diff --git a/src/main/gitlab/gitlab-paginated-list.ts b/src/main/gitlab/gitlab-paginated-list.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0ac5b05f8c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/gitlab/gitlab-paginated-list.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import {
+  glabApiWithHeaders,
+  glabHostnameArgs,
+  glabRepoExecOptions,
+  parseGlabJsonList,
+  type LocalGitExecOptions,
+  type ProjectRef
+} from './gl-utils'
+
+// GitLab caps per_page at 100.
+const PAGE_SIZE = 100
+// Bound guessed pages when a proxy strips, garbles or stalls next-page headers.
+const MAX_PROBED_PAGES = 50
+
+/** A page after the first failed, so the rows read so far are not the whole list. */
+export class GitLabIncompletePaginationError extends Error {}
+
+// Older glab lacks NDJSON output and --jq; parse each API page separately.
+export async function fetchAllGitLabPages<T>(
+  repoPath: string,
+  projectRef: ProjectRef,
+  endpoint: string,
+  connectionId: string | null | undefined,
+  localGitOptions: LocalGitExecOptions,
+  signal?: AbortSignal
+): Promise<T[]> {
+  const items: T[] = []
+  let probedPages = 0
+  let page: number | undefined = 1
+  while (page !== undefined) {
+    signal?.throwIfAborted()
+    let pageItems: T[]
+    let nextPageHeader: string | undefined
+    try {
+      const { body, headers } = await glabApiWithHeaders(
+        [
+          ...glabHostnameArgs(projectRef, connectionId),
+          `${endpoint}?per_page=${PAGE_SIZE}&page=${page}`
+        ],
+        glabRepoExecOptions(repoPath, connectionId, localGitOptions)
+      )
+      pageItems = parseGlabJsonList<T>(body)
+      nextPageHeader = headers['x-next-page']
+    } catch (error) {
+      // A prefix must not pass for the full list; callers keep what they last showed.
+      if (page > 1) {
+        throw new GitLabIncompletePaginationError(`GitLab list incomplete after page ${page - 1}`, {
+          cause: error
+        })
+      }
+      throw error
+    }
+    items.push(...pageItems)
+    // Follow only a header naming the next page after a non-empty one; a skip would hide rows.
+    if (pageItems.length > 0 && nextPageHeader?.trim() === String(page + 1)) {
+      page += 1
+    } else if (
+      // GitLab ends with an empty header; otherwise probe after full pages.
+      nextPageHeader === '' ||
+      pageItems.length < PAGE_SIZE
+    ) {
+      page = undefined
+    } else if (probedPages >= MAX_PROBED_PAGES) {
+      throw new GitLabIncompletePaginationError(
+        `GitLab list still full after ${page} guessed pages`
+      )
+    } else {
+      probedPages += 1
+      page += 1
+    }
+  }
+  return items
+}
diff --git a/src/main/gitlab/glab-api-response.ts b/src/main/gitlab/glab-api-response.ts
index 390732710b3..c29a6f7e25b 100644
--- a/src/main/gitlab/glab-api-response.ts
+++ b/src/main/gitlab/glab-api-response.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export function parseGlabPaginationHeader(
     return undefined
   }
   const parsed = Number.parseInt(value, 10)
-  return Number.isFinite(parsed) && parsed >= minimum ? parsed : undefined
+  return Number.isSafeInteger(parsed) && parsed >= minimum ? parsed : undefined
 }
 
 /** A non-list body carrying no GitLab error text — opaque data, so there is nothing to classify. */
diff --git a/src/main/gitlab/pipeline-job-graph.test.ts b/src/main/gitlab/pipeline-job-graph.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..852163832b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/gitlab/pipeline-job-graph.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import type * as GlabApiResponse from './glab-api-response'
+
+const { glabApiWithHeadersMock } = vi.hoisted(() => ({ glabApiWithHeadersMock: vi.fn() }))
+
+vi.mock('./gl-utils', async () => ({
+  ...(await vi.importActual<typeof GlabApiResponse>('./glab-api-response')),
+  glabApiWithHeaders: glabApiWithHeadersMock,
+  // Serves single-request fetches from the same pipeline, so a reverted fix fails on row counts.
