diff --git a/packages/react/.storybook/main.ts b/packages/react/.storybook/main.ts
index a653e893ed1..dac4025eac3 100644
--- a/packages/react/.storybook/main.ts
+++ b/packages/react/.storybook/main.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@ const config: StorybookConfig = {
     DEPLOY_ENV === 'development'
       ? ['../src/**/*.mdx', '../src/**/*.stories.@(js|jsx|ts|tsx)']
       : // Don't include dev stories in production
-        ['../src/**/*.mdx', '../src/**/!(*.dev).stories.@(js|jsx|ts|tsx)'],
+        [
+          '../src/**/*.mdx',
+          '../src/**/!(*.dev).stories.@(js|jsx|ts|tsx)',
+          '../src/SelectPanel/SelectPanel.live-region-bug.dev.stories.tsx',
+        ],
 
   staticDirs: ['../static'],
 
diff --git a/packages/react/src/SelectPanel/SelectPanel.live-region-bug.dev.stories.module.css b/packages/react/src/SelectPanel/SelectPanel.live-region-bug.dev.stories.module.css
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..698e63e3898
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react/src/SelectPanel/SelectPanel.live-region-bug.dev.stories.module.css
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+.Page {
+  max-width: 1200px;
+  padding: var(--base-size-48) var(--base-size-32);
+  margin: 0 auto;
+  color: var(--fgColor-default);
+}
+
+.Header {
+  max-width: 880px;
+  padding-bottom: var(--base-size-40);
+}
+
+.Title {
+  margin: 0 0 var(--base-size-16);
+  font-size: var(--text-title-size-large);
+  line-height: var(--text-title-lineHeight-large);
+}
+
+.Summary {
+  margin: 0;
+  color: var(--fgColor-muted);
+  font-size: var(--text-body-size-large);
+  line-height: var(--text-body-lineHeight-medium);
+}
+
+.Section {
+  padding: var(--base-size-32) 0;
+  border-top: var(--borderWidth-thin) solid var(--borderColor-default);
+}
+
+.Section:last-child {
+  padding-bottom: 0;
+}
+
+.Section h2 {
+  margin: 0 0 var(--base-size-16);
+  font-size: var(--text-title-size-medium);
+  line-height: var(--text-title-lineHeight-medium);
+}
+
+.Section h3 {
+  margin: var(--base-size-20) 0 var(--base-size-8);
+  font-size: var(--text-body-size-medium);
+}
+
+.Section p {
+  line-height: var(--text-body-lineHeight-medium);
+}
+
+.Steps {
+  padding-left: var(--base-size-24);
+  margin: 0 0 var(--base-size-24);
+  line-height: var(--text-body-lineHeight-medium);
+}
+
+.Demo {
+  display: grid;
+  gap: var(--base-size-20);
+  align-content: start;
+  min-width: 0;
+  min-height: 280px;
+  padding: var(--base-size-32);
+  background: var(--bgColor-default);
+}
+
+.Demo h3 {
+  margin-top: 0;
+}
+
+.Example {
+  overflow: hidden;
+  border: var(--borderWidth-thin) solid var(--borderColor-default);
+  border-radius: var(--borderRadius-large);
+  box-shadow: var(--shadow-resting-small);
+}
+
+.Diagnostics {
+  overflow: hidden;
+  border-top: var(--borderWidth-thin) solid var(--borderColor-default);
+  background: var(--bgColor-muted);
+}
+
+.Diagnostics h3 {
+  padding: var(--base-size-16) var(--base-size-20);
+  margin: 0;
+  border-bottom: var(--borderWidth-thin) solid var(--borderColor-default);
+}
+
+.Diagnostics dl {
+  margin: 0;
+}
+
+.DiagnosticRow {
+  display: grid;
+  padding: var(--base-size-12) var(--base-size-20);
+  border-bottom: var(--borderWidth-thin) solid var(--borderColor-muted);
+  grid-template-columns: minmax(160px, 0.6fr) minmax(0, 1fr);
+}
+
+.DiagnosticRow dt {
+  color: var(--fgColor-muted);
+}
+
+.DiagnosticRow dd {
+  min-width: 0;
+  margin: 0;
+  overflow-wrap: anywhere;
+}
+
+.Result {
+  padding: var(--base-size-16) var(--base-size-20);
+  font-weight: var(--base-text-weight-semibold);
+}
+
+.Result[data-state='broken'] {
+  color: var(--fgColor-danger);
+}
+
+.Code {
+  padding: var(--base-size-20);
+  margin: var(--base-size-20) 0;
+  overflow-x: auto;
+  border: var(--borderWidth-thin) solid var(--borderColor-default);
+  border-radius: var(--borderRadius-large);
+  background: var(--bgColor-neutral-emphasis);
+  box-shadow: var(--shadow-resting-small);
+  color: var(--fgColor-onEmphasis);
+  font-size: var(--text-body-size-small);
+  line-height: var(--text-codeBlock-lineHeight-default);
+}
+
+.FixList {
+  padding-left: var(--base-size-24);
+  margin: 0;
+  line-height: var(--text-body-lineHeight-medium);
+}
+
+@media (max-width: 899px) {
+  .Page {
+    padding: var(--base-size-24) var(--base-size-16);
+  }
+
+  .DiagnosticRow {
+    gap: var(--base-size-4);
+    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
+  }
+
+  .Demo {
+    min-height: auto;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/react/src/SelectPanel/SelectPanel.live-region-bug.dev.stories.tsx b/packages/react/src/SelectPanel/SelectPanel.live-region-bug.dev.stories.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0a00534d2eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react/src/SelectPanel/SelectPanel.live-region-bug.dev.stories.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,222 @@
+import {TriangleDownIcon} from '@primer/octicons-react'
+import type {Meta, StoryObj} from '@storybook/react-vite'
+import {createElement, useEffect, useMemo, useState} from 'react'
+
+import {Button} from '../Button'
+import Checkbox from '../Checkbox'
+import FormControl from '../FormControl'
+import {SelectPanel, type ItemInput} from '.'
