diff --git a/packages/trace-viewer/src/ui/modelUtil.ts b/packages/trace-viewer/src/ui/modelUtil.ts
index 9b494842960dc..309b210eabbd9 100644
--- a/packages/trace-viewer/src/ui/modelUtil.ts
+++ b/packages/trace-viewer/src/ui/modelUtil.ts
@@ -183,8 +183,8 @@ function mergeActionsAndUpdateTiming(contexts: ContextEntry[]) {
     if (traceFileToContexts.size > 1)
       makeCallIdsUniqueAcrossTraceFiles(contexts, ++traceFileId);
     // Align action times across runner and library contexts within each trace file.
-    const map = mergeActionsAndUpdateTimingSameTrace(contexts);
-    result.push(...map.values());
+    const actions = mergeActionsAndUpdateTimingSameTrace(contexts);
+    result.push(...actions);
   }
   result.sort((a1, a2) => {
     if (a2.parentId === a1.callId)
@@ -211,19 +211,26 @@ function makeCallIdsUniqueAcrossTraceFiles(contexts: ContextEntry[], traceFileId
   }
 }
 
-function mergeActionsAndUpdateTimingSameTrace(contexts: ContextEntry[]) {
+function mergeActionsAndUpdateTimingSameTrace(contexts: ContextEntry[]): ActionTraceEventInContext[] {
   const map = new Map<string, ActionTraceEventInContext>();
 
   const libraryContexts = contexts.filter(context => context.origin === 'library');
   const testRunnerContexts = contexts.filter(context => context.origin === 'testRunner');
 
+  // With library-only or test-runner-only traces there is nothing to match.
+  if (!testRunnerContexts.length || !libraryContexts.length) {
+    return contexts.map(context => {
+      return context.actions.map(action => ({ ...action, context }));
+    }).flat();
+  }
+
   // Library actions are replaced with corresponding test runner steps. Matching with
   // the test runner steps enables us to find parent steps.
   // - In the newer versions the actions are matched by explicit step id stored in the
   //   library context actions.
   // - In the older versions the step id is not stored and the match is perfomed based on
   //   action name and wallTime.
-  const matchByStepId = !libraryContexts.length || libraryContexts.some(c => c.actions.some(a => !!a.stepId));
+  const matchByStepId = libraryContexts.some(c => c.actions.some(a => !!a.stepId));
 
   for (const context of libraryContexts) {
     for (const action of context.actions) {
@@ -264,7 +271,7 @@ function mergeActionsAndUpdateTimingSameTrace(contexts: ContextEntry[]) {
       map.set(key, { ...action, context });
     }
   }
-  return map;
+  return [...map.values()];
 }
 
 function adjustMonotonicTime(contexts: ContextEntry[], monotonicTimeDelta: number) {
diff --git a/tests/assets/trace-library-1.46.zip b/tests/assets/trace-library-1.46.zip
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..46d7d99bb49db
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/assets/trace-library-1.46.zip differ
diff --git a/tests/library/trace-viewer.spec.ts b/tests/library/trace-viewer.spec.ts
index a18526b09e5e2..01e68269ec9c2 100644
--- a/tests/library/trace-viewer.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/library/trace-viewer.spec.ts
@@ -1282,6 +1282,17 @@ test('should open snapshot in new browser context', async ({ browser, page, runA
   await newPage.close();
 });
 
+test('should show similar actions from library-only trace', async ({ showTraceViewer, asset }) => {
+  const traceViewer = await showTraceViewer([asset('trace-library-1.46.zip')]);
+  await expect(traceViewer.actionTitles).toHaveText([
+    /page.setContent/,
+    /locator.getAttributelocator\('div'\)/,
+    /locator.isVisiblelocator\('div'\)/,
+    /locator.getAttributelocator\('div'\)/,
+    /locator.isVisiblelocator\('div'\)/,
+  ]);
+});
+
 function parseMillis(s: string): number {
   const matchMs = s.match(/(\d+)ms/);
   if (matchMs)