+  glabExecFileAsync: async (args: string[]) => ({
+    stdout: (await glabApiWithHeadersMock(args.slice(1))).body
+  }),
+  glabHostnameArgs: vi.fn(() => []),
+  glabRepoExecOptions: vi.fn(() => ({}))
+}))
+
+import { GitLabIncompletePaginationError } from './gitlab-paginated-list'
+import { fetchPipelineJobs } from './pipeline-job-graph'
+
+/** Serves `/jobs` and `/bridges` 100 per page with GitLab's x-next-page header. */
+function servePipeline(
+  jobCount: number,
+  bridgeCount: number,
+  headers: 'gitlab' | 'stripped' | 'skipping' = 'gitlab'
+): void {
+  glabApiWithHeadersMock.mockImplementation(async (args: string[]) => {
+    const match = /pipelines\/7\/(jobs|bridges)\?per_page=100(?:&page=(\d+))?$/.exec(
+      args.at(-1) ?? ''
+    )
+    if (!match) {
+      throw new Error(`unexpected endpoint ${args.at(-1)}`)
+    }
+    const page = Number(match[2] ?? 1)
+    const total = match[1] === 'jobs' ? jobCount : bridgeCount
+    const start = (page - 1) * 100
+    const items = Array.from({ length: Math.max(0, Math.min(100, total - start)) }, (_, i) =>
+      match[1] === 'jobs'
+        ? { id: start + i + 1, name: `job-${start + i}` }
+        : { name: `bridge-${start + i}` }
+    )
+    return {
+      body: JSON.stringify(items),
+      headers:
+        headers === 'stripped'
+          ? {}
+          : {
+              'x-next-page':
+                start + 100 < total ? String(page + (headers === 'skipping' ? 3 : 1)) : ''
+            }
+    }
+  })
+}
+
+describe('fetchPipelineJobs', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    glabApiWithHeadersMock.mockReset()
+  })
+
+  it.each([
+    // One request per started 100-item page on each endpoint.
+    { jobs: 130, bridges: 101, requests: 4 },
+    { jobs: 1300, bridges: 1010, requests: 24 },
+    { jobs: 5001, bridges: 0, requests: 52 }
+  ])(
+    'collects $jobs jobs and $bridges bridges in $requests requests',
+    async ({ jobs, bridges, requests }) => {
+      servePipeline(jobs, bridges)
+
+      const rows = await fetchPipelineJobs('/repo', { host: 'gitlab.com', path: 'g/p' }, 7)
+
+      expect(rows.filter((row) => row.name.startsWith('job-'))).toHaveLength(jobs)
+      expect(rows.filter((row) => row.name.startsWith('bridge-'))).toHaveLength(bridges)
+      expect(glabApiWithHeadersMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(requests)
+    }
+  )
+
+  it('does not skip pages when the next-page header jumps ahead', async () => {
+    servePipeline(250, 0, 'skipping')
+
+    const rows = await fetchPipelineJobs('/repo', { host: 'gitlab.com', path: 'g/p' }, 7)
+
+    expect(rows.filter((row) => row.name.startsWith('job-'))).toHaveLength(250)
+  })
+
+  it('fails rather than return a prefix when guessed pages run out', async () => {
+    // Without headers the walker guesses up to 50 pages past page 1, so 5,101 jobs never finish.
