diff --git a/src/McpContext.ts b/src/McpContext.ts
index fbf9e5dc2..702a51929 100644
--- a/src/McpContext.ts
+++ b/src/McpContext.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ interface McpContextOptions {
   performanceCrux: boolean;
   // Whether allowlist/blocklist is configured.
   hasNetworkBlockOrAllowlist?: boolean;
+  // URL patterns to block for direct resource loads.
+  blocklist?: string[];
+  // URL patterns to allow for direct resource loads.
+  allowlist?: string[];
 }
 
 const DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 5_000;
@@ -106,6 +110,8 @@ export class McpContext implements Context {
   #options: McpContextOptions;
   #heapSnapshotManager = new HeapSnapshotManager();
   #roots: Root[] | undefined = undefined;
+  #blocklist: URLPattern[];
+  #allowlist: URLPattern[] | undefined;
 
   private constructor(
     browser: Browser,
@@ -123,6 +129,12 @@ export class McpContext implements Context {
     this.logger = logger;
     this.#locatorClass = locatorClass;
     this.#options = options;
+    this.#blocklist =
+      options.blocklist?.map(pattern => new URLPattern(pattern)) ?? [];
+    this.#allowlist =
+      options.allowlist && options.allowlist.length > 0
+        ? options.allowlist.map(pattern => new URLPattern(pattern))
+        : undefined;
 
     this.#networkCollector = new NetworkCollector(this.browser);
 
@@ -958,7 +970,7 @@ export class McpContext implements Context {
     switch (url.protocol) {
       case 'https:':
       case 'http:': {
-        // TODO: Verify allow/block list
+        this.#validateNetworkResource(url);
         const response = await fetch(url);
         if (!response.ok) {
           throw new Error(`Failed to load resource: ${url}`);
@@ -976,6 +988,31 @@ export class McpContext implements Context {
     }
   }
 
+  #validateNetworkResource(url: URL): void {
+    const urlString = url.href;
+    for (const pattern of this.#blocklist) {
+      if (pattern.test(urlString)) {
+        throw new Error(
+          `Access denied: URL ${urlString} is blocked by network blocklist.`,
+        );
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (!this.#allowlist) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    for (const pattern of this.#allowlist) {
+      if (pattern.test(urlString)) {
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+
+    throw new Error(
+      `Access denied: URL ${urlString} is not allowed by network allowlist.`,
+    );
+  }
+
   async getHeapSnapshotEdges(
     filePath: string,
     nodeId: number,
diff --git a/src/bin/chrome-devtools-mcp-cli-options.ts b/src/bin/chrome-devtools-mcp-cli-options.ts
index 6c446873c..01d2b3cde 100644
--- a/src/bin/chrome-devtools-mcp-cli-options.ts
+++ b/src/bin/chrome-devtools-mcp-cli-options.ts
@@ -216,12 +216,30 @@ export const cliOptions = {
     describe:
       'Restricts network access by blocking specified URL patterns (uses https://urlpattern.spec.whatwg.org/). Silently detaches from targets with blocked URLs upon connection, and blocks runtime requests (including navigations and subresources). Accepts an array of patterns.',
     conflicts: ['allowedUrlPattern'],
+    coerce: (patterns: unknown[] | undefined) => {
+      if (!patterns) {
+        return;
+      }
+      for (const pattern of patterns) {
+        new URLPattern(String(pattern));
+      }
+      return patterns.map(String);
+    },
   },
   allowedUrlPattern: {
     type: 'array',
     describe:
       'Restricts network access by allowing only specified URL patterns (uses https://urlpattern.spec.whatwg.org/). Requires Chrome 149+. Silently detaches from targets with unallowed URLs upon connection, and blocks runtime requests (including navigations and subresources). Accepts an array of patterns.',
     conflicts: ['blockedUrlPattern'],
+    coerce: (patterns: unknown[] | undefined) => {
+      if (!patterns) {
+        return;
+      }
+      for (const pattern of patterns) {
+        new URLPattern(String(pattern));
+      }
+      return patterns.map(String);
+    },
   },
   ignoreDefaultChromeArg: {
     type: 'array',
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index fe725af62..a8203e9fe 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@ export async function createMcpServer(
           (blocklist && blocklist.length > 0) ||
           (allowlist && allowlist.length > 0),
         ),
+        blocklist,
+        allowlist,
       });
       await updateRoots();
     }
diff --git a/tests/McpContext.test.ts b/tests/McpContext.test.ts
index 5424600c6..a37154ca6 100644
--- a/tests/McpContext.test.ts
+++ b/tests/McpContext.test.ts
@@ -18,9 +18,12 @@ import {TextSnapshot} from '../src/TextSnapshot.js';
 import type {HTTPResponse} from '../src/third_party/index.js';
 import type {TraceResult} from '../src/trace-processing/parse.js';
 
