diff --git a/src/main/managed-server/install/orcad-remote-node-runtime-host-fallback.test.ts b/src/main/managed-server/install/orcad-remote-node-runtime-host-fallback.test.ts
index efd8b6578a7..9161dace8ed 100644
--- a/src/main/managed-server/install/orcad-remote-node-runtime-host-fallback.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/managed-server/install/orcad-remote-node-runtime-host-fallback.test.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { uploadRelayDirectory } from './remote-install-transfers'
 import { getRemoteHostPlatform } from '../../ssh/ssh-remote-platform'
 import { pinnedNodeRuntimeAsset } from '../../../shared/node-runtime-pin'
 import { DesktopDownloadUnreachableError } from '../../node-runtime/pinned-runtime-materializer'
+import { setNodeDistMirrorSettingReader } from '../../node-runtime/node-dist-mirror-setting'
 import {
   HOST_NODE_DOWNLOAD_FAILED,
   HOST_NODE_DOWNLOAD_OK,
@@ -103,9 +104,35 @@ describe('pinned Node when this computer cannot download it', () => {
     expect(message).toContain(OFFLINE_PATH)
     expect(message).toContain('Settings > Advanced > Network > Node.js download mirror')
     expect(message).toContain("NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR in this computer's environment")
+    expect(failure).toMatchObject({ mirror: 'unset' })
     expect(uploadRelayDirectory).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
 
+  it('records that both attempts went through the configured mirror', async () => {
+    freshHost(`${HOST_NODE_DOWNLOAD_FAILED}\nmirror: curl exit 7`)
+    setNodeDistMirrorSettingReader(() => 'https://npmmirror.com/mirrors/node')
+    try {
+      const failure = await ensure(refused).catch((error: unknown) => error)
+      expect(failure).toMatchObject({ name: 'NodeRuntimeUnreachableError', mirror: 'tried' })
+      expect(String(failure)).toContain('check the mirror of nodejs.org/dist in Settings')
+    } finally {
+      setNodeDistMirrorSettingReader(null)
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('offers no mirror for a build nodejs.org/dist does not carry', async () => {
+    freshHost(`${HOST_NODE_DOWNLOAD_FAILED}\nnodejs.org: curl exit 7`)
+    const failure = await ensureRemoteOrcadNodeRuntime({
+      conn,
+      host: getRemoteHostPlatform('linux-arm64'),
+      slotDir: '/home/me/.orca-remote/orcad-0.1.0+abc',
+      target: 'linux-arm64-musl',
+      archivePath: refused
+    }).catch((error: unknown) => error)
+    expect(failure).toMatchObject({ name: 'NodeRuntimeUnreachableError', mirror: 'unsupported' })
+    expect(String(failure)).not.toContain('Node.js download mirror')
+  })
+
   it("quotes only this computer's short reason, not its standalone advice", async () => {
     freshHost(`${HOST_NODE_DOWNLOAD_FAILED}\nnodejs.org: curl exit 7`)
     const desktop = () =>
diff --git a/src/main/managed-server/install/remote-node-runtime-host-download.ts b/src/main/managed-server/install/remote-node-runtime-host-download.ts
index 174f0f405e1..dc7adb9a3eb 100644
--- a/src/main/managed-server/install/remote-node-runtime-host-download.ts
+++ b/src/main/managed-server/install/remote-node-runtime-host-download.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  */
 import { copyFile, link, mkdtemp } from 'node:fs/promises'
 import { basename, dirname, join } from 'node:path'
-import { nodeDistMirrorUrl } from '../../../shared/node-dist-mirror'
+import { nodeDistMirrorUrl, type NodeDistMirrorAttempt } from '../../../shared/node-dist-mirror'
 import {
   NODE_RUNTIME_PIN,
   nodeRuntimeReleaseUrl,
@@ -131,7 +131,8 @@ export class NodeRuntimeUnreachableError extends Error {
     readonly hostReport: string,
     readonly offlineArchivePath: string | undefined,
     cause: unknown,
-    mirrorable = true
+    /** Whether both attempts tried a mirror; the setup failure reads this, never the text. */
+    readonly mirror: NodeDistMirrorAttempt = 'unset'
   ) {
     const desktop =
       cause instanceof DesktopDownloadUnreachableError
@@ -139,17 +140,19 @@ export class NodeRuntimeUnreachableError extends Error {
         : cause instanceof Error
           ? cause.message
           : String(cause)
-    const mirror = mirrorable
-      ? ', set a mirror of nodejs.org/dist in Settings > Advanced > Network > Node.js download mirror ' +
-        "(or NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR in this computer's environment)"
-      : ''
+    const mirrorAdvice =
+      mirror === 'unsupported'
+        ? ''
+        : `, ${mirror === 'tried' ? 'check the' : 'set a'} mirror of nodejs.org/dist in Settings > ` +
+          'Advanced > Network > Node.js download mirror ' +
+          "(or NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR in this computer's environment)"
     const offline = offlineArchivePath
       ? `, or download that file on another machine and copy it to ${offlineArchivePath} on this computer.`
       : '.'
     super(
       `Neither this computer nor the host could download Node from ${url}. ` +
         `This computer: ${desktop}. The host: ${hostReport}. ` +
-        `Check the network or proxy on either machine and connect again${mirror}${offline}`,
+        `Check the network or proxy on either machine and connect again${mirrorAdvice}${offline}`,
       { cause }
     )
     this.name = 'NodeRuntimeUnreachableError'
@@ -170,11 +173,12 @@ export async function downloadNodeRuntimeOnHost(args: {
   timeoutMs: number
   signal?: AbortSignal
 }): Promise<string> {
+  const mirror = configuredNodeDistMirror()
   const output = await args.exec(
     hostDownloadNodeRuntimeCommand(args.host, {
       stageDir: args.stageDir,
       target: args.target,
-      mirror: configuredNodeDistMirror()
+      mirror
     }),
     { signal: args.signal, timeoutMs: args.timeoutMs }
   )
@@ -185,7 +189,11 @@ export async function downloadNodeRuntimeOnHost(args: {
       result.report,
       args.offlineArchivePath,
       args.desktopError,
-      pinnedNodeRuntimeAsset(args.target).source === 'official'
+      pinnedNodeRuntimeAsset(args.target).source !== 'official'
+        ? 'unsupported'
+        : mirror
+          ? 'tried'
+          : 'unset'
     )
   }
   console.warn(
diff --git a/src/main/ssh/ssh-host-server-on-connect-node-download.test.ts b/src/main/ssh/ssh-host-server-on-connect-node-download.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e6577ca6380
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/ssh/ssh-host-server-on-connect-node-download.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+/**
+ * A setup that couldn't download Node on either machine carries a structured flag the renderer
+ * reads to offer a mirror; nothing parses the message text.