+    servePipeline(5101, 0, 'stripped')
+
+    await expect(
+      fetchPipelineJobs('/repo', { host: 'gitlab.com', path: 'g/p' }, 7)
+    ).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(GitLabIncompletePaginationError)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/main/gitlab/pipeline-job-graph.ts b/src/main/gitlab/pipeline-job-graph.ts
index 1f4b350bfb6..aa565f6d8d2 100644
--- a/src/main/gitlab/pipeline-job-graph.ts
+++ b/src/main/gitlab/pipeline-job-graph.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,11 @@
 import type { GitLabPipelineJob } from '../../shared/gitlab-types'
 import { encodedProject } from './project-path-encoding'
 import { gitLabRunTimes } from './gitlab-run-times'
-import {
-  glabHostnameArgs,
-  glabRepoExecOptions,
-  glabExecFileAsync,
-  type LocalGitExecOptions,
-  type ProjectRef
-} from './gl-utils'
+import { fetchAllGitLabPages, GitLabIncompletePaginationError } from './gitlab-paginated-list'
+import type { LocalGitExecOptions, ProjectRef } from './gl-utils'
 
 // Child CI jobs live under bridge pipelines, not the parent pipeline's jobs endpoint.
 
-const PIPELINE_JOB_PAGE_SIZE = 100
 // Bound child-pipeline expansion per details load.
 const MAX_CHILD_PIPELINES_TO_EXPAND = 20
 // Each fetch launches glab; cap polling fan-out to match the shared CLI admission limit.
@@ -75,26 +69,23 @@ function mapBridgeAsJob(raw: GitLabRawBridge, pipelineId: number): GitLabPipelin
   }
 }
 
-async function fetchPipelineJobPage(
+async function fetchPipelineJobList(
   repoPath: string,
   projectRef: ProjectRef,
   pipelineId: number,
   connectionId: string | null | undefined,
-  localGitOptions: LocalGitExecOptions
+  localGitOptions: LocalGitExecOptions,
+  signal: AbortSignal
 ): Promise<GitLabPipelineJob[]> {
-  const { stdout } = await glabExecFileAsync(
-    [
-      'api',
-      ...glabHostnameArgs(projectRef, connectionId),
-      `projects/${encodedProject(projectRef.path)}/pipelines/${pipelineId}/jobs?per_page=${PIPELINE_JOB_PAGE_SIZE}`
-    ],
-    glabRepoExecOptions(repoPath, connectionId, localGitOptions)
+  const jobs = await fetchAllGitLabPages<GitLabRawJob>(
+    repoPath,
+    projectRef,
+    `projects/${encodedProject(projectRef.path)}/pipelines/${pipelineId}/jobs`,
+    connectionId,
+    localGitOptions,
+    signal
   )
-  const data = JSON.parse(stdout) as GitLabRawJob[]
-  if (!Array.isArray(data)) {
-    return []
-  }
-  return data.map((job) => mapPipelineJob(job, pipelineId))
+  return jobs.map((job) => mapPipelineJob(job, pipelineId))
 }
 
 async function fetchPipelineBridges(
@@ -102,18 +93,17 @@ async function fetchPipelineBridges(
   projectRef: ProjectRef,
   pipelineId: number,
   connectionId: string | null | undefined,
-  localGitOptions: LocalGitExecOptions
+  localGitOptions: LocalGitExecOptions,
+  signal: AbortSignal
 ): Promise<GitLabRawBridge[]> {
-  const { stdout } = await glabExecFileAsync(
-    [
-      'api',
-      ...glabHostnameArgs(projectRef, connectionId),
-      `projects/${encodedProject(projectRef.path)}/pipelines/${pipelineId}/bridges?per_page=${PIPELINE_JOB_PAGE_SIZE}`
-    ],
-    glabRepoExecOptions(repoPath, connectionId, localGitOptions)
+  return fetchAllGitLabPages<GitLabRawBridge>(
+    repoPath,
+    projectRef,
+    `projects/${encodedProject(projectRef.path)}/pipelines/${pipelineId}/bridges`,
+    connectionId,
+    localGitOptions,
+    signal
   )
-  const data = JSON.parse(stdout) as GitLabRawBridge[]
-  return Array.isArray(data) ? data : []
 }
 
 function childPipelineTarget(
@@ -173,11 +163,35 @@ export async function fetchPipelineJobs(
   connectionId?: string | null,
   localGitOptions: LocalGitExecOptions = {}
 ): Promise<GitLabPipelineJob[]> {
+  // Once the graph has failed, stop sibling page walks nobody will read.
