diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/devsupport/inspector/FrameTimingsObserver.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/devsupport/inspector/FrameTimingsObserver.kt
index d1fbe73fa5e6..db2545a92726 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/devsupport/inspector/FrameTimingsObserver.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/devsupport/inspector/FrameTimingsObserver.kt
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ import kotlin.coroutines.resume
 import kotlin.coroutines.suspendCoroutine
 import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
 import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
+import kotlinx.coroutines.SupervisorJob
+import kotlinx.coroutines.cancel
 import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
+import kotlinx.coroutines.withContext
 
 @DoNotStripAny
 internal class FrameTimingsObserver(
@@ -30,96 +33,67 @@ internal class FrameTimingsObserver(
     private val screenshotsEnabled: Boolean,
     private val onFrameTimingSequence: (sequence: FrameTimingSequence) -> Unit,
 ) {
-  private val handler = Handler(Looper.getMainLooper())
-  private var frameCounter: Int = 0
-  private var bitmapBuffer: Bitmap? = null
+  // Used to schedule Window.OnFrameMetricsAvailableListener callbacks on the main thread
+  private val mainHandler = Handler(Looper.getMainLooper())
 
-  private val frameMetricsListener =
-      Window.OnFrameMetricsAvailableListener { _, frameMetrics, _dropCount ->
-        val beginTimestamp = frameMetrics.getMetric(FrameMetrics.VSYNC_TIMESTAMP)
-        val endTimestamp = beginTimestamp + frameMetrics.getMetric(FrameMetrics.TOTAL_DURATION)
-        emitFrameTiming(beginTimestamp, endTimestamp)
-      }
+  // Bounds the lifetime of async frame timing and screenshot work. Cancelled in stop() to prevent
+  // emitting any further frames once tracing is torn down.
+  private var tracingScope: CoroutineScope? = null
 
-  private suspend fun captureScreenshot(): String? = suspendCoroutine { continuation ->
-    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.O) {
-      continuation.resume(null)
-      return@suspendCoroutine
-    }
+  private var frameCounter: Int = 0
 
-    val decorView = window.decorView
-    val width = decorView.width
-    val height = decorView.height
-
-    // Reuse bitmap if dimensions haven't changed
-    val bitmap =
-        bitmapBuffer?.let {
-          if (it.width == width && it.height == height) {
-            it
-          } else {
-            it.recycle()
-            null
-          }
-        } ?: Bitmap.createBitmap(width, height, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888).also { bitmapBuffer = it }
-
-    PixelCopy.request(
-        window,
-        bitmap,
-        { copyResult ->
-          if (copyResult == PixelCopy.SUCCESS) {
-            CoroutineScope(Dispatchers.Default).launch {
-              var scaledBitmap: Bitmap? = null
-              try {
-                val scaleFactor = 0.25f
-                val scaledWidth = (width * scaleFactor).toInt()
-                val scaledHeight = (height * scaleFactor).toInt()
-                scaledBitmap = Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(bitmap, scaledWidth, scaledHeight, true)
-
-                val compressFormat =
-                    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.R)
-                        Bitmap.CompressFormat.WEBP_LOSSY
-                    else Bitmap.CompressFormat.WEBP
-
-                val base64 =
-                    ByteArrayOutputStream().use { outputStream ->
-                      scaledBitmap.compress(compressFormat, 0, outputStream)
-                      Base64.encodeToString(outputStream.toByteArray(), Base64.NO_WRAP)
-                    }
-
-                continuation.resume(base64)
-              } catch (e: Exception) {
-                continuation.resume(null)
-              } finally {
-                scaledBitmap?.recycle()
-              }
-            }
-          } else {
-            continuation.resume(null)
-          }
-        },
-        handler,
-    )
-  }
+  // Reused to avoid allocating a new bitmap for each capture
+  private var bitmapBuffer: Bitmap? = null
 
   fun start() {
-    frameCounter = 0
     if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.N) {
       return
     }
 
