diff --git a/packages/experimental/liveshare-protocol/src/viewer-carrier.ts b/packages/experimental/liveshare-protocol/src/viewer-carrier.ts
index b7a305c5ba..97683833ab 100644
--- a/packages/experimental/liveshare-protocol/src/viewer-carrier.ts
+++ b/packages/experimental/liveshare-protocol/src/viewer-carrier.ts
@@ -190,8 +190,15 @@ export function installViewerCarrier(options: ViewerCarrierOptions): void {
     let pathname: string | undefined
     let method = 'GET'
     try {
-      const pageBase = (globalThis as { document?: { readonly baseURI: string } }).document?.baseURI
-      pathname = new URL(input instanceof Request ? input.url : String(input), pageBase).pathname
+      const page = globalThis as {
+        readonly document?: { readonly baseURI: string }
+        readonly location?: { readonly origin: string }
+      }
+      const pageOrigin = page.location?.origin
+      const target = new URL(input instanceof Request ? input.url : String(input), page.document?.baseURI)
+      // A request outside the page's own origin belongs to that origin: its path naming an owner
+      // route must not divert it from the fetch the page replaced.
+      pathname = pageOrigin !== undefined && target.origin === pageOrigin ? target.pathname : undefined
       method = (init?.method ?? (input instanceof Request ? input.method : 'GET')).toUpperCase()
     } catch {
       // A target this page base cannot resolve is not one of the forwarded routes.
diff --git a/packages/experimental/liveshare-protocol/tests/viewer-carrier.client.spec.ts b/packages/experimental/liveshare-protocol/tests/viewer-carrier.client.spec.ts
index 9c428becab..6ae105accf 100644
--- a/packages/experimental/liveshare-protocol/tests/viewer-carrier.client.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/experimental/liveshare-protocol/tests/viewer-carrier.client.spec.ts
@@ -559,6 +559,36 @@ describe('viewer carrier forwarded page routes', () => {
     expect(direct).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3)
   })
 
+  it('leaves a cross-origin request that names a forwarded route to the page fetch', async () => {
+    const direct = directFetch()
+    expect(await (await globalThis.fetch('https://cdn.example/api/present.host')).text())
+      .toBe('direct:https://cdn.example/api/present.host')
+    expect(await (await globalThis.fetch('https://cdn.example/x/open-in-app/apps')).text())
+      .toBe('direct:https://cdn.example/x/open-in-app/apps')
+    expect(direct).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
+  })
+
+  it('forwards an absolute request the page makes to its own origin', async () => {
+    const { posted } = carrier(() => json({ name: 'owner-host' }))
+    const origin = new URL(document.baseURI).origin
+    expect(await (await globalThis.fetch(`${origin}/relay/s/abc/api/present.host`)).json())
+      .toMatchObject({ name: 'owner-host' })
+    expect(posted[0]).toMatchObject({ op: 'call', path: '/api/present.host' })
+  })
+
+  it('leaves a relative route to the page fetch once the page base names another origin', async () => {
+    const direct = directFetch()
+    const base = document.createElement('base')
+    base.href = 'https://cdn.example/'
+    document.head.append(base)
+    try {
+      expect(await (await globalThis.fetch('api/present.host')).text()).toBe('direct:api/present.host')
+      expect(direct).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    } finally {
+      base.remove()
+    }
+  })
+
   it('forwards a hit whose page URL carries a query without passing it to the owner', async () => {
     const { posted } = carrier(() => json({ name: 'owner-host', available: true, fileManager: 'finder' }))
     expect(await (await globalThis.fetch('/relay/s/abc/api/present.host?x=1#frag')).json()).toMatchObject({ name: 'owner-host' })
@@ -626,7 +656,7 @@ describe('viewer carrier forwarded page routes', () => {
 
   it('reads the target and method from a Request object', async () => {
     const { posted } = carrier(() => json({ apps: ['finder'] }))
-    const response = await globalThis.fetch(new Request('https://relay.example/open-in-app/apps'))
+    const response = await globalThis.fetch(new Request(new URL('open-in-app/apps', document.baseURI)))
     expect(await response.json()).toEqual({ apps: ['finder'] })
     expect(posted[0]).toMatchObject({ op: 'call', path: '/open-in-app/apps' })
   })