+ */
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import type { SshTarget } from '../../shared/ssh-types'
+import { resolveHostServerOnConnect } from './ssh-host-server-on-connect'
+import { hostServerDepsStub } from './ssh-host-server-on-connect-test-deps'
+import { unservedHostServerMessage, unservedServerStatus } from './ssh-host-unserved-status'
+import { sftpSessionClosedError } from './ssh-file-transfer-abort'
+import { NodeRuntimeUnreachableError } from '../managed-server/install/remote-node-runtime-host-download'
+import { admitSshManagedServerStatus } from '../../shared/ssh-managed-server-status-admission'
+
+const target: SshTarget = { id: 'ssh-1', label: 'Box', host: 'box', port: 22, username: 'me' }
+
+function unreachable(mirror?: 'unset' | 'tried' | 'unsupported'): NodeRuntimeUnreachableError {
+  return new NodeRuntimeUnreachableError(
+    'https://nodejs.org/dist/v24.21.0/node-v24.21.0-linux-x64.tar.gz',
+    'its downloads failed (curl: (7) Failed to connect)',
+    '/cache/node/archives/node.tar.gz',
+    new Error('net::ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED'),
+    mirror
+  )
+}
+
+async function deployFailingWith(error: unknown) {
+  const warn = vi.spyOn(console, 'warn').mockImplementation(() => undefined)
+  try {
+    const result = await resolveHostServerOnConnect(
+      target,
+      hostServerDepsStub({
+        isEmptyHost: () => true,
+        deploy: async () => {
+          throw error
+        }
+      })
+    )
+    if (result.route !== 'unserved') {
+      throw new Error('expected unserved')
+    }
+    return result
+  } finally {
+    warn.mockRestore()
+  }
+}
+
+describe('a managed-server setup that could not download Node', () => {
+  it.each(['unset', 'tried', 'unsupported'] as const)(
+    'publishes the blocked download with mirror %s',
+    async (mirror) => {
+      const result = await deployFailingWith(unreachable(mirror))
+      expect(result).toMatchObject({
+        reason: 'failed',
+        nodeDownloadBlocked: { mirror }
+      })
+      expect(result.detail).toContain('Neither this computer nor the host could download Node')
+      expect(admitSshManagedServerStatus(unservedServerStatus(result))).toEqual({
+        managedServer: expect.objectContaining({
+          kind: 'relay',
+          reason: 'failed',
+          nodeDownloadBlocked: { mirror }
+        })
+      })
+      const message = unservedHostServerMessage(result)
+      expect(message).toContain('Neither this computer nor this host could download Node.js')
+      if (mirror === 'unsupported') {
+        expect(message).not.toContain('mirror')
+      } else {
+        expect(message).toContain(mirror === 'tried' ? 'Check the mirror' : 'Set a Node.js')
+      }
+    }
+  )
+
+  it('reads the flag through a wrapping install error', async () => {
+    const wrapped = new Error('Installing the runtime failed', { cause: unreachable('unset') })
+    await expect(deployFailingWith(wrapped)).resolves.toMatchObject({
+      nodeDownloadBlocked: { mirror: 'unset' }
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('never reads the flag from message text', async () => {
+    const lookalike = new Error(unreachable('unset').message)
+    const result = await deployFailingWith(lookalike)
+    expect(result).not.toHaveProperty('nodeDownloadBlocked')
+    expect(unservedHostServerMessage(result)).toContain('Try connecting again')
+  })
+
+  it('lets lost contact win, since nothing proves the host failed', async () => {
+    const lost = new Error('upload failed', { cause: sftpSessionClosedError() })
+    const result = await deployFailingWith(lost)
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({ contactLost: true })
+    expect(result).not.toHaveProperty('nodeDownloadBlocked')
+  })
+
+  it('drops an unknown mirror state from a newer build at admission', () => {
+    expect(
+      admitSshManagedServerStatus({
+        kind: 'relay',
+        reason: 'failed',
+        nodeDownloadBlocked: { mirror: 'regional' }
+      })
+    ).toEqual({ managedServer: { kind: 'relay', reason: 'failed' } })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/main/ssh/ssh-host-server-on-connect.ts b/src/main/ssh/ssh-host-server-on-connect.ts
index a52c957ad46..66720400122 100644
--- a/src/main/ssh/ssh-host-server-on-connect.ts
+++ b/src/main/ssh/ssh-host-server-on-connect.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import type {
 import type {
   SshManagedServerRelayReason,
   SshManagedServerLinkedProject,
+  SshManagedServerNodeDownloadBlocked,
   SshManagedServerServingNote,
   SshManagedServerUpdateNote,
   SshTarget
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ export type HostServerOnConnectResult =
       held?: true
       /** Setup lost contact with the host, so it is not known to have failed there. */
       contactLost?: true
+      nodeDownloadBlocked?: SshManagedServerNodeDownloadBlocked
       /** COMPAT(legacy-relay-bridge): the connect stays up so the bridge serves the terminals. */
       bridged?: true
     }
@@ -344,6 +346,7 @@ async function unfinished(
       reason,
       detail: boundedDetail(failure.detail),
       ...(failure.contactLost ? { contactLost: true as const } : {}),
+      ...(failure.nodeDownloadBlocked ? { nodeDownloadBlocked: failure.nodeDownloadBlocked } : {}),
       ...(held ? { held: true as const } : {})
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/main/ssh/ssh-host-server-setup-failure.ts b/src/main/ssh/ssh-host-server-setup-failure.ts
index ee0f1ec3fef..b4fb697e326 100644
--- a/src/main/ssh/ssh-host-server-setup-failure.ts
+++ b/src/main/ssh/ssh-host-server-setup-failure.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 /** What a managed-server setup that stopped short shows under its SSH host. */
+import type { SshManagedServerNodeDownloadBlocked } from '../../shared/ssh-types'
+import { isNodeDistMirrorAttempt } from '../../shared/node-dist-mirror'
 import { isSftpSessionClosedError } from './ssh-file-transfer-abort'
 
 // Bounds a failure's detail; the host log tail inside it is already capped.
