diff --git a/docs/src/test-components-js.md b/docs/src/test-components-js.md
index 7d733230e8..87cf263711 100644
--- a/docs/src/test-components-js.md
+++ b/docs/src/test-components-js.md
@@ -724,6 +724,76 @@ test('update', async ({ mount }) => {
 
 </Tabs>
 
+### Handling network requests
+
+Playwright provides a `route` fixture to intercept and handle network requests.
+
+```ts
+test.beforeEach(async ({ route }) => {
+  // install common routes before each test
+  await route('*/**/api/v1/fruits', async route => {
+    const json = [{ name: 'Strawberry', id: 21 }];
+    await route.fulfill({ json });
+  });
+});
+
+test('example test', async ({ mount }) => {
+  // test as usual, your routes are active
+  // ...
+});
+```
+
+You can also introduce test-specific routes.
+
+```ts
+import { http, HttpResponse } from 'msw';
+
+test('example test', async ({ mount, route }) => {
+  await route('*/**/api/v1/fruits', async route => {
+    const json = [{ name: 'fruit for this single test', id: 42 }];
+    await route.fulfill({ json });
+  });
+
+  // test as usual, your route is active
+  // ...
+});
+```
+
+The `route` fixture works in the same way as [`method: Page.route`]. See the [network mocking guide](./mock.md) for more details.
+
+**Re-using MSW handlers**
+
+If you are using the [MSW library](https://mswjs.io/) to handle network requests during development or testing, you can pass them directly to the `route` fixture.
+
+```ts
+import { handlers } from '@src/mocks/handlers';
+
+test.beforeEach(async ({ route }) => {
+  // install common handlers before each test
+  await route(handlers);
+});
+
+test('example test', async ({ mount }) => {
+  // test as usual, your handlers are active
+  // ...
+});
+```
+
+You can also introduce test-specific handlers.
+
+```ts
+import { http, HttpResponse } from 'msw';
+
+test('example test', async ({ mount, route }) => {
+  await route(http.get('/data', async ({ request }) => {
+    return HttpResponse.json({ value: 'mocked' });
+  }));
+
+  // test as usual, your handler is active
+  // ...
+});
+```
+
 ## Frequently asked questions
 
 ### What's the difference between `@playwright/test` and `@playwright/experimental-ct-{react,svelte,vue,solid}`?
diff --git a/packages/playwright-ct-core/index.d.ts b/packages/playwright-ct-core/index.d.ts
index 2474bb792b..b397169b74 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-ct-core/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-ct-core/index.d.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import type {
   PlaywrightTestOptions,
   PlaywrightWorkerArgs,
   PlaywrightWorkerOptions,
+  BrowserContext,
 } from 'playwright/test';
 import type { InlineConfig } from 'vite';
 
@@ -33,8 +34,18 @@ export type PlaywrightTestConfig<T = {}, W = {}> = Omit<BasePlaywrightTestConfig
   };
 };
 
+interface RequestHandler {
+  run(args: { request: Request, requestId?: string, resolutionContext?: { baseUrl?: string } }): Promise<{ response?: Response } | null>;
+}
+
+export interface RouteFixture {
+  (...args: Parameters<BrowserContext['route']>): Promise<void>;
+  (handlers: RequestHandler[]): Promise<void>;
+  (handler: RequestHandler): Promise<void>;
+}
+
 export type TestType<ComponentFixtures> = BaseTestType<
-  PlaywrightTestArgs & PlaywrightTestOptions & ComponentFixtures,
+  PlaywrightTestArgs & PlaywrightTestOptions & ComponentFixtures & { route: RouteFixture },
   PlaywrightWorkerArgs & PlaywrightWorkerOptions
 >;
 
diff --git a/packages/playwright-ct-core/src/mount.ts b/packages/playwright-ct-core/src/mount.ts
index e743a6aaa1..3fa56a3a5b 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-ct-core/src/mount.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-ct-core/src/mount.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ import type { Component, JsxComponent, MountOptions, ObjectComponentOptions } fr
 import type { ContextReuseMode, FullConfigInternal } from '../../playwright/src/common/config';
 import type { ImportRef } from './injected/importRegistry';
 import { wrapObject } from './injected/serializers';
+import { Router } from './route';
+import type { RouteFixture } from '../index';
 
 let boundCallbacksForMount: Function[] = [];
 
