diff --git a/packages/engine/src/config.test.ts b/packages/engine/src/config.test.ts
index 6ca3fba90d..e89078c713 100644
--- a/packages/engine/src/config.test.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/src/config.test.ts
@@ -114,6 +114,36 @@ describe("resolveConfig", () => {
     expect(config.disableGpu).toBe(false);
   });
 
+  describe("forceScreenshot / BeginFrame env compatibility", () => {
+    it("disables BeginFrame when PRODUCER_ENABLE_BEGIN_FRAME is falsey", () => {
+      setEnv("PRODUCER_ENABLE_BEGIN_FRAME", "false");
+      for (const v of ["false", "off", "0", "FALSE"]) {
+        process.env.PRODUCER_ENABLE_BEGIN_FRAME = v;
+        expect(resolveConfig().forceScreenshot).toBe(true);
+      }
+    });
+
+    it("keeps BeginFrame eligible when PRODUCER_ENABLE_BEGIN_FRAME is truthy or invalid", () => {
+      setEnv("PRODUCER_ENABLE_BEGIN_FRAME", "true");
+      for (const v of ["true", "on", "1", "maybe"]) {
+        process.env.PRODUCER_ENABLE_BEGIN_FRAME = v;
+        expect(resolveConfig().forceScreenshot).toBe(false);
+      }
+    });
+
+    it("preserves PRODUCER_FORCE_SCREENSHOT as the direct force-screenshot knob", () => {
+      setEnv("PRODUCER_FORCE_SCREENSHOT", "true");
+      setEnv("PRODUCER_ENABLE_BEGIN_FRAME", "true");
+
+      expect(resolveConfig().forceScreenshot).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("lets explicit overrides beat both env knobs", () => {
+      setEnv("PRODUCER_ENABLE_BEGIN_FRAME", "false");
+      expect(resolveConfig({ forceScreenshot: false }).forceScreenshot).toBe(false);
+    });
+  });
+
   it("reads browser GPU mode from env", () => {
     setEnv("PRODUCER_BROWSER_GPU_MODE", "hardware");
 
diff --git a/packages/engine/src/config.ts b/packages/engine/src/config.ts
index 9efae85fa9..e58b35f5b3 100644
--- a/packages/engine/src/config.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/src/config.ts
@@ -284,6 +284,10 @@ export function resolveConfig(overrides?: Partial<EngineConfig>): EngineConfig {
     if (raw === undefined) return fallback;
     return raw === "true";
   };
+  const envFalse = (key: string): boolean => {
+    const raw = env(key)?.trim().toLowerCase();
+    return raw === "false" || raw === "off" || raw === "0";
+  };
   const envVp9CpuUsed = (): number => {
     const raw = env("PRODUCER_VP9_CPU_USED");
     if (raw === undefined || raw === "") return DEFAULT_CONFIG.vp9CpuUsed;
@@ -306,6 +310,9 @@ export function resolveConfig(overrides?: Partial<EngineConfig>): EngineConfig {
     const raw = env("HF_STATIC_DEDUP")?.trim().toLowerCase();
     return !(raw === "false" || raw === "off" || raw === "0");
   };
+  const resolveForceScreenshot = (): boolean =>
+    envBool("PRODUCER_FORCE_SCREENSHOT", DEFAULT_CONFIG.forceScreenshot) ||
+    envFalse("PRODUCER_ENABLE_BEGIN_FRAME");
 
   // Env-var layer (backward compat)
   const fromEnv: Partial<EngineConfig> = {
@@ -330,7 +337,7 @@ export function resolveConfig(overrides?: Partial<EngineConfig>): EngineConfig {
       ? Number(env("PRODUCER_EXPECTED_CHROMIUM_MAJOR"))
       : undefined,
 
-    forceScreenshot: envBool("PRODUCER_FORCE_SCREENSHOT", DEFAULT_CONFIG.forceScreenshot),
+    forceScreenshot: resolveForceScreenshot(),
     staticFrameDedup: resolveStaticFrameDedup(),
     lowMemoryMode: resolveLowMemoryMode(),
     enablePageSideCompositing: envBool(