@@ -8,12 +10,14 @@ export type SetupFailure = {
   detail: string
   /** Contact was lost mid-setup: nothing proves the host failed, so it is never called a failure. */
   contactLost?: true
+  nodeDownloadBlocked?: SshManagedServerNodeDownloadBlocked
 }
 
 export function setupFailure(failure: unknown): SetupFailure {
   return {
     detail: failure instanceof Error ? failure.message : String(failure),
-    ...(lostContact(failure) ? { contactLost: true as const } : {})
+    ...(lostContact(failure) ? { contactLost: true as const } : {}),
+    ...nodeDownloadBlocked(failure)
   }
 }
 
@@ -21,6 +25,18 @@ export function boundedDetail(text: string): string {
   return text.length > MAX_FAILURE_DETAIL_CHARS ? `…${text.slice(-MAX_FAILURE_DETAIL_CHARS)}` : text
 }
 
+// Why by name (as the host-unavailable classifier does) and the chain: no download code here.
+function nodeDownloadBlocked(
+  failure: unknown,
+  depth = 0
+): { nodeDownloadBlocked?: SshManagedServerNodeDownloadBlocked } {
+  if (failure instanceof Error && failure.name === 'NodeRuntimeUnreachableError') {
+    const mirror = 'mirror' in failure ? failure.mirror : undefined
+    return { nodeDownloadBlocked: { mirror: isNodeDistMirrorAttempt(mirror) ? mirror : 'tried' } }
+  }
+  return depth < 4 && failure instanceof Error ? nodeDownloadBlocked(failure.cause, depth + 1) : {}
+}
+
 // Why only a closed session or an unanswered channel open: other unconfirmed results (a host's
 // busy or deadline answer) came from a host that answered. Why the cause chain: install steps wrap
 // the transport error they hit.
diff --git a/src/main/ssh/ssh-host-unserved-status.ts b/src/main/ssh/ssh-host-unserved-status.ts
index 9f68d844f35..dc4cdb60f80 100644
--- a/src/main/ssh/ssh-host-unserved-status.ts
+++ b/src/main/ssh/ssh-host-unserved-status.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 /** What a connect publishes when the managed server doesn't serve the host; there is no fallback. */
+import type { NodeDistMirrorAttempt } from '../../shared/node-dist-mirror'
 import type { SshManagedServerStatus } from '../../shared/ssh-types'
 import type { HostServerOnConnectResult } from './ssh-host-server-on-connect'
 
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ export function unservedServerStatus(
     ...(decision.canLeaveBehind ? { canLeaveBehind: true } : {}),
     ...(decision.held ? { held: true } : {}),
     ...(decision.contactLost ? { contactLost: true } : {}),
+    ...(decision.nodeDownloadBlocked ? { nodeDownloadBlocked: decision.nodeDownloadBlocked } : {}),
     ...(decision.bridged ? { bridged: true } : {})
   }
 }
@@ -30,6 +32,15 @@ const NOEXEC_MESSAGE =
 const CONTACT_LOST_MESSAGE =
   'Orca lost contact with this host while setting up its server. Nothing on the host was stopped. Connect again to continue.'
 
+const NODE_DOWNLOAD_BLOCKED_MESSAGES: Record<NodeDistMirrorAttempt, string> = {
+  unset:
+    'Neither this computer nor this host could download Node.js, which Orca’s server needs. Set a Node.js download mirror in Settings > Advanced > Network, or check the network on both machines, then connect again.',
+  tried:
+    'Neither this computer nor this host could download Node.js, including from the Node.js download mirror. Check the mirror in Settings > Advanced > Network, then connect again.',
+  unsupported:
+    'Neither this computer nor this host could download Node.js, which Orca’s server needs. Check the network or proxy on both machines, then connect again.'
+}
+
 /** Untranslated twin of the renderer's status line, for logs and callers without the catalog. */
 export function unservedHostServerMessage(decision: UnservedDecision): string {
   if (decision.held && (decision.reason === 'failed' || decision.reason === 'deferred')) {
@@ -49,8 +60,11 @@ export function unservedHostServerMessage(decision: UnservedDecision): string {
       return 'An older version of Orca changed this host’s projects. Move those changes to its managed server in SSH Hosts settings to continue.'
     case 'deferred':
     case 'failed':
-      return decision.contactLost
-        ? CONTACT_LOST_MESSAGE
+      if (decision.contactLost) {
+        return CONTACT_LOST_MESSAGE
+      }
+      return decision.nodeDownloadBlocked
+        ? NODE_DOWNLOAD_BLOCKED_MESSAGES[decision.nodeDownloadBlocked.mirror]
         : 'Orca couldn’t start its server on this host. Try connecting again.'