@@ -29,8 +31,9 @@ interface MountResult extends Locator {
 
 type TestFixtures = PlaywrightTestArgs & PlaywrightTestOptions & {
   mount: (component: any, options: any) => Promise<MountResult>;
+  route: RouteFixture;
 };
-type WorkerFixtures = PlaywrightWorkerArgs & PlaywrightWorkerOptions & { _ctWorker: { context: BrowserContext | undefined, hash: string } };
+type WorkerFixtures = PlaywrightWorkerArgs & PlaywrightWorkerOptions;
 type BaseTestFixtures = {
   _contextFactory: (options?: BrowserContextOptions) => Promise<BrowserContext>,
   _optionContextReuseMode: ContextReuseMode
@@ -42,8 +45,6 @@ export const fixtures: Fixtures<TestFixtures, WorkerFixtures, BaseTestFixtures>
 
   serviceWorkers: 'block',
 
-  _ctWorker: [{ context: undefined, hash: '' }, { scope: 'worker' }],
-
   page: async ({ page }, use, info) => {
     if (!((info as any)._configInternal as FullConfigInternal).defineConfigWasUsed)
       throw new Error('Component testing requires the use of the defineConfig() in your playwright-ct.config.{ts,js}: https://aka.ms/playwright/ct-define-config');
@@ -78,6 +79,12 @@ export const fixtures: Fixtures<TestFixtures, WorkerFixtures, BaseTestFixtures>
     });
     boundCallbacksForMount = [];
   },
+
+  route: async ({ context, baseURL }, use) => {
+    const router = new Router(context, baseURL);
+    await use((...args) => router.handle(...args));
+    await router.dispose();
+  },
 };
 
