diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/PreviewDrawOverlay.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/PreviewDrawOverlay.tsx
index 46498b820..eb1d28a14 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/PreviewDrawOverlay.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/PreviewDrawOverlay.tsx
@@ -172,6 +172,18 @@ export function PreviewDrawOverlay({
     ) ?? null;
   }
 
+  // The snapshot bridge only lives in the srcDoc transport iframe. For URL-load
+  // previews (e.g. decks) that iframe is mounted but hidden (data-od-active is on
+  // the bridgeless URL iframe), so snapshotting the *active* frame times out and
+  // capture fails. Prefer the srcDoc-render-mode frame; capture mode keeps it on
+  // full content, so it carries the bridge.
+  function snapshotHostIframe(): HTMLIFrameElement | null {
+    return (
+      wrapRef.current?.querySelector<HTMLIFrameElement>('iframe[data-od-render-mode="srcdoc"]') ??
+      activePreviewIframe()
+    );
+  }
+
   function onPointerDown(e: PointerEvent) {
     if (!active || sending) return;
     (e.target as Element).setPointerCapture?.(e.pointerId);
@@ -335,9 +347,16 @@ export function PreviewDrawOverlay({
   }
 
   async function requestSnapshot(): Promise<{ dataUrl: string; w: number; h: number } | null> {
-    const iframe = activePreviewIframe();
+    const iframe = snapshotHostIframe();
     if (!iframe) return null;
-    return requestPreviewSnapshot(iframe);
+    // Capture mode may still be swapping the srcDoc frame to full content when
+    // the user submits, so retry with growing timeouts before giving up.
+    const timeouts = [1500, 3000, 6000];
+    for (const timeout of timeouts) {
+      const snapshot = await requestPreviewSnapshot(iframe, timeout);
+      if (snapshot) return snapshot;
+    }
+    return null;
   }
 
   function drawCaptureTarget(
diff --git a/apps/web/tests/components/PreviewDrawOverlay.test.tsx b/apps/web/tests/components/PreviewDrawOverlay.test.tsx
index d1b974503..839abd762 100644
--- a/apps/web/tests/components/PreviewDrawOverlay.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/tests/components/PreviewDrawOverlay.test.tsx
@@ -4,9 +4,19 @@ import { cleanup, fireEvent, render, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 
 import { PreviewDrawOverlay } from '../../src/components/PreviewDrawOverlay';
+import { requestPreviewSnapshot } from '../../src/runtime/exports';
+
+vi.mock('../../src/runtime/exports', async (importOriginal) => {
+  const actual = await importOriginal<typeof import('../../src/runtime/exports')>();
+  return {
+    ...actual,
+    requestPreviewSnapshot: vi.fn(async () => ({ dataUrl: 'data:image/png;base64,AAAA', w: 10, h: 10 })),
+  };
+});
 
 afterEach(() => {
   cleanup();
+  vi.mocked(requestPreviewSnapshot).mockClear();
 });
 
 describe('PreviewDrawOverlay', () => {
@@ -160,4 +170,22 @@ describe('PreviewDrawOverlay', () => {
 
     expect(onActiveChange).toHaveBeenCalledWith(false);
   });
+
+  it('snapshots the srcDoc bridge iframe, not the visible URL-load frame', async () => {
+    const snapshot = vi.mocked(requestPreviewSnapshot);
+    const { getByRole } = render(
+      <PreviewDrawOverlay active captureViewport>
+        {/* URL-load frame is the visible/active one (e.g. a deck) but has no bridge */}
+        <iframe title="url" data-od-active="true" />
+        {/* srcDoc frame is mounted but hidden; it hosts the snapshot bridge */}
+        <iframe title="srcdoc" data-od-render-mode="srcdoc" data-od-active="false" />
+      </PreviewDrawOverlay>,
+    );
+
+    fireEvent.click(getByRole('button', { name: 'Send' }));
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(snapshot).toHaveBeenCalled());
+    const usedIframe = snapshot.mock.calls[0]?.[0] as HTMLIFrameElement;
+    expect(usedIframe.getAttribute('data-od-render-mode')).toBe('srcdoc');
+  });
 });