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/app-shell/AppRootSurfaces.tsx b/src/renderer/src/app-shell/AppRootSurfaces.tsx
index 71956415d56..983c571f4aa 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/app-shell/AppRootSurfaces.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/app-shell/AppRootSurfaces.tsx
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ const AddProjectFromFolderDialog = lazy(
 )
 const DiagramViewerModal = lazy(() => import('../components/editor/DiagramViewerModal'))
 const ProjectAddedDialog = lazy(() => import('../components/sidebar/ProjectAddedDialog'))
+const NodeDistMirrorDialog = lazy(() => import('../components/settings/NodeDistMirrorDialog'))
 const AiVaultSessionHistoryDialog = lazy(
   () => import('../components/right-sidebar/AiVaultSessionHistoryDialog')
 )
@@ -230,6 +231,12 @@ export function AppRootSurfaces(props: {
             <AiVaultSessionHistoryDialog />
           </ModalBoundary>
         ) : null}
+        {/* Root-hosted: a toast, the SSH host row and a terminal pane all open it. */}
+        {activeModal === 'node-dist-mirror' ? (
+          <ModalBoundary boundaryId="modal.node-dist-mirror" resetKey>
+            <NodeDistMirrorDialog />
+          </ModalBoundary>
+        ) : null}
         {/* Why: chat rows are virtualized, so the viewer must outlive the message that opened it. */}
         {activeModal === 'diagram-viewer' ? (
           <ModalBoundary boundaryId="modal.diagram-viewer" resetKey>
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/settings/NodeDistMirrorDialog.test.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/settings/NodeDistMirrorDialog.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5c92a059a0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/settings/NodeDistMirrorDialog.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,197 @@
+// @vitest-environment happy-dom
+import '@testing-library/jest-dom/vitest'
+import { act, cleanup, fireEvent, render, screen, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react'
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import type { GlobalSettings } from '../../../../shared/global-settings-types'
+import type { SshManagedServerStatus } from '../../../../shared/ssh-types'
+import { useAppStore } from '@/store'
+import { resetSshConnectInFlightForTests } from '@/ssh/ssh-connect-in-flight'
+
+const toastError = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn())
+vi.mock('sonner', () => ({ toast: { error: toastError } }))
+
+import NodeDistMirrorDialog from './NodeDistMirrorDialog'
+import { SshHostNodeMirrorAction } from './SshHostNodeMirrorAction'
+import { toastSshConnectFailure } from '@/ssh/ssh-connect-failure-toast'
+
+const blocked: SshManagedServerStatus = {
+  kind: 'relay',
+  reason: 'failed',
+  detail: 'Neither this computer nor the host could download Node.',
+  nodeDownloadBlocked: { mirror: 'unset' }
+}
+
+const settingsSet = vi.fn(async (updates: Partial<GlobalSettings>) => ({
+  ...useAppStore.getState().settings,
+  ...updates
+}))
+const connect = vi.fn(async () => ({ targetId: 'ssh-1', status: 'connected' }))
+
+function settingsWithMirror(nodeDistMirrorUrl: string): GlobalSettings {
+  // oxlint-disable-next-line typescript/consistent-type-assertions -- SAFETY: these components read only nodeDistMirrorUrl.
+  return { nodeDistMirrorUrl } as GlobalSettings
+}
+
+function Host({ status }: { status: SshManagedServerStatus }) {
+  const open = useAppStore((s) => s.activeModal === 'node-dist-mirror')
+  return (
+    <>
+      <SshHostNodeMirrorAction targetId="ssh-1" status={status} />
+      {open ? <NodeDistMirrorDialog /> : null}
+    </>
+  )
+}
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  settingsSet.mockClear()
+  connect.mockClear()
+  toastError.mockClear()
+  Object.assign(window, {
+    api: { ...window.api, settings: { set: settingsSet }, ssh: { connect } }
+  })
+  useAppStore.setState({ settings: settingsWithMirror('') })
+})
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  cleanup()
+  act(() => useAppStore.getState().closeModal())
+  resetSshConnectInFlightForTests()
+})
+
+function openDialog(): HTMLInputElement {
+  fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Use a Node.js mirror…' }))
+  return screen.getByLabelText('Mirror URL')
+}
+
+describe('Use a Node.js mirror', () => {
+  it('opens from the host row with the suggested mirror, focused and editable', () => {
+    render(<Host status={blocked} />)
+    const input = openDialog()
+
+    expect(screen.getByRole('dialog', { name: 'Use a Node.js mirror' })).toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(input).toHaveValue('https://npmmirror.com/mirrors/node/')
+    expect(input).toHaveFocus()
+    expect(screen.getByText(/checked against the checksum Orca pins/)).toBeInTheDocument()
+  })
+
+  it('saves to the mirror setting, then retries the connect and closes', async () => {
+    render(<Host status={blocked} />)
+    openDialog()
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Save and retry' }))
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(connect).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ targetId: 'ssh-1' }))
+    expect(settingsSet).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      nodeDistMirrorUrl: 'https://npmmirror.com/mirrors/node'
+    })
+    expect(settingsSet.mock.invocationCallOrder[0]).toBeLessThan(
+      connect.mock.invocationCallOrder[0]
+    )
+    expect(useAppStore.getState().settings?.nodeDistMirrorUrl).toBe(
+      'https://npmmirror.com/mirrors/node'
+    )
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.queryByRole('dialog')).not.toBeInTheDocument())
+  })
+
+  it('submits with Enter and refuses a URL the setting would refuse', async () => {
+    render(<Host status={blocked} />)
+    const input = openDialog()
+
+    fireEvent.change(input, { target: { value: 'https://me:secret@mirror.example/node' } })
+    fireEvent.submit(input.closest('form')!)
+
+    expect(
+      await screen.findByText('Mirror URL cannot contain a user name or password.')
+    ).toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(input).toHaveAttribute('aria-invalid', 'true')
+    expect(settingsSet).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(connect).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+
+    fireEvent.change(input, { target: { value: 'https://mirror.example/node/' } })
+    expect(input).not.toHaveAttribute('aria-invalid')
+    fireEvent.submit(input.closest('form')!)
