diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/network.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/network.ts
index 3c372b40f5..3654855161 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/network.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/network.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import { Worker } from './worker';
 import type { Headers, RemoteAddr, SecurityDetails, WaitForEventOptions } from './types';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import { mime } from '../utilsBundle';
-import { assert, isString, headersObjectToArray } from '../utils';
+import { assert, isString, headersObjectToArray, isRegExp } from '../utils';
 import { ManualPromise } from '../utils/manualPromise';
 import { Events } from './events';
 import type { Page } from './page';
@@ -641,8 +641,7 @@ export class NetworkRouter {
 
   async route(url: URLMatch, handler: RouteHandlerCallback, options: { times?: number } = {}): Promise<void> {
     this._routes.unshift(new RouteHandler(this._baseURL, url, handler, options.times));
-    if (this._routes.length === 1)
-      await this._owner._channel.setNetworkInterceptionEnabled({ enabled: true });
+    await this._updateInterception();
   }
 
   async routeFromHAR(har: string, options: { url?: string | RegExp, notFound?: 'abort' | 'fallback' } = {}): Promise<void> {
@@ -653,8 +652,7 @@ export class NetworkRouter {
 
   async unroute(url: URLMatch, handler?: RouteHandlerCallback): Promise<void> {
     this._routes = this._routes.filter(route => route.url !== url || (handler && route.handler !== handler));
-    if (!this._routes.length)
-      await this._disableInterception();
+    await this._updateInterception();
   }
 
   async handleRoute(route: Route) {
@@ -666,15 +664,25 @@ export class NetworkRouter {
         this._routes.splice(this._routes.indexOf(routeHandler), 1);
       const handled = await routeHandler.handle(route);
       if (!this._routes.length)
-        this._owner._wrapApiCall(() => this._disableInterception(), true).catch(() => {});
+        this._owner._wrapApiCall(() => this._updateInterception(), true).catch(() => {});
       if (handled)
         return true;
     }
     return false;
   }
 
-  private async _disableInterception() {
-    await this._owner._channel.setNetworkInterceptionEnabled({ enabled: false });
+  private async _updateInterception() {
+    const patterns: channels.BrowserContextSetNetworkInterceptionPatternsParams['patterns'] = [];
+    let all = false;
+    for (const handler of this._routes) {
+      if (isString(handler.url))
+        patterns.push({ glob: handler.url });
+      else if (isRegExp(handler.url))
+        patterns.push({ regexSource: handler.url.source, regexFlags: handler.url.flags });
+      else
+        all = true;
+    }
+    await this._owner._channel.setNetworkInterceptionPatterns(all ? { patterns: [{ glob: '**/*' }] } : { patterns });
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/protocol/validator.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/protocol/validator.ts
index 85f6b5bcc8..85f349c5fe 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/protocol/validator.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/protocol/validator.ts
@@ -821,10 +821,14 @@ scheme.BrowserContextSetHTTPCredentialsParams = tObject({
   })),
 });
 scheme.BrowserContextSetHTTPCredentialsResult = tOptional(tObject({}));
-scheme.BrowserContextSetNetworkInterceptionEnabledParams = tObject({
-  enabled: tBoolean,
+scheme.BrowserContextSetNetworkInterceptionPatternsParams = tObject({
+  patterns: tArray(tObject({
+    glob: tOptional(tString),
+    regexSource: tOptional(tString),
+    regexFlags: tOptional(tString),
+  })),
 });
-scheme.BrowserContextSetNetworkInterceptionEnabledResult = tOptional(tObject({}));
+scheme.BrowserContextSetNetworkInterceptionPatternsResult = tOptional(tObject({}));
 scheme.BrowserContextSetOfflineParams = tObject({
   offline: tBoolean,
 });
@@ -1035,10 +1039,14 @@ scheme.PageSetExtraHTTPHeadersParams = tObject({
   headers: tArray(tType('NameValue')),
 });
 scheme.PageSetExtraHTTPHeadersResult = tOptional(tObject({}));
-scheme.PageSetNetworkInterceptionEnabledParams = tObject({
-  enabled: tBoolean,
+scheme.PageSetNetworkInterceptionPatternsParams = tObject({
+  patterns: tArray(tObject({
+    glob: tOptional(tString),
+    regexSource: tOptional(tString),
+    regexFlags: tOptional(tString),
+  })),
 });
-scheme.PageSetNetworkInterceptionEnabledResult = tOptional(tObject({}));
+scheme.PageSetNetworkInterceptionPatternsResult = tOptional(tObject({}));
 scheme.PageSetViewportSizeParams = tObject({
   viewportSize: tObject({
     width: tNumber,
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/browserContext.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/browserContext.ts
index b9ee149425..c8d54471ee 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/browserContext.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/browserContext.ts
@@ -461,6 +461,7 @@ export abstract class BrowserContext extends SdkObject {
       const page = await this.newPage(internalMetadata);
       await page._setServerRequestInterceptor(handler => {
         handler.fulfill({ body: '<html></html>' }).catch(() => {});
+        return true;
       });
       for (const origin of this._origins) {
         const originStorage: channels.OriginStorage = { origin, localStorage: [] };
@@ -489,6 +490,7 @@ export abstract class BrowserContext extends SdkObject {
     page = page || await this.newPage(internalMetadata);
     await page._setServerRequestInterceptor(handler => {
       handler.fulfill({ body: '<html></html>' }).catch(() => {});
+      return true;
     });
 
