diff --git a/docs/guide/browser/index.md b/docs/guide/browser/index.md
index 14dc37749b7f..87d5ca5d398e 100644
--- a/docs/guide/browser/index.md
+++ b/docs/guide/browser/index.md
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ export default defineConfig({
 
 ::: info
 Vitest assigns port `63315` to avoid conflicts with the development server, allowing you to run both in parallel. You can change that with the [`browser.api`](/config/#browser-api) option.
+
+Since Vitest 2.1.5, CLI no longer prints the Vite URL automcatically. You can press "b" to print the URL when running in watch mode.
 :::
 
 If you have not used Vite before, make sure you have your framework's plugin installed and specified in the config. Some frameworks might require extra configuration to work - check their Vite related documentation to be sure.
diff --git a/packages/browser/src/node/pool.ts b/packages/browser/src/node/pool.ts
index bd7399a42dee..9079535bee75 100644
--- a/packages/browser/src/node/pool.ts
+++ b/packages/browser/src/node/pool.ts
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ export function createBrowserPool(ctx: Vitest): ProcessPool {
       if (isCancelled) {
         break
       }
+      await project.initBrowserProvider()
 
       await executeTests(method, project, files)
     }
diff --git a/packages/browser/src/node/providers/preview.ts b/packages/browser/src/node/providers/preview.ts
index 8693f661d6fa..a8e8829a7cfd 100644
--- a/packages/browser/src/node/providers/preview.ts
+++ b/packages/browser/src/node/providers/preview.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import type { BrowserProvider, WorkspaceProject } from 'vitest/node'
 export class PreviewBrowserProvider implements BrowserProvider {
   public name = 'preview' as const
   public supportsParallelism: boolean = false
-  private ctx!: WorkspaceProject
+  private project!: WorkspaceProject
   private open = false
 
   getSupportedBrowsers() {
@@ -19,25 +19,26 @@ export class PreviewBrowserProvider implements BrowserProvider {
     return {}
   }
 
-  async initialize(ctx: WorkspaceProject) {
-    this.ctx = ctx
+  async initialize(project: WorkspaceProject) {
+    this.project = project
     this.open = false
-    if (ctx.config.browser.headless) {
+    if (project.config.browser.headless) {
       throw new Error(
         'You\'ve enabled headless mode for "preview" provider but it doesn\'t support it. Use "playwright" or "webdriverio" instead: https://vitest.dev/guide/browser/#configuration',
       )
     }
+    project.ctx.logger.printBrowserBanner(project)
   }
 
   async openPage(_contextId: string, url: string) {
     this.open = true
-    if (!this.ctx.browser) {
+    if (!this.project.browser) {
       throw new Error('Browser is not initialized')
     }
-    const options = this.ctx.browser.vite.config.server
+    const options = this.project.browser.vite.config.server
     const _open = options.open
     options.open = url
-    this.ctx.browser.vite.openBrowser()
+    this.project.browser.vite.openBrowser()
     options.open = _open
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/core.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/core.ts
index 0d885bd58fe9..74fcceda3874 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/core.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/core.ts
@@ -303,10 +303,6 @@ export class Vitest {
     return this.coverageProvider
   }
 
-  private async initBrowserProviders() {
-    return Promise.all(this.projects.map(w => w.initBrowserProvider()))
-  }
-
   async mergeReports() {
     if (this.reporters.some(r => r instanceof BlobReporter)) {
       throw new Error('Cannot merge reports when `--reporter=blob` is used. Remove blob reporter from the config first.')
@@ -369,8 +365,6 @@ export class Vitest {
   async collect(filters?: string[]) {
     this._onClose = []
 
-    await this.initBrowserProviders()
-
     const files = await this.filterTestsBySource(
       await this.globTestFiles(filters),
     )
@@ -402,7 +396,6 @@ export class Vitest {
     try {
       await this.initCoverageProvider()
       await this.coverageProvider?.clean(this.config.coverage.clean)
-      await this.initBrowserProviders()
     }
     finally {
       await this.report('onInit', this)
@@ -445,7 +438,6 @@ export class Vitest {
     try {
       await this.initCoverageProvider()
       await this.coverageProvider?.clean(this.config.coverage.clean)
-      await this.initBrowserProviders()
     }
     finally {
       await this.report('onInit', this)
@@ -693,6 +685,10 @@ export class Vitest {
     await Promise.all(this._onCancelListeners.splice(0).map(listener => listener(reason)))
   }
 
