diff --git a/src/Controls/tests/DeviceTests/Memory/MemoryTests.cs b/src/Controls/tests/DeviceTests/Memory/MemoryTests.cs
index 81b17e6eb38a..01444ecee66e 100644
--- a/src/Controls/tests/DeviceTests/Memory/MemoryTests.cs
+++ b/src/Controls/tests/DeviceTests/Memory/MemoryTests.cs
@@ -242,42 +242,6 @@ await InvokeOnMainThreadAsync(async () =>
 		await AssertionExtensions.WaitForGC(viewReference, handlerReference, platformViewReference);
 	}
 
-	[Fact("WebView Does Not Leak")]
-	public async Task WebViewDoesNotLeak()
-	{
-		SetupBuilder();
-
-		var references = new List<WeakReference>();
-		var navPage = new NavigationPage(new ContentPage { Title = "Page 1" });
-
-		await CreateHandlerAndAddToWindow(new Window(navPage), async () =>
-		{
-			{
-				var webView = new WebView
-				{
-					HeightRequest = 500, // NOTE: non-zero size required for Windows
-					Source = new HtmlWebViewSource { Html = "<p>hi</p>" },
-				};
-				var page = new ContentPage
-				{
-					Content = new VerticalStackLayout { webView }
-				};
-				await navPage.Navigation.PushAsync(page);
-				await OnLoadedAsync(page);
-				await Task.Delay(1000); // give the WebView time to load
-
-				references.Add(new(webView));
-				references.Add(new(webView.Handler));
-				references.Add(new(webView.Handler.PlatformView));
-
-				await navPage.Navigation.PopAsync();
-			}
-
-			// Assert *before* the Window is closed
-			await AssertionExtensions.WaitForGC(references.ToArray());
-		});
-	}
-
 	[Theory("Gesture Does Not Leak")]
 	[InlineData(typeof(DragGestureRecognizer))]
 	[InlineData(typeof(DropGestureRecognizer))]
diff --git a/src/Controls/tests/TestCases.HostApp/Issues/Issue22972.cs b/src/Controls/tests/TestCases.HostApp/Issues/Issue22972.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d8af187a9006
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Controls/tests/TestCases.HostApp/Issues/Issue22972.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+using Microsoft.Maui.Controls;
+
+namespace Maui.Controls.Sample.Issues
+{
+	[Issue(IssueTracker.Github, 22972, "Win platform WebView cannot be release after its parent window get close")]
+	public class Issue22972 : NavigationPage
+	{
+		public Issue22972() 
+		{
+            this.RunMemoryTest(() =>
+            {
+                return new WebView
+                {
+                    HeightRequest = 500, // NOTE: non-zero size required for Windows
+                    Source = new HtmlWebViewSource { Html = "<p>hi</p>" },
+                };
+            });
+        }
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/Controls/tests/TestCases.HostApp/Utils/GarbageCollectionHelper.cs b/src/Controls/tests/TestCases.HostApp/Utils/GarbageCollectionHelper.cs
index d366cc4b37f3..a5e22c447dbe 100644
--- a/src/Controls/tests/TestCases.HostApp/Utils/GarbageCollectionHelper.cs
+++ b/src/Controls/tests/TestCases.HostApp/Utils/GarbageCollectionHelper.cs
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Text;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
-
 namespace Maui.Controls.Sample
 {
 	public static class GarbageCollectionHelper
@@ -50,5 +48,78 @@ public static async Task AssertEventually(this Func<bool> assertion, int timeout
 				throw new Exception(message);
 			}
 		}
+		
+		public static void RunMemoryTest(this NavigationPage navigationPage, Func<VisualElement> elementToTest)
+		{
+        	ContentPage rootPage = new ContentPage { Title = "Page 1" };
+			navigationPage.PushAsync(rootPage);
+			rootPage.Content = new VerticalStackLayout()
+            {
+                new Label
+                {
+                    Text = "If you don't see a success label this test has failed"
+                }
+            };
+
+            rootPage.Loaded += OnPageLoaded;
+
+			async void OnPageLoaded(object sender, EventArgs e)
+			{
+				var references = new List<WeakReference>();
+				rootPage.Loaded -= OnPageLoaded;
+
+				{
+					var element = elementToTest();
+					var page = new ContentPage
+					{
+						Content = new VerticalStackLayout { element }
+					};
+
+					await navigationPage.PushAsync(page);
+					await Task.Delay(500); // give the View time to load
+
+					references.Add(new(element));
+					references.Add(new(element.Handler));
+					references.Add(new(element.Handler.PlatformView));
+
+					await navigationPage.PopAsync();
+				}
+
+				try
+				{
+					rootPage.Content = new VerticalStackLayout()
+					{
+						new Label
+						{
+							Text = "Waiting for resources to cleanup",
+							AutomationId = "Waiting"
+							
+						}
+					};
+
+					await WaitForGC(references.ToArray());
+					rootPage.Content = new VerticalStackLayout()
+					{
+						new Label
+						{
+							Text = "Success, everything has been cleaned up",
+							AutomationId = "Success"
+						}
+					};
+				}
+				catch
+				{
+					var stillAlive = references.Where(x=> x.IsAlive).Select(x=> x.Target).ToList();
+					rootPage.Content = new VerticalStackLayout()
+					{
+						new Label
+						{
+							Text = "Failed to cleanup: " + string.Join(", ", stillAlive),
+							AutomationId = "Failed"
+						}
+					};
+				}
+			}
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/Controls/tests/TestCases.Shared.Tests/Tests/Issues/Issue22972.cs b/src/Controls/tests/TestCases.Shared.Tests/Tests/Issues/Issue22972.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5508b3f0fff1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Controls/tests/TestCases.Shared.Tests/Tests/Issues/Issue22972.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using UITest.Appium;
+using UITest.Core;
+
+namespace Microsoft.Maui.TestCases.Tests.Issues
+{
+	public class Issue22972 : _IssuesUITest
+	{
+		public Issue22972(TestDevice device) : base(device)
+		{
+		}
+
+		public override string Issue => "Win platform WebView cannot be release after its parent window get close";
+
+		[Test]
+		[Category(UITestCategories.WebView)]
+		public void WebViewDoesNotLeak()
+		{
+			App.AssertMemoryTest();
+		}
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/src/Controls/tests/TestCases.Shared.Tests/UtilExtensions.cs b/src/Controls/tests/TestCases.Shared.Tests/UtilExtensions.cs
index 801862b6f34f..2c63caa036c7 100644
--- a/src/Controls/tests/TestCases.Shared.Tests/UtilExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Controls/tests/TestCases.Shared.Tests/UtilExtensions.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System.Drawing;
+using NUnit.Framework;
 using UITest.Appium;
 using UITest.Appium.NUnit;
 using UITest.Core;
@@ -56,5 +57,23 @@ public static int CenterY(this Rectangle rect)
 		{
 			return rect.Y + rect.Height / 2;
 		}
+
+		public static void AssertMemoryTest(this IApp app)
+		{
+			try
+			{
+				app.WaitForElement("Success", timeout: TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));
+			}
+			catch
+			{
+				var failure = app.FindElement("Failed")?.GetText();
+				if(failure is not null)
+				{
+					Assert.Fail(failure);
+				}
+
+				throw;
+			}
+		}
 	}
 }
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