diff --git a/packages/injected/src/ariaSnapshot.ts b/packages/injected/src/ariaSnapshot.ts
index c1f2ab4bdc411..c2344910dabd6 100644
--- a/packages/injected/src/ariaSnapshot.ts
+++ b/packages/injected/src/ariaSnapshot.ts
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ function ariaRef(element: Element, role: string, name: string, options?: { forAI
 }
 
 function toAriaNode(element: Element, options?: { forAI?: boolean, refPrefix?: string }): AriaNode | null {
+  const active = element.ownerDocument.activeElement === element;
   if (element.nodeName === 'IFRAME') {
     return {
       role: 'iframe',
@@ -172,7 +173,8 @@ function toAriaNode(element: Element, options?: { forAI?: boolean, refPrefix?: s
       props: {},
       element,
       box: box(element),
-      receivesPointerEvents: true
+      receivesPointerEvents: true,
+      active
     };
   }
 
@@ -192,7 +194,8 @@ function toAriaNode(element: Element, options?: { forAI?: boolean, refPrefix?: s
     props: {},
     element,
     box: box(element),
-    receivesPointerEvents
+    receivesPointerEvents,
+    active
   };
 
   if (roleUtils.kAriaCheckedRoles.includes(role))
@@ -431,6 +434,8 @@ export function renderAriaTree(ariaSnapshot: AriaSnapshot, options?: { mode?: 'r
       key += ` [disabled]`;
     if (ariaNode.expanded)
       key += ` [expanded]`;
+    if (ariaNode.active && options?.forAI)
+      key += ` [active]`;
     if (ariaNode.level)
       key += ` [level=${ariaNode.level}]`;
     if (ariaNode.pressed === 'mixed')
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/page.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/page.ts
index c8c9b9ec293c1..9945d1afaa1ff 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/page.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/page.ts
@@ -1027,7 +1027,7 @@ async function snapshotFrameForAI(progress: Progress, frame: frames.Frame, frame
   const lines = snapshot.split('\n');
   const result = [];
   for (const line of lines) {
-    const match = line.match(/^(\s*)- iframe \[ref=(.*)\]/);
+    const match = line.match(/^(\s*)- iframe (?:\[active\] )?\[ref=(.*)\]/);
     if (!match) {
       result.push(line);
       continue;
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/utils/isomorphic/ariaSnapshot.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/utils/isomorphic/ariaSnapshot.ts
index 48d1a627d05d4..24c908b100af2 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/utils/isomorphic/ariaSnapshot.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/utils/isomorphic/ariaSnapshot.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export type AriaProps = {
   checked?: boolean | 'mixed';
   disabled?: boolean;
   expanded?: boolean;
+  active?: boolean;
   level?: number;
   pressed?: boolean | 'mixed';
   selected?: boolean;
@@ -444,6 +445,11 @@ export class KeyParser {
       node.expanded = value === 'true';
       return;
     }
+    if (key === 'active') {
+      this._assert(value === 'true' || value === 'false', 'Value of "active" attribute must be a boolean', errorPos);
+      node.active = value === 'true';
+      return;
+    }
     if (key === 'level') {
       this._assert(!isNaN(Number(value)), 'Value of "level" attribute must be a number', errorPos);
       node.level = Number(value);
diff --git a/tests/page/page-aria-snapshot-ai.spec.ts b/tests/page/page-aria-snapshot-ai.spec.ts
index 3d12cd086fee7..12bc6186326ca 100644
--- a/tests/page/page-aria-snapshot-ai.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/page/page-aria-snapshot-ai.spec.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ it('should generate refs', async ({ page }) => {
 
   const snapshot1 = await snapshotForAI(page);
   expect(snapshot1).toContainYaml(`
-    - generic [ref=e1]:
+    - generic [active] [ref=e1]:
       - button "One" [ref=e2]
       - button "Two" [ref=e3]
       - button "Three" [ref=e4]
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ it('should generate refs', async ({ page }) => {
 
   const snapshot2 = await snapshotForAI(page);
   expect(snapshot2).toContainYaml(`
-    - generic [ref=e1]:
+    - generic [active] [ref=e1]:
       - button "One" [ref=e2]
       - button "Not Two" [ref=e5]
       - button "Three" [ref=e4]
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ it('should stitch all frame snapshots', async ({ page, server }) => {
   await page.goto(server.PREFIX + '/frames/nested-frames.html');
   const snapshot = await snapshotForAI(page);
   expect(snapshot).toContainYaml(`
-    - generic [ref=e1]:
+    - generic [active] [ref=e1]:
       - iframe [ref=e2]:
-        - generic [ref=f1e1]:
+        - generic [active] [ref=f1e1]:
           - iframe [ref=f1e2]:
             - generic [ref=f2e2]: Hi, I'm frame
           - iframe [ref=f1e3]:
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ it('should not generate refs for elements with pointer-events:none', async ({ pa
 
