diff --git a/app/Exceptions/ErrorToastException.php b/app/Exceptions/ErrorToastException.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..900a5eb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Exceptions/ErrorToastException.php
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Exceptions;
+
+use Exception;
+
+class ErrorToastException extends Exception
+{
+    //
+}
diff --git a/bootstrap/app.php b/bootstrap/app.php
index 32bf433a..e39d6413 100644
--- a/bootstrap/app.php
+++ b/bootstrap/app.php
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
+use App\Exceptions\ErrorToastException;
 use App\Http\Middleware\EncryptCookies;
 use App\Http\Middleware\HandleInertiaRequests;
 use Illuminate\Cookie\Middleware\EncryptCookies as BaseEncryptCookies;
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Inertia\Inertia;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
+use Tighten\Ziggy\Ziggy;
 
 return Application::configure(basePath: dirname(__DIR__))
     ->withRouting(
@@ -35,17 +37,53 @@
     })
     ->withExceptions(function (Exceptions $exceptions) {
         $exceptions->respond(function (Response $response, Throwable $exception, Request $request) {
-            if (
-                !app()->environment(['local', 'testing'])
-                && in_array($response->getStatusCode(), [500, 503, 404, 403])
-            ) {
-                return Inertia::render('Error', [
-                    'homepageRoute' => route('welcome'),
-                    'status' => $response->getStatusCode()
-                ])
-                    ->toResponse($request)
-                    ->setStatusCode($response->getStatusCode());
-            } elseif ($response->getStatusCode() === 419) {
+            $statusCode = $response->getStatusCode();
+            $errorTitles = [
+                403 => 'Forbidden',
+                404 => 'Not Found',
+                500 => 'Server Error',
+                503 => 'Service Unavailable',
+            ];
+            $errorDetails = [
+                403 => 'Sorry, you are unauthorized to access this resource/action.',
+                404 => 'Sorry, the resource you are looking for could not be found.',
+                500 => 'Whoops, something went wrong on our end. Please try again.',
+                503 => 'Sorry, we are doing some maintenance. Please check back soon.',
+            ];
+
+            if (in_array($statusCode, [500, 503, 404, 403])) {
+                if (!$request->inertia()) {
+                    // Show error page component for standard visits
+                    return Inertia::render('Error', [
+                        'errorTitles' => $errorTitles,
+                        'errorDetails' => $errorDetails,
+                        'status' => $statusCode,
+                        'homepageRoute' => route('welcome'),
+                        'ziggy' => fn () => [
+                            ...(new Ziggy())->toArray(),
+                            'location' => $request->url(),
+                        ],
+                    ])
+                        ->toResponse($request)
+                        ->setStatusCode($statusCode);
+                } else {
+                    // Show standard modal for easier debugging locally
+                    if (app()->isLocal() && $statusCode === 500) {
+                        return $response;
+                    }
+                    // Return JSON response for PrimeVue toast to display, handled by Inertia router event listener
+                    $errorSummary = "$statusCode - $errorTitles[$statusCode]";
+                    $errorDetail = $errorDetails[$statusCode];
+                    if (get_class($exception) === ErrorToastException::class) {
+                        $errorSummary = "$statusCode - Error";
+                        $errorDetail = $exception->getMessage();
+                    }
+                    return response()->json([
+                        'error_summary' => $errorSummary,
+                        'error_detail' => $errorDetail,
+                    ], $statusCode);
+                }
+            } elseif ($statusCode === 419) {
                 return back()->with([
                     'flash_warn' => 'The page expired, please try again.',
                 ]);
diff --git a/resources/css/tailwind.css b/resources/css/tailwind.css
index 7b6606f0..be494fff 100644
--- a/resources/css/tailwind.css
+++ b/resources/css/tailwind.css
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 @source '../../storage/framework/views/*.php';
 @source '../../resources/views/**/*.blade.php';
 @source '../../resources/js/**/*.vue';
+@source '../../resources/js/theme/*.js';
 
 @custom-variant dark (&:where(.dark, .dark *));
 
diff --git a/resources/js/app.js b/resources/js/app.js
index 187eb474..296bbc58 100644
--- a/resources/js/app.js
+++ b/resources/js/app.js
@@ -2,18 +2,21 @@ import '../css/app.css';
 import '../css/tailwind.css';
 
 import { createSSRApp, h } from 'vue';
-import { createInertiaApp, Head, Link } from '@inertiajs/vue3';
+import { createInertiaApp, router, Head, Link } from '@inertiajs/vue3';
 import { resolvePageComponent } from 'laravel-vite-plugin/inertia-helpers';
 import { ZiggyVue } from '../../vendor/tightenco/ziggy';
 
 import PrimeVue from 'primevue/config';
 import ToastService from 'primevue/toastservice';
+import { useToast } from 'primevue/usetoast';
+import Toast from 'primevue/toast';
 
 import Container from '@/components/Container.vue';
 import PageTitleSection from '@/components/PageTitleSection.vue';
 
 import { useSiteColorMode } from '@/composables/useSiteColorMode';
 import themePreset from '@/theme/noir-preset';
+import globalPt from '@/theme/global-pt';
 
 /* global Ziggy */
 const appName = import.meta.env.VITE_APP_NAME || 'Laravel';
@@ -29,7 +32,32 @@ createInertiaApp({
         // Site light/dark mode
         const colorMode = useSiteColorMode({ emitAuto: true });
 
