diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index 992e7e3193..9dc78c9466 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 vNext
 ----------
+- [PATCH] Remove back button interception from SilentWebViewAuthorizationFragment (#3030)
 - [MINOR] Add AIDL interface for device registration service.(#2926)
 - [MINOR] Move debugIntuneCE and prodIntuneCE from BrokerData to AppRegistry as App instances (#3012)
 - [MINOR] Remove LruCache from SharedPreferencesFileManager (#2910)
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/microsoft/identity/common/internal/providers/oauth2/SilentWebViewAuthorizationFragment.kt b/common/src/main/java/com/microsoft/identity/common/internal/providers/oauth2/SilentWebViewAuthorizationFragment.kt
index 3575b41c88..30b18b0ba9 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/microsoft/identity/common/internal/providers/oauth2/SilentWebViewAuthorizationFragment.kt
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/microsoft/identity/common/internal/providers/oauth2/SilentWebViewAuthorizationFragment.kt
@@ -63,7 +63,10 @@ class SilentWebViewAuthorizationFragment : WebViewAuthorizationFragment() {
     }
 
     override fun onViewCreated(view: View, savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
-        super.onViewCreated(view, savedInstanceState)
+        // Do not call super.onViewCreated() here. The parent AuthorizationFragment.onViewCreated()
+        // registers an OnBackPressedCallback that would intercept device back button presses.
+        // SilentWebViewAuthorizationFragment is designed for silent, invisible flows and must not
+        // intercept back button events so that host app navigation is unaffected.
         cancelAuthorizationOnTimeOut(webViewSilentAuthorizationFlowTimeOut)
     }
 
diff --git a/common/src/test/java/com/microsoft/identity/common/internal/providers/oauth2/SilentWebViewAuthorizationFragmentTest.kt b/common/src/test/java/com/microsoft/identity/common/internal/providers/oauth2/SilentWebViewAuthorizationFragmentTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9886349779
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/src/test/java/com/microsoft/identity/common/internal/providers/oauth2/SilentWebViewAuthorizationFragmentTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
+// All rights reserved.
+//
+// This code is licensed under the MIT License.
+//
+// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+// of this software and associated documentation files(the "Software"), to deal
+// in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+// to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and / or sell
+// copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+// furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions :
+//
+// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+// all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+//
+// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+// IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+// AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+// LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+// OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+// THE SOFTWARE.
+package com.microsoft.identity.common.internal.providers.oauth2
+
+import android.view.View
+import androidx.activity.OnBackPressedDispatcher
+import androidx.fragment.app.FragmentActivity
+import androidx.lifecycle.Lifecycle
+import androidx.lifecycle.LifecycleOwner
+import androidx.lifecycle.LifecycleRegistry
+import org.junit.Assert.assertFalse
+import org.junit.Test
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith
+import org.mockito.kotlin.doReturn
+import org.mockito.kotlin.mock
+import org.mockito.kotlin.spy
+import org.mockito.kotlin.whenever
+import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner
+
+/**
+ * Tests for [SilentWebViewAuthorizationFragment].
+ */
+@RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner::class)
+class SilentWebViewAuthorizationFragmentTest {
+
+    /**
+     * Verifies that [SilentWebViewAuthorizationFragment.onViewCreated] does NOT register an
+     * [androidx.activity.OnBackPressedCallback] on the host activity's
+     * [androidx.activity.OnBackPressedDispatcher]. Silent flows are invisible to the user and
+     * must never intercept the device back button, so the callback registered by
+     * [AuthorizationFragment.onViewCreated] must be skipped.
+     */
+    @Test
+    fun onViewCreated_doesNotRegisterOnBackPressedCallback() {
+        // Real dispatcher to track callback registration.
+        val dispatcher = OnBackPressedDispatcher()
+
+        // Mock activity that returns our dispatcher.
+        val mockActivity = mock<FragmentActivity> {
+            on { onBackPressedDispatcher } doReturn dispatcher
+        }
+
+        // Mock lifecycle owner in RESUMED state for lifecycleScope.launch.
+        val lifecycleOwner = mock<LifecycleOwner>()
+        val lifecycleRegistry = LifecycleRegistry.createUnsafe(lifecycleOwner)
+        lifecycleRegistry.currentState = Lifecycle.State.RESUMED
+        whenever(lifecycleOwner.lifecycle).thenReturn(lifecycleRegistry)
+
+        // Spy the fragment and stub only what onViewCreated needs.
+        val fragment = spy(SilentWebViewAuthorizationFragment())
+        doReturn(mockActivity).whenever(fragment).requireActivity()
+        doReturn(lifecycleOwner).whenever(fragment).viewLifecycleOwner
+
+        // Call onViewCreated directly with a mock view.
+        fragment.onViewCreated(mock<View>(), null)
+
+        // No back-pressed callback should have been registered by the silent fragment.
+        assertFalse(
+            "SilentWebViewAuthorizationFragment must not register an OnBackPressedCallback",
+            dispatcher.hasEnabledCallbacks()
+        )
+    }
+}