+  async initBrowserServers() {
+    await Promise.all(this.projects.map(p => p.initBrowserServer()))
+  }
+
   async rerunFiles(files: string[] = this.state.getFilepaths(), trigger?: string, allTestsRun = true) {
     if (this.filenamePattern) {
       const filteredFiles = await this.globTestFiles([this.filenamePattern])
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/logger.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/logger.ts
index 7ac51abb63bb..5254bf6b3d4e 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/logger.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/logger.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { createLogUpdate } from 'log-update'
 import c from 'tinyrainbow'
 import { highlightCode } from '../utils/colors'
 import { printError } from './error'
-import { divider, withLabel } from './reporters/renderers/utils'
+import { divider, formatProjectName, withLabel } from './reporters/renderers/utils'
 import { RandomSequencer } from './sequencers/RandomSequencer'
 
 export interface ErrorOptions {
@@ -217,21 +217,6 @@ export class Logger {
       this.log(PAD + c.gray(`Running tests with seed "${this.ctx.config.sequence.seed}"`))
     }
 
-    this.ctx.projects.forEach((project) => {
-      if (!project.browser) {
-        return
-      }
-      const name = project.getName()
-      const output = project.isCore() ? '' : ` [${name}]`
-
-      const resolvedUrls = project.browser.vite.resolvedUrls
-      const origin = resolvedUrls?.local[0] ?? resolvedUrls?.network[0]
-      const provider = project.browser.provider.name
-      const providerString = provider === 'preview' ? '' : ` by ${provider}`
-
-      this.log(PAD + c.dim(c.green(`${output} Browser runner started${providerString} at ${new URL('/', origin)}`)))
-    })
-
     if (this.ctx.config.ui) {
       const host = this.ctx.config.api?.host || 'localhost'
       const port = this.ctx.server.config.server.port
@@ -260,6 +245,30 @@ export class Logger {
     }
   }
 
+  printBrowserBanner(project: WorkspaceProject) {
+    if (!project.browser) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    const resolvedUrls = project.browser.vite.resolvedUrls
+    const origin = resolvedUrls?.local[0] ?? resolvedUrls?.network[0]
+    if (!origin) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    const name = project.getName()
+    const output = project.isCore()
+      ? ''
+      : formatProjectName(name)
+    const provider = project.browser.provider.name
+    const providerString = provider === 'preview' ? '' : ` by ${c.reset(c.bold(provider))}`
+    this.log(
+      c.dim(
+        `${output}Browser runner started${providerString} ${c.dim('at')} ${c.blue(new URL('/', origin))}\n`,
+      ),
+    )
+  }
+
   printUnhandledErrors(errors: unknown[]) {
     const errorMessage = c.red(
       c.bold(
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/stdin.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/stdin.ts
index 889439595e1e..705980b1ecb3 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/stdin.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/stdin.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ const keys = [
   ['p', 'filter by a filename'],
   ['t', 'filter by a test name regex pattern'],
   ['w', 'filter by a project name'],
+  ['b', 'start the browser server if not started yet'],
   ['q', 'quit'],
 ]
 const cancelKeys = ['space', 'c', 'h', ...keys.map(key => key[0]).flat()]
@@ -120,6 +121,14 @@ export function registerConsoleShortcuts(
     if (name === 'p') {
       return inputFilePattern()
     }
+    if (name === 'b') {
+      await ctx.initBrowserServers()
+      ctx.projects.forEach((project) => {
+        ctx.logger.log()
+        ctx.logger.printBrowserBanner(project)
+      })
+      return null
+    }
   }
 
   async function keypressHandler(str: string, key: any) {
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/workspace.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/workspace.ts
index d60ba846853c..76e87a144f63 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/workspace.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/workspace.ts
@@ -358,16 +358,15 @@ export class WorkspaceProject {
     return testFiles
   }
 
