diff --git a/src/testing/jest/jest-27-and-under/jest-environment.ts b/src/testing/jest/jest-27-and-under/jest-environment.ts
index 6adbc53b3f8..9e6851d70e9 100644
--- a/src/testing/jest/jest-27-and-under/jest-environment.ts
+++ b/src/testing/jest/jest-27-and-under/jest-environment.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ export function createJestPuppeteerEnvironment(): JestPuppeteerEnvironmentConstr
         this.browser = await connectBrowser();
       }
 
+      /**
+       * if the user had open pages before, close them all when creating a new one
+       */
+      await this.closeOpenPages();
+
       const page = await newBrowserPage(this.browser);
       this.pages.push(page);
       // during E2E tests, we can safely assume that the current environment is a `E2EProcessEnv`
@@ -40,7 +45,7 @@ export function createJestPuppeteerEnvironment(): JestPuppeteerEnvironmentConstr
     }
 
     async closeOpenPages() {
-      await Promise.all(this.pages.map((page) => page.close()));
+      await Promise.all(this.pages.filter((page) => !page.isClosed()).map((page) => page.close()));
       this.pages.length = 0;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/testing/jest/jest-27-and-under/jest-setup-test-framework.ts b/src/testing/jest/jest-27-and-under/jest-setup-test-framework.ts
index cf76f538c6c..155068c3f0b 100644
--- a/src/testing/jest/jest-27-and-under/jest-setup-test-framework.ts
+++ b/src/testing/jest/jest-27-and-under/jest-setup-test-framework.ts
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ export function jestSetupTestFramework() {
   });
 
   afterEach(async () => {
-    if (global.__CLOSE_OPEN_PAGES__) {
-      await global.__CLOSE_OPEN_PAGES__();
-    }
     stopAutoApplyChanges();
 
     // Remove each node from the mocked DOM
@@ -61,6 +58,12 @@ export function jestSetupTestFramework() {
     global.resourcesUrl = '/build';
   });
 
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    if (global.__CLOSE_OPEN_PAGES__) {
+      await global.__CLOSE_OPEN_PAGES__();
+    }
+  });
+
   const jasmineEnv = (jasmine as any).getEnv();
   if (jasmineEnv != null) {
     jasmineEnv.addReporter({
diff --git a/src/testing/jest/jest-28/jest-environment.ts b/src/testing/jest/jest-28/jest-environment.ts
index 3dc0daaf46c..4ac1530e380 100644
--- a/src/testing/jest/jest-28/jest-environment.ts
+++ b/src/testing/jest/jest-28/jest-environment.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ export function createJestPuppeteerEnvironment(): JestPuppeteerEnvironmentConstr
         this.browser = await connectBrowser();
       }
 
+      /**
+       * if the user had open pages before, close them all when creating a new one
+       */
+      await this.closeOpenPages();
+
       const page = await newBrowserPage(this.browser);
       this.pages.push(page);
       // during E2E tests, we can safely assume that the current environment is a `E2EProcessEnv`
@@ -81,7 +86,7 @@ export function createJestPuppeteerEnvironment(): JestPuppeteerEnvironmentConstr
     }
 
     async closeOpenPages() {
-      await Promise.all(this.pages.map((page) => page.close()));
+      await Promise.all(this.pages.filter((page) => !page.isClosed()).map((page) => page.close()));
       this.pages.length = 0;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/testing/jest/jest-28/jest-setup-test-framework.ts b/src/testing/jest/jest-28/jest-setup-test-framework.ts
index 55628b3b662..89030126e31 100644
--- a/src/testing/jest/jest-28/jest-setup-test-framework.ts
+++ b/src/testing/jest/jest-28/jest-setup-test-framework.ts
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ export function jestSetupTestFramework() {
   });
 
   afterEach(async () => {
-    if (global.__CLOSE_OPEN_PAGES__) {
-      await global.__CLOSE_OPEN_PAGES__();
-    }
     stopAutoApplyChanges();
 
