diff --git a/app/components/page-error.tsx b/app/components/page-error.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..315b9c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/components/page-error.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import { RefreshCw, ServerOff } from "lucide-react";
+import { isRouteErrorResponse, useRevalidator } from "react-router";
+
+import { isConnectionError } from "~/server/headscale/api/error-client";
+import cn from "~/utils/cn";
+
+import Button from "./Button";
+import { ErrorBanner } from "./error-banner";
+
+interface PageErrorProps {
+  error: unknown;
+  page: string;
+}
+
+export default function PageError({ error, page }: PageErrorProps) {
+  const { revalidate, state } = useRevalidator();
+
+  if (isRouteErrorResponse(error) && isConnectionError(error.data)) {
+    return (
+      <div className="flex flex-col items-center justify-center py-24 text-center">
+        <ServerOff className={cn("h-12 w-12", "text-mist-400 dark:text-mist-500")} />
+        <h2 className="mt-4 text-lg font-semibold">{page} Unavailable</h2>
+        <p className="mt-1 max-w-sm text-sm text-mist-500 dark:text-mist-400">
+          This page could not be loaded because the Headscale server is unreachable. It will be
+          available once the connection is restored.
+        </p>
+        <Button
+          className="mt-6"
+          variant="light"
+          onPress={() => revalidate()}
+          isDisabled={state === "loading"}
+        >
+          <RefreshCw
+            className={cn("mr-2 inline-block h-4 w-4", state === "loading" && "animate-spin")}
+          />
+          Retry
+        </Button>
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+
+  return <ErrorBanner className="max-w-2xl" error={error} />;
+}
diff --git a/app/components/status-banner.tsx b/app/components/status-banner.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df65bc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/components/status-banner.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+import { AlertCircle, CloudOff, Info, TriangleAlert, X } from "lucide-react";
+import { useState } from "react";
+
+import cn from "~/utils/cn";
+
+type Variant = "info" | "warning" | "error" | "critical";
+
+interface StatusBannerProps {
+  variant: Variant;
+  title: string;
+  children: React.ReactNode;
+  dismissable?: boolean;
+  className?: string;
+}
+
+const icons: Record<Variant, React.ReactNode> = {
+  info: <Info className="h-5 w-5 shrink-0" />,
+  warning: <TriangleAlert className="h-5 w-5 shrink-0" />,
+  error: <AlertCircle className="h-5 w-5 shrink-0" />,
+  critical: <CloudOff className="h-5 w-5 shrink-0" />,
+};
+
+export default function StatusBanner({
+  variant,
+  title,
+  children,
+  dismissable = true,
+  className,
+}: StatusBannerProps) {
+  const [dismissed, setDismissed] = useState(false);
+
+  if (dismissed) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <div
+      role="alert"
+      className={cn(
+        "flex items-start gap-3 rounded-lg border px-4 py-3 text-sm",
+        variant === "info" && [
+          "border-indigo-200 bg-indigo-50 text-indigo-900",
+          "dark:border-indigo-500/30 dark:bg-indigo-500/10 dark:text-indigo-200",
+        ],
+        variant === "warning" && [
+          "border-yellow-300 bg-yellow-50 text-yellow-900",
+          "dark:border-yellow-500/30 dark:bg-yellow-500/10 dark:text-yellow-200",
+        ],
+        variant === "error" && [
+          "border-red-300 bg-red-50 text-red-900",
+          "dark:border-red-500/30 dark:bg-red-500/10 dark:text-red-200",
+        ],
+        variant === "critical" && [
+          "border-red-400 bg-red-100 text-red-900",
+          "dark:border-red-500/40 dark:bg-red-500/20 dark:text-red-100",
+        ],
+        className,
+      )}
+    >
+      {icons[variant]}
+      <div className="flex-1">
+        <p className="font-medium">{title}</p>
+        <div className="mt-0.5 text-current/80">{children}</div>
+      </div>
+      {dismissable && (
+        <button
+          type="button"
+          aria-label="Dismiss"
+          onClick={() => setDismissed(true)}
+          className={cn(
+            "shrink-0 rounded p-0.5 transition-colors",
+            "hover:bg-black/10 dark:hover:bg-white/10",
+          )}
+        >
+          <X className="h-4 w-4" />
+        </button>
+      )}
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/app/layout/app.tsx b/app/layout/app.tsx
index 06f8b0f..5b49b25 100644
--- a/app/layout/app.tsx
+++ b/app/layout/app.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Outlet, redirect } from "react-router";
 
