diff --git a/.changeset/tricky-lemons-warn.md b/.changeset/tricky-lemons-warn.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c4947a560131
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tricky-lemons-warn.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"wrangler": patch
+---
+
+fix: appropriately fail silently when the open browser command doesn't work
diff --git a/packages/wrangler/src/pages.tsx b/packages/wrangler/src/pages.tsx
index f257ed6de800..55aecf50d97c 100644
--- a/packages/wrangler/src/pages.tsx
+++ b/packages/wrangler/src/pages.tsx
@@ -938,9 +938,9 @@ export const pages: BuilderCallback<unknown, unknown> = (yargs) => {
           console.log(`Serving at http://127.0.0.1:${port}/`);
 
           if (process.env.BROWSER !== "none") {
-            try {
-              await open(`http://127.0.0.1:${port}/`);
-            } catch {}
+            const childProcess = await open(`http://127.0.0.1:${port}/`);
+            // fail silently if the open command doesn't work (e.g. in GitHub Codespaces)
+            childProcess.on("error", (_err) => {});
           }
 
           if (directory !== undefined && liveReload) {