diff --git a/.drone.star b/.drone.star
index 6a2778bdbc0..33aa19835a1 100644
--- a/.drone.star
+++ b/.drone.star
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ config = {
             "suites": [
                 "shares",
                 "search",
+                "runtime",
             ],
         },
         "4": {
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/enhancement-add-crash-page.md b/changelog/unreleased/enhancement-add-crash-page.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e9fe58cbcfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/enhancement-add-crash-page.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Enhancement: Add crash page
+
+We've added a crash page to the application. This page is displayed when the application encounters an error that it cannot recover from.
+
+https://github.com/owncloud/web/pull/13426
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/enhancement-catch-spaces-loading-error.md b/changelog/unreleased/enhancement-catch-spaces-loading-error.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e75f8a2b91c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/enhancement-catch-spaces-loading-error.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Enhancement: Catch spaces loading error
+
+In case there is any error during spaces loading, the application will now display a crash page instead of showing an infinite loading state.
+
+https://github.com/owncloud/web/pull/13426
diff --git a/packages/web-pkg/src/errors/codes.ts b/packages/web-pkg/src/errors/codes.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d1984e78cd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/web-pkg/src/errors/codes.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+/**
+ * Error codes for errors from which the application cannot recover.
+ */
+export const CRASH_CODES = Object.freeze({
+  RUNTIME_BOOTSTRAP_SPACES_LOAD: 'RUNTIME-BOOTSTRAP-040'
+})
diff --git a/packages/web-pkg/src/errors/index.ts b/packages/web-pkg/src/errors/index.ts
index c9f6f047dc0..dd624b5642c 100644
--- a/packages/web-pkg/src/errors/index.ts
+++ b/packages/web-pkg/src/errors/index.ts
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 export * from './types'
+export * from './codes'
diff --git a/packages/web-runtime/src/composables/layout/useLayout.ts b/packages/web-runtime/src/composables/layout/useLayout.ts
index 124aab2afc3..6da3f6580eb 100644
--- a/packages/web-runtime/src/composables/layout/useLayout.ts
+++ b/packages/web-runtime/src/composables/layout/useLayout.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ export const useLayout = (options?: LayoutOptions) => {
       'oidcCallback',
       'oidcSilentRedirect',
       'resolvePublicLink',
-      'accessDenied'
+      'accessDenied',
+      'crash'
     ]
     if (
       !unref(router.currentRoute).name ||
diff --git a/packages/web-runtime/src/index.ts b/packages/web-runtime/src/index.ts
index 6b1d9549b90..5ab4393c6c6 100644
--- a/packages/web-runtime/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/web-runtime/src/index.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ import Avatar from './components/Avatar.vue'
 import focusMixin from './mixins/focusMixin'
 import { extensionPoints } from './extensionPoints'
 import { isSilentRedirectRoute } from './helpers/silentRedirect'
+import { captureException } from '@sentry/vue'
+import { CRASH_CODES } from '@ownclouders/web-pkg/src/errors/codes'
 
 export const bootstrapApp = async (configurationPath: string, appsReadyCallback: () => void) => {
   const isSilentRedirect = isSilentRedirectRoute()
@@ -232,15 +234,21 @@ export const bootstrapApp = async (configurationPath: string, appsReadyCallback:
       sharesStore.setGraphRoles(graphRoleDefinitions)
 
       // Load spaces to make them available across the application
-      await spacesStore.loadSpaces({ graphClient: clientService.graphAuthenticated })
-      const personalSpace = spacesStore.spaces.find(isPersonalSpaceResource)
-
-      if (personalSpace) {
-        spacesStore.updateSpaceField({
-          id: personalSpace.id,
-          field: 'name',
-          value: app.config.globalProperties.$gettext('Personal')
-        })
+      try {
+        await spacesStore.loadSpaces({ graphClient: clientService.graphAuthenticated })
+        const personalSpace = spacesStore.spaces.find(isPersonalSpaceResource)
+
+        if (personalSpace) {
+          spacesStore.updateSpaceField({
+            id: personalSpace.id,
+            field: 'name',
+            value: app.config.globalProperties.$gettext('Personal')
+          })
+        }
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.error(error)
