diff --git a/src/browser/sources/service-worker-source.ts b/src/browser/sources/service-worker-source.ts
index 789fc5cd7..29c1874e8 100644
--- a/src/browser/sources/service-worker-source.ts
+++ b/src/browser/sources/service-worker-source.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 import { invariant } from 'outvariant'
 import { Emitter } from 'rettime'
 import { DeferredPromise } from '@open-draft/deferred-promise'
-import { FetchResponse } from '@mswjs/interceptors'
+import {
+  BatchInterceptor,
+  FetchResponse,
+  type HttpRequestEventMap,
+} from '@mswjs/interceptors'
+import { FetchInterceptor } from '@mswjs/interceptors/fetch'
+import { XMLHttpRequestInterceptor } from '@mswjs/interceptors/XMLHttpRequest'
 import { NetworkSource } from '#core/experimental/sources/network-source'
 import { RequestHandler } from '#core/handlers/RequestHandler'
 import {
@@ -45,7 +51,13 @@ type WorkerChannelResponseEvent = Emitter.EventType<
 type WorkerChannelClient =
   WorkerChannelEventMap['MOCKING_ENABLED']['data']['client']
 
+const STOP_BYPASS_TOKEN = 'msw/stop-passthrough'
+
 export class ServiceWorkerSource extends NetworkSource<ServiceWorkerHttpNetworkFrame> {
+  #bypassInterceptor?: BatchInterceptor<
+    [FetchInterceptor, XMLHttpRequestInterceptor],
+    HttpRequestEventMap
+  >
   #frames: Map<string, ServiceWorkerHttpNetworkFrame>
   #channel: WorkerChannel
   #clientPromise?: Promise<WorkerChannelClient>
@@ -73,6 +85,7 @@ export class ServiceWorkerSource extends NetworkSource<ServiceWorkerHttpNetworkF
 
   public async enable(): Promise<ServiceWorkerRegistration> {
     this.#stoppedAt = undefined
+    this.#disposeBypassInterceptor()
 
     if (this.workerPromise.state !== 'pending') {
       devUtils.warn(
@@ -137,9 +150,14 @@ export class ServiceWorkerSource extends NetworkSource<ServiceWorkerHttpNetworkF
     }
 
     this.#stoppedAt = Date.now()
+    this.#applyBypassInterceptor()
     this.#frames.clear()
     this.workerPromise = new DeferredPromise()
 
+    if (this.#keepAliveInterval) {
+      clearInterval(this.#keepAliveInterval)
+    }
+
     if (!this.options.quiet) {
       this.#printStopMessage()
     }
@@ -214,12 +232,37 @@ Please consider using a custom "serviceWorker.url" option to point to the actual
     return [worker, registration] as const
   }
 
+  #applyBypassInterceptor(): void {
+    if (this.#bypassInterceptor) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    const interceptor = new BatchInterceptor({
+      name: 'service-worker-bypass',
+      interceptors: [new FetchInterceptor(), new XMLHttpRequestInterceptor()],
+    })
+
+    interceptor.on('request', ({ request }) => {
+      request.headers.append('accept', 'msw/passthrough')
+      request.headers.append('accept', STOP_BYPASS_TOKEN)
+    })
+
+    interceptor.apply()
+    this.#bypassInterceptor = interceptor
+  }
+
+  #disposeBypassInterceptor(): void {
+    this.#bypassInterceptor?.dispose()
+    this.#bypassInterceptor = undefined
+  }
+
   async #handleRequest(event: WorkerChannelRequestEvent): Promise<void> {
-    if (this.#stoppedAt && event.data.interceptedAt > this.#stoppedAt) {
+    const request = deserializeRequest(event.data)
+
+    if (request.headers.get('accept')?.includes(STOP_BYPASS_TOKEN)) {
       return event.postMessage('PASSTHROUGH')
     }
 
-    const request = deserializeRequest(event.data)
     RequestHandler.cache.set(request, request.clone())
 
     const frame = new ServiceWorkerHttpNetworkFrame({
diff --git a/src/mockServiceWorker.js b/src/mockServiceWorker.js
index d02b80689..1b353b3d1 100644
--- a/src/mockServiceWorker.js
+++ b/src/mockServiceWorker.js
@@ -224,9 +224,9 @@ async function getResponse(event, client, requestId, requestInterceptedAt) {
     const acceptHeader = headers.get('accept')
     if (acceptHeader) {
       const values = acceptHeader.split(',').map((value) => value.trim())
-      const filteredValues = values.filter(
-        (value) => value !== 'msw/passthrough',
-      )
+      const filteredValues = values.filter((value) => {
+        return value !== 'msw/passthrough' && value !== 'msw/stop-passthrough'
+      })
 
       if (filteredValues.length > 0) {
         headers.set('accept', filteredValues.join(', '))
diff --git a/test/browser/msw-api/setup-worker/stop/in-flight-request.test.ts b/test/browser/msw-api/setup-worker/stop/in-flight-request.test.ts
index f48b0a3f2..4d82bfd85 100644
--- a/test/browser/msw-api/setup-worker/stop/in-flight-request.test.ts
+++ b/test/browser/msw-api/setup-worker/stop/in-flight-request.test.ts
@@ -60,3 +60,18 @@ test('bypasses requests made after the worker was stopped', async ({
 
   await expect(dataPromise).resolves.toBe('original response')
 })
+
+test('bypasses requests immediately made after the worker was stopped', async ({
+  loadExample,
+  page,
+}) => {
+  await loadExample(new URL('./in-flight-request.mocks.ts', import.meta.url))
+
+  const data = await page.evaluate(async () => {
+    window.msw.worker.stop()
+
+    return fetch('/resource').then((response) => response.text())
+  })
+
+  expect(data).toContain('Cannot GET /resource')
+})