a1..c243a33af557 100644
--- a/test/browser/specs/utils.ts
+++ b/test/browser/specs/utils.ts
@@ -35,11 +35,13 @@ export async function runBrowserTests(
   viteOverrides?: Partial<ViteUserConfig>,
   runnerOptions?: VitestRunnerCLIOptions,
 ) {
-  return runVitest({
+  const result = await runVitest({
     watch: false,
     reporters: 'none',
     ...config,
     browser: { headless: true, ...config?.browser },
     $viteConfig: viteOverrides,
   }, include, runnerOptions)
+
+  return { ...result, stderr: result.stderr.replace('Testing types with tsc and vue-tsc is an experimental feature.\nBreaking changes might not follow SemVer, please pin Vitest\'s version when using it.\n', '') }
 }
diff --git a/test/browser/test/cdp.test-d.ts b/test/browser/test/cdp.test-d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..22dcc0a912cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/browser/test/cdp.test-d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import { PlaywrightBrowserProvider } from '@vitest/browser-playwright'
+import { expectTypeOf, test } from 'vitest'
+import { cdp } from 'vitest/browser'
+import { } from 'vitest/config'
+
+test('server side cdp', async () => {
+  const session = await (new PlaywrightBrowserProvider('project' as any, {}).getCDPSession(''))
+
+  expectTypeOf(session).toHaveProperty('on')
+  expectTypeOf(session).toHaveProperty('off')
+  expectTypeOf(session).toHaveProperty('once')
+  expectTypeOf(session).toHaveProperty('send')
+  expectTypeOf(session).not.toHaveProperty('emit')
+
+  session.on('Profiler.preciseCoverageDeltaUpdate', (event) => {
+    expectTypeOf(event).toHaveProperty('result').items.toHaveProperty('functions').items.toHaveProperty('ranges').items.toHaveProperty('startOffset')
+  })
+
+  expectTypeOf(session.send('Profiler.startPreciseCoverage', {
+    allowTriggeredUpdates: true,
+    callCount: true,
+    detailed: true,
+  })).resolves.toHaveProperty('timestamp')
+
+  expectTypeOf(session.send).toBeCallableWith('Fetch.enable')
+
+  // @ts-expect-error -- not.toBeCallableWith() does not work
+  expectTypeOf(session.send).toBeCallableWith('Some.NonExisting.Command')
+})
+
+test('client side cdps', async () => {
+  const session = cdp()
+
+  expectTypeOf(session).toHaveProperty('on')
+  expectTypeOf(session).toHaveProperty('off')
+  expectTypeOf(session).toHaveProperty('once')
+  expectTypeOf(session).toHaveProperty('send')
+  expectTypeOf(session).not.toHaveProperty('emit')
+
+  session.on('Profiler.preciseCoverageDeltaUpdate', (event) => {
+    expectTypeOf(event).toHaveProperty('result').items.toHaveProperty('functions').items.toHaveProperty('ranges').items.toHaveProperty('startOffset')
+  })
+
+  expectTypeOf(session.send('Profiler.startPreciseCoverage', {
+    allowTriggeredUpdates: true,
+    callCount: true,
+    detailed: true,
+  })).resolves.toHaveProperty('timestamp')
+
+  expectTypeOf(session.send).toBeCallableWith('Fetch.enable')
+
+  // @ts-expect-error -- not.toBeCallableWith() does not work
+  expectTypeOf(session.send).toBeCallableWith('Some.NonExisting.Command')
+})
diff --git a/test/browser/vitest.config.mts b/test/browser/vitest.config.mts
index 61ba1aed8ad5..5f221683491c 100644
--- a/test/browser/vitest.config.mts
+++ b/test/browser/vitest.config.mts
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ export default defineConfig({
         return false
       }
     },
+    typecheck: {
+      enabled: true,
+      include: ['test/*.test-d.ts'],
+      ignoreSourceErrors: true,
+    },
   },
   plugins: [
     {