diff --git a/src/browser/history/protobuf/ProtobufBodyTrailer.test.ts b/src/browser/history/protobuf/ProtobufBodyTrailer.test.ts
index 7989c1a673..9f41755773 100644
--- a/src/browser/history/protobuf/ProtobufBodyTrailer.test.ts
+++ b/src/browser/history/protobuf/ProtobufBodyTrailer.test.ts
@@ -73,6 +73,25 @@ it("retains allowed whitespace, visible text, and valid UTF-8 obs-text", async (
   expect(result.examined_bytes).toBe(5 + Buffer.byteLength(text));
 });
 
+it("excludes trailing whitespace from trailer field values", async () => {
+  const text =
+    "grpc-status: 0 \r\ngrpc-message: alpha\tbeta \t\r\nx-empty: \t\r\n";
+  const result = await decodeProtobufBody(
+    trailerFrame(text),
+    "grpc-web",
+    source,
+    same,
+    new ProtobufBudget(),
+  );
+  expect(result.status).toBe("complete");
+  expect(result.frames[0]?.trailers).toEqual([
+    { name: "grpc-status", value: "0" },
+    { name: "grpc-message", value: "alpha\tbeta" },
+    { name: "x-empty", value: "" },
+  ]);
+  expect(result.examined_bytes).toBe(5 + Buffer.byteLength(text));
+});
+
 it.each(["grpc-web", "grpc-web-text"] as const)(
   "keeps valid trailer fields around an opaque non-UTF-8 value in %s framing",
   async (framing) => {
diff --git a/src/browser/history/protobuf/ProtobufTrailers.ts b/src/browser/history/protobuf/ProtobufTrailers.ts
index 1f382f0b27..08a651f63d 100644
--- a/src/browser/history/protobuf/ProtobufTrailers.ts
+++ b/src/browser/history/protobuf/ProtobufTrailers.ts
@@ -84,9 +84,13 @@ export const parseGrpcWebTrailers = (
             "gRPC-web trailer field value contains a forbidden control character",
         });
     }
+    // RFC 9110 section 5.5: a field value excludes surrounding whitespace.
+    let valueEnd = lineEnd;
+    while (valueEnd > valueStart && [9, 32].includes(bytes[valueEnd - 1]!))
+      valueEnd -= 1;
     let value: string;
     try {
-      value = decoder.decode(bytes.subarray(valueStart, lineEnd));
+      value = decoder.decode(bytes.subarray(valueStart, valueEnd));
     } catch (cause) {
       if (!(cause instanceof TypeError)) throw cause;
       decoder = new TextDecoder("utf-8", { fatal: true, ignoreBOM: true });