+  const graphFailed = new AbortController()
+  const failGraph = (error: unknown): never => {
+    graphFailed.abort()
+    throw error
+  }
+  // Bridges and children tolerate a failed first page (e.g. a forbidden child project), never a partial list.
+  const tolerateUnreadable =
+    <T>(fallback: T) =>
+    (error: unknown): T =>
+      error instanceof GitLabIncompletePaginationError ? failGraph(error) : fallback
+
   const [parentJobs, bridges] = await Promise.all([
-    fetchPipelineJobPage(repoPath, projectRef, pipelineId, connectionId, localGitOptions),
-    fetchPipelineBridges(repoPath, projectRef, pipelineId, connectionId, localGitOptions).catch(
-      () => [] as GitLabRawBridge[]
-    )
+    fetchPipelineJobList(
+      repoPath,
+      projectRef,
+      pipelineId,
+      connectionId,
+      localGitOptions,
+      graphFailed.signal
+    ).catch(failGraph),
+    fetchPipelineBridges(
+      repoPath,
+      projectRef,
+      pipelineId,
+      connectionId,
+      localGitOptions,
+      graphFailed.signal
+    ).catch(tolerateUnreadable([] as GitLabRawBridge[]))
   ])
 
   const bridgeRows = bridges.map((bridge) => mapBridgeAsJob(bridge, pipelineId))
@@ -199,13 +213,14 @@ export async function fetchPipelineJobs(
     childTargets,
     MAX_CONCURRENT_CHILD_FETCHES,
     (target) =>
-      fetchPipelineJobPage(
+      fetchPipelineJobList(
         repoPath,
         target.projectRef,
         target.pipelineId,
         connectionId,
-        localGitOptions
-      ).catch(() => [] as GitLabPipelineJob[])
+        localGitOptions,
+        graphFailed.signal
+      ).catch(tolerateUnreadable([] as GitLabPipelineJob[]))
   )
 
   // Keep parent/child job order, and add bridge rollups only when no expanded job shares their name.
diff --git a/src/main/gitlab/project-label-and-member-lookup.ts b/src/main/gitlab/project-label-and-member-lookup.ts
index ba9fa5ff0d4..8b38fbb1c77 100644
--- a/src/main/gitlab/project-label-and-member-lookup.ts
+++ b/src/main/gitlab/project-label-and-member-lookup.ts
@@ -4,22 +4,13 @@ import { mapGitLabUser, type GitLabRawUser } from './gitlab-assignable-user-mapp
 import {
   acquire,
   getGlabKnownHosts,
-  glabApiWithHeaders,
-  glabHostnameArgs,
-  glabRepoExecOptions,
-  parseGlabJsonList,
-  parseGlabPaginationHeader,
   release,
   resolveIssueSource,
-  type LocalGitExecOptions,
-  type ProjectRef
+  type LocalGitExecOptions
 } from './gl-utils'
+import { fetchAllGitLabPages } from './gitlab-paginated-list'
 import { encodedProject } from './project-path-encoding'
 
-const PAGE_SIZE = 100
-// Bound pagination when a proxy strips or fails to advance next-page headers.
-const MAX_PAGES = 50
-
 type GitLabRawLabel = { name?: string | null } | null
 
 export async function listLabels(
@@ -41,7 +32,7 @@ export async function listLabels(
   }
   await acquire()
   try {
-    const labels = await fetchAllPages<GitLabRawLabel>(
+    const labels = await fetchAllGitLabPages<GitLabRawLabel>(
       repoPath,
       projectRef,
       `projects/${encodedProject(projectRef.path)}/labels`,
@@ -76,7 +67,7 @@ export async function listAssignableUsers(
   await acquire()
   try {
     // Include members inherited from parent groups, where assignable project users commonly originate.
-    const members = await fetchAllPages<GitLabRawUser | null>(
+    const members = await fetchAllGitLabPages<GitLabRawUser | null>(
       repoPath,
       projectRef,
       `projects/${encodedProject(projectRef.path)}/members/all`,
@@ -90,40 +81,3 @@ export async function listAssignableUsers(
     release()
   }
 }
-
-// Older glab lacks NDJSON output and --jq; parse each API page separately.