+    await waitFor(() =>
+      expect(settingsSet).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ nodeDistMirrorUrl: 'https://mirror.example/node' })
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('cancels without saving, also with Escape', async () => {
+    render(<Host status={blocked} />)
+    openDialog()
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Cancel' }))
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.queryByRole('dialog')).not.toBeInTheDocument())
+
+    const input = openDialog()
+    fireEvent.keyDown(input, { key: 'Escape' })
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.queryByRole('dialog')).not.toBeInTheDocument())
+    expect(settingsSet).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(connect).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('shows no offer once a mirror was tried, only the setting link', () => {
+    const tried: SshManagedServerStatus = { ...blocked, nodeDownloadBlocked: { mirror: 'tried' } }
+    useAppStore.getState().setSshConnectionState('ssh-1', {
+      targetId: 'ssh-1',
+      status: 'error',
+      error: 'x',
+      reconnectAttempt: 0,
+      managedServer: tried
+    })
+    render(<Host status={tried} />)
+    expect(screen.queryByRole('button', { name: 'Use a Node.js mirror…' })).toBeNull()
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Open mirror setting' }))
+    const state = useAppStore.getState()
+    expect(state.activeView).toBe('settings')
+    expect(state.settingsNavigationTarget).toMatchObject({ pane: 'advanced' })
+    expect(state.settingsSearchInputQuery).toBe('mirror')
+    expect(state.activeModal).toBe('none')
+  })
+
+  it('offers nothing in a paired browser, whose settings are not this computer’s', () => {
+    vi.stubGlobal('__ORCA_WEB_CLIENT__', true)
+    try {
+      render(<Host status={blocked} />)
+      expect(screen.queryByRole('button')).toBeNull()
+    } finally {
+      vi.unstubAllGlobals()
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('opens the setting instead when a mirror was set after the toast appeared', () => {
+    useAppStore.getState().setSshConnectionState('ssh-1', {
+      targetId: 'ssh-1',
+      status: 'error',
+      error: 'x',
+      reconnectAttempt: 0,
+      managedServer: blocked
+    })
+    toastSshConnectFailure('ssh-1', new Error('x'), 'Connection failed')
+    const [, options] = toastError.mock.calls[0]
+    useAppStore.setState({
+      settings: settingsWithMirror('https://m.example/node')
+    })
+    act(() => options.action.onClick())
+    expect(useAppStore.getState().activeModal).toBe('none')
+    expect(useAppStore.getState().activeView).toBe('settings')
+  })
+
+  it('puts the same recovery on the connect-failure toast for this computer’s targets', () => {
+    useAppStore.getState().setSshConnectionState('ssh-1', {
+      targetId: 'ssh-1',
+      status: 'error',
+      error: 'x',
+      reconnectAttempt: 0,
+      managedServer: blocked
+    })
+    toastSshConnectFailure('ssh-1', new Error('x'), 'Connection failed')
+    const [text, options] = toastError.mock.calls[0]
+    expect(text).toContain('Use a Node.js mirror')
+    act(() => options.action.onClick())
+    expect(useAppStore.getState().activeModal).toBe('node-dist-mirror')
+    expect(useAppStore.getState().modalData).toEqual({ targetId: 'ssh-1' })
+
+    toastError.mockClear()
+    toastSshConnectFailure('ssh-1', new Error('x'), 'Connection failed', 'server-env')
+    expect(toastError.mock.calls[0]).toHaveLength(1)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/settings/NodeDistMirrorDialog.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/settings/NodeDistMirrorDialog.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3d517add437
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/settings/NodeDistMirrorDialog.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+import { useState } from 'react'
+import { useAppStore } from '@/store'
+import { useMountedRef } from '@/hooks/useMountedRef'
+import { translate } from '@/i18n/i18n'
+import { nodeDistMirrorRefusalText } from '@/ssh/ssh-host-node-download-copy'
+import {
+  NODE_DIST_MIRROR_SUGGESTION,
+  readNodeDistMirrorDialogTarget,
+  saveNodeDistMirrorAndRetry
+} from '@/ssh/node-dist-mirror-recovery'
+import { toastSshConnectFailure } from '@/ssh/ssh-connect-failure-toast'
+import { Button } from '../ui/button'
+import {
+  Dialog,
+  DialogContent,
+  DialogDescription,
+  DialogFooter,
+  DialogHeader,
+  DialogTitle
+} from '../ui/dialog'
+import { Input } from '../ui/input'
+import { Label } from '../ui/label'
+
+const INPUT_ID = 'node-dist-mirror-dialog-url'
+const HINT_ID = 'node-dist-mirror-dialog-hint'
+
+/** "Use a Node.js mirror" for an SSH host whose setup couldn't download Node on either machine. */
+export default function NodeDistMirrorDialog(): React.JSX.Element | null {
+  const targetId = useAppStore((s) => readNodeDistMirrorDialogTarget(s.modalData))
+  const closeModal = useAppStore((s) => s.closeModal)
+  const mountedRef = useMountedRef()
+  const [text, setText] = useState(NODE_DIST_MIRROR_SUGGESTION)
+  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null)
+  const [busy, setBusy] = useState(false)
+  // Why: the modal slot has no trigger element for the dialog to hand focus back to.
+  const [returnFocusTo] = useState(() =>
+    document.activeElement instanceof HTMLElement ? document.activeElement : null
+  )
+  if (!targetId) {
+    return null
+  }
+
+  const saveAndRetry = async (): Promise<void> => {
+    setBusy(true)
+    setError(null)
+    const result = await saveNodeDistMirrorAndRetry(targetId, text)
+    if (result.outcome === 'retrying') {
+      // Why before the mounted check: another modal may have replaced this one mid-save.