 function isJsxComponent(component: any): component is JsxComponent {
diff --git a/packages/playwright-ct-core/src/route.ts b/packages/playwright-ct-core/src/route.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..92aca8be30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/playwright-ct-core/src/route.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import type * as playwright from 'playwright/test';
+
+interface RequestHandler {
+  run(args: { request: Request, requestId?: string, resolutionContext?: { baseUrl?: string } }): Promise<{ response?: Response } | null>;
+}
+
+type RouteArgs = Parameters<playwright.BrowserContext['route']>;
+
+let lastRequestId = 0;
+let fetchOverrideCounter = 0;
+const currentlyInterceptingInContexts = new Map<playwright.BrowserContext, number>();
+const originalFetch = globalThis.fetch;
+
+async function executeRequestHandlers(request: Request, handlers: RequestHandler[], baseUrl: string | undefined): Promise<Response | undefined> {
+  const requestId = String(++lastRequestId);
+  const resolutionContext = { baseUrl };
+  for (const handler of handlers) {
+    const result = await handler.run({ request, requestId, resolutionContext });
+    if (result?.response)
+      return result.response;
+  }
+}
+
+async function globalFetch(...args: Parameters<typeof globalThis.fetch>) {
+  if (args[0] && args[0] instanceof Request) {
+    const request = args[0];
+    if (request.headers.get('x-msw-intention') === 'bypass') {
+      const cookieHeaders = await Promise.all([...currentlyInterceptingInContexts.keys()].map(async context => {
+        const cookies = await context.cookies(request.url);
+        if (!cookies.length)
+          return undefined;
+        return cookies.map(c => `${c.name}=${c.value}`).join('; ');
+      }));
+
+      if (!cookieHeaders.length)
+        throw new Error(`Cannot call fetch(bypass()) outside of a request handler`);
+
+      if (cookieHeaders.some(h => h !== cookieHeaders[0]))
+        throw new Error(`Cannot call fetch(bypass()) while concurrently handling multiple requests from different browser contexts`);
+
+      const headers = new Headers(request.headers);
+      headers.set('cookie', cookieHeaders[0]!);
+      headers.delete('x-msw-intention');
+      args[0] = new Request(request.clone(), { headers });
+    }
+  }
+  return originalFetch(...args);
+}
+
+export class Router {
+  private _context: playwright.BrowserContext;
+  private _requestHandlers: RequestHandler[] = [];
+  private _requestHandlersRoute: (route: playwright.Route) => Promise<void>;
+  private _requestHandlersActive = false;
+  private _routes: RouteArgs[] = [];
+
+  constructor(context: playwright.BrowserContext, baseURL: string | undefined) {
+    this._context = context;
+
+    this._requestHandlersRoute = async route => {
+      if (route.request().isNavigationRequest()) {
+        await route.fallback();
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const request = route.request();
+      const headersArray = await request.headersArray();
+      const headers = new Headers();
+      for (const { name, value } of headersArray)
+        headers.append(name, value);
+
+      const buffer = request.postDataBuffer();
+      const body = buffer?.byteLength ? new Int8Array(buffer.buffer, buffer.byteOffset, buffer.length) : undefined;
+
+      const newRequest = new Request(request.url(), {
+        body: body,
+        headers: headers,
+        method: request.method(),
+        referrer: headersArray.find(h => h.name.toLowerCase() === 'referer')?.value,
+      });
+
+      currentlyInterceptingInContexts.set(context, 1 + (currentlyInterceptingInContexts.get(context) || 0));
+      const response = await executeRequestHandlers(newRequest, this._requestHandlers, baseURL).finally(() => {
+        const value = currentlyInterceptingInContexts.get(context)! - 1;
+        if (value)
+          currentlyInterceptingInContexts.set(context, value);
+        else
+          currentlyInterceptingInContexts.delete(context);
+      });
+
+      if (!response) {
+        await route.fallback();
+        return;
+      }
+
+      if (response.status === 302 && response.headers.get('x-msw-intention') === 'passthrough') {
+        await route.continue();
+        return;
+      }
+
+      if (response.type === 'error') {
+        await route.abort();
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const responseHeaders: Record<string, string> = {};
