diff --git a/src/lib/router/definitions.ts b/src/lib/router/definitions.ts
index 0c9f32b8f..baad2848d 100644
--- a/src/lib/router/definitions.ts
+++ b/src/lib/router/definitions.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { BaseUrl } from "@http-client";
 import type {
   ResponseError,
   ResponseParseError,
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ interface BootingRoute {
 
 export interface NotFoundRoute {
   resource: "notFound";
-  params: { title: string };
+  params: { title: string; description?: string; baseUrl?: BaseUrl };
 }
 
 export type ErrorParam = Error | ResponseParseError | ResponseError | undefined;
diff --git a/src/views/NotFound.svelte b/src/views/NotFound.svelte
index e9196c065..73560ecb9 100644
--- a/src/views/NotFound.svelte
+++ b/src/views/NotFound.svelte
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 <script lang="ts">
+  import type { BaseUrl } from "@http-client";
+
   import Layout from "@app/App/Layout.svelte";
   import IconLarge from "@app/components/IconLarge.svelte";
+  import SeedSelector from "@app/views/nodes/SeedSelector.svelte";
 
   export let title: string;
+  export let description: string | undefined = undefined;
+  export let baseUrl: BaseUrl | undefined = undefined;
 </script>
 
 <style>
@@ -14,11 +19,32 @@
     gap: 1.5rem;
     height: 100%;
   }
+  .title-row {
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    gap: 0.5rem;
+    white-space: nowrap;
+  }
 </style>
 
 <Layout>
   <div class="container">
     <IconLarge name="desert" />
-    <div class="title txt-heading-m">{title}</div>
+    <div class="title-row txt-heading-m">
+      <span>{title}</span>
+      {#if baseUrl}
+        <SeedSelector {baseUrl} compact />
+      {/if}
+    </div>
+    {#if description}
+      <div
+        class="txt-body-m-regular"
+        style:color="var(--color-text-tertiary)"
+        style:text-align="center">
+        {#each description.split("\n") as line}
+          <div>{line}</div>
+        {/each}
+      </div>
+    {/if}
   </div>
 </Layout>
diff --git a/src/views/nodes/ReposView.svelte b/src/views/nodes/ReposView.svelte
index dc335dbf7..c28e9e2b5 100644
--- a/src/views/nodes/ReposView.svelte
+++ b/src/views/nodes/ReposView.svelte
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   import type { BaseUrl, NodeStats } from "@http-client";
 
   import * as router from "@app/lib/router";
-  import { baseUrlToString } from "@app/lib/utils";
   import { fetchRepoInfos } from "@app/components/RepoCard";
   import { handleError } from "@app/views/nodes/error";
 
@@ -196,6 +195,6 @@
       </div>
     {/if}
   {:catch error}
-    {router.push(handleError(error, baseUrlToString(baseUrl)))}
+    {router.push(handleError(error, baseUrl))}
   {/await}
 </div>
diff --git a/src/views/nodes/SeedSelector.svelte b/src/views/nodes/SeedSelector.svelte
index a723e7905..d4666889f 100644
--- a/src/views/nodes/SeedSelector.svelte
+++ b/src/views/nodes/SeedSelector.svelte
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
   import TextInput from "@app/components/TextInput.svelte";
 
   export let baseUrl: BaseUrl;
+  export let compact: boolean = false;
 
   let expanded: boolean = false;
   let loading = false;
@@ -108,14 +109,17 @@
   }
 </style>
 
-<div class="global-flex-item container" style:width="100%">
+<div
+  class="global-flex-item container"
+  style:width="100%"
+  style:justify-content={compact ? "center" : "flex-start"}>
   <Popover
     bind:expanded
     popoverPositionTop="2.5rem"
     popoverPadding="0.25rem"
     popoverBorderRadius="var(--border-radius-md)">
     <div class="target" slot="toggle" title="Switch preferred seed" let:toggle>
-      <div class="txt-body-m-semibold txt-overflow">
+      <div class:txt-body-m-semibold={!compact} class="txt-overflow">
         {baseUrl.hostname}
       </div>
       <IconButton on:click={toggle} ariaLabel="Toggle seed selector dropdown">
@@ -199,27 +203,29 @@
     </svelte:fragment>
   </Popover>
 