-  async initBrowserServer(configFile: string | undefined) {
-    if (!this.isBrowserEnabled()) {
+  async initBrowserServer() {
+    if (!this.isBrowserEnabled() || this.browser) {
       return
     }
     await this.ctx.packageInstaller.ensureInstalled('@vitest/browser', this.config.root, this.ctx.version)
     const { createBrowserServer, distRoot } = await import('@vitest/browser')
-    await this.browser?.close()
     const browser = await createBrowserServer(
       this,
-      configFile,
+      this.server.config.configFile,
       [
         ...MocksPlugins({
           filter(id) {
@@ -408,9 +407,7 @@ export class WorkspaceProject {
   }
 
   static async createCoreProject(ctx: Vitest) {
-    const project = WorkspaceProject.createBasicProject(ctx)
-    await project.initBrowserServer(ctx.server.config.configFile)
-    return project
+    return WorkspaceProject.createBasicProject(ctx)
   }
 
   async setServer(options: UserConfig, server: ViteDevServer) {
@@ -449,8 +446,6 @@ export class WorkspaceProject {
         return node.resolveId(id, importer)
       },
     })
-
-    await this.initBrowserServer(this.server.config.configFile)
   }
 
   isBrowserEnabled(): boolean {
@@ -495,9 +490,12 @@ export class WorkspaceProject {
   }
 
   async initBrowserProvider() {
-    if (!this.isBrowserEnabled()) {
+    if (!this.isBrowserEnabled() || this.browser?.provider) {
       return
     }
+    if (!this.browser) {
+      await this.initBrowserServer()
+    }
     await this.browser?.initBrowserProvider()
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/browser/specs/runner.test.ts b/test/browser/specs/runner.test.ts
index 64b8a94fc632..545ad88116d9 100644
--- a/test/browser/specs/runner.test.ts
+++ b/test/browser/specs/runner.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { readFile } from 'node:fs/promises'
 import { beforeAll, describe, expect, onTestFailed, test } from 'vitest'
-import { defaultBrowserPort } from 'vitest/config'
-import { browser, provider, runBrowserTests } from './utils'
+import { browser, runBrowserTests } from './utils'
 
 describe('running browser tests', async () => {
   let stderr: string
@@ -29,8 +28,6 @@ describe('running browser tests', async () => {
       console.error(stderr)
     })
 
-    expect(stdout).toContain(`Browser runner started by ${provider} at http://localhost:${defaultBrowserPort}/`)
-
     expect(browserResultJson.testResults).toHaveLength(19)
     expect(passedTests).toHaveLength(17)
     expect(failedTests).toHaveLength(2)
diff --git a/test/browser/specs/server-url.test.ts b/test/browser/specs/server-url.test.ts
index 84f544cf5bd7..153cbd1cba55 100644
--- a/test/browser/specs/server-url.test.ts
+++ b/test/browser/specs/server-url.test.ts
@@ -1,24 +1,28 @@
 import { afterEach, expect, test } from 'vitest'
-import { provider, runBrowserTests } from './utils'
+import { runBrowserTests } from './utils'
 
 afterEach(() => {
   delete process.env.TEST_HTTPS
 })
 
 test('server-url http', async () => {
-  const { stdout, stderr } = await runBrowserTests({
+  const { stderr, ctx } = await runBrowserTests({
     root: './fixtures/server-url',
+    watch: true, // otherwise the browser is closed before we can get the url
   })
+  const url = ctx?.projects[0].browser?.vite.resolvedUrls?.local[0]
   expect(stderr).toBe('')
-  expect(stdout).toContain(`Browser runner started by ${provider} at http://localhost:51133/`)
+  expect(url).toBe('http://localhost:51133/')
 })
 
