diff --git a/packages/framer-motion/src/animation/hooks/__tests__/use-animate.test.tsx b/packages/framer-motion/src/animation/hooks/__tests__/use-animate.test.tsx
index 02d71fd693..a27ed17bad 100644
--- a/packages/framer-motion/src/animation/hooks/__tests__/use-animate.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/framer-motion/src/animation/hooks/__tests__/use-animate.test.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import "@testing-library/jest-dom"
 import { render } from "@testing-library/react"
 import { useEffect } from "react"
+import { MotionConfig } from "../../../components/MotionConfig"
 import { useAnimate } from "../use-animate"
 
 describe("useAnimate", () => {
@@ -115,4 +116,39 @@ describe("useAnimate", () => {
 
         expect(frameCount).toEqual(3)
     })
+
+    test("Skips animations when MotionConfig skipAnimations is true", () => {
+        return new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+            const Component = () => {
+                const [scope, animate] = useAnimate()
+
+                useEffect(() => {
+                    const animation = animate(
+                        scope.current,
+                        { opacity: 0.5 },
+                        { duration: 1 }
+                    )
+
+                    // Animation should not be tracked in scope
+                    expect(scope.animations.length).toBe(0)
+
+                    animation.then(() => {
+                        // Element style should not be changed
+                        expect(scope.current).not.toHaveStyle(
+                            "opacity: 0.5;"
+                        )
+                        resolve()
+                    })
+                })
+
+                return <div ref={scope} />
+            }
+
+            render(
+                <MotionConfig skipAnimations>
+                    <Component />
+                </MotionConfig>
+            )
+        })
+    })
 })
diff --git a/packages/framer-motion/src/animation/hooks/use-animate.ts b/packages/framer-motion/src/animation/hooks/use-animate.ts
index e7b76d28dd..63f20170fc 100644
--- a/packages/framer-motion/src/animation/hooks/use-animate.ts
+++ b/packages/framer-motion/src/animation/hooks/use-animate.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 "use client"
 
-import { useMemo } from "react"
-import { AnimationScope } from "motion-dom"
+import { useContext, useMemo } from "react"
+import { AnimationScope, GroupAnimationWithThen } from "motion-dom"
 import { useConstant } from "../../utils/use-constant"
 import { useUnmountEffect } from "../../utils/use-unmount-effect"
 import { useReducedMotionConfig } from "../../utils/reduced-motion/use-reduced-motion-config"
+import { MotionConfigContext } from "../../context/MotionConfigContext"
 import { createScopedAnimate } from "../animate"
 
 export function useAnimate<T extends Element = any>() {
@@ -13,11 +14,15 @@ export function useAnimate<T extends Element = any>() {
         animations: [],
     }))
 
+    const { skipAnimations } = useContext(MotionConfigContext)
     const reduceMotion = useReducedMotionConfig() ?? undefined
 
     const animate = useMemo(
-        () => createScopedAnimate({ scope, reduceMotion }),
-        [scope, reduceMotion]
+        () =>
+            skipAnimations
+                ? createNoopAnimate(scope)
+                : createScopedAnimate({ scope, reduceMotion }),
+        [scope, reduceMotion, skipAnimations]
     )
 
     useUnmountEffect(() => {
@@ -27,3 +32,16 @@ export function useAnimate<T extends Element = any>() {
 
     return [scope, animate] as [AnimationScope<T>, typeof animate]
 }
+
+/**
+ * When skipAnimations is true, return an animate function that resolves
+ * immediately without creating any WAAPI animations. This prevents
+ * browsers (particularly WebKit) from reporting running animations via
+ * element.getAnimations(), which can break tools like Playwright that
+ * check element stability.
+ */
+function createNoopAnimate<T extends Element>(scope: AnimationScope<T>) {
+    return ((..._args: any[]) => {
+        return new GroupAnimationWithThen([])
+    }) as ReturnType<typeof createScopedAnimate>
+}