-async function fetchAllPages<T>(
-  repoPath: string,
-  projectRef: ProjectRef,
-  endpoint: string,
-  connectionId: string | null | undefined,
-  localGitOptions: LocalGitExecOptions
-): Promise<T[]> {
-  const items: T[] = []
-  let page: number | undefined = 1
-  for (let fetched = 0; page !== undefined && fetched < MAX_PAGES; fetched += 1) {
-    const { body, headers } = await glabApiWithHeaders(
-      [
-        ...glabHostnameArgs(projectRef, connectionId),
-        `${endpoint}?per_page=${PAGE_SIZE}&page=${page}`
-      ],
-      glabRepoExecOptions(repoPath, connectionId, localGitOptions)
-    )
-    const pageItems = parseGlabJsonList<T>(body)
-    items.push(...pageItems)
-    page = nextPageNumber(headers['x-next-page'], page, pageItems.length)
-  }
-  return items
-}
-
-function nextPageNumber(
-  nextPageHeader: string | undefined,
-  page: number,
-  pageLength: number
-): number | undefined {
-  // GitLab ends with an empty header; an absent header may be proxy-stripped, so probe after full pages.
-  if (nextPageHeader === undefined) {
-    return pageLength < PAGE_SIZE ? undefined : page + 1
-  }
-  return parseGlabPaginationHeader(nextPageHeader, page + 1)
-}
diff --git a/src/main/gitlab/work-item-details.test.ts b/src/main/gitlab/work-item-details.test.ts
index f5ee71548ec..db1ea12d2be 100644
--- a/src/main/gitlab/work-item-details.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/gitlab/work-item-details.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import type * as GlabApiResponse from './glab-api-response'
 
 const {
   glabExecFileAsyncMock,
@@ -22,7 +23,12 @@ const {
   releaseMock: vi.fn()
 }))
 
-vi.mock('./gl-utils', () => ({
+vi.mock('./gl-utils', async () => ({
+  ...(await vi.importActual<typeof GlabApiResponse>('./glab-api-response')),
+  glabApiWithHeaders: async (args: string[], options: unknown) => ({
+    body: (await glabExecFileAsyncMock(['api', ...args], options)).stdout,
+    headers: {}
+  }),
   acquire: acquireMock,
   release: releaseMock,
   getGlabKnownHosts: getGlabKnownHostsMock,
@@ -72,7 +78,7 @@ describe('getWorkItemDetails', () => {
           })
         }
       }
-      if (endpoint === 'projects/g%2Fp/pipelines/99/bridges?per_page=100') {
+      if (endpoint === 'projects/g%2Fp/pipelines/99/bridges?per_page=100&page=1') {
         return {
           stdout: JSON.stringify(
             Array.from({ length: BRIDGE_COUNT }, (_, i) => ({
@@ -110,4 +116,91 @@ describe('getWorkItemDetails', () => {
     expect(peakJobPages).toBeLessThanOrEqual(5)
     expect(details?.pipelineJobs).toHaveLength(BRIDGE_COUNT)
   })
+
+  // Parent pipeline 99 has 150 jobs and 100 bridges, one to child pipeline 1000, which has 150 jobs.
+  function servePipelineGraph(failing: { endpoint: string; page: number; message: string }): void {
+    glabExecFileAsyncMock.mockImplementation(async (args: string[]) => {
+      const endpoint = args.at(-1) as string
+      if (endpoint === 'projects/g%2Fp/merge_requests/12') {
+        return {
+          stdout: JSON.stringify({
+            iid: 12,
+            title: 'Graph',
+            state: 'opened',
+            head_pipeline: { id: 99 }
+          })
+        }
+      }
+      const listMatch =
+        /^(projects\/g%2Fp\/pipelines\/\d+\/(?:jobs|bridges))\?per_page=100&page=(\d+)$/.exec(
+          endpoint
+        )
+      if (!listMatch) {
+        return { stdout: endpoint.endsWith('/approvals') ? '{}' : '[]' }
+      }
+      const [, list, pageText] = listMatch
+      const page = Number(pageText)
+      if (list === failing.endpoint && page === failing.page) {
+        throw new Error(failing.message)
+      }
+      if (list.endsWith('/bridges')) {
+        // A full first page makes the walker request page 2.