+      for (const [name, value] of response.headers.entries()) {
+        if (responseHeaders[name])
+          responseHeaders[name] = responseHeaders[name] + (name.toLowerCase() === 'set-cookie' ? '\n' : ', ') + value;
+        else
+          responseHeaders[name] = value;
+      }
+      await route.fulfill({
+        status: response.status,
+        body: Buffer.from(await response.arrayBuffer()),
+        headers: responseHeaders,
+      });
+    };
+  }
+
+  async handle(...args: any[]) {
+    // Multiple RequestHandlers.
+    if (Array.isArray(args[0])) {
+      const handlers = args[0] as RequestHandler[];
+      this._requestHandlers = handlers.concat(this._requestHandlers);
+      await this._updateRequestHandlersRoute();
+      return;
+    }
+    // Single RequestHandler.
+    if (args.length === 1 && typeof args[0] === 'object') {
+      const handlers = [args[0] as RequestHandler];
+      this._requestHandlers = handlers.concat(this._requestHandlers);
+      await this._updateRequestHandlersRoute();
+      return;
+    }
+    // Arguments of BrowserContext.route(url, handler, options?).
+    const routeArgs = args as RouteArgs;
+    this._routes.push(routeArgs);
+    await this._context.route(...routeArgs);
+  }
+
+  async dispose() {
+    this._requestHandlers = [];
+    await this._updateRequestHandlersRoute();
+    for (const route of this._routes)
+      await this._context.unroute(route[0], route[1]);
+  }
+
+  private async _updateRequestHandlersRoute() {
+    if (this._requestHandlers.length && !this._requestHandlersActive) {
+      await this._context.route('**/*', this._requestHandlersRoute);
+      if (!fetchOverrideCounter)
+        globalThis.fetch = globalFetch;
+      ++fetchOverrideCounter;
+      this._requestHandlersActive = true;
+    }
+    if (!this._requestHandlers.length && this._requestHandlersActive) {
+      await this._context.unroute('**/*', this._requestHandlersRoute);
+      this._requestHandlersActive = false;
+      --fetchOverrideCounter;
+      if (!fetchOverrideCounter)
+        globalThis.fetch = originalFetch;
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/components/ct-react-vite/package.json b/tests/components/ct-react-vite/package.json
index 341661f85f..2379d26af2 100644
--- a/tests/components/ct-react-vite/package.json
+++ b/tests/components/ct-react-vite/package.json
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     "@types/react": "^18.0.26",
     "@types/react-dom": "^18.0.10",
     "@vitejs/plugin-react": "^4.2.1",
+    "msw": "^2.3.0",
     "typescript": "^5.2.2",
     "vite": "^5.2.8"
   }
diff --git a/tests/components/ct-react-vite/src/components/Fetcher.tsx b/tests/components/ct-react-vite/src/components/Fetcher.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5c489ec8bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/components/ct-react-vite/src/components/Fetcher.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import { useEffect, useState } from "react"
+
+export default function Fetcher() {
+  const [data, setData] = useState<{ name: string }>({ name: '<none>' });
+  const [fetched, setFetched] = useState(false);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const doFetch = async () => {
+      try {
+        const response = await fetch('/data.json');
+        setData(await response.json());
+      } catch {
+        setData({ name: '<error>' });
+      }
+      setFetched(true);
+    }
+
+    if (!fetched)
+      doFetch();
+  }, [fetched, setFetched, setData]);
+
+  return <div>
+    <div data-testId='name'>{data.name}</div>
+    <button onClick={() => {
+      setFetched(false);
+      setData({ name: '<none>' });
+    }}>Reset</button>
+    <button onClick={() => {
+      fetch('/post', { method: 'POST', body: 'hello from the page' });
+    }}>Post it</button>
+  </div>;
+}
diff --git a/tests/components/ct-react-vite/tests/route.spec.tsx b/tests/components/ct-react-vite/tests/route.spec.tsx
index 657b0a7007..62a8680a1b 100644
--- a/tests/components/ct-react-vite/tests/route.spec.tsx
+++ b/tests/components/ct-react-vite/tests/route.spec.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 import { test, expect } from '@playwright/experimental-ct-react';
 import TitleWithFont from '@/components/TitleWithFont';
+import Fetcher from '@/components/Fetcher';
+import { http, HttpResponse, passthrough, bypass } from 'msw';
+import httpServer from 'http';
+import type net from 'net';
 
