diff --git a/.changeset/violet-drinks-film.md b/.changeset/violet-drinks-film.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..20098137fc6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/violet-drinks-film.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'astro': patch
+---
+
+Fixes DomException errors not being handled properly
diff --git a/packages/astro/e2e/errors.test.js b/packages/astro/e2e/errors.test.js
index 825fc7a9224c..600acd95b779 100644
--- a/packages/astro/e2e/errors.test.js
+++ b/packages/astro/e2e/errors.test.js
@@ -125,4 +125,10 @@ test.describe('Error display', () => {
 		const message = (await getErrorOverlayContent(page)).message;
 		expect(message).toMatch('can only be used in');
 	});
+
+	test('can handle DomException errors', async ({ page, astro }) => {
+		await page.goto(astro.resolveUrl('/dom-exception'), { waitUntil: 'networkidle' });
+		const message = (await getErrorOverlayContent(page)).message;
+		expect(message).toMatch('The operation was aborted due to timeout');
+	});
 });
diff --git a/packages/astro/e2e/fixtures/errors/src/pages/dom-exception.astro b/packages/astro/e2e/fixtures/errors/src/pages/dom-exception.astro
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..99a5322d9979
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/astro/e2e/fixtures/errors/src/pages/dom-exception.astro
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+await fetch("https://example.com/", {signal: AbortSignal.timeout(5)})
+---
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/errors/dev/utils.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/errors/dev/utils.ts
index c151b55cd712..341c815a6762 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/errors/dev/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/errors/dev/utils.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ export function collectErrorMetadata(e: any, rootFolder?: URL | undefined): Erro
 	err.forEach((error) => {
 		if (e.stack) {
 			const stackInfo = collectInfoFromStacktrace(e);
-			error.stack = stripAnsi(stackInfo.stack);
+			try {
+				error.stack = stripAnsi(stackInfo.stack);
+			} catch {}
 			error.loc = stackInfo.loc;
 			error.plugin = stackInfo.plugin;
 			error.pluginCode = stackInfo.pluginCode;
@@ -72,7 +74,11 @@ export function collectErrorMetadata(e: any, rootFolder?: URL | undefined): Erro
 		// Strip ANSI for `message` property. Note that ESBuild errors may not have the property,
 		// but it will be handled and added below, which is already ANSI-free
 		if (error.message) {
-			error.message = stripAnsi(error.message);
+			try {
+				error.message = stripAnsi(error.message);
+			} catch {
+				// Setting `error.message` can fail here if the message is read-only, which for the vast majority of cases will never happen, however some somewhat obscure cases can cause this to happen.
+			}
 		}
 	});
 
@@ -84,7 +90,9 @@ export function collectErrorMetadata(e: any, rootFolder?: URL | undefined): Erro
 
 			// ESBuild can give us a slightly better error message than the one in the error, so let's use it
 			if (text) {
-				err[i].message = text;
+				try {
+					err[i].message = text;
+				} catch {}
 			}
 
 			if (location) {