+import classes from './SelectPanel.live-region-bug.dev.stories.module.css'
+
+const meta = {
+  title: 'Components/SelectPanel/Dev/Live region bug',
+  component: SelectPanel,
+  parameters: {
+    controls: {disable: true},
+  },
+} satisfies Meta<typeof SelectPanel>
+
+export default meta
+
+type Story = StoryObj
+type RegionRoute = 'closed-dialog' | 'available' | 'missing'
+type AnnouncementTarget = {
+  message: string
+  route: RegionRoute
+}
+
+const items: ItemInput[] = [
+  {id: 1, text: 'JavaScript'},
+  {id: 2, text: 'Ruby'},
+  {id: 3, text: 'TypeScript'},
+]
+
+const LiveRegion = () => createElement('live-region')
+
+const getRegionRoute = (region: Element | undefined): RegionRoute => {
+  if (!region) return 'missing'
+  return region.closest('dialog:not([open])') ? 'closed-dialog' : 'available'
+}
+
+const findAnnouncementTarget = (expectedMessage: string): AnnouncementTarget => {
+  for (const region of document.querySelectorAll('live-region')) {
+    const message = Array.from(region.shadowRoot?.querySelectorAll('[aria-live]') ?? [])
+      .map(element => element.textContent.trim())
+      .find(text => text.includes(expectedMessage))
+
+    if (message) {
+      return {message, route: getRegionRoute(region)}
+    }
+  }
+
+  return {message: '', route: 'missing'}
+}
+
+const matchedNodeLabels: Record<RegionRoute, string> = {
+  'closed-dialog': 'dialog:not([open]) > live-region',
+  available: 'body > live-region',
+  missing: 'No live-region found',
+}
+
+const InteractiveExplainer = () => {
+  const [selected, setSelected] = useState<ItemInput[]>([])
+  const [filter, setFilter] = useState('')
+  const [open, setOpen] = useState(false)
+  const [renderConflict, setRenderConflict] = useState(true)
+  const [announcementTarget, setAnnouncementTarget] = useState<AnnouncementTarget>({message: '', route: 'missing'})
+
+  const filteredItems = useMemo(
+    () => items.filter(item => item.text?.toLowerCase().startsWith(filter.toLowerCase())),
+    [filter],
+  )
+
+  const hasNoResults = filter.length > 0 && filteredItems.length === 0
+  const expectedMessage = `No language found for “${filter}”. Adjust your search term to find another language.`
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const timeout = window.setTimeout(
+      () =>
+        setAnnouncementTarget(hasNoResults ? findAnnouncementTarget(expectedMessage) : {message: '', route: 'missing'}),
+      1200,
+    )
+    return () => window.clearTimeout(timeout)
+  }, [expectedMessage, hasNoResults, open, renderConflict])
+
+  const currentRouteIsHidden = announcementTarget.route === 'closed-dialog'
+  const messageStatus = !hasNoResults
+    ? 'Waiting for a no-results query'
+    : announcementTarget.message || 'No matching announcement found'
+  const availableToScreenReader =
+    !hasNoResults || announcementTarget.route === 'missing' ? 'Not determined' : currentRouteIsHidden ? 'No' : 'Yes'
+
+  return (
+    <main className={classes.Page}>
+      <header className={classes.Header}>
+        <h1 className={classes.Title}>SelectPanel can announce into a closed dialog</h1>
+        <p className={classes.Summary}>
+          SelectPanel uses the first <code>live-region</code> in the document. If that element belongs to an unrelated,
+          closed dialog, the message is written but screen readers cannot reach it.