-  <IconButton
-    ariaLabel={some($bookmarkedSeeds, baseUrl) ||
-    some(config.preferredSeeds, baseUrl)
-      ? "Remove bookmark"
-      : "Add bookmark"}
-    stopPropagation
-    disabled={some(config.preferredSeeds, baseUrl)}
-    title={some(config.preferredSeeds, baseUrl)
-      ? "Default seeds can't be removed"
-      : undefined}
-    on:click={() => {
-      if (some($bookmarkedSeeds, baseUrl)) {
-        removeBookmark(baseUrl);
-      } else {
-        addBookmark(baseUrl);
-      }
-    }}>
-    {#if some($bookmarkedSeeds, baseUrl) || some(config.preferredSeeds, baseUrl)}
-      <Icon name="bookmark-fill" />
-    {:else}
-      <Icon name="bookmark" />
-    {/if}
-  </IconButton>
+  {#if !compact}
+    <IconButton
+      ariaLabel={some($bookmarkedSeeds, baseUrl) ||
+      some(config.preferredSeeds, baseUrl)
+        ? "Remove bookmark"
+        : "Add bookmark"}
+      stopPropagation
+      disabled={some(config.preferredSeeds, baseUrl)}
+      title={some(config.preferredSeeds, baseUrl)
+        ? "Default seeds can't be removed"
+        : undefined}
+      on:click={() => {
+        if (some($bookmarkedSeeds, baseUrl)) {
+          removeBookmark(baseUrl);
+        } else {
+          addBookmark(baseUrl);
+        }
+      }}>
+      {#if some($bookmarkedSeeds, baseUrl) || some(config.preferredSeeds, baseUrl)}
+        <Icon name="bookmark-fill" />
+      {:else}
+        <Icon name="bookmark" />
+      {/if}
+    </IconButton>
+  {/if}
 </div>
diff --git a/src/views/nodes/error.ts b/src/views/nodes/error.ts
index 0eddc7ecb..22aaefb1b 100644
--- a/src/views/nodes/error.ts
+++ b/src/views/nodes/error.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
+import type { BaseUrl } from "@http-client";
 import type { ErrorRoute, NotFoundRoute } from "@app/lib/router/definitions";
 
 import { ResponseParseError, ResponseError } from "@http-client/lib/fetcher";
+import { baseUrlToString } from "@app/lib/utils";
 
 export function handleError(
   error: Error | ResponseParseError | ResponseError,
-  url: string,
+  baseUrl: BaseUrl,
 ): NotFoundRoute | ErrorRoute {
+  const url = baseUrlToString(baseUrl);
+
   if (error instanceof ResponseParseError) {
     return {
       resource: "error",
@@ -30,7 +34,12 @@ export function handleError(
   ) {
     return {
       resource: "notFound",
-      params: { title: "Node not found" },
+      params: {
+        title: "Could not connect to",
+        description:
+          "The node may be offline or the address may be incorrect.\nSelect a different node to continue.",
+        baseUrl,
+      },
     };
   } else {
     return {
diff --git a/src/views/nodes/router.ts b/src/views/nodes/router.ts
index 74cb74d0f..4c4b94b64 100644
--- a/src/views/nodes/router.ts
+++ b/src/views/nodes/router.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import type { ErrorRoute, NotFoundRoute } from "@app/lib/router/definitions";
 import config from "@app/lib/config";
 import { HttpdClient } from "@http-client";
 import { ResponseError, ResponseParseError } from "@http-client/lib/fetcher";
-import { baseUrlToString } from "@app/lib/utils";
 import { handleError } from "@app/views/nodes/error";
 import { unreachableError } from "@app/views/repos/error";
 import { determineSeed } from "./SeedSelector";
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ export async function loadNodeRoute(
       error instanceof ResponseError ||
       error instanceof ResponseParseError
     ) {
-      return handleError(error, baseUrlToString(api.baseUrl));
+      return handleError(error, baseUrl);
     } else {
       return unreachableError();
     }
diff --git a/src/views/repos/error.ts b/src/views/repos/error.ts
index f14239848..2db786755 100644
--- a/src/views/repos/error.ts
+++ b/src/views/repos/error.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,19 @@ export function handleError(
         description: error.description,
       },
     };
+  } else if (
+    error instanceof TypeError &&
+    error.message === "Failed to fetch"
+  ) {
+    return {
+      resource: "notFound",
+      params: {
+        title: "Could not connect to",
+        description:
+          "The node may be offline or the address may be incorrect.\nSelect a different node to continue.",
+        baseUrl: route.node,
+      },
+    };
   } else {
     return {
       resource: "error",
diff --git a/src/views/users/UserReposView.svelte b/src/views/users/UserReposView.svelte
index 7f006ec0c..7b4808b73 100644
--- a/src/views/users/UserReposView.svelte
+++ b/src/views/users/UserReposView.svelte
@@ -77,5 +77,5 @@
     </div>
   {/if}
 {:catch error}
-  {router.push(handleError(error, utils.baseUrlToString(baseUrl)))}
+  {router.push(handleError(error, baseUrl))}
 {/await}
diff --git a/src/views/users/router.ts b/src/views/users/router.ts
index f9fdfda66..87e75a8cb 100644
--- a/src/views/users/router.ts
+++ b/src/views/users/router.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export async function loadUserRoute({
       error instanceof ResponseError ||
       error instanceof ResponseParseError
     ) {
-      return handleError(error, utils.baseUrlToString(api.baseUrl));
+      return handleError(error, api.baseUrl);
     } else {
       return unreachableError();
     }
diff --git a/tests/build/smoke.spec.ts b/tests/build/smoke.spec.ts
index b1216c5a8..89231e542 100644
--- a/tests/build/smoke.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/build/smoke.spec.ts
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ test("exceptions in production build", async ({ page }) => {
   // Wait for scripts to finish executing, there might be exceptions that
   // happen after the page has been painted.
   await page.waitForTimeout(2000);
-  await expect(page.getByText("Node not found")).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(page.getByText("Could not connect to")).toBeVisible();
 });
diff --git a/tests/e2e/node.spec.ts b/tests/e2e/node.spec.ts
index 1bbe4dbcd..e238fada4 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/node.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/node.spec.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import {
   defaultConfig,
   expect,
   shortNodeRemote,
+  sourceBrowsingRid,
   test,
 } from "@tests/support/fixtures.js";
 
