diff --git a/packages/ui/src/components/chat/ChatMessage.tsx b/packages/ui/src/components/chat/ChatMessage.tsx
index ddd7b255..07391ad7 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/components/chat/ChatMessage.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/chat/ChatMessage.tsx
@@ -526,6 +526,26 @@ const ChatMessage: React.FC<ChatMessageProps> = ({
     }
     const assistantSummaryForCopy = assistantSummaryRef.current;
 
+    const assistantErrorText = React.useMemo(() => {
+        if (isUser) {
+            return undefined;
+        }
+        const errorInfo = (message.info as { error?: unknown } | undefined)?.error as
+            | { data?: { message?: unknown }; message?: unknown; name?: unknown }
+            | undefined;
+        if (!errorInfo) {
+            return undefined;
+        }
+        const dataMessage = typeof errorInfo.data?.message === 'string' ? errorInfo.data.message : undefined;
+        const errorMessage = typeof errorInfo.message === 'string' ? errorInfo.message : undefined;
+        const errorName = typeof errorInfo.name === 'string' ? errorInfo.name : undefined;
+        const detail = dataMessage || errorMessage || errorName;
+        if (!detail) {
+            return undefined;
+        }
+        return `Opencode failed to send message with error:\n\`${detail}\``;
+    }, [isUser, message.info]);
+
     const messageTextContent = React.useMemo(() => {
         if (isUser) {
             const textParts = displayParts
@@ -540,12 +560,16 @@ const ChatMessage: React.FC<ChatMessageProps> = ({
             return combined.replace(/\n\s*\n+/g, '\n');
         }
 
+        if (assistantErrorText && assistantErrorText.trim().length > 0) {
+            return assistantErrorText;
+        }
+
         if (assistantSummaryForCopy && assistantSummaryForCopy.trim().length > 0) {
             return assistantSummaryForCopy;
         }
 
         return flattenAssistantTextParts(displayParts);
-    }, [assistantSummaryForCopy, displayParts, isUser]);
+    }, [assistantErrorText, assistantSummaryForCopy, displayParts, isUser]);
 
     const hasTextContent = messageTextContent.length > 0;
 
@@ -767,6 +791,7 @@ const ChatMessage: React.FC<ChatMessageProps> = ({
                                         agentMention={agentMention}
                                         onRevert={handleRevert}
                                         isFirstMessage={isFirstMessage}
+                                        errorMessage={assistantErrorText}
                                     />
                                 </div>
                             </div>
@@ -808,6 +833,7 @@ const ChatMessage: React.FC<ChatMessageProps> = ({
                                 showReasoningTraces={showReasoningTraces}
                                 agentMention={agentMention}
                                 turnGroupingContext={turnGroupingContext}
+                                errorMessage={assistantErrorText}
                             />
 
                         </div>
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/components/chat/message/MessageBody.tsx b/packages/ui/src/components/chat/message/MessageBody.tsx
index d45db717..486eb720 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/components/chat/message/MessageBody.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/chat/message/MessageBody.tsx
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ interface MessageBodyProps {
     turnGroupingContext?: TurnGroupingContext;
     onRevert?: () => void;
     isFirstMessage?: boolean;
+    errorMessage?: string;
 }
 
 const UserMessageBody: React.FC<{
@@ -318,6 +319,7 @@ const AssistantMessageBody: React.FC<Omit<MessageBodyProps, 'isUser'>> = ({
     onAuxiliaryContentComplete,
     showReasoningTraces = false,
     turnGroupingContext,
+    errorMessage,
 }) => {
 
     void _streamPhase;
@@ -1051,7 +1053,9 @@ const AssistantMessageBody: React.FC<Omit<MessageBodyProps, 'isUser'>> = ({
         summaryBody &&
         summaryBody.trim().length > 0;
 
-    const shouldShowFooter = hasTextContent && assistantTextParts.length > 0 && hasStopFinish && isLastAssistantInTurn;
+    const showErrorMessage = Boolean(errorMessage);
+
+    const shouldShowFooter = isLastAssistantInTurn && hasTextContent && (hasStopFinish || Boolean(errorMessage));
     const [isSummaryHovered, setIsSummaryHovered] = React.useState(false);
 
     const footerButtons = (
@@ -1131,6 +1135,13 @@ const AssistantMessageBody: React.FC<Omit<MessageBodyProps, 'isUser'>> = ({
                     className="leading-normal overflow-hidden text-foreground/90 [&_p:last-child]:mb-0 [&_ul:last-child]:mb-0 [&_ol:last-child]:mb-0"
                 >
                     {renderedParts}
+                    {showErrorMessage && (
+                        <FadeInOnReveal key="assistant-error">
+                            <div className="group/assistant-text relative break-words">
+                                <SimpleMarkdownRenderer content={errorMessage ?? ''} />
+                            </div>
+                        </FadeInOnReveal>
+                    )}
                     {showSummaryBody && (
                         <FadeInOnReveal key="summary-body">
                             <div