diff --git a/src/core/native/browser_adapter.js b/src/core/native/browser_adapter.js
index 6f4c73bfe..115821ae1 100644
--- a/src/core/native/browser_adapter.js
+++ b/src/core/native/browser_adapter.js
@@ -43,12 +43,13 @@ export class BrowserAdapter {
       case SystemStatusCode.networkFailure:
       case SystemStatusCode.timeoutFailure:
       case SystemStatusCode.contentTypeMismatch:
-        return this.reload({
+        this.reload({
           reason: "request_failed",
           context: {
             statusCode
           }
         })
+        return visit.fail()
       default:
         return visit.loadResponse()
     }
diff --git a/src/tests/fixtures/rendering.html b/src/tests/fixtures/rendering.html
index f03e725a8..788c2a959 100644
--- a/src/tests/fixtures/rendering.html
+++ b/src/tests/fixtures/rendering.html
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ <h1>Rendering</h1>
       <p><a id="delayed-link" href="/__turbo/delayed_response">Delayed link</a></p>
       <p><a id="redirect-link" href="/__turbo/redirect">Redirect link</a></p>
       <p><a id="es_locale_link" href="/src/tests/fixtures/es_locale.html">Change html[lang]</a></p>
+      <p><a id="download-link" href="/__turbo/download">Download link</a></p>
       <form>
         <input type="text" id="text-input">
         <input type="radio" id="radio-input">
diff --git a/src/tests/functional/rendering_tests.js b/src/tests/functional/rendering_tests.js
index 66a9d1af0..16e1a0b85 100644
--- a/src/tests/functional/rendering_tests.js
+++ b/src/tests/functional/rendering_tests.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { assert } from "chai"
 import {
   clearLocalStorage,
   disposeAll,
+  hasSelector,
   isScrolledToTop,
   nextBeat,
   nextBody,
@@ -17,7 +18,8 @@ import {
   sleep,
   strictElementEquals,
   textContent,
-  visitAction
+  visitAction,
+  waitUntilNoSelector,
 } from "../helpers/page"
 
 test.beforeEach(async ({ page }) => {
@@ -580,6 +582,15 @@ test("rendering a redirect response replaces the body once and only once", async
   assert.ok(await noNextBodyMutation(page), "replaces <body> element once")
 })
 
+
+test.only("hides progress bar when reloading due to request failure", async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.click("#download-link")
+  await page.waitForEvent('download')
+
+  await waitUntilNoSelector(page, ".turbo-progress-bar")
+  assert.notOk(await hasSelector(page, ".turbo-progress-bar"), "hides progress bar")
+})
+
 function deepElementsEqual(page, left, right) {
   return page.evaluate(
     ([left, right]) => left.length == right.length && left.every((element) => right.includes(element)),
diff --git a/src/tests/server.mjs b/src/tests/server.mjs
index 1978ca601..23f2c4620 100644
--- a/src/tests/server.mjs
+++ b/src/tests/server.mjs
@@ -189,6 +189,10 @@ router.get("/file.unknown_html", (request, response) => {
   response.sendFile(path.join(__dirname, "../../src/tests/fixtures/visit.html"))
 })
 
+router.get("/download", (request, response) => {
+  response.download(path.join(__dirname, "../../src/tests/fixtures/svg.svg"))
+})
+
 function receiveMessage(content, id, target) {
   const data = renderSSEData(renderMessage(content, id, target))
   for (const response of streamResponses) {
