diff --git a/src/mono/wasm/debugger/BrowserDebugProxy/MonoProxy.cs b/src/mono/wasm/debugger/BrowserDebugProxy/MonoProxy.cs
index e4940edb7b2bed..95a86902d1e02e 100644
--- a/src/mono/wasm/debugger/BrowserDebugProxy/MonoProxy.cs
+++ b/src/mono/wasm/debugger/BrowserDebugProxy/MonoProxy.cs
@@ -250,7 +250,10 @@ protected override async Task<bool> AcceptCommand(MessageId id, string method, J
                 await AttachToTarget(id, token);
 
             if (!contexts.TryGetValue(id, out ExecutionContext context))
-                return false;
+            {
+                // for Dotnetdebugger.* messages, treat them as handled, thus not passing them on to the browser
+                return method.StartsWith("DotnetDebugger.", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+            }
 
             switch (method)
             {
@@ -536,11 +539,8 @@ protected override async Task<bool> AcceptCommand(MessageId id, string method, J
                     }
             }
 
-            //ignore all protocol extension messages not supported on .net6
-            if (method.StartsWith("DotnetDebugger.", StringComparison.Ordinal))
-                return true;
-
-            return false;
+            // for Dotnetdebugger.* messages, treat them as handled, thus not passing them on to the browser
+            return method.StartsWith("DotnetDebugger.", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
         }
         private async Task<bool> CallOnFunction(MessageId id, JObject args, CancellationToken token)
         {