@@ -51,6 +52,71 @@ test("show pinned repositories", async ({ page }) => {
   ).toBeVisible();
 });
 
+test("unreachable node shows error with seed selector", async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.goto("/nodes/this.node.does.not.exist.xyz", {
+    waitUntil: "networkidle",
+  });
+
+  // Shows the error title with the unreachable hostname.
+  await expect(page.getByText("Could not connect to")).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(page.getByText("this.node.does.not.exist.xyz")).toBeVisible();
+
+  // Shows the description.
+  await expect(
+    page.getByText("The node may be offline or the address may be incorrect."),
+  ).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(
+    page.getByText("Select a different node to continue."),
+  ).toBeVisible();
+
+  // Shows the seed selector dropdown toggle.
+  await expect(
+    page.getByRole("button", { name: "Toggle seed selector dropdown" }),
+  ).toBeVisible();
+
+  // Bookmark button is not shown in compact mode.
+  await expect(
+    page.getByRole("button", { name: "Add bookmark" }),
+  ).not.toBeVisible();
+});
+
+test("seed selector on not-found page allows navigating to a working node", async ({
+  page,
+}) => {
+  await page.goto("/nodes/this.node.does.not.exist.xyz", {
+    waitUntil: "networkidle",
+  });
+
+  await expect(page.getByText("Could not connect to")).toBeVisible();
+
+  // Open the seed selector and navigate to the working local node.
+  await page
+    .getByRole("button", { name: "Toggle seed selector dropdown" })
+    .click();
+  await page.getByPlaceholder("seed.radicle.example").fill("localhost");
+  await page.getByPlaceholder("seed.radicle.example").press("Enter");
+
+  // Should navigate to the working node.
+  await expect(page).toHaveURL("/nodes/localhost");
+  await expect(page.getByText("source-browsing")).toBeVisible();
+});
+
+test("unreachable seed on repo page shows error with seed selector", async ({
+  page,
+}) => {
+  await page.goto(`/nodes/this.node.does.not.exist.xyz/${sourceBrowsingRid}`, {
+    waitUntil: "networkidle",
+  });
+
+  await expect(page.getByText("Could not connect to")).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(page.getByText("this.node.does.not.exist.xyz")).toBeVisible();
+
+  // Seed selector is available to navigate away.
+  await expect(
+    page.getByRole("button", { name: "Toggle seed selector dropdown" }),
+  ).toBeVisible();
+});
+
 test("edit seed bookmarks", async ({ page }) => {
   // Proxy requests to seed.example.tld to the local test api.
   await page.route(