diff --git a/Capacitor/Capacitor/CapacitorBridge.swift b/Capacitor/Capacitor/CapacitorBridge.swift
index 7b8b9b99dc32ae9f9da78854789e4f8a6370b758..ec312dc5314e9c3c9d4a5a875eddcf59d11399f8 100644
--- a/Capacitor/Capacitor/CapacitorBridge.swift
+++ b/Capacitor/Capacitor/CapacitorBridge.swift
@@ -271,10 +271,23 @@ open class CapacitorBridge: NSObject, CAPBridgeProtocol {
             registerCordovaPlugins()
         } else {
             observers.append(NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(forName: UIApplication.willEnterForegroundNotification, object: nil, queue: OperationQueue.main) { [weak self] (_) in
-                self?.triggerDocumentJSEvent(eventName: "resume")
+                // Skip until the initial page load has finished: with a UIScene-based
+                // lifecycle this notification also fires at cold launch, and evaluating
+                // `window.Capacitor.triggerEvent('resume', 'document')` before the
+                // Capacitor runtime is injected throws
+                // WKError.javaScriptExceptionOccurred ("JS Eval error").
+                guard let self = self, case .subsequentLoad = self.webViewDelegationHandler.webViewLoadingState else {
+                    return
+                }
+                self.triggerDocumentJSEvent(eventName: "resume")
             })
             observers.append(NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(forName: UIApplication.didEnterBackgroundNotification, object: nil, queue: OperationQueue.main) { [weak self] (_) in
-                self?.triggerDocumentJSEvent(eventName: "pause")
+                // Same guard as "resume": there is no page state to pause before the
+                // initial load has completed, and the eval would throw.
+                guard let self = self, case .subsequentLoad = self.webViewDelegationHandler.webViewLoadingState else {
+                    return
+                }
+                self.triggerDocumentJSEvent(eventName: "pause")
             })
         }
     }