diff --git a/packages/browser/src/node/plugin.ts b/packages/browser/src/node/plugin.ts
index e4dc57e83cac..4d434c014a8e 100644
--- a/packages/browser/src/node/plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/browser/src/node/plugin.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
 import { createRequire } from 'node:module'
-import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs'
-import { basename, resolve } from 'pathe'
+import { lstatSync, readFileSync } from 'node:fs'
+import type { Stats } from 'node:fs'
+import { basename, extname, resolve } from 'pathe'
 import sirv from 'sirv'
 import type { WorkspaceProject } from 'vitest/node'
 import { getFilePoolName, resolveApiServerConfig, resolveFsAllow, distDir as vitestDist } from 'vitest/node'
@@ -100,6 +101,52 @@ export default (browserServer: BrowserServer, base = '/'): Plugin[] => {
             },
           }),
         )
+
+        const screenshotFailures = project.config.browser.ui && project.config.browser.screenshotFailures
+
+        // eslint-disable-next-line prefer-arrow-callback
+        screenshotFailures && server.middlewares.use(`${base}__screenshot-error`, function vitestBrowserScreenshotError(req, res) {
+          if (!req.url || !browserServer.provider) {
+            res.statusCode = 404
+            res.end()
+            return
+          }
+
+          const url = new URL(req.url, 'http://localhost')
+          const file = url.searchParams.get('file')
+          if (!file) {
+            res.statusCode = 404
+            res.end()
+            return
+          }
+
+          let stat: Stats | undefined
+          try {
+            stat = lstatSync(file)
+          }
+          catch (_) {
+          }
+
+          if (!stat?.isFile()) {
+            res.statusCode = 404
+            res.end()
+            return
+          }
+
+          const ext = extname(file)
+          const buffer = readFileSync(file)
+          res.setHeader(
+            'Cache-Control',
+            'public,max-age=0,must-revalidate',
+          )
+          res.setHeader('Content-Length', buffer.length)
+          res.setHeader('Content-Type', ext === 'jpeg' || ext === 'jpg'
+            ? 'image/jpeg'
+            : ext === 'webp'
+              ? 'image/webp'
+              : 'image/png')
+          res.end(buffer)
+        })
       },
     },
     {
diff --git a/packages/ui/client/components.d.ts b/packages/ui/client/components.d.ts
index a7a4abf4326f..0a7fe8fa8abb 100644
--- a/packages/ui/client/components.d.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/client/components.d.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ declare module 'vue' {
     ProgressBar: typeof import('./components/ProgressBar.vue')['default']
     RouterLink: typeof import('vue-router')['RouterLink']
     RouterView: typeof import('vue-router')['RouterView']
+    ScreenshotError: typeof import('./components/views/ScreenshotError.vue')['default']
     StatusIcon: typeof import('./components/StatusIcon.vue')['default']
     TestFilesEntry: typeof import('./components/dashboard/TestFilesEntry.vue')['default']
     TestsEntry: typeof import('./components/dashboard/TestsEntry.vue')['default']
diff --git a/packages/ui/client/components/views/ScreenshotError.vue b/packages/ui/client/components/views/ScreenshotError.vue
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b9c8ca6ab569
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ui/client/components/views/ScreenshotError.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+<script setup lang="ts">
+defineProps<{
+  file: string
+  name: string
+  url?: string
+}>()
+const emit = defineEmits<{ (e: 'close'): void }>()
+
+onKeyStroke('Escape', () => {
+  emit('close')
+})
+</script>
+
+<template>
+  <div w-350 max-w-screen h-full flex flex-col>
+    <div p-4 relative border="base b">
+      <p>Screenshot error</p>
+      <p op50 font-mono text-sm>
+        {{ file }}
+      </p>
+      <p op50 font-mono text-sm>
+        {{ name }}
+      </p>
+      <IconButton
+        icon="i-carbon:close"
+        title="Close"
+        absolute
+        top-5px
+        right-5px
+        text-2xl
+        @click="emit('close')"
+      />
+    </div>
+
+    <div class="scrolls" grid="~ cols-1 rows-[min-content]" p-4>
+      <img
+        v-if="url"
+        :src="url"
+        :alt="`Screenshot error for '${name}' test in file '${file}'`"
+        border="base t r b l dotted red-500"
+      >
+      <div v-else>
+        Something was wrong, the image cannot be resolved.
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</template>
+
+<style scoped>
+.scrolls {
+  place-items: center;
+}
+</style>
diff --git a/packages/ui/client/components/views/ViewReport.vue b/packages/ui/client/components/views/ViewReport.vue
index f55508a2f0da..231b33c0b5e6 100644
--- a/packages/ui/client/components/views/ViewReport.vue
+++ b/packages/ui/client/components/views/ViewReport.vue
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import type { ErrorWithDiff, File, Suite, Task } from 'vitest'
 import type Convert from 'ansi-to-html'
 import { isDark } from '~/composables/dark'
 import { createAnsiToHtmlFilter } from '~/composables/error'
-import { config } from '~/composables/client'
+import { browserState, config } from '~/composables/client'
 import { escapeHtml } from '~/utils/escape'
 
 const props = defineProps<{
@@ -103,6 +103,30 @@ const failed = computed(() => {
     ? mapLeveledTaskStacks(isDark.value, failedFlatMap)
     : failedFlatMap
 })
+
+function open(task: Task) {
+  const filePath = task.meta?.failScreenshotPath
+  if (filePath) {
+    fetch(`/__open-in-editor?file=${encodeURIComponent(filePath)}`)
+  }
+}
+
+const showScreenshot = ref(false)
+const timestamp = ref(Date.now())
+const currentTask = ref<Task | undefined>()
+const currentScreenshotUrl = computed(() => {
+  const file = currentTask.value?.meta.failScreenshotPath
+  // force refresh
+  const t = timestamp.value
+  // browser plugin using /, change this if base can be modified
+  return file ? `/__screenshot-error?file=${encodeURIComponent(file)}&t=${t}` : undefined
+})
+
+function showScreenshotModal(task: Task) {
+  currentTask.value = task
+  timestamp.value = Date.now()
+  showScreenshot.value = true
+}
 </script>
 
 <template>
@@ -121,7 +145,25 @@ const failed = computed(() => {
             }rem`,
           }"
         >
-          {{ task.name }}
+          <div flex="~ gap-2 items-center">
+            <span>{{ task.name }}</span>
+            <template v-if="browserState && task.meta?.failScreenshotPath">
+              <IconButton
+                v-tooltip.bottom="'View screenshot error'"
+                class="!op-100"
+                icon="i-carbon:image"
+                title="View screenshot error"
+                @click="showScreenshotModal(task)"
+              />
+              <IconButton
+                v-tooltip.bottom="'Open screenshot error in editor'"
+                class="!op-100"
+                icon="i-carbon:image-reference"
+                title="Open screenshot error in editor"
+                @click="open(task)"
+              />
+            </template>
+          </div>
           <div
             v-if="task.result?.htmlError"
             class="scrolls scrolls-rounded task-error"
@@ -146,6 +188,20 @@ const failed = computed(() => {
         All tests passed in this file
       </div>
     </template>
+    <template v-if="browserState">
+      <Modal v-model="showScreenshot" direction="right">
+        <template v-if="currentTask">
+          <Suspense>
+            <ScreenshotError
+              :file="currentTask.file.filepath"
+              :name="currentTask.name"
+              :url="currentScreenshotUrl"
+              @close="showScreenshot = false"
+            />
+          </Suspense>
+        </template>
+      </Modal>
+    </template>
   </div>
 </template>