 import { ErrorBanner } from "~/components/error-banner";
+import StatusBanner from "~/components/status-banner";
 import { pruneEphemeralNodes } from "~/server/db/pruner";
 import { isDataUnauthorizedError } from "~/server/headscale/api/error-client";
 import { Capabilities } from "~/server/web/roles";
@@ -94,6 +95,17 @@ export default function AppLayout({ loaderData }: Route.ComponentProps) {
         user={loaderData.user}
       />
       <main className="container mt-4 mb-24 overscroll-contain">
+        {!loaderData.isHealthy && (
+          <StatusBanner
+            className="mb-4"
+            dismissable={false}
+            title="Headscale Unreachable"
+            variant="critical"
+          >
+            Unable to connect to the Headscale server. Data shown may be stale and changes cannot be
+            saved until the connection is restored.
+          </StatusBanner>
+        )}
         <Outlet />
       </main>
       <Footer isDebug={loaderData.isDebug} baseUrl={loaderData.baseUrl} />
diff --git a/app/routes/acls/overview.tsx b/app/routes/acls/overview.tsx
index 0579dd5..9f363ee 100644
--- a/app/routes/acls/overview.tsx
+++ b/app/routes/acls/overview.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import Card from "~/components/Card";
 import Code from "~/components/Code";
 import Link from "~/components/link";
 import Notice from "~/components/Notice";
+import PageError from "~/components/page-error";
 import Tabs from "~/components/Tabs";
 import { isApiError } from "~/server/headscale/api/error-client";
 import toast from "~/utils/toast";
@@ -185,5 +186,5 @@ export function ErrorBoundary({ error }: Route.ErrorBoundaryProps) {
     );
   }
 
-  throw error;
+  return <PageError error={error} page="Access Control" />;
 }
diff --git a/app/routes/dns/overview.tsx b/app/routes/dns/overview.tsx
index 6d60501..8d4b361 100644
--- a/app/routes/dns/overview.tsx
+++ b/app/routes/dns/overview.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { useLoaderData } from "react-router";
 
 import Code from "~/components/Code";
 import Notice from "~/components/Notice";
+import PageError from "~/components/page-error";
 import type { LoadContext } from "~/server";
 import { Capabilities } from "~/server/web/roles";
 
@@ -101,3 +102,7 @@ export default function Page() {
     </div>
   );
 }
+
+export function ErrorBoundary({ error }: { error: unknown }) {
+  return <PageError error={error} page="DNS" />;
+}
diff --git a/app/routes/machines/overview.tsx b/app/routes/machines/overview.tsx
index 5024a58..01fc91e 100644
--- a/app/routes/machines/overview.tsx
+++ b/app/routes/machines/overview.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import Code from "~/components/Code";
 import Input from "~/components/Input";
 import Link from "~/components/link";
+import PageError from "~/components/page-error";
 import Tooltip from "~/components/Tooltip";
 import { Capabilities } from "~/server/web/roles";
 import cn from "~/utils/cn";
@@ -381,3 +382,7 @@ export default function Page({ loaderData }: Route.ComponentProps) {
     </>
   );
 }
+
+export function ErrorBoundary({ error }: Route.ErrorBoundaryProps) {
+  return <PageError error={error} page="Machines" />;
+}
diff --git a/app/routes/settings/overview.tsx b/app/routes/settings/overview.tsx
index 77901ff..56f7267 100644
--- a/app/routes/settings/overview.tsx
+++ b/app/routes/settings/overview.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { ArrowRight } from "lucide-react";
 
 import Link from "~/components/link";
+import PageError from "~/components/page-error";
 
 import type { Route } from "./+types/overview";
 
@@ -64,3 +65,7 @@ export default function Page({ loaderData: { config, isOidcEnabled } }: Route.Co
     </div>
   );
 }
+
+export function ErrorBoundary({ error }: Route.ErrorBoundaryProps) {
+  return <PageError error={error} page="Settings" />;
+}
diff --git a/app/routes/users/overview.tsx b/app/routes/users/overview.tsx
index 1053468..cb7388b 100644
--- a/app/routes/users/overview.tsx
+++ b/app/routes/users/overview.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { createHash } from "node:crypto";
 import { eq } from "drizzle-orm";
 import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 
+import PageError from "~/components/page-error";
 import { users as usersTable } from "~/server/db/schema";
 import { getOidcSubject } from "~/server/web/headscale-identity";
 import { Capabilities } from "~/server/web/roles";
@@ -168,3 +169,7 @@ export default function Page({ loaderData }: Route.ComponentProps) {
     </>
   );
 }
+
+export function ErrorBoundary({ error }: Route.ErrorBoundaryProps) {
+  return <PageError error={error} page="Users" />;
+}