diff --git a/news/changelog-1.9.md b/news/changelog-1.9.md
index 0f61d281a9..cbf080fd90 100644
--- a/news/changelog-1.9.md
+++ b/news/changelog-1.9.md
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ All changes included in 1.9:
 - ([#13932](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/pull/13932)): Add `llms-txt: true` option to generate LLM-friendly content for websites. Creates `.llms.md` markdown files alongside HTML pages and a root `llms.txt` index file following the [llms.txt](https://llmstxt.org/) specification.
 - ([#13951](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/13951)): Fix `image-lazy-loading` not applying `loading="lazy"` attribute to auto-detected listing images.
 - ([#14003](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/pull/14003)): Add text fragments to search result links so browsers scroll to and highlight the matched text on the target page.
+- ([#9802](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/9802), [#14047](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/14047)): Fix search term highlighting disappearing on page scroll or layout events when navigating from search results. (author: @jtbayly, [#13442](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/pull/13442))
 
 ### `book`
 
diff --git a/tests/docs/playwright/html/.gitignore b/tests/docs/playwright/html/.gitignore
index 2cca5373e9..76e53aa71b 100644
--- a/tests/docs/playwright/html/.gitignore
+++ b/tests/docs/playwright/html/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 *_files/
-*.html
\ No newline at end of file
+*.html
+/.quarto/
+**/*.quarto_ipynb
diff --git a/tests/docs/playwright/html/search-highlight/.gitignore b/tests/docs/playwright/html/search-highlight/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..91e4dc52c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docs/playwright/html/search-highlight/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/.quarto/
+/_site/
+**/*.quarto_ipynb
diff --git a/tests/docs/playwright/html/search-highlight/_quarto.yml b/tests/docs/playwright/html/search-highlight/_quarto.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5230178921
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docs/playwright/html/search-highlight/_quarto.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+project:
+  type: website
+
+website:
+  title: "Search Highlight Test"
+  navbar:
+    left:
+      - href: index.qmd
+        text: Home
+
+format: html
diff --git a/tests/docs/playwright/html/search-highlight/index.qmd b/tests/docs/playwright/html/search-highlight/index.qmd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..42d90d0b6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docs/playwright/html/search-highlight/index.qmd
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+title: "Search Highlight Test"
+---
+
+This page contains a special keyword that we use for testing search highlighting.
+
+The word special appears multiple times on this page to ensure search highlighting works correctly.
diff --git a/tests/integration/playwright/tests/html-search-highlight.spec.ts b/tests/integration/playwright/tests/html-search-highlight.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5b326751f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/playwright/tests/html-search-highlight.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import { test, expect } from "@playwright/test";
+
+const BASE = './html/search-highlight/_site/index.html';
+
+test('Search highlights persist after scrolling', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.goto(`${BASE}?q=special`);
+  const marks = page.locator('mark');
+
+  await expect(marks.first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 5000 });
+  const initialCount = await marks.count();
+  expect(initialCount).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(2);
+
+  // Scroll the page — marks should not be cleared
+  await page.evaluate(() => window.scrollBy(0, 300));
+  await page.waitForTimeout(500);
+  await expect(marks).toHaveCount(initialCount);
+});
+
+test('Search highlights cleared when query changes', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.goto(`${BASE}?q=special`);
+  const marks = page.locator('mark');
+
+  await expect(marks.first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 5000 });
+
+  // Open the search overlay and type a different query
+  await page.locator('#quarto-search').getByRole('button').click();
+  const input = page.getByRole('searchbox');
+  await expect(input).toBeVisible({ timeout: 2000 });
+
+  // Typing a different query triggers onStateChange which clears marks
+  await input.fill('different');
+  await expect(page.locator('main mark')).toHaveCount(0, { timeout: 2000 });
+});
+
+test('No highlights without search query', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.goto(BASE);
+
+  // Wait for page to fully load
+  await expect(page.locator('main')).toBeVisible();
+
+  // No marks should exist without ?q= parameter
+  await expect(page.locator('mark')).toHaveCount(0);
+});