 test('should load font without routes', async ({ mount, page }) => {
   const promise = page.waitForEvent('requestfinished', request => request.url().includes('iconfont'));
@@ -20,3 +24,162 @@ test('should load font with routes', async ({ mount, page }) => {
   const body = await response!.body();
   expect(body.length).toBe(2656);
 });
+
+test.describe('request handlers', () => {
+  test('should handle requests', async ({ page, mount, route }) => {
+    let respond: (() => void) = () => {};
+    const promise = new Promise<void>(f => respond = f);
+
+    let postReceived: ((body: string) => void) = () => {};
+    const postBody = new Promise<string>(f => postReceived = f);
+
+    await route([
+      http.get('/data.json', async () => {
+        await promise;
+        return HttpResponse.json({ name: 'John Doe' });
+      }),
+      http.post('/post', async ({ request }) => {
+        postReceived(await request.text());
+        return HttpResponse.text('ok');
+      }),
+    ]);
+
+    const component = await mount(<Fetcher />);
+    await expect(component.getByTestId('name')).toHaveText('<none>');
+
+    respond();
+    await expect(component.getByTestId('name')).toHaveText('John Doe');
+
+    await component.getByRole('button', { name: 'Post it' }).click();
+    expect(await postBody).toBe('hello from the page');
+  });
+
+  test('should add dynamically', async ({ page, mount, route }) => {
+    await route('**/data.json', async route => {
+      await route.fulfill({ body: JSON.stringify({ name: '<original>' }) });
+    });
+
+    const component = await mount(<Fetcher />);
+    await expect(component.getByTestId('name')).toHaveText('<original>');
+
+    await route(
+      http.get('/data.json', async () => {
+        return HttpResponse.json({ name: 'John Doe' });
+      }),
+    );
+
+    await component.getByRole('button', { name: 'Reset' }).click();
+    await expect(component.getByTestId('name')).toHaveText('John Doe');
+  });
+
+  test('should passthrough', async ({ page, mount, route }) => {
+    await route('**/data.json', async route => {
+      await route.fulfill({ body: JSON.stringify({ name: '<original>' }) });
+    });
+
+    await route(
+      http.get('/data.json', async () => {
+        return passthrough();
+      }),
+    );
+
+    const component = await mount(<Fetcher />);
+    await expect(component.getByTestId('name')).toHaveText('<error>');
+  });
+
+  test('should fallback when nothing is returned', async ({ page, mount, route }) => {
+    await route('**/data.json', async route => {
+      await route.fulfill({ body: JSON.stringify({ name: '<original>' }) });
+    });
+
+    let called = false;
+    await route(
+      http.get('/data.json', async () => {
+        called = true;
+      }),
+    );
+
+    const component = await mount(<Fetcher />);
+    await expect(component.getByTestId('name')).toHaveText('<original>');
+    expect(called).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  test('should bypass(request)', async ({ page, mount, route }) => {
+    await route('**/data.json', async route => {
+      await route.fulfill({ body: JSON.stringify({ name: `<original>` }) });
+    });
+
+    await route(
+      http.get('/data.json', async ({ request }) => {
+        return await fetch(bypass(request));
+      }),
+    );
+
+    const component = await mount(<Fetcher />);
+    await expect(component.getByTestId('name')).toHaveText('<error>');
+  });
+
+  test('should bypass(url) and get cookies', async ({ page, mount, route, browserName }) => {
+    let cookie = '';
+    const server = new httpServer.Server();
+    server.on('request', (req, res) => {
+      cookie = req.headers['cookie']!;
+      res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }).end(JSON.stringify({ name: '<server>' }));
+    });
+    await new Promise<void>(f => server.listen(0, f));
+    const port = (server.address() as net.AddressInfo).port;
+
+    await route('**/data.json', async route => {
+      await route.fulfill({ body: JSON.stringify({ name: `<original>` }) });
+    });
+
+    const component = await mount(<Fetcher />);
+    await expect(component.getByTestId('name')).toHaveText('<original>');
+
+    await page.evaluate(() => document.cookie = 'foo=bar');
+    await route(
+      http.get('/data.json', async ({ request }) => {
+        if (browserName !== 'webkit') {
+          // WebKit does not have cookies while intercepting.
+          expect(request.headers.get('cookie')).toBe('foo=bar');
+        }
+        return await fetch(bypass(`http://localhost:${port}`));
+      }),
+    );
+    await component.getByRole('button', { name: 'Reset' }).click();
+    await expect(component.getByTestId('name')).toHaveText('<server>');
+
+    expect(cookie).toBe('foo=bar');
+    await new Promise(f => server.close(f));
+  });
+
+  test('should ignore navigation requests', async ({ page, mount, route }) => {
+    await route('**/newpage', async route => {
+      await route.fulfill({ body: `<div>original</div>`, contentType: 'text/html' });
+    });
+
+    await route(
+      http.get('/newpage', async ({ request }) => {
+        return new Response(`<div>intercepted</div>`, {
+          headers: new Headers({ 'Content-Type': 'text/html' }),
+        });
+      }),
+    );
+
+    await mount(<div />);
+    await page.goto('/newpage');
+    await expect(page.locator('div')).toHaveText('original');
+  });
+
+  test('should throw when calling fetch(bypass) outside of a handler', async ({ page, route, baseURL }) => {
+    await route(
+      http.get('/data.json', async () => {
+      }),
+    );
+
+    const error = await fetch(bypass(baseURL + '/hello')).catch(e => e);
+    expect(error.message).toContain(`Cannot call fetch(bypass()) outside of a request handler`);
+  });
+
+});
+