+        captureException(error)
+        router.push({ name: 'crash', query: { code: CRASH_CODES.RUNTIME_BOOTSTRAP_SPACES_LOAD } })
       }
     },
     {
diff --git a/packages/web-runtime/src/pages/crash.vue b/packages/web-runtime/src/pages/crash.vue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8278d445e84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/web-runtime/src/pages/crash.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+<template>
+  <div id="page-crash" class="container">
+    <img class="logo" :src="logoImg" :alt="productName" />
+    <div class="card">
+      <h1 class="title">
+        {{
+          $pgettext(
+            'Title of the crash page displayed when the application crashes',
+            'Application crashed'
+          )
+        }}
+      </h1>
+      <p v-if="errorCode !== ''" class="error-code">
+        {{ errorCode }}
+      </p>
+      <p>{{ errorMessage }}</p>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</template>
+
+<script lang="ts" setup>
+import { computed, unref } from 'vue'
+import { useThemeStore } from '@ownclouders/web-pkg'
+import { useHead } from '../composables/head'
+import { storeToRefs } from 'pinia'
+import { useRoute } from 'vue-router'
+import { useGettext } from 'vue3-gettext'
+import { CRASH_CODES } from '@ownclouders/web-pkg/src/errors/codes'
+
+const route = useRoute()
+const { $pgettext } = useGettext()
+
+const themeStore = useThemeStore()
+const { currentTheme } = storeToRefs(themeStore)
+
+const errorCode = computed(() => route.query.code || '')
+
+const errorMessage = computed(() => {
+  switch (unref(errorCode)) {
+    case CRASH_CODES.RUNTIME_BOOTSTRAP_SPACES_LOAD:
+      return $pgettext(
+        'An error message displayed on crash page when loading spaces during runtime bootstrap fails due to whatever reason.',
+        'An error occurred while loading your spaces. Please try to reload the page. If the problem persists, seek help from your Administrator.'
+      )
+    default:
+      return $pgettext(
+        'Generic error message displayed on crash page when either no error code is provided or the error code is not known.',
+        'An unknown error occurred. Please try to reload the page. If the problem persists, seek help from your Administrator.'
+      )
+  }
+})
+
+const productName = computed(() => currentTheme.value.common.name)
+const logoImg = computed(() => currentTheme.value.logo.login)
+
+useHead()
+</script>
+
+<style lang="scss" scoped>
+.container {
+  align-content: center;
+  align-items: center;
+  display: grid;
+  gap: var(--oc-space-large);
+  justify-items: center;
+  min-height: 100dvh;
+  text-align: center;
+}
+
+.logo {
+  max-height: 12.5rem;
+  max-width: 12.5rem;
+}
+
+.card {
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  background-color: var(--oc-color-background-default);
+  border-radius: 0.3125rem;
+  color: var(--oc-color-text-default);
+  padding: var(--oc-space-medium);
+  margin-inline: auto;
+  max-width: min(36rem, 100%);
+  text-align: center;
+  width: 100%;
+}
+
+.title {
+  font-size: var(--oc-font-size-large);
+  font-weight: var(--oc-font-weight-semibold);
+  margin: 0;
+}
+
+.error-code {
+  margin-top: var(--oc-space-small);
+  font-size: var(--oc-font-size-xsmall);
+  color: var(--oc-color-text-muted);
+}
+</style>
diff --git a/packages/web-runtime/src/router/index.ts b/packages/web-runtime/src/router/index.ts
index 46c66ef63c1..2dcea5afead 100644
--- a/packages/web-runtime/src/router/index.ts
+++ b/packages/web-runtime/src/router/index.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import NotFoundPage from '../pages/notFound.vue'
 import OidcCallbackPage from '../pages/oidcCallback.vue'
 import ResolvePublicLinkPage from '../pages/resolvePublicLink.vue'
 import ResolvePrivateLinkPage from '../pages/resolvePrivateLink.vue'
+import CrashPage from '../pages/crash.vue'
 import { setupAuthGuard } from './setupAuthGuard'
 import { patchRouter } from './patchCleanPath'
 import {
@@ -93,6 +94,14 @@ const routes = [
     name: 'notFound',
     component: NotFoundPage,
     meta: { title: $gettext('Not found'), authContext: 'hybrid' }
+  },
+  {
+    path: '/crash',
+    name: 'crash',
+    component: CrashPage,
+    meta: {
+      authContext: 'hybrid'
+    }
   }
 ]
 export const router = patchRouter(
diff --git a/tests/e2e-playwright/specs/runtime/crashPage.spec.ts b/tests/e2e-playwright/specs/runtime/crashPage.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0993be82a9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e-playwright/specs/runtime/crashPage.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import { test } from '@playwright/test'