 test('server-url https', async () => {
   process.env.TEST_HTTPS = '1'
-  const { stdout, stderr } = await runBrowserTests({
+  const { stdout, stderr, ctx } = await runBrowserTests({
     root: './fixtures/server-url',
+    watch: true, // otherwise the browser is closed before we can get the url
   })
   expect(stderr).toBe('')
-  expect(stdout).toContain(`Browser runner started by ${provider} at https://localhost:51122/`)
+  const url = ctx?.projects[0].browser?.vite.resolvedUrls?.local[0]
+  expect(url).toBe('https://localhost:51122/')
   expect(stdout).toContain('Test Files  1 passed')
 })
diff --git a/test/cli/fixtures/browser-multiple/basic.test.js b/test/cli/fixtures/browser-multiple/basic.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5679012438a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cli/fixtures/browser-multiple/basic.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import { test } from 'vitest';
+
+test('passes')
diff --git a/test/cli/fixtures/browser-multiple/vitest.workspace.ts b/test/cli/fixtures/browser-multiple/vitest.workspace.ts
index 4bd2b203b471..8ed483f8e423 100644
--- a/test/cli/fixtures/browser-multiple/vitest.workspace.ts
+++ b/test/cli/fixtures/browser-multiple/vitest.workspace.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ export default defineWorkspace([
     cacheDir: resolve(import.meta.dirname, 'basic-1'),
     test: {
       name: 'basic-1',
-      include: ['none'],
+      dir: import.meta.dirname,
+      include: ['./basic.test.js'],
       browser: {
         enabled: true,
         name: 'chromium',
@@ -19,7 +20,8 @@ export default defineWorkspace([
     cacheDir: resolve(import.meta.dirname, 'basic-2'),
     test: {
       name: 'basic-2',
-      include: ['none'],
+      dir: import.meta.dirname,
+      include: ['./basic.test.js'],
       browser: {
         enabled: true,
         name: 'chromium',
diff --git a/test/cli/test/browser-multiple.test.ts b/test/cli/test/browser-multiple.test.ts
index a26ca1263253..3da5e1bf439e 100644
--- a/test/cli/test/browser-multiple.test.ts
+++ b/test/cli/test/browser-multiple.test.ts
@@ -8,15 +8,16 @@ it('automatically assigns the port', async () => {
   const workspace = resolve(import.meta.dirname, '../fixtures/browser-multiple/vitest.workspace.ts')
   const spy = vi.spyOn(console, 'log')
   onTestFinished(() => spy.mockRestore())
-  const { stderr, stdout } = await runVitest({
+  const { stderr, ctx } = await runVitest({
     root,
     workspace,
     dir: root,
-    watch: false,
+    watch: true,
   })
+  const urls = ctx?.projects.map(p => p.browser?.vite.resolvedUrls?.local[0])
 
   expect(spy).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
   expect(stderr).not.toContain('is in use, trying another one...')
-  expect(stdout).toContain('Browser runner started by playwright at http://localhost:63315/')
-  expect(stdout).toContain('Browser runner started by playwright at http://localhost:63316/')
+  expect(urls).toContain('http://localhost:63315/')
+  expect(urls).toContain('http://localhost:63316/')
 })
diff --git a/test/config/test/browser-html.test.ts b/test/config/test/browser-html.test.ts
index 58812f856c07..19abfc738cdc 100644
--- a/test/config/test/browser-html.test.ts
+++ b/test/config/test/browser-html.test.ts
@@ -5,22 +5,20 @@ import { runVitest } from '../../test-utils'
 const root = resolve(import.meta.dirname, '../fixtures/browser-custom-html')
 
 test('throws an error with non-existing path', async () => {
-  const { stderr, thrown } = await runVitest({
+  const { stderr } = await runVitest({
     root,
     config: './vitest.config.non-existing.ts',
   }, [], 'test', {}, { fails: true })
-  expect(thrown).toBe(true)
   expect(stderr).toContain(`Tester HTML file "${resolve(root, './some-non-existing-path')}" doesn't exist.`)
 })
 
 test('throws an error and exits if there is an error in the html file hook', async () => {
-  const { stderr, stdout, exitCode } = await runVitest({
+  const { stderr, exitCode } = await runVitest({
     root,
     config: './vitest.config.error-hook.ts',
   })
-  expect(stderr).toContain('expected error in transformIndexHtml')
-  // error happens when browser is opened
-  expect(stdout).toContain('Browser runner started by playwright')
+  expect(stderr).toContain('Error: expected error in transformIndexHtml')
+  expect(stderr).toContain('[vite] Internal server error: expected error in transformIndexHtml')
   expect(exitCode).toBe(1)
 })
 
@@ -31,7 +29,6 @@ test('allows correct custom html', async () => {
     reporters: ['basic'],
   })
   expect(stderr).toBe('')
-  expect(stdout).toContain('Browser runner started by playwright')
   expect(stdout).toContain('✓ browser-basic.test.ts')
   expect(exitCode).toBe(0)
 })
@@ -43,7 +40,6 @@ test('allows custom transformIndexHtml with custom html file', async () => {
     reporters: ['basic'],
   })
   expect(stderr).toBe('')
-  expect(stdout).toContain('Browser runner started by playwright')
   expect(stdout).toContain('✓ browser-custom.test.ts')
   expect(exitCode).toBe(0)
 })
@@ -55,7 +51,6 @@ test('allows custom transformIndexHtml without custom html file', async () => {
     reporters: ['basic'],
   })
   expect(stderr).toBe('')
-  expect(stdout).toContain('Browser runner started by playwright')
   expect(stdout).toContain('✓ browser-custom.test.ts')
   expect(exitCode).toBe(0)
 })