+        const bridges = list.includes('/99/')
+          ? [
+              { name: 'child', downstream_pipeline: { id: 1000, status: 'success' } },
+              ...Array.from({ length: 99 }, (_, i) => ({ name: `trigger-${i}` }))
+            ]
+          : []
+        return { stdout: JSON.stringify(page === 1 ? bridges : []) }
+      }
+      const pipelineId = Number(/pipelines\/(\d+)/.exec(list)?.[1])
+      const count = page === 1 ? 100 : page === 2 ? 50 : 0
+      return {
+        stdout: JSON.stringify(
+          Array.from({ length: count }, (_, i) => ({
+            id: pipelineId * 1000 + (page - 1) * 100 + i + 1,
+            name: `job-${pipelineId}-${(page - 1) * 100 + i}`
+          }))
+        )
+      }
+    })
+  }
+
+  it.each([
+    { endpoint: 'projects/g%2Fp/pipelines/99/jobs', includeReviewDetails: true },
+    { endpoint: 'projects/g%2Fp/pipelines/99/jobs', includeReviewDetails: false },
+    { endpoint: 'projects/g%2Fp/pipelines/1000/jobs', includeReviewDetails: false },
+    { endpoint: 'projects/g%2Fp/pipelines/99/bridges', includeReviewDetails: false }
+  ])(
+    'fails the read when $endpoint page 2 fails (includeReviewDetails=$includeReviewDetails)',
+    async ({ endpoint, includeReviewDetails }) => {
+      servePipelineGraph({ endpoint, page: 2, message: '503 upstream unavailable' })
+
+      const details = await getWorkItemDetails(
+        '/repo',
+        12,
+        'mr',
+        undefined,
+        undefined,
+        undefined,
+        undefined,
+        { includeReviewDetails }
+      )
+
+      expect(details).toBeNull()
+    }
+  )
+
+  it('keeps the graph when a child project forbids its first page', async () => {
+    servePipelineGraph({
+      endpoint: 'projects/g%2Fp/pipelines/1000/jobs',
+      page: 1,
+      message: '403 Forbidden'
+    })
+
+    const details = await getWorkItemDetails('/repo', 12, 'mr')
+
+    expect(details?.pipelineJobs?.filter((job) => job.name.startsWith('job-99-'))).toHaveLength(150)
+    expect(details?.pipelineJobs?.some((job) => job.name === 'child')).toBe(true)
+  })
 })
diff --git a/src/main/gitlab/work-item-details.ts b/src/main/gitlab/work-item-details.ts
index 832cf176242..980a29c52bd 100644
--- a/src/main/gitlab/work-item-details.ts
+++ b/src/main/gitlab/work-item-details.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { fetchDiscussions, flattenDiscussions } from './mr-discussion-notes'
 import { fetchMRFiles } from './mr-file-diffs'
 import { fetchMRApprovalState, fetchMRReviewers } from './mr-reviewers-and-approvals'
 import { fetchPipelineJobs } from './pipeline-job-graph'
+import { GitLabIncompletePaginationError } from './gitlab-paginated-list'
 import { gitLabRunTimes } from './gitlab-run-times'
 import {
   acquire,
@@ -163,7 +164,13 @@ async function fetchMRDetails(
           pipelineId,
           connectionId,
           localGitOptions
-        ).catch(() => [])
+        ).catch((error: unknown) => {
+          // A partial job list must fail the read so Checks and the dialog keep what they showed.