+    frameCounter = 0
+
+    // Use SupervisorJob so a failed capture on one frame doesn't cancel others
+    tracingScope = CoroutineScope(SupervisorJob() + Dispatchers.Default)
+
     // Capture initial screenshot to ensure there's always at least one frame
     // recorded at the start of tracing, even if no UI changes occur
     val timestamp = System.nanoTime()
     emitFrameTiming(timestamp, timestamp)
 
-    window.addOnFrameMetricsAvailableListener(frameMetricsListener, handler)
+    window.addOnFrameMetricsAvailableListener(frameMetricsListener, mainHandler)
+  }
+
+  fun stop() {
+    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.N) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    window.removeOnFrameMetricsAvailableListener(frameMetricsListener)
+    mainHandler.removeCallbacksAndMessages(null)
+
+    // Cancel any in-flight screenshot captures before releasing the bitmap buffer
+    tracingScope?.cancel()
+    tracingScope = null
+
+    bitmapBuffer?.recycle()
+    bitmapBuffer = null
   }
 
+  private val frameMetricsListener =
+      Window.OnFrameMetricsAvailableListener { _, frameMetrics, _ ->
+        val beginTimestamp = frameMetrics.getMetric(FrameMetrics.VSYNC_TIMESTAMP)
+        val endTimestamp = beginTimestamp + frameMetrics.getMetric(FrameMetrics.TOTAL_DURATION)
+        emitFrameTiming(beginTimestamp, endTimestamp)
+      }
+
   private fun emitFrameTiming(beginTimestamp: Long, endTimestamp: Long) {
+    // Guard against calls arriving after stop() has cancelled the scope
+    val scope = tracingScope ?: return
+
     val frameId = frameCounter++
     val threadId = Process.myTid()
 
-    CoroutineScope(Dispatchers.Default).launch {
+    scope.launch {
       val screenshot = if (screenshotsEnabled) captureScreenshot() else null
 
       onFrameTimingSequence(
@@ -134,15 +108,66 @@ internal class FrameTimingsObserver(
     }
   }
 
-  fun stop() {
-    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.N) {
-      return
-    }
-
-    window.removeOnFrameMetricsAvailableListener(frameMetricsListener)
-    handler.removeCallbacksAndMessages(null)
-
-    bitmapBuffer?.recycle()
-    bitmapBuffer = null
-  }
+  private suspend fun captureScreenshot(): String? =
+      withContext(Dispatchers.Main) {
+        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.O) {
+          return@withContext null
+        }
+
+        val decorView = window.decorView
+        val width = decorView.width
+        val height = decorView.height
+
+        // Reuse bitmap if dimensions haven't changed
+        val bitmap =
+            bitmapBuffer?.let {
+              if (it.width == width && it.height == height) {
+                it
+              } else {
+                it.recycle()
+                null
+              }
+            }
+                ?: Bitmap.createBitmap(width, height, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888).also {
+                  bitmapBuffer = it
+                }
+
+        // Suspend for PixelCopy callback
+        val copySuccess = suspendCoroutine { continuation ->
+          PixelCopy.request(
+              window,
+              bitmap,
+              { copyResult -> continuation.resume(copyResult == PixelCopy.SUCCESS) },
+              mainHandler,
+          )
+        }
+
+        if (!copySuccess) {
+          return@withContext null
+        }
+
+        // Switch to background thread for CPU-intensive scaling/encoding work
+        withContext(Dispatchers.Default) {
+          var scaledBitmap: Bitmap? = null
+          try {
+            val scaleFactor = 0.25f
+            val scaledWidth = (width * scaleFactor).toInt()
+            val scaledHeight = (height * scaleFactor).toInt()
+            scaledBitmap = Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(bitmap, scaledWidth, scaledHeight, true)
+
+            val compressFormat =
+                if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.R) Bitmap.CompressFormat.WEBP_LOSSY
+                else Bitmap.CompressFormat.WEBP
+
+            ByteArrayOutputStream().use { outputStream ->
+              scaledBitmap.compress(compressFormat, 0, outputStream)
+              Base64.encodeToString(outputStream.toByteArray(), Base64.NO_WRAP)
+            }
+          } catch (e: Exception) {
+            null
+          } finally {
+            scaledBitmap?.recycle()
+          }
+        }
+      }
 }