diff --git a/packages/ui/client/components/trace/TraceView.vue b/packages/ui/client/components/trace/TraceView.vue
index 4cf7bd13dea4..bbd2ed03a7d7 100644
--- a/packages/ui/client/components/trace/TraceView.vue
+++ b/packages/ui/client/components/trace/TraceView.vue
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ watch([selectedStep, iframeEl], ([step, iframe]) => {
     cache: createCache(),
     mirror,
     UNSAFE_allowUnprotectedRebuild: true,
+    // opt into mirroring the user-action pseudo-classes we track, so their
+    // snapshot-time styles paint (rrweb-io/rrweb#1896, replaces our local patch)
+    hackCssPseudoClasses: Object.keys(pseudoClassIds) as any,
   })
   for (const [className, ids] of Object.entries(pseudoClassIds)) {
     for (const id of ids) {
diff --git a/patches/rrweb-snapshot@2.0.1.patch b/patches/rrweb-snapshot@2.0.1.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8240c7a8ed09..000000000000
--- a/patches/rrweb-snapshot@2.0.1.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/dist/rrweb-snapshot.js b/dist/rrweb-snapshot.js
-index f2694ac8c01dd248a2d659f1ec2628bc9e65729a..ed99e153f33e5235602cf09efc8dab5bd6c98903 100644
---- a/dist/rrweb-snapshot.js
-+++ b/dist/rrweb-snapshot.js
-@@ -1534,6 +1534,18 @@ const pseudoClassPlugin = {
-           if (selector.includes(":hover")) {
-             rule2.selector += ",\n" + selector.replace(/:hover/g, ".\\:hover");
-           }
-+          if (selector.includes(":active")) {
-+            rule2.selector += ",\n" + selector.replace(/:active/g, ".\\:active");
-+          }
-+          if (selector.includes(":focus-visible")) {
-+            rule2.selector += ",\n" + selector.replace(/:focus-visible/g, ".\\:focus-visible");
-+          }
-+          if (selector.includes(":focus-within")) {
-+            rule2.selector += ",\n" + selector.replace(/:focus-within/g, ".\\:focus-within");
-+          }
-+          if (/:focus(?![-\w])/.test(selector)) {
-+            rule2.selector += ",\n" + selector.replace(/:focus(?![-\w])/g, ".\\:focus");
-+          }
-         });
-       }
-     };
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 2de63f234f3e..e5741a932461 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ overrides:
   rollup: ^4.59.0
   vite: 8.0.11
   vitest: workspace:*
+  rrweb-snapshot: file:./rrweb-snapshot-2.1.0.tgz
 
 patchedDependencies:
   '@sinonjs/fake-timers@15.4.0': 8fb375421f30746697394082b6fcf4a218fe07a8db36474ac335c48aff32c0cb
@@ -193,7 +194,6 @@ patchedDependencies:
   cac@6.7.14: a8f0f3517a47ce716ed90c0cfe6ae382ab763b021a664ada2a608477d0621588
   istanbul-lib-instrument: fa76adf262fdb0bf545d5c529c5420e0ae33df7f5e344a6c8a727a2ffc0b0b11
   istanbul-lib-source-maps: be977704c4b9838da456619fe2421b5e24df2103a25967bd383b2246c88ddf6e
-  rrweb-snapshot@2.0.1: 9e976b2c55a5c2ed589c41b8f46cc44b6fe6f528ebb4d3780a44b1ca8cbb17a4
 
 importers:
 
@@ -590,8 +590,8 @@ importers:
         specifier: 'catalog:'
         version: 2.0.3
       rrweb-snapshot:
-        specifier: 2.0.1
-        version: 2.0.1(patch_hash=9e976b2c55a5c2ed589c41b8f46cc44b6fe6f528ebb4d3780a44b1ca8cbb17a4)
+        specifier: file:../../rrweb-snapshot-2.1.0.tgz
+        version: file:rrweb-snapshot-2.1.0.tgz
       vitest:
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../vitest
@@ -939,8 +939,8 @@ importers:
         specifier: ^4.59.0
         version: 4.59.0
       rrweb-snapshot:
-        specifier: 2.0.1
-        version: 2.0.1(patch_hash=9e976b2c55a5c2ed589c41b8f46cc44b6fe6f528ebb4d3780a44b1ca8cbb17a4)
+        specifier: file:../../rrweb-snapshot-2.1.0.tgz
+        version: file:rrweb-snapshot-2.1.0.tgz
       splitpanes:
         specifier: ^4.0.4
         version: 4.0.4(vue@3.5.29(typescript@5.9.3))
@@ -9451,8 +9451,9 @@ packages:
     engines: {node: '>=18.0.0', npm: '>=8.0.0'}
     hasBin: true
 
-  rrweb-snapshot@2.0.1:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-H8TA29ct2tpYtr5oaB0N+ksRY9bhEErfAYcKbce4+w8lqEUQChpKZd41HpBJLkp04b5QUfWUg4v6r9Okf8r7vA==}
+  rrweb-snapshot@file:rrweb-snapshot-2.1.0.tgz:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-8PAHthBm1fUAM/6zZWPAzVk2Rz0YpZ7RTAcdlbilqoa1fOpkQy8p76t2uOrrspH4rMfJMAIavj0xa6u6oQvGTg==, tarball: file:rrweb-snapshot-2.1.0.tgz}
+    version: 2.1.0
 
   run-applescript@7.0.0:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-9by4Ij99JUr/MCFBUkDKLWK3G9HVXmabKz9U5MlIAIuvuzkiOicRYs8XJLxX+xahD+mLiiCYDqF9dKAgtzKP1A==}
@@ -19108,7 +19109,7 @@ snapshots:
       '@rollup/rollup-win32-x64-msvc': 4.62.2
       fsevents: 2.3.3
 
-  rrweb-snapshot@2.0.1(patch_hash=9e976b2c55a5c2ed589c41b8f46cc44b6fe6f528ebb4d3780a44b1ca8cbb17a4):
+  rrweb-snapshot@file:rrweb-snapshot-2.1.0.tgz:
     dependencies:
       postcss: 8.5.14
 
diff --git a/pnpm-workspace.yaml b/pnpm-workspace.yaml
index 7efe13da660f..8c050dab1726 100644
--- a/pnpm-workspace.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-workspace.yaml
@@ -37,13 +37,14 @@ overrides:
   rollup: 'catalog:'
   vite: 'catalog:'
   vitest: workspace:*
+  # local tarball of rrweb-snapshot built from rrweb-io/rrweb#1896 (hackCssPseudoClasses)
+  rrweb-snapshot: file:./rrweb-snapshot-2.1.0.tgz
 patchedDependencies:
   '@sinonjs/fake-timers@15.4.0': patches/@sinonjs__fake-timers@15.4.0.patch
   acorn@8.11.3: patches/acorn@8.11.3.patch
   cac@6.7.14: patches/cac@6.7.14.patch
   istanbul-lib-instrument: patches/istanbul-lib-instrument.patch
   istanbul-lib-source-maps: patches/istanbul-lib-source-maps.patch
-  rrweb-snapshot@2.0.1: patches/rrweb-snapshot@2.0.1.patch
 catalog:
   '@babel/core': ^7.29.0
   '@babel/plugin-proposal-decorators': ^7.29.0
diff --git a/rrweb-snapshot-2.1.0.tgz b/rrweb-snapshot-2.1.0.tgz
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..57b5bfb270a3
Binary files /dev/null and b/rrweb-snapshot-2.1.0.tgz differ