+          if (error instanceof GitLabIncompletePaginationError) {
+            throw error
+          }
+          return []
+        })
       : undefined
   // Checks needs pipeline/discussion data without the dialog's optional review enrichment.
   const includeReviewDetails = options.includeReviewDetails !== false
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/gitlab-item-dialog/gitlab-pipeline-tab.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/gitlab-item-dialog/gitlab-pipeline-tab.tsx
index c136ee5e29b..cb311e7bdd2 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/gitlab-item-dialog/gitlab-pipeline-tab.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/gitlab-item-dialog/gitlab-pipeline-tab.tsx
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export function GitLabPipelineTab({ item, state, pipelineActions }: Props) {
   if (item.type !== 'mr') {
     return null
   }
-  const { details, expandedJobId, jobTraceById, loading, retryingJobId } = state
+  const { details, error, expandedJobId, jobTraceById, loading, retryingJobId } = state
   const pipelineCheck = details?.pipeline
     ? gitLabPipelineToPRCheck(
         details.pipeline,
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ export function GitLabPipelineTab({ item, state, pipelineActions }: Props) {
                 />
               ))}
             </div>
-          ) : !pipelineCheck ? (
+          ) : !pipelineCheck && !(error && !details) ? (
             <p className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">
               {translate(
                 'auto.components.GitLabItemDialog.f11e3e7675',
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/gitlab-item-dialog/use-gitlab-item-dialog-effects.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/gitlab-item-dialog/use-gitlab-item-dialog-effects.ts
index 9e7122226a3..ab88a3a5ce7 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/gitlab-item-dialog/use-gitlab-item-dialog-effects.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/gitlab-item-dialog/use-gitlab-item-dialog-effects.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { translate } from '@/i18n/i18n'
 import { gitLabApiFor } from '@/runtime/gitlab-owner-api'
 import { useEffect } from 'react'
 import type { GitLabWorkItem, GitLabWorkItemDetails } from '../../../../shared/gitlab-types'
@@ -28,7 +29,13 @@ export function useGitLabItemDetailsEffect(
           return
         }
         if (!data) {
-          setError('Item not found.')
+          // Main returns null for any failed read, not only a missing item.
+          setError(
+            translate(
+              'auto.components.GitLabItemDialog.itemLoadFailed',
+              'Could not load this item. Refresh to try again.'
+            )
+          )
           return
         }
         setDetails(data as GitLabWorkItemDetails)
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/de.json b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/de.json
index c153a67ab7a..880f99dce49 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/de.json
+++ b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/de.json
@@ -2320,6 +2320,7 @@
         "cb55b0390f": "Verwalten",
         "4f9313984d": "Prüfer",
         "02cbe2de44": "Pipeline",
+        "itemLoadFailed": "Dieses Element konnte nicht geladen werden. Aktualisiere, um es erneut zu versuchen.",
         "be3d291837": "Dateien",
         "c996e2962c": "Unterhaltung",
         "b3c156dd51": "Aktualisieren",
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/en.json b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/en.json
index 402d23f75f1..a54bfc9497c 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/en.json
+++ b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/en.json
@@ -2538,6 +2538,7 @@
         "cb55b0390f": "Manage",
         "4f9313984d": "Reviewers",
         "02cbe2de44": "Pipeline",
+        "itemLoadFailed": "Could not load this item. Refresh to try again.",
         "be3d291837": "Files",
         "c996e2962c": "Conversation",
         "b3c156dd51": "Refresh",
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/es.json b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/es.json
index d53b789db09..28e29bf72e8 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/es.json
+++ b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/es.json
@@ -1889,6 +1889,7 @@
         "cb55b0390f": "Gestionar",
         "4f9313984d": "Revisores",
         "02cbe2de44": "Pipeline",
+        "itemLoadFailed": "No se pudo cargar este elemento. Actualiza para volver a intentarlo.",
         "be3d291837": "Archivos",
         "c996e2962c": "Conversación",
