diff --git a/changelog.d/fixes/7265-termux-playwright-static-import.md b/changelog.d/fixes/7265-termux-playwright-static-import.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..93eaf69a0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/fixes/7265-termux-playwright-static-import.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- fix(sse): lazy-load playwright in claudeTurnstileSolver so unsupported platforms (e.g. Termux/Android) don't crash on boot (#7265)
diff --git a/open-sse/services/claudeTurnstileSolver.ts b/open-sse/services/claudeTurnstileSolver.ts
index c206edf563..2f3af01fa3 100644
--- a/open-sse/services/claudeTurnstileSolver.ts
+++ b/open-sse/services/claudeTurnstileSolver.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  * 6. Returns fresh cookie for tls-client-node
  */
 
-import { chromium, type Browser, type Page } from "playwright";
+import type { Browser, Page } from "playwright";
 
 const CLAUDE_WEB_URL = "https://claude.ai";
 const CHALLENGE_TIMEOUT = 60000; // 60s to solve challenge
@@ -80,7 +80,9 @@ export async function solveTurnstile(options?: {
   let page: Page | null = null;
 
   try {
-    // Launch headless browser
+    // Launch headless browser (lazy import — avoids crashing platforms
+    // playwright-core doesn't support, e.g. Termux/Android, on module load)
+    const { chromium } = await import("playwright");
     browser = await chromium.launch({ headless });
     const context = await browser.newContext({
       userAgent:
diff --git a/tests/unit/termux-android-playwright-static-import-7265.test.ts b/tests/unit/termux-android-playwright-static-import-7265.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..da6cc858e8
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+++ b/tests/unit/termux-android-playwright-static-import-7265.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import { test } from "node:test";
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+import { dirname, join } from "node:path";
+
+// Regression guard for #7265: on Termux/Android, `process.platform === "android"`.
+// `playwright-core`'s serverRegistry.js throws `Unsupported platform: android` from a
+// top-level IIFE at *require time* — merely importing the `playwright` package crashes,
+// no browser needs to be launched. `claudeTurnstileSolver.ts` used to `import { chromium }
+// from "playwright"` statically, and that module is unconditionally reachable from the
+// Next.js instrumentation hook on every boot via open-sse/executors/index.ts, so any
+// unsupported platform crashed the whole server at startup regardless of configured provider.
+const HERE = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+const SOLVER = join(HERE, "../../open-sse/services/claudeTurnstileSolver.ts");
+
+test("claudeTurnstileSolver.ts does not statically import the playwright runtime", () => {
+  const src = readFileSync(SOLVER, "utf8");
+  // Only a type-only import of playwright is allowed at module top level.
+  assert.doesNotMatch(src, /^import\s*\{\s*chromium[^}]*\}\s*from\s*"playwright"/m);
+  assert.match(src, /^import type \{ Browser, Page \} from "playwright";/m);
+  // The real chromium binding must come from a lazy dynamic import inside a function body.
+  assert.match(src, /const \{ chromium \} = await import\("playwright"\);/);
+});
+
+test("importing the real executor chain does not throw on an unsupported process.platform", async () => {
+  const originalDescriptor = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(process, "platform")!;
+  Object.defineProperty(process, "platform", { value: "android", configurable: true });
+
+  try {
+    // This is the exact reachability chain from the Next.js instrumentation hook:
+    // instrumentation-node.ts -> open-sse/index.ts -> executors/index.ts -> claude-web*.ts
+    // -> claudeTurnstileSolver.ts. Before the fix, this threw
+    // "Unsupported platform: android" purely from the static playwright import.
+    await import("../../open-sse/executors/index.ts");
+  } finally {
+    Object.defineProperty(process, "platform", originalDescriptor);
+  }
+});