diff --git a/src/static/js/ace2_inner.ts b/src/static/js/ace2_inner.ts
index 3ca880a9484..a3563c61f1d 100644
--- a/src/static/js/ace2_inner.ts
+++ b/src/static/js/ace2_inner.ts
@@ -2893,8 +2893,13 @@ function Ace2Inner(editorInfo, cssManagers) {
             const newVisibleLineRange = scroll.getVisibleLineRange(rep);
             // total count of lines in pad IE 10
             const linesCount = rep.lines.length();
-            // How many lines are in the viewport right now?
-            const numberOfLinesInViewport = newVisibleLineRange[1] - newVisibleLineRange[0];
+            // How many logical lines are in the viewport right now? `getVisibleLineRange`
+            // returns indices into `rep.lines` (logical lines, not visual rows), so when a
+            // single wrapped line fills the viewport the range collapses to [n, n] and this
+            // count is 0 — which would make PageDown/PageUp no-ops (issue #4562). Guarantee
+            // at least one line of movement so the caret and viewport always advance.
+            const numberOfLinesInViewport =
+                Math.max(1, newVisibleLineRange[1] - newVisibleLineRange[0]);
 
             if (isPageUp && padShortcutEnabled.pageUp) {
               rep.selStart[0] -= numberOfLinesInViewport;
diff --git a/src/tests/frontend-new/specs/pagedown_wrapped_lines.spec.ts b/src/tests/frontend-new/specs/pagedown_wrapped_lines.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6f9ed38efaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/frontend-new/specs/pagedown_wrapped_lines.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import {expect, test} from "@playwright/test";
+import {clearPadContent, goToNewPad} from "../helper/padHelper";
+
+test.beforeEach(async ({page}) => {
+  await goToNewPad(page);
+});
+
+// Regression test for https://github.com/ether/etherpad/issues/4562
+// PageDown failed to scroll when the cursor was on a very long wrapped line and
+// the following lines were also very long, because getVisibleLineRange returns
+// indices into rep.lines (logical lines) and collapsed to [n, n] — so the
+// advance count was 0 and both caret and scroll stayed put.
+test.describe('PageDown on consecutive long wrapped lines (#4562)', function () {
+  test.describe.configure({retries: 2});
+
+  test('PageDown scrolls when three very long lines fill the viewport', async function ({page}) {
+    await clearPadContent(page);
+
+    const innerFrame = page.frame('ace_inner')!;
+
+    // Insert three long lines via the editor directly — each ~2000 chars, which
+    // wraps to many visual rows in the viewport.
+    await innerFrame.evaluate(() => {
+      const body = document.getElementById('innerdocbody')!;
+      const longText = 'invisible '.repeat(200).trim();
+      body.innerHTML = '';
+      for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+        const div = document.createElement('div');
+        div.textContent = `${i + 1} ${longText}`;
+        body.appendChild(div);
+      }
+      // Trigger the editor to pick up the content
+      body.dispatchEvent(new Event('input', {bubbles: true}));
+    });
+
+    // Type a character at the end to make the editor register the long content
+    // via its normal input path (the raw innerHTML edit above is just a scaffold).
+    await page.keyboard.press('End');
+    await page.keyboard.type('!');
+    await page.waitForTimeout(300);
+
+    // Move caret to start of pad
+    await page.keyboard.down('Control');
+    await page.keyboard.press('Home');
+    await page.keyboard.up('Control');
+    await page.waitForTimeout(200);
+
+    // Capture initial scroll position of the outer (scrollable) frame
+    const outerFrame = page.frame('ace_outer')!;
+    const before = await outerFrame.evaluate(
+        () => (document.getElementById('outerdocbody') as HTMLElement).scrollTop ||
+              document.scrollingElement?.scrollTop || 0);
+
+    // Press PageDown — the ace handler uses a 200ms setTimeout internally.
+    await page.keyboard.press('PageDown');
+    await page.waitForTimeout(800);
+
+    const after = await outerFrame.evaluate(
+        () => (document.getElementById('outerdocbody') as HTMLElement).scrollTop ||
+              document.scrollingElement?.scrollTop || 0);
+
+    // Either the viewport scrolled, or the caret advanced to a later logical line.
+    const caretLine = await innerFrame.evaluate(() => {
+      const sel = document.getSelection();
+      if (!sel || !sel.focusNode) return 0;
+      let node = sel.focusNode as HTMLElement;
+      while (node && node.tagName !== 'DIV') node = node.parentElement!;
+      if (!node) return 0;
+      const divs = Array.from(document.getElementById('innerdocbody')!.children);
+      return divs.indexOf(node);
+    });
+
+    // Pre-fix behavior (#4562): after == before AND caretLine === 0.
+    // Fixed behavior: caret advances at least 1 logical line, or the viewport scrolls.
+    expect(after > before || caretLine > 0).toBe(true);
+  });
+});