         "b3c156dd51": "Actualizar",
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/fr.json b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/fr.json
index 60a5718de79..f62b60911c5 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/fr.json
+++ b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/fr.json
@@ -2113,6 +2113,7 @@
         "cb55b0390f": "Gérer",
         "4f9313984d": "Reviewers",
         "02cbe2de44": "Pipeline",
+        "itemLoadFailed": "Impossible de charger cet élément. Actualisez pour réessayer.",
         "be3d291837": "Fichiers",
         "c996e2962c": "Conversation",
         "b3c156dd51": "Actualiser",
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/ja.json b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/ja.json
index d6b2bd33a22..e91fea17194 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/ja.json
+++ b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/ja.json
@@ -1859,6 +1859,7 @@
         "cb55b0390f": "管理",
         "4f9313984d": "レビュアー",
         "02cbe2de44": "パイプライン",
+        "itemLoadFailed": "この項目を読み込めませんでした。更新して再試行してください。",
         "be3d291837": "ファイル",
         "c996e2962c": "会話",
         "b3c156dd51": "更新",
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/ko.json b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/ko.json
index 28e98113f8f..d9498aafd0f 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/ko.json
+++ b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/ko.json
@@ -1859,6 +1859,7 @@
         "cb55b0390f": "관리",
         "4f9313984d": "리뷰어",
         "02cbe2de44": "파이프라인",
+        "itemLoadFailed": "이 항목을 불러올 수 없습니다. 새로 고쳐 다시 시도하세요.",
         "be3d291837": "파일",
         "c996e2962c": "대화",
         "b3c156dd51": "새로고침",
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/pt.json b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/pt.json
index 539bcc95abe..fb65cdc1728 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/pt.json
+++ b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/pt.json
@@ -17859,6 +17859,7 @@
         "cb55b0390f": "Gerenciar",
         "4f9313984d": "Revisores",
         "02cbe2de44": "Pipeline",
+        "itemLoadFailed": "Não foi possível carregar este item. Atualize para tentar novamente.",
         "be3d291837": "Arquivos",
         "c996e2962c": "Conversa",
         "b3c156dd51": "Atualizar",
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/ru.json b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/ru.json
index e591e62f955..72d3accef0a 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/ru.json
+++ b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/ru.json
@@ -2376,6 +2376,7 @@
         "cb55b0390f": "Управление",
         "4f9313984d": "Рецензенты",
         "02cbe2de44": "Конвейер",
+        "itemLoadFailed": "Не удалось загрузить этот элемент. Обновите, чтобы повторить попытку.",
         "be3d291837": "Файлы",
         "c996e2962c": "Обсуждение",
         "b3c156dd51": "Обновить",
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/tr.json b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/tr.json
index 6f2a17d3a67..0e6fa754f44 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/tr.json
+++ b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/tr.json
@@ -2298,6 +2298,7 @@
         "cb55b0390f": "Yönet",
         "4f9313984d": "İnceleyenler",
         "02cbe2de44": "Pipeline",
+        "itemLoadFailed": "Bu öğe yüklenemedi. Tekrar denemek için yenileyin.",
         "be3d291837": "Dosyalar",
         "c996e2962c": "Görüşme",
         "b3c156dd51": "Yenile",
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/zh-Hant.json b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/zh-Hant.json
index 382dfe4f5c7..cf3eda16dad 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/zh-Hant.json
+++ b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/zh-Hant.json
@@ -2268,6 +2268,7 @@
         "cb55b0390f": "管理",
         "4f9313984d": "審查人",
         "02cbe2de44": "管線",
+        "itemLoadFailed": "無法載入此項目。請重新整理以再試一次。",
         "be3d291837": "檔案",
         "c996e2962c": "對話",
         "b3c156dd51": "重新整理",
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/zh.json b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/zh.json
index c264898a589..4a388cd75c7 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/zh.json
+++ b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/zh.json
@@ -1859,6 +1859,7 @@
         "cb55b0390f": "管理",
         "4f9313984d": "评审人",
         "02cbe2de44": "管道",
+        "itemLoadFailed": "无法加载此项目。请刷新后重试。",
         "be3d291837": "文件",
         "c996e2962c": "对话",
         "b3c156dd51": "刷新",