+import { config } from '../../../e2e/config.js'
+import { ActorsEnvironment, UsersEnvironment } from '../../../e2e/support/environment'
+import { setAccessAndRefreshToken } from '../../helpers/setAccessAndRefreshToken'
+import * as api from '../../steps/api/api'
+import * as ui from '../../steps/ui/index'
+import { CRASH_CODES } from '../../../../packages/web-pkg/src/errors/codes'
+
+test.describe('crash page', () => {
+  let actorsEnvironment: ActorsEnvironment
+  const usersEnvironment = new UsersEnvironment()
+
+  test.beforeEach(async ({ browser }) => {
+    actorsEnvironment = new ActorsEnvironment({
+      context: {
+        acceptDownloads: config.acceptDownloads,
+        reportDir: config.reportDir,
+        tracingReportDir: config.tracingReportDir,
+        reportHar: config.reportHar,
+        reportTracing: config.reportTracing,
+        reportVideo: config.reportVideo,
+        failOnUncaughtConsoleError: config.failOnUncaughtConsoleError
+      },
+      browser: browser
+    })
+
+    await setAccessAndRefreshToken(usersEnvironment)
+    await api.userHasBeenCreated({ usersEnvironment, stepUser: 'Admin', userToBeCreated: 'Alice' })
+    await ui.logInUser({ usersEnvironment, actorsEnvironment, stepUser: 'Alice' })
+  })
+
+  test.afterEach(async () => {
+    await api.deleteUser({ usersEnvironment, stepUser: 'Admin', targetUser: 'Alice' })
+  })
+
+  test('when spaces loading fails, the crash page is displayed', async () => {
+    const { page } = actorsEnvironment.getActor({ key: 'Alice' })
+
+    await page.route('**/me/drives*', (route) => {
+      route.abort('failed')
+    })
+    await page.reload()
+
+    await ui.expectCrashPageToBeVisible({ page })
+    await ui.logOutUser({ actorsEnvironment, stepUser: 'Alice' })
+  })
+
+  test('the crash page does not have any accessibility violations', async () => {
+    const { page } = actorsEnvironment.getActor({ key: 'Alice' })
+    await ui.openCrashPage({
+      page,
+      errorCode: CRASH_CODES.RUNTIME_BOOTSTRAP_SPACES_LOAD
+    })
+    await ui.expectCrashPageToBeVisible({ page })
+    await ui.expectCrashPageHasNoAccessibilityViolations({ page })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/tests/e2e-playwright/steps/ui/crashPage.ts b/tests/e2e-playwright/steps/ui/crashPage.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a6c8336038a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e-playwright/steps/ui/crashPage.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { CrashPage } from '../../../e2e/support/objects/crash-page'
+import { config } from '../../../e2e/config'
+import { Page } from '@playwright/test'
+
+export function expectCrashPageToBeVisible({ page }: { page: Page }) {
+  const crashPageObject = new CrashPage({ page })
+  return crashPageObject.assertVisibility()
+}
+
+export function openCrashPage({ page, errorCode }: { page: Page; errorCode: string }) {
+  return page.goto(`${config.baseUrl}/crash?errorCode=${errorCode}`)
+}
+
+export async function expectCrashPageHasNoAccessibilityViolations({ page }: { page: Page }) {
+  if (config.skipA11y) {
+    return
+  }
+
+  const crashPageObject = new CrashPage({ page })
+  const a11yViolations = await crashPageObject.getAccessibilityViolations()
+
+  expect(
+    a11yViolations,
+    `Found ${a11yViolations.length} severe accessibility violations in crash page`
+  ).toHaveLength(0)
+}
diff --git a/tests/e2e-playwright/steps/ui/index.ts b/tests/e2e-playwright/steps/ui/index.ts
index bd4d3f6755e..b83957ddc03 100644
--- a/tests/e2e-playwright/steps/ui/index.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e-playwright/steps/ui/index.ts
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ export * from './spaces'
 export * from './application'
 export * from './account'
 export * from './appStore'
+export * from './crashPage'
diff --git a/tests/e2e/support/objects/crash-page/index.ts b/tests/e2e/support/objects/crash-page/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c1d6168b1bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/support/objects/crash-page/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { expect, Page } from '@playwright/test'
+import { objects } from '../..'
+
+const selectors = {
+  page: '#page-crash'
+}
+
+export class CrashPage {
+  #page: Page
+
+  constructor({ page }: { page: Page }) {
+    this.#page = page
+  }
+
+  assertVisibility() {
+    return expect(this.#page.locator(selectors.page).first()).toBeVisible()
+  }
+
+  getAccessibilityViolations() {
+    const a11yObject = new objects.a11y.Accessibility({ page: this.#page })
+    return a11yObject.getSevereAccessibilityViolations(selectors.page)
+  }
+}