+        </p>
+      </header>
+
+      <section className={classes.Section} aria-labelledby="reproduce-heading">
+        <h2 id="reproduce-heading">Reproduce</h2>
+        <ol className={classes.Steps}>
+          <li>Open the language picker.</li>
+          <li>
+            Search for <code>zzz</code>.
+          </li>
+          <li>Clear the checkbox and change the query to compare the working path.</li>
+        </ol>
+
+        <div className={classes.Example}>
+          <div className={classes.Demo}>
+            <h3>Rendered demo</h3>
+            <FormControl>
+              <FormControl.Label>Add a live region inside a closed dialog</FormControl.Label>
+              <Checkbox checked={renderConflict} onChange={event => setRenderConflict(event.target.checked)} />
+            </FormControl>
+
+            <dialog data-live-region-conflict>{renderConflict ? <LiveRegion /> : null}</dialog>
+
+            <SelectPanel
+              title="Select a language"
+              placeholder="Select a language"
+              renderAnchor={({children, ...anchorProps}) => (
+                <Button trailingAction={TriangleDownIcon} {...anchorProps} aria-haspopup="dialog">
+                  {children}
+                </Button>
+              )}
+              open={open}
+              onOpenChange={setOpen}
+              items={filteredItems}
+              selected={selected}
+              onSelectedChange={setSelected}
+              onFilterChange={setFilter}
+              placeholderText="Filter languages"
+              message={
+                hasNoResults
+                  ? {
+                      variant: 'empty',
+                      title: `No language found for “${filter}”`,
+                      body: 'Adjust your search term to find another language.',
+                    }
+                  : undefined
+              }
+            />
+          </div>
+
+          <div className={classes.Diagnostics}>
+            <h3>Announcement destination</h3>
+            <dl>
+              <div className={classes.DiagnosticRow}>
+                <dt>Inspection</dt>
+                <dd>
+                  <code>Matching shadow-root message</code>
+                </dd>
+              </div>
+              <div className={classes.DiagnosticRow}>
+                <dt>Matched node</dt>
+                <dd>
+                  <code>{matchedNodeLabels[announcementTarget.route]}</code>
+                </dd>
+              </div>
+              <div className={classes.DiagnosticRow}>
+                <dt>Inside a closed dialog</dt>
+                <dd>
+                  {announcementTarget.route === 'missing' ? 'Not determined' : currentRouteIsHidden ? 'Yes' : 'No'}
+                </dd>
+              </div>
+              <div className={classes.DiagnosticRow}>
+                <dt>Message</dt>
+                <dd>{messageStatus}</dd>
+              </div>
+              <div className={classes.DiagnosticRow}>
+                <dt>Available to a screen reader</dt>
+                <dd>{availableToScreenReader}</dd>
+              </div>
+            </dl>
+            <div className={classes.Result} data-state={hasNoResults && currentRouteIsHidden ? 'broken' : 'normal'}>
+              {!hasNoResults
+                ? 'Run the steps above to observe the announcement target.'
+                : announcementTarget.route === 'missing'
+                  ? 'No matching announcement was found.'
+                  : currentRouteIsHidden
+                    ? 'Bug reproduced: the message is inside a closed dialog.'
+                    : 'Fix verified: the message is in an available live region.'}
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </section>
+
+      <section className={classes.Section} aria-labelledby="fix-heading">
+        <h2 id="fix-heading">Potential fix</h2>
+        <p>
+          Resolve announcements from the active filter input instead of caching an arbitrary document-wide region. Also
+          make the shared fallback ignore regions inside closed dialogs.
+        </p>
+        <pre className={classes.Code}>
+          <code>{`useAnnouncements
+- const liveRegion = document.querySelector('live-region')
+- announce(message, {delayMs})
++ announce(message, {delayMs, from: inputRef.current ?? undefined})
+
+@primer/live-region-element
+- container.querySelector('live-region')
++ first live-region that is not inside dialog:not([open])`}</code>
+        </pre>
+        <h3>Why both changes?</h3>
+        <ul className={classes.FixList}>
+          <li>Scoping from the filter input keeps SelectPanel announcements in the active picker.</li>
+          <li>
+            Hardening the fallback protects standalone FilteredActionList and other live-region-element consumers.
+          </li>
+        </ul>
+      </section>
+    </main>
+  )
+}
+
+export const BugAndPotentialFix: Story = {
+  render: () => <InteractiveExplainer />,
+}