     for (const origin of new Set([...oldOrigins, ...newOrigins.keys()])) {
@@ -523,6 +525,7 @@ export abstract class BrowserContext extends SdkObject {
         const page = await this.newPage(internalMetadata);
         await page._setServerRequestInterceptor(handler => {
           handler.fulfill({ body: '<html></html>' }).catch(() => {});
+          return true;
         });
         for (const originState of state.origins) {
           const frame = page.mainFrame();
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/chromium/crServiceWorker.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/chromium/crServiceWorker.ts
index 8c23215113..064afd5130 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/chromium/crServiceWorker.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/chromium/crServiceWorker.ts
@@ -112,10 +112,8 @@ export class CRServiceWorker extends Worker {
     this._browserContext.emit(BrowserContext.Events.Request, request);
     if (route) {
       const r = new network.Route(request, route);
-      if (this._browserContext._requestInterceptor) {
-        this._browserContext._requestInterceptor(r, request);
+      if (this._browserContext._requestInterceptor?.(r, request))
         return;
-      }
       r.continue();
     }
   }
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/dispatchers/browserContextDispatcher.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/dispatchers/browserContextDispatcher.ts
index 1c5168c776..2b92abbedb 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/dispatchers/browserContextDispatcher.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/dispatchers/browserContextDispatcher.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import type { Request, Response } from '../network';
 import { TracingDispatcher } from './tracingDispatcher';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as path from 'path';
-import { createGuid } from '../../utils';
+import { createGuid, urlMatches } from '../../utils';
 import { WritableStreamDispatcher } from './writableStreamDispatcher';
 
 export class BrowserContextDispatcher extends Dispatcher<BrowserContext, channels.BrowserContextChannel, DispatcherScope> implements channels.BrowserContextChannel {
@@ -216,13 +216,18 @@ export class BrowserContextDispatcher extends Dispatcher<BrowserContext, channel
     await this._context.addInitScript(params.source);
   }
 
-  async setNetworkInterceptionEnabled(params: channels.BrowserContextSetNetworkInterceptionEnabledParams): Promise<void> {
-    if (!params.enabled) {
+  async setNetworkInterceptionPatterns(params: channels.BrowserContextSetNetworkInterceptionPatternsParams): Promise<void> {
+    if (!params.patterns.length) {
       await this._context.setRequestInterceptor(undefined);
       return;
     }
+    const urlMatchers = params.patterns.map(pattern => pattern.regexSource ? new RegExp(pattern.regexSource, pattern.regexFlags!) : pattern.glob!);
     await this._context.setRequestInterceptor((route, request) => {
+      const matchesSome = urlMatchers.some(urlMatch => urlMatches(this._context._options.baseURL, request.url(), urlMatch));
+      if (!matchesSome)
+        return false;
       this._dispatchEvent('route', { route: RouteDispatcher.from(RequestDispatcher.from(this, request), route) });
+      return true;
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/dispatchers/pageDispatcher.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/dispatchers/pageDispatcher.ts
index 34da4c5e30..4d2fdfc4d0 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/dispatchers/pageDispatcher.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/dispatchers/pageDispatcher.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import type { CallMetadata } from '../instrumentation';
 import type { Artifact } from '../artifact';
 import { ArtifactDispatcher } from './artifactDispatcher';
 import type { Download } from '../download';
-import { createGuid } from '../../utils';
+import { createGuid, urlMatches } from '../../utils';
 import type { BrowserContextDispatcher } from './browserContextDispatcher';
 
 export class PageDispatcher extends Dispatcher<Page, channels.PageChannel, BrowserContextDispatcher> implements channels.PageChannel {
@@ -154,13 +154,18 @@ export class PageDispatcher extends Dispatcher<Page, channels.PageChannel, Brows
     await this._page.addInitScript(params.source);
   }
 