+import {serverHooks} from './server.js';
 import {getMockRequest, html, withMcpContext} from './utils.js';
 
 describe('McpContext', () => {
+  const server = serverHooks();
+
   afterEach(() => {
     sinon.restore();
   });
@@ -315,5 +318,73 @@ describe('McpContext', () => {
         }
       });
     });
+
+    it('http protocol respects the network blocklist', async () => {
+      server.addRoute('/blocked.map', (_req, res) => {
+        res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json; charset=utf-8');
+        res.end('{}');
+      });
+
+      const blockedUrl = server.getRoute('/blocked.map');
+      await withMcpContext(
+        async (_response, context) => {
+          await assert.rejects(
+            context.loadResource(blockedUrl),
+            /blocked by network blocklist/,
+          );
+        },
+        {
+          blockedUrlPattern: [blockedUrl],
+        },
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('http protocol respects the network allowlist', async () => {
+      server.addRoute('/allowed.map', (_req, res) => {
+        res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json; charset=utf-8');
+        res.end('{"version":3}');
+      });
+      server.addRoute('/blocked.map', (_req, res) => {
+        res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json; charset=utf-8');
+        res.end('{}');
+      });
+
+      const allowedUrl = server.getRoute('/allowed.map');
+      const blockedUrl = server.getRoute('/blocked.map');
+      await withMcpContext(
+        async (_response, context) => {
+          assert.strictEqual(
+            await context.loadResource(allowedUrl),
+            '{"version":3}',
+          );
+          await assert.rejects(
+            context.loadResource(blockedUrl),
+            /not allowed by network allowlist/,
+          );
+        },
+        {
+          allowedUrlPattern: [allowedUrl],
+        },
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('http protocol ignores an empty network allowlist', async () => {
+      server.addRoute('/source.map', (_req, res) => {
+        res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json; charset=utf-8');
+        res.end('{"version":3}');
+      });
+
+      await withMcpContext(
+        async (_response, context) => {
+          assert.strictEqual(
+            await context.loadResource(server.getRoute('/source.map')),
+            '{"version":3}',
+          );
+        },
+        {
+          allowedUrlPattern: [],
+        },
+      );
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/tests/cli.test.ts b/tests/cli.test.ts
index 25f07d18e..731dae9fd 100644
--- a/tests/cli.test.ts
+++ b/tests/cli.test.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@
 import assert from 'node:assert';
 import {describe, it} from 'node:test';
 
-import {parseArguments} from '../src/bin/chrome-devtools-mcp-cli-options.js';
+import {
+  cliOptions,
+  parseArguments,
+} from '../src/bin/chrome-devtools-mcp-cli-options.js';
 
 describe('cli args parsing', () => {
   const defaultArgs = {
@@ -391,6 +394,12 @@ describe('cli args parsing', () => {
     ]);
   });
 
+  it('rejects invalid blocked-url-pattern values', async () => {
+    assert.throws(() =>
+      cliOptions.blockedUrlPattern.coerce(['https://[invalid']),
+    );
+  });
+
   it('parses allowed-url-pattern flags as array', async () => {
     const defaultArgs = parseArguments('1.0.0', ['node', 'main.js']);
     assert.strictEqual(defaultArgs.allowedUrlPattern, undefined);
@@ -435,4 +444,10 @@ describe('cli args parsing', () => {
       'https://b.com/*',
     ]);
   });
+
+  it('rejects invalid allowed-url-pattern values', async () => {
+    assert.throws(() =>
+      cliOptions.allowedUrlPattern.coerce(['https://[invalid']),
+    );
+  });
 });
diff --git a/tests/utils.ts b/tests/utils.ts
index 98e20512d..deff50b91 100644
--- a/tests/utils.ts
+++ b/tests/utils.ts
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ export async function withMcpContext(
           (options.blockedUrlPattern && options.blockedUrlPattern.length > 0) ||
           (options.allowedUrlPattern && options.allowedUrlPattern.length > 0),
         ),
+        blocklist: options.blockedUrlPattern,
+        allowlist: options.allowedUrlPattern,
       },
       Locator,
     );