   const snapshot = await snapshotForAI(page);
   expect(snapshot).toContainYaml(`
-    - generic [ref=e1]:
+    - generic [active] [ref=e1]:
       - button "no-ref"
       - button "with-ref" [ref=e4]
       - button "with-ref" [ref=e7]
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ it('should gracefully fallback when child frame cant be captured', async ({ page
   `, { waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   const snapshot = await snapshotForAI(page);
   expect(snapshot).toContainYaml(`
-    - generic [ref=e1]:
+    - generic [active] [ref=e1]:
       - paragraph [ref=e2]: Test
       - iframe [ref=e3]
   `);
@@ -256,3 +256,70 @@ it('should auto-wait for blocking CSS', async ({ page, server }) => {
   `, { waitUntil: 'commit' });
   expect(await snapshotForAI(page)).toContainYaml('Hello World');
 });
+
+it('should include active element information', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.setContent(`
+    <button id="btn1">Button 1</button>
+    <button id="btn2" autofocus>Button 2</button>
+    <div>Not focusable</div>
+  `);
+
+  // Wait for autofocus to take effect
+  await page.waitForFunction(() => document.activeElement?.id === 'btn2');
+
+  const snapshot = await snapshotForAI(page);
+
+  expect(snapshot).toContainYaml(`
+    - generic [ref=e1]:
+      - button "Button 1" [ref=e2]
+      - button "Button 2" [active] [ref=e3]
+      - generic [ref=e4]: Not focusable
+  `);
+});
+
+it('should update active element on focus', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.setContent(`
+    <input id="input1" placeholder="First input">
+    <input id="input2" placeholder="Second input">
+  `);
+
+  // Initially there shouldn't be an active element on the inputs
+  const initialSnapshot = await snapshotForAI(page);
+  expect(initialSnapshot).toContainYaml(`
+    - generic [active] [ref=e1]:
+      - textbox "First input" [ref=e2]
+      - textbox "Second input" [ref=e3]
+  `);
+
+  // Focus the second input
+  await page.locator('#input2').focus();
+
+  // After focus, the second input should be active
+  const afterFocusSnapshot = await snapshotForAI(page);
+
+  expect(afterFocusSnapshot).toContainYaml(`
+    - generic [ref=e1]:
+      - textbox "First input" [ref=e2]
+      - textbox "Second input" [active] [ref=e3]
+  `);
+});
+
+it('should mark iframe as active when it contains focused element', async ({ page }) => {
+  // Create a simple HTML file for the iframe
+  await page.setContent(`
+    <input id="regular-input" placeholder="Regular input">
+    <iframe src="data:text/html,<input id='iframe-input' placeholder='Input in iframe'>" tabindex="0"></iframe>
+  `);
+
+  // Test 1: Focus the input inside the iframe
+  await page.frameLocator('iframe').locator('#iframe-input').focus();
+  const inputInIframeFocusedSnapshot = await snapshotForAI(page);
+
+  // The iframe should be marked as active when it contains a focused element
+  expect(inputInIframeFocusedSnapshot).toContainYaml(`
+    - generic [ref=e1]:
+      - textbox "Regular input" [ref=e2]
+      - iframe [active] [ref=e3]:
+        - textbox "Input in iframe" [active] [ref=f1e2]
+  `);
+});
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/aria-snapshot-file.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/aria-snapshot-file.spec.ts
index 768b8d0e72d2d..0f031fc113c56 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/aria-snapshot-file.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/aria-snapshot-file.spec.ts
@@ -250,3 +250,26 @@ test('should respect config.expect.toMatchAriaSnapshot.pathTemplate', async ({ r
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
   expect(result.passed).toBe(1);
 });
+
+test('should match active element after focus', async ({ runInlineTest }, testInfo) => {
+  const result = await runInlineTest({
+    'a.spec.ts-snapshots/test.aria.yml': `
+      - textbox "First input"
+      - textbox "Second input" [active]
+    `,
+    'a.spec.ts': `
+      import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';
+      test('test', async ({ page }) => {
+        await page.setContent(\`
+          <input id="input1" placeholder="First input">
+          <input id="input2" placeholder="Second input">
+        \`);
+        // Focus the second input
+        await page.locator('#input2').focus();
+        await expect(page.locator('body')).toMatchAriaSnapshot({ name: 'test.aria.yml' });
+      });
+    `
+  });
+
+  expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
+});