-  async setNetworkInterceptionEnabled(params: channels.PageSetNetworkInterceptionEnabledParams, metadata: CallMetadata): Promise<void> {
-    if (!params.enabled) {
+  async setNetworkInterceptionPatterns(params: channels.PageSetNetworkInterceptionPatternsParams, metadata: CallMetadata): Promise<void> {
+    if (!params.patterns.length) {
       await this._page.setClientRequestInterceptor(undefined);
       return;
     }
+    const urlMatchers = params.patterns.map(pattern => pattern.regexSource ? new RegExp(pattern.regexSource, pattern.regexFlags!) : pattern.glob!);
     await this._page.setClientRequestInterceptor((route, request) => {
+      const matchesSome = urlMatchers.some(urlMatch => urlMatches(this._page._browserContext._options.baseURL, request.url(), urlMatch));
+      if (!matchesSome)
+        return false;
       this._dispatchEvent('route', { route: RouteDispatcher.from(RequestDispatcher.from(this.parentScope(), request), route) });
+      return true;
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/frames.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/frames.ts
index fd1bd6ea1a..d5a9763a1b 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/frames.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/frames.ts
@@ -304,18 +304,12 @@ export class FrameManager {
     this._page.emitOnContext(BrowserContext.Events.Request, request);
     if (route) {
       const r = new network.Route(request, route);
-      if (this._page._serverRequestInterceptor) {
-        this._page._serverRequestInterceptor(r, request);
+      if (this._page._serverRequestInterceptor?.(r, request))
         return;
-      }
-      if (this._page._clientRequestInterceptor) {
-        this._page._clientRequestInterceptor(r, request);
+      if (this._page._clientRequestInterceptor?.(r, request))
         return;
-      }
-      if (this._page._browserContext._requestInterceptor) {
-        this._page._browserContext._requestInterceptor(r, request);
+      if (this._page._browserContext._requestInterceptor?.(r, request))
         return;
-      }
       r.continue();
     }
   }
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/network.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/network.ts
index ed17553451..8d74f93a5b 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/network.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/network.ts
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ export class Route extends SdkObject {
   }
 }
 
-export type RouteHandler = (route: Route, request: Request) => void;
+export type RouteHandler = (route: Route, request: Request) => boolean;
 
 type GetResponseBodyCallback = () => Promise<Buffer>;
 
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/recorder/recorderApp.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/recorder/recorderApp.ts
index 66e2b26340..790b1e24d0 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/recorder/recorderApp.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/recorder/recorderApp.ts
@@ -82,12 +82,14 @@ export class RecorderApp extends EventEmitter implements IRecorderApp {
     await installAppIcon(this._page);
     await syncLocalStorageWithSettings(this._page, 'recorder');
 
-    await this._page._setServerRequestInterceptor(async route => {
-      if (route.request().url().startsWith('https://playwright/')) {
-        const uri = route.request().url().substring('https://playwright/'.length);
-        const file = require.resolve('../../webpack/recorder/' + uri);
-        const buffer = await fs.promises.readFile(file);
-        await route.fulfill({
+    await this._page._setServerRequestInterceptor(route => {
+      if (!route.request().url().startsWith('https://playwright/'))
+        return false;
+
+      const uri = route.request().url().substring('https://playwright/'.length);
+      const file = require.resolve('../../webpack/recorder/' + uri);
+      fs.promises.readFile(file).then(buffer => {
+        route.fulfill({
           status: 200,
           headers: [
             { name: 'Content-Type', value: mime.getType(path.extname(file)) || 'application/octet-stream' }
@@ -95,9 +97,8 @@ export class RecorderApp extends EventEmitter implements IRecorderApp {
           body: buffer.toString('base64'),
           isBase64: true
         });
-        return;
-      }
-      await route.continue();
+      });
+      return true;
     });
 
