diff --git a/packages/dsh-plugin-browserskill/src/index.ts b/packages/dsh-plugin-browserskill/src/index.ts
index 28c31f5..59ffe17 100644
--- a/packages/dsh-plugin-browserskill/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/dsh-plugin-browserskill/src/index.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,14 @@ export function apply(
   });
 
   registerTools({ ctx, runner, registry, config: resolved, observation });
-  const removeRoutes = registerObservationRoutes(ctx, observation);
+  // Route registration rides ctx.inject: the webServer service may be provided
+  // AFTER this plugin loads, and in headless compositions it never appears (the
+  // callback simply never runs, leaving the rest of the plugin unaffected).
+  let removeRoutes: () => void = () => {};
+  ctx.inject(["webServer"], (injected) => {
+    removeRoutes = registerObservationRoutes(injected, observation);
+    return () => removeRoutes();
+  });
 
   // Non-blocking install probe: warn early when bsk is missing instead of
   // failing the first tool call with a bare spawn error.
diff --git a/packages/dsh-plugin-browserskill/tests/dispose.test.ts b/packages/dsh-plugin-browserskill/tests/dispose.test.ts
index b392adb..6e820de 100644
--- a/packages/dsh-plugin-browserskill/tests/dispose.test.ts
+++ b/packages/dsh-plugin-browserskill/tests/dispose.test.ts
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ describe("dispose cleanup ownership", () => {
     const ctx = {
       tools: { register: (def: ToolDefinition) => tools.set(def.name, def) },
       get: () => undefined,
+      // No webServer in this harness: the inject callback never runs.
+      inject: () => {},
       effect: (fn: () => () => Promise<void>) => {
         disposers.push(fn());
       },