+      result.retry.catch((cause: unknown) =>
+        toastSshConnectFailure(
+          targetId,
+          cause,
+          translate(
+            'auto.components.settings.nodeDistMirrorDialog.retryFailed',
+            'Connection failed'
+          )
+        )
+      )
+      if (mountedRef.current) {
+        closeModal()
+      }
+      return
+    }
+    if (!mountedRef.current) {
+      return
+    }
+    setBusy(false)
+    setError(
+      result.outcome === 'refused' ? nodeDistMirrorRefusalText(result.reason) : result.message
+    )
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <Dialog open onOpenChange={(open) => !open && !busy && closeModal()}>
+      <DialogContent
+        surface="security"
+        showCloseButton={!busy}
+        onCloseAutoFocus={(event) => {
+          if (returnFocusTo?.isConnected) {
+            event.preventDefault()
+            returnFocusTo.focus({ preventScroll: true })
+          }
+        }}
+      >
+        <form
+          className="grid gap-4"
+          onSubmit={(event) => {
+            event.preventDefault()
+            if (!busy) {
+              void saveAndRetry()
+            }
+          }}
+        >
+          <DialogHeader>
+            <DialogTitle>
+              {translate(
+                'auto.components.settings.nodeDistMirrorDialog.title',
+                'Use a Node.js mirror'
+              )}
+            </DialogTitle>
+            <DialogDescription>
+              {translate(
+                'auto.components.settings.nodeDistMirrorDialog.description',
+                'Orca’s server needs Node.js, and neither this computer nor this host could download it from nodejs.org. A mirror is a copy of nodejs.org/dist that Orca tries first on both machines.'
+              )}
+            </DialogDescription>
+          </DialogHeader>
+          <div className="space-y-2">
+            <Label htmlFor={INPUT_ID}>
+              {translate('auto.components.settings.nodeDistMirrorDialog.urlLabel', 'Mirror URL')}
+            </Label>
+            <Input
+              id={INPUT_ID}
+              value={text}
+              onChange={(event) => {
+                setText(event.target.value)
+                setError(null)
+              }}
+              autoFocus
+              autoCapitalize="none"
+              autoCorrect="off"
+              autoComplete="off"
+              spellCheck={false}
+              disabled={busy}
+              aria-invalid={error ? true : undefined}
+              aria-describedby={HINT_ID}
+            />
+            {error ? (
+              <p id={HINT_ID} role="alert" className="text-xs text-destructive">
+                {error}
+              </p>
+            ) : (
+              <p id={HINT_ID} className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+                {translate(
+                  'auto.components.settings.nodeDistMirrorDialog.checksum',
+                  'Each download is still checked against the checksum Orca pins for this Node.js release. Saved to Settings > Advanced > Network.'
+                )}
+              </p>
+            )}
+          </div>
+          <DialogFooter>
+            <Button type="button" variant="ghost" onClick={closeModal} disabled={busy}>
+              {translate('auto.components.settings.nodeDistMirrorDialog.cancel', 'Cancel')}
+            </Button>
+            <Button type="submit" disabled={busy}>
+              {translate('auto.components.settings.nodeDistMirrorDialog.save', 'Save and retry')}
+            </Button>
+          </DialogFooter>
+        </form>
+      </DialogContent>
+    </Dialog>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/settings/NodeDistMirrorSettingField.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/settings/NodeDistMirrorSettingField.tsx
index 264ca78285e..80e8128dc72 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/settings/NodeDistMirrorSettingField.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/settings/NodeDistMirrorSettingField.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { normalizeNodeDistMirrorUrl } from '../../../../shared/node-dist-mirror'
 import { Input } from '../ui/input'
 import { Label } from '../ui/label'
 import { translate } from '@/i18n/i18n'
+import { nodeDistMirrorRefusalText } from '@/ssh/ssh-host-node-download-copy'
 
 type MirrorDraft = { source: string; text: string; error: string | null }
 
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ export function NodeDistMirrorSettingField({
   const commit = (): void => {
     const normalized = normalizeNodeDistMirrorUrl(current.text)
     if (!normalized.ok) {
-      setDraft({ ...current, error: normalized.message })
+      setDraft({ ...current, error: nodeDistMirrorRefusalText(normalized.reason) })
       return
     }
     setDraft({ source, text: normalized.value, error: null })
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/settings/SshHostNodeMirrorAction.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/settings/SshHostNodeMirrorAction.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2a7d6c40878
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/settings/SshHostNodeMirrorAction.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import type { SshManagedServerStatus } from '../../../../shared/ssh-types'
+import { useAppStore } from '@/store'
+import { nodeMirrorRecoveryLabel } from '@/ssh/ssh-host-node-download-copy'
+import {
+  openNodeMirrorRecovery,
+  thisComputerNodeMirrorRecovery
+} from '@/ssh/node-dist-mirror-recovery'
+import { Button } from '../ui/button'
+
+/** The way out of a setup that couldn't download Node.js: set a mirror, or check the one set. */
+export function SshHostNodeMirrorAction({
+  targetId,
+  status,
+  ownerEnvironmentId = null
+}: {
+  targetId: string
+  status: SshManagedServerStatus | undefined
+  ownerEnvironmentId?: string | null
+}): React.JSX.Element | null {
+  const configuredMirror = useAppStore((s) => s.settings?.nodeDistMirrorUrl)
+  const recovery = thisComputerNodeMirrorRecovery(status, ownerEnvironmentId, configuredMirror)
+  if (!recovery) {
+    return null
+  }
+  return (
+    <Button
+      type="button"
+      size="xs"
+      variant="outline"
+      onClick={() => openNodeMirrorRecovery(targetId, recovery)}
+    >
+      {nodeMirrorRecoveryLabel(recovery)}
+    </Button>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/settings/SshPane.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/settings/SshPane.tsx
index faf99ed8c09..0f712bff434 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/settings/SshPane.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/settings/SshPane.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { toast } from 'sonner'
 import { Plus, Upload } from 'lucide-react'
 import type { SshTarget } from '../../../../shared/ssh-types'
 import { useAppStore } from '@/store'
-import { sshTargetConnectFailureText } from '@/ssh/ssh-host-server-status-copy'
+import { toastSshConnectFailure } from '@/ssh/ssh-connect-failure-toast'
 import { useMountedRef } from '@/hooks/useMountedRef'
 import { Button } from '../ui/button'
 import { SshTargetCard } from './SshTargetCard'
@@ -201,12 +201,10 @@ export function SshPane({ addTargetIntentSignal }: SshPaneProps): React.JSX.Elem
       await window.api.ssh.connect({ targetId })
       recordFeatureInteraction('ssh')
     } catch (err) {
-      toast.error(
-        sshTargetConnectFailureText(
-          targetId,
-          err,
-          translate('auto.components.settings.SshPane.e95d5ae10e', 'Connection failed')
-        )
+      toastSshConnectFailure(
+        targetId,
+        err,