     // Remove each node from the mocked DOM
@@ -61,6 +58,12 @@ export function jestSetupTestFramework() {
     global.resourcesUrl = '/build';
   });
 
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    if (global.__CLOSE_OPEN_PAGES__) {
+      await global.__CLOSE_OPEN_PAGES__();
+    }
+  });
+
   global.screenshotDescriptions = new Set();
 
   // during E2E tests, we can safely assume that the current environment is a `E2EProcessEnv`
diff --git a/src/testing/jest/jest-29/jest-environment.ts b/src/testing/jest/jest-29/jest-environment.ts
index 3dc0daaf46c..4ac1530e380 100644
--- a/src/testing/jest/jest-29/jest-environment.ts
+++ b/src/testing/jest/jest-29/jest-environment.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ export function createJestPuppeteerEnvironment(): JestPuppeteerEnvironmentConstr
         this.browser = await connectBrowser();
       }
 
+      /**
+       * if the user had open pages before, close them all when creating a new one
+       */
+      await this.closeOpenPages();
+
       const page = await newBrowserPage(this.browser);
       this.pages.push(page);
       // during E2E tests, we can safely assume that the current environment is a `E2EProcessEnv`
@@ -81,7 +86,7 @@ export function createJestPuppeteerEnvironment(): JestPuppeteerEnvironmentConstr
     }
 
     async closeOpenPages() {
-      await Promise.all(this.pages.map((page) => page.close()));
+      await Promise.all(this.pages.filter((page) => !page.isClosed()).map((page) => page.close()));
       this.pages.length = 0;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/testing/jest/jest-29/jest-setup-test-framework.ts b/src/testing/jest/jest-29/jest-setup-test-framework.ts
index 55628b3b662..89030126e31 100644
--- a/src/testing/jest/jest-29/jest-setup-test-framework.ts
+++ b/src/testing/jest/jest-29/jest-setup-test-framework.ts
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ export function jestSetupTestFramework() {
   });
 
   afterEach(async () => {
-    if (global.__CLOSE_OPEN_PAGES__) {
-      await global.__CLOSE_OPEN_PAGES__();
-    }
     stopAutoApplyChanges();
 
     // Remove each node from the mocked DOM
@@ -61,6 +58,12 @@ export function jestSetupTestFramework() {
     global.resourcesUrl = '/build';
   });
 
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    if (global.__CLOSE_OPEN_PAGES__) {
+      await global.__CLOSE_OPEN_PAGES__();
+    }
+  });
+
   global.screenshotDescriptions = new Set();
 
   // during E2E tests, we can safely assume that the current environment is a `E2EProcessEnv`
diff --git a/src/testing/puppeteer/puppeteer-element.ts b/src/testing/puppeteer/puppeteer-element.ts
index b7fb74a31cc..3e767715621 100644
--- a/src/testing/puppeteer/puppeteer-element.ts
+++ b/src/testing/puppeteer/puppeteer-element.ts
@@ -527,6 +527,14 @@ export class E2EElement extends MockHTMLElement implements pd.E2EElementInternal
 
     const rootElm = frag.firstElementChild;
 
+    /**
+     * in case the user called `newE2EPage` without any content `rootElm` will be undefined
+     * and further operations will fail. We need to check for this case and return early.
+     */
+    if (!rootElm) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     this.nodeName = rootElm.nodeName;
     this.attributes = cloneAttributes(rootElm.attributes);
 
diff --git a/test/end-to-end/src/miscellaneous/test.e2e.ts b/test/end-to-end/src/miscellaneous/test.e2e.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..73508a7e42e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/end-to-end/src/miscellaneous/test.e2e.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { type E2EPage, newE2EPage } from '@stencil/core/testing';
+
+describe('do not throw page already closed if page was defined in before(All) hook', () => {
+  let page: E2EPage;
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    page = await newE2EPage();
+  });
+
+  it('first test', async () => {
+    const p = await page.find('html');
+    expect(p).not.toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('second test', async () => {
+    const p = await page.find('html');
+    expect(p).not.toBeNull();
+  });
+});