diff --git a/.changeset/lemon-eggs-happen.md b/.changeset/lemon-eggs-happen.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..95c8bfc6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/lemon-eggs-happen.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@browserbasehq/stagehand": patch
+---
+
+log Browserbase session status when websocket is closed due to session timeout
diff --git a/packages/core/lib/v3/v3.ts b/packages/core/lib/v3/v3.ts
index f57067a46..3c795d8ac 100644
--- a/packages/core/lib/v3/v3.ts
+++ b/packages/core/lib/v3/v3.ts
@@ -149,6 +149,10 @@ export class V3 {
     return this.browserbaseDebugUrl;
   }
   private _onCdpClosed = (why: string) => {
+    if (this.state.kind === "BROWSERBASE") {
+      void this._logBrowserbaseSessionStatus();
+    }
+
     // Single place to react to the transport closing
     this._immediateShutdown(`CDP transport closed: ${why}`).catch(() => {});
   };
@@ -1459,6 +1463,33 @@ export class V3 {
     throw new StagehandInvalidArgumentError("Unsupported page object.");
   }
 
+  private async _logBrowserbaseSessionStatus(): Promise<void> {
+    if (this.state.kind !== "BROWSERBASE") {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    try {
+      const snapshot = (await this.state.bb.sessions.retrieve(
+        this.state.sessionId,
+      )) as { id?: string; status?: string };
+      if (!snapshot?.status) return;
+
+      const sessionId = snapshot.id ?? this.state.sessionId;
+      const message =
+        snapshot.status === "TIMED_OUT"
+          ? `Browserbase session timed out (sessionId: ${sessionId})`
+          : `Browserbase session status: ${snapshot.status}`;
+
+      this.logger({
+        category: "v3",
+        message,
+        level: 0,
+      });
+    } catch {
+      // Ignore failures; nothing to log
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Create a v3 agent instance (AISDK tool-based) with execute().
    * Mirrors the v2 Stagehand.agent() tool mode (no CUA provider here).