+        translate('auto.components.settings.SshPane.e95d5ae10e', 'Connection failed')
       )
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/settings/SshTargetServerStatus.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/settings/SshTargetServerStatus.tsx
index 35eb64b37d3..24f48c9a04a 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/settings/SshTargetServerStatus.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/settings/SshTargetServerStatus.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { Button } from '../ui/button'
 import { sshHostServerStatusLine } from '@/ssh/ssh-host-server-status-copy'
 import { SshHostChangedActions } from './SshHostChangedActions'
 import { SshHostMoveAnywayAction } from './SshHostMoveAnywayAction'
+import { SshHostNodeMirrorAction } from './SshHostNodeMirrorAction'
 import { SshHostRestartServerAction } from './SshHostRestartServerAction'
 
 /** Whether this SSH host's managed Orca server serves it, and why not when it doesn't. */
@@ -23,6 +24,9 @@ export function SshTargetServerStatus({
   if (!line) {
     return null
   }
+  const mirrorAction = (
+    <SshHostNodeMirrorAction targetId={target.id} status={state?.managedServer} />
+  )
   return (
     <div className="space-y-1">
       <p
@@ -37,19 +41,25 @@ export function SshTargetServerStatus({
       </p>
       {line.detail ? (
         <Collapsible>
-          <CollapsibleTrigger asChild>
-            <Button type="button" variant="ghost" size="xs" className="group">
-              {translate('auto.components.settings.sshHostServer.failureDetails', 'Details')}
-              <ChevronDown className="transition-transform group-data-[state=open]:rotate-180" />
-            </Button>
-          </CollapsibleTrigger>
+          {/* Why one row: the recovery sits beside Details, so it reads as part of this failure. */}
+          <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center justify-between gap-2 pr-1">
+            <CollapsibleTrigger asChild>
+              <Button type="button" variant="ghost" size="xs" className="group">
+                {translate('auto.components.settings.sshHostServer.failureDetails', 'Details')}
+                <ChevronDown className="transition-transform group-data-[state=open]:rotate-180" />
+              </Button>
+            </CollapsibleTrigger>
+            {mirrorAction}
+          </div>
           <CollapsibleContent>
             <pre className="scrollbar-sleek max-h-72 overflow-auto whitespace-pre-wrap break-words rounded-md border border-border bg-background px-3 py-2 font-mono text-[11px] leading-relaxed text-muted-foreground">
               {line.detail}
             </pre>
           </CollapsibleContent>
         </Collapsible>
-      ) : null}
+      ) : (
+        <div className="flex justify-end px-1 empty:hidden">{mirrorAction}</div>
+      )}
       <SshHostChangedActions target={target} onChanged={onChanged} />
       <SshHostRestartServerAction status={state?.managedServer} onChanged={onChanged} />
       <SshHostMoveAnywayAction
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/WorktreeCardSshHostControl.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/WorktreeCardSshHostControl.tsx
index df9fb142092..75029b10dce 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/WorktreeCardSshHostControl.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/WorktreeCardSshHostControl.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { useCallback } from 'react'
 import { Loader2, Server, ServerOff } from 'lucide-react'
-import { toast } from 'sonner'
-import { sshTargetConnectFailureText } from '@/ssh/ssh-host-server-status-copy'
+import { toastSshConnectFailure } from '@/ssh/ssh-connect-failure-toast'
 import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button'
 import { Tooltip, TooltipContent, TooltipTrigger } from '@/components/ui/tooltip'
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils'
@@ -110,15 +109,14 @@ export function WorktreeCardSshHostControl({
         }
       }
     } catch (err) {
-      toast.error(
-        sshTargetConnectFailureText(
-          targetId,
-          err,
-          translate(
-            'auto.components.sidebar.WorktreeCardSshHostControl.connectFailed',
-            'SSH connection failed'
-          )
-        )
+      toastSshConnectFailure(
+        targetId,
+        err,
+        translate(
+          'auto.components.sidebar.WorktreeCardSshHostControl.connectFailed',
+          'SSH connection failed'
+        ),
+        sshOwnerEnvironmentId
       )
       // Why: a failed connect usually means the renderer's target metadata is stale
       // (target removed, or re-added under a new id). Resync so the control converges to
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/SshTargetStatusRow.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/SshTargetStatusRow.tsx
index eb6c8f9a95f..631644f4209 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/SshTargetStatusRow.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/status-bar/SshTargetStatusRow.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { useCallback, useState } from 'react'
 import { Loader2 } from 'lucide-react'
 import { toast } from 'sonner'
-import { sshTargetConnectFailureText } from '@/ssh/ssh-host-server-status-copy'
+import { toastSshConnectFailure } from '@/ssh/ssh-connect-failure-toast'
 import { translate } from '@/i18n/i18n'
 import { useMountedRef } from '@/hooks/useMountedRef'
 import { useAppStore } from '../../store'
@@ -42,12 +42,10 @@ export function SshTargetStatusRow({
       await window.api.ssh.connect({ targetId })
       recordFeatureInteraction('ssh')
     } catch (err) {
-      toast.error(
-        sshTargetConnectFailureText(
-          targetId,
-          err,
-          translate('auto.components.status.bar.SshStatusSegment.2c29e2de68', 'Connection failed')
-        )
+      toastSshConnectFailure(
+        targetId,
+        err,
+        translate('auto.components.status.bar.SshStatusSegment.2c29e2de68', 'Connection failed')
       )
     } finally {
       endSshConnect(targetId)
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/TerminalSshReconnectOverlay.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/TerminalSshReconnectOverlay.tsx
index ee50b410e91..a0be51c3886 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/TerminalSshReconnectOverlay.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/TerminalSshReconnectOverlay.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { useCallback } from 'react'
 import { Loader2, Server, ServerOff } from 'lucide-react'
-import { toast } from 'sonner'
-import { sshTargetConnectFailureText } from '@/ssh/ssh-host-server-status-copy'
+import { toastSshConnectFailure } from '@/ssh/ssh-connect-failure-toast'
 import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button'
+import { SshHostNodeMirrorAction } from '@/components/settings/SshHostNodeMirrorAction'
 import { useAppStore } from '@/store'
 import type { SshConnectionStatus } from '../../../../shared/ssh-types'
 import { toRuntimeExecutionHostId, toSshExecutionHostId } from '../../../../shared/execution-host'
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ export function TerminalSshReconnectOverlay({
   sshOwnerEnvironmentId = null
 }: TerminalSshReconnectOverlayProps): React.JSX.Element {
   const setSshConnectionState = useAppStore((store) => store.setSshConnectionState)
+  const managedServer = useAppStore(
+    (store) => store.sshConnectionStates.get(targetId)?.managedServer
+  )
   // Why: shared registry, not local state — the sidebar card control can dial the same
   // target, and the store status lags a click by one IPC hop.