-        const app = createSSRApp({ render: () => h(App, props) })
+        // Global Toast component
+        const Root = {
+            setup() {
+                // show error toast instead of standard Inertia modal response
+                const toast = useToast();
+                router.on('invalid', (event) => {
+                    const responseBody = event.detail.response?.data;
+                    if (responseBody?.error_summary && responseBody?.error_detail) {
+                        event.preventDefault();
+                        toast.add({
+                            severity: event.detail.response?.status >= 500 ? 'error' : 'warn',
+                            summary: responseBody.error_summary,
+                            detail: responseBody.error_detail,
+                            life: 5000,
+                        });
+                    }
+                });
+
+                return () => h('div', [
+                    h(App, props),
+                    h(Toast, { position: 'bottom-right' })
+                ]);
+            }
+        };
+
+        const app = createSSRApp(Root)
             .use(plugin)
             .use(ZiggyVue, Ziggy)
             .use(PrimeVue, {
@@ -43,6 +71,7 @@ createInertiaApp({
                         },
                     },
                 },
+                pt: globalPt,
             })
             .use(ToastService)
             .component('InertiaHead', Head)
diff --git a/resources/js/layouts/app/HeaderLayout.vue b/resources/js/layouts/app/HeaderLayout.vue
index a08e383f..b5abe504 100644
--- a/resources/js/layouts/app/HeaderLayout.vue
+++ b/resources/js/layouts/app/HeaderLayout.vue
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ const toggleMobileUserMenu = (event) => {
                         </div>
                     </template>
                 </Drawer>
-                <Toast position="top-center" />
             </Teleport>
         </ClientOnly>
         <div class="min-h-screen">
diff --git a/resources/js/layouts/app/SidebarLayout.vue b/resources/js/layouts/app/SidebarLayout.vue
index f0372265..da30b6ca 100644
--- a/resources/js/layouts/app/SidebarLayout.vue
+++ b/resources/js/layouts/app/SidebarLayout.vue
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ const toggleMobileUserMenu = (event) => {
                         </div>
                     </template>
                 </Drawer>
-                <Toast position="top-center" />
             </Teleport>
         </ClientOnly>
 
diff --git a/resources/js/pages/Error.vue b/resources/js/pages/Error.vue
index 7f322e9b..51067914 100644
--- a/resources/js/pages/Error.vue
+++ b/resources/js/pages/Error.vue
@@ -3,26 +3,17 @@ import { computed } from 'vue';
 import { ArrowLeft } from 'lucide-vue-next';
 
 const props = defineProps({
+    errorTitles: Object,
+    errorDetails: Object,
+    status: Number,
     homepageRoute: String,
-    status: Number
 });
 
 const title = computed(() => {
-    return {
-        503: 'Service Unavailable',
-        500: 'Server Error',
-        404: 'Page Not Found',
-        403: 'Forbidden',
-    }[props.status];
+    return props.errorTitles[props.status];
 });
-
-const description = computed(() => {
-    return {
-        503: 'Sorry, we are doing some maintenance. Please check back soon.',
-        500: 'Whoops, something went wrong on our servers.',
-        404: 'Sorry, the page you are looking for could not be found.',
-        403: 'Sorry, you are forbidden from accessing this page.',
-    }[props.status];
+const details = computed(() => {
+    return props.errorDetails[props.status];
 });
 </script>
 
@@ -33,15 +24,15 @@ const description = computed(() => {
             <div class="h-screen flex items-center justify-center">
                 <Card class="p-4 py-6 sm:p-12">
                     <template #content>
-                        <div class="flex flex-col gap-8 items-center justify-center text-center">
-                            <h1 class="font-extrabold text-5xl md:text-8xl text-primary">
+                        <div class="flex flex-col gap-6 md:gap-8 items-center justify-center text-center">
+                            <h1 class="font-extrabold text-2xl md:text-4xl text-primary">
                                 {{ props.status }}
                             </h1>
                             <h2 class="font-extrabold text-4xl md:text-6xl">
                                 {{ title }}
                             </h2>
-                            <p class="text-xl font-semibold md:text-3xl text-muted-color">
-                                {{ description }}
+                            <p class="text-xl font-semibold text-muted-color">
+                                {{ details }}
                             </p>
                             <InertiaLink :href="props.homepageRoute">
                                 <Button
diff --git a/resources/js/ssr.js b/resources/js/ssr.js
index 914137d6..7332287a 100644
--- a/resources/js/ssr.js
+++ b/resources/js/ssr.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { route as ziggyRoute } from 'ziggy-js';
 
 import PrimeVue from 'primevue/config';
 import ToastService from 'primevue/toastservice';
+import Toast from 'primevue/toast';
 
 import Container from '@/components/Container.vue';
 import PageTitleSection from '@/components/PageTitleSection.vue';
@@ -33,8 +34,18 @@ createServer((page) =>
                 emitAuto: true,
             });
 
+            // Global Toast component
+            const Root = {
+                setup() {
+                    return () => h('div', [
+                        h(App, props),
+                        h(Toast, { position: 'bottom-right' })
+                    ]);
+                }
+            };
+
             // Create app
-            const app = createSSRApp({ render: () => h(App, props) });
+            const app = createSSRApp(Root);
 
             // Configure Ziggy for SSR
             const ziggyConfig = {
diff --git a/resources/js/theme/global-pt.js b/resources/js/theme/global-pt.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ccae85a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/js/theme/global-pt.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/**
+ * Global pass through styling for components
+ * https://primevue.org/passthrough/#global
+ */
+export default {
+    toast: {
+        root: {
+            // Full width/centered on mobile, bottom right desktop
+            class: 'fixed! left-4! right-4! bottom-4! w-auto! md:right-8! md:bottom-8! sm:w-[25rem]! sm:not-fixed! sm:left-auto! sm:ml-auto!'
+        },
+        message: {
+            class: 'shadow-lg mb-0 mt-4'
+        },
+    },
+};
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