     await this._page.exposeBinding('dispatch', false, (_, data: any) => this.emit('event', data));
diff --git a/packages/protocol/src/channels.ts b/packages/protocol/src/channels.ts
index 70168edfb1..3e75809e84 100644
--- a/packages/protocol/src/channels.ts
+++ b/packages/protocol/src/channels.ts
@@ -1371,7 +1371,7 @@ export interface BrowserContextChannel extends BrowserContextEventTarget, EventT
   setExtraHTTPHeaders(params: BrowserContextSetExtraHTTPHeadersParams, metadata?: Metadata): Promise<BrowserContextSetExtraHTTPHeadersResult>;
   setGeolocation(params: BrowserContextSetGeolocationParams, metadata?: Metadata): Promise<BrowserContextSetGeolocationResult>;
   setHTTPCredentials(params: BrowserContextSetHTTPCredentialsParams, metadata?: Metadata): Promise<BrowserContextSetHTTPCredentialsResult>;
-  setNetworkInterceptionEnabled(params: BrowserContextSetNetworkInterceptionEnabledParams, metadata?: Metadata): Promise<BrowserContextSetNetworkInterceptionEnabledResult>;
+  setNetworkInterceptionPatterns(params: BrowserContextSetNetworkInterceptionPatternsParams, metadata?: Metadata): Promise<BrowserContextSetNetworkInterceptionPatternsResult>;
   setOffline(params: BrowserContextSetOfflineParams, metadata?: Metadata): Promise<BrowserContextSetOfflineResult>;
   storageState(params?: BrowserContextStorageStateParams, metadata?: Metadata): Promise<BrowserContextStorageStateResult>;
   pause(params?: BrowserContextPauseParams, metadata?: Metadata): Promise<BrowserContextPauseResult>;
@@ -1523,13 +1523,17 @@ export type BrowserContextSetHTTPCredentialsOptions = {
   },
 };
 export type BrowserContextSetHTTPCredentialsResult = void;
-export type BrowserContextSetNetworkInterceptionEnabledParams = {
-  enabled: boolean,
+export type BrowserContextSetNetworkInterceptionPatternsParams = {
+  patterns: {
+    glob?: string,
+    regexSource?: string,
+    regexFlags?: string,
+  }[],
 };
-export type BrowserContextSetNetworkInterceptionEnabledOptions = {
+export type BrowserContextSetNetworkInterceptionPatternsOptions = {
 
 };
-export type BrowserContextSetNetworkInterceptionEnabledResult = void;
+export type BrowserContextSetNetworkInterceptionPatternsResult = void;
 export type BrowserContextSetOfflineParams = {
   offline: boolean,
 };
@@ -1673,7 +1677,7 @@ export interface PageChannel extends PageEventTarget, EventTargetChannel {
   expectScreenshot(params: PageExpectScreenshotParams, metadata?: Metadata): Promise<PageExpectScreenshotResult>;
   screenshot(params: PageScreenshotParams, metadata?: Metadata): Promise<PageScreenshotResult>;
   setExtraHTTPHeaders(params: PageSetExtraHTTPHeadersParams, metadata?: Metadata): Promise<PageSetExtraHTTPHeadersResult>;
-  setNetworkInterceptionEnabled(params: PageSetNetworkInterceptionEnabledParams, metadata?: Metadata): Promise<PageSetNetworkInterceptionEnabledResult>;
+  setNetworkInterceptionPatterns(params: PageSetNetworkInterceptionPatternsParams, metadata?: Metadata): Promise<PageSetNetworkInterceptionPatternsResult>;
   setViewportSize(params: PageSetViewportSizeParams, metadata?: Metadata): Promise<PageSetViewportSizeResult>;
   keyboardDown(params: PageKeyboardDownParams, metadata?: Metadata): Promise<PageKeyboardDownResult>;
   keyboardUp(params: PageKeyboardUpParams, metadata?: Metadata): Promise<PageKeyboardUpResult>;
@@ -1918,13 +1922,17 @@ export type PageSetExtraHTTPHeadersOptions = {
 
 };
 export type PageSetExtraHTTPHeadersResult = void;
-export type PageSetNetworkInterceptionEnabledParams = {
-  enabled: boolean,
+export type PageSetNetworkInterceptionPatternsParams = {
+  patterns: {
+    glob?: string,
+    regexSource?: string,
+    regexFlags?: string,
+  }[],
 };
-export type PageSetNetworkInterceptionEnabledOptions = {
+export type PageSetNetworkInterceptionPatternsOptions = {
 
 };
-export type PageSetNetworkInterceptionEnabledResult = void;
+export type PageSetNetworkInterceptionPatternsResult = void;
 export type PageSetViewportSizeParams = {
   viewportSize: {
     width: number,
diff --git a/packages/protocol/src/protocol.yml b/packages/protocol/src/protocol.yml
index acfcf8223f..0551af5876 100644
--- a/packages/protocol/src/protocol.yml
+++ b/packages/protocol/src/protocol.yml
@@ -1032,9 +1032,16 @@ BrowserContext:
             username: string
             password: string
 
-    setNetworkInterceptionEnabled:
+    setNetworkInterceptionPatterns:
       parameters:
-        enabled: boolean
+        patterns:
+          type: array
+          items:
+            type: object
+            properties:
+              glob: string?
+              regexSource: string?
+              regexFlags: string?
 
     setOffline:
       parameters:
@@ -1311,9 +1318,16 @@ Page:
           type: array
           items: NameValue
 
-    setNetworkInterceptionEnabled:
+    setNetworkInterceptionPatterns:
       parameters:
-        enabled: boolean
+        patterns:
+          type: array
+          items:
+            type: object
+            properties:
+              glob: string?
+              regexSource: string?
+              regexFlags: string?
 
     setViewportSize:
       parameters: