diff --git a/resources/js/components/fieldtypes/bard/BardFieldtype.vue b/resources/js/components/fieldtypes/bard/BardFieldtype.vue
index 0a6a6339cf5..86b8004a09e 100644
--- a/resources/js/components/fieldtypes/bard/BardFieldtype.vue
+++ b/resources/js/components/fieldtypes/bard/BardFieldtype.vue
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ import { Placeholder, Dropcursor, Gapcursor } from '@tiptap/extensions';
 import SetPicker from '../replicator/SetPicker.vue';
 import { DocumentBlock, DocumentInline } from './Document';
 import { Set } from './Set';
+import { IgnoreAriaHidden } from './IgnoreAriaHidden';
 import { Small } from './Small';
 import { Image } from './Image';
 import { Link } from './Link';
@@ -1111,6 +1112,7 @@ export default {
                 Dropcursor,
                 Gapcursor,
                 History,
+                IgnoreAriaHidden,
                 Paragraph,
                 Set.configure({ bard: this, foo: 'bar' }),
                 Text,
diff --git a/resources/js/components/fieldtypes/bard/IgnoreAriaHidden.js b/resources/js/components/fieldtypes/bard/IgnoreAriaHidden.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..19cfbfab614
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/js/components/fieldtypes/bard/IgnoreAriaHidden.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { Extension } from '@tiptap/core';
+import { Plugin } from '@tiptap/pm/state';
+
+// Modal overlays aria-hide the page around [aria-live] and script elements, so one inside a set marks the
+// editor's blocks. ProseMirror would redraw them and the sets with them; it has no public hook to prevent that.
+const attributes = ['aria-hidden', 'data-aria-hidden'];
+
+export const IgnoreAriaHidden = Extension.create({
+    name: 'ignoreAriaHidden',
+
+    addProseMirrorPlugins() {
+        return [
+            new Plugin({
+                view({ domObserver: observer }) {
+                    if (!observer?.registerMutation) return {};
+
+                    const registerMutation = observer.registerMutation.bind(observer);
+                    observer.registerMutation = (mutation, added) =>
+                        mutation.type === 'attributes' && attributes.includes(mutation.attributeName)
+                            ? null
+                            : registerMutation(mutation, added);
+
+                    return { destroy: () => delete observer.registerMutation };
+                },
+            }),
+        ];
+    },
+});
diff --git a/resources/js/tests/components/fieldtypes/bard/BardFieldtype.test.js b/resources/js/tests/components/fieldtypes/bard/BardFieldtype.test.js
index 2b7c2bcfb39..f143c44b0b5 100644
--- a/resources/js/tests/components/fieldtypes/bard/BardFieldtype.test.js
+++ b/resources/js/tests/components/fieldtypes/bard/BardFieldtype.test.js
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-import { mount } from '@vue/test-utils';
+import { flushPromises, mount } from '@vue/test-utils';
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest';
 import { nextTick, ref } from 'vue';
 import { Editor } from '@tiptap/vue-3';
 import { closeHistory } from '@tiptap/pm/history';
+import { hideOthers } from 'aria-hidden';
 import * as Globals from '@/bootstrap/globals';
 import BardFieldtype from '@/components/fieldtypes/bard/BardFieldtype.vue';
 import Provider from '@/components/portals/Provider.vue';
@@ -352,3 +353,27 @@ test('typing is still debounced when it does not move any sets', async () => {
 
     expect(values.value.content[0].content[0].text).toBe('One two');
 });
+
+test('sets are left alone when a modal overlay hides the page around a live region inside one', async () => {
+    const text = { type: 'paragraph', content: [{ type: 'text', text: 'Text' }] };
+    const wrapper = await mountField({ sets }, [text, set('set-a', 'A'), text]);
+    let root = wrapper.vm.editor.view.dom;
+    while (root.parentElement) root = root.parentElement;
+    document.body.append(root);
+    const setElement = wrapper.find('[data-type="card"]').element;
+    setElement.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', '<div aria-live="polite"></div>');
+    const overlay = document.body.appendChild(document.createElement('div'));
+
+    const reveal = hideOthers(overlay);
+    await flushPromises();
+
+    expect(wrapper.vm.editor.view.dom.firstElementChild.getAttribute('aria-hidden')).toBe('true');
+
+    reveal();
+    await flushPromises();
+
+    expect(wrapper.find('[data-type="card"]').element).toBe(setElement);
+
+    root.remove();
+    overlay.remove();
+});