   const connecting = useSshConnectInFlight(targetId)
@@ -122,15 +125,14 @@ export function TerminalSshReconnectOverlay({
         }
       }
     } catch (err) {
-      toast.error(
-        sshTargetConnectFailureText(
-          targetId,
-          err,
-          translate(
-            'auto.components.terminal.pane.TerminalSshReconnectOverlay.connectFailed',
-            'SSH connection failed'
-          )
-        )
+      toastSshConnectFailure(
+        targetId,
+        err,
+        translate(
+          'auto.components.terminal.pane.TerminalSshReconnectOverlay.connectFailed',
+          'SSH connection failed'
+        ),
+        sshOwnerEnvironmentId
       )
       // Why: a failed connect usually means the renderer's target metadata is
       // stale (target removed, or re-added under a new id). Resync it so the
@@ -201,6 +203,15 @@ export function TerminalSshReconnectOverlay({
               {error}
             </div>
           ) : null}
+          {!targetRemoved ? (
+            <div className="mt-2 empty:hidden">
+              <SshHostNodeMirrorAction
+                targetId={targetId}
+                status={managedServer}
+                ownerEnvironmentId={sshOwnerEnvironmentId}
+              />
+            </div>
+          ) : null}
         </div>
         {targetRemoved ? (
           <Button
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/en.json b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/en.json
index 48c2a715ed2..be3227eef7b 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/en.json
+++ b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/en.json
@@ -12859,7 +12859,10 @@
           "behindMigrating": "Runs a managed Orca server that updates after its project move finishes.",
           "behindCheckFailed": "Runs a managed Orca server; Orca couldn’t check whether it is behind this app.",
           "runtimeNoexec": "This host doesn’t allow running programs from ~/.orca-remote, so Orca can’t start its server there. This usually means the home folder is mounted with noexec. Ask the host’s administrator to allow running programs there, then connect again.",
-          "setupContactLost": "Orca lost contact with this host while setting up its server. Nothing on the host was stopped. Connect again to continue."
+          "setupContactLost": "Orca lost contact with this host while setting up its server. Nothing on the host was stopped. Connect again to continue.",
+          "nodeDownloadBlocked": "Neither this computer nor this host could download Node.js, which Orca’s server needs. Use a Node.js mirror, or check the network on both machines.",
+          "nodeDownloadBlockedNoMirror": "Neither this computer nor this host could download Node.js, which Orca’s server needs. Check the network or proxy on both machines, then connect again.",
+          "nodeDownloadBlockedMirrorTried": "Neither this computer nor this host could download Node.js, including from the Node.js download mirror. Check the mirror setting, then connect again."
         },
         "ZcodeCliSetupSection": {
           "title": "Use GLM with ZCode",
@@ -13008,6 +13011,25 @@
         },
         "useUsageHostSettings": {
           "updateFailed": "Could not update the setting on {{host}}."
+        },
+        "nodeDistMirrorDialog": {
+          "action": "Use a Node.js mirror…",
+          "openSetting": "Open mirror setting",
+          "title": "Use a Node.js mirror",
+          "description": "Orca’s server needs Node.js, and neither this computer nor this host could download it from nodejs.org. A mirror is a copy of nodejs.org/dist that Orca tries first on both machines.",
+          "urlLabel": "Mirror URL",
+          "checksum": "Each download is still checked against the checksum Orca pins for this Node.js release. Saved to Settings > Advanced > Network.",
+          "cancel": "Cancel",
+          "save": "Save and retry",
+          "saveFailed": "Orca couldn’t save the mirror.",
+          "retryFailed": "Connection failed",
+          "refusal": {
+            "tooLong": "Mirror URL is too long.",
+            "protocol": "Use an http or https mirror URL.",
+            "credentials": "Mirror URL cannot contain a user name or password.",
+            "query": "Mirror URL cannot have a query or fragment.",
+            "invalid": "Enter a valid mirror URL."
+          }
         }
       },
       "right": {
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/es.json b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/es.json
index de7982393a3..58a73ea3cc1 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/es.json
+++ b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/es.json
@@ -12615,7 +12615,10 @@
           "linkedProjects_one": "El servidor Orca de este host ya tenía {{paths}}, así que este escritorio ahora usa la copia del servidor. Las pestañas de este escritorio y {{count}} automatización allí no se movieron, y los worktrees que creó allí aparecen como worktrees externos.",
           "linkedProjects_other": "El servidor Orca de este host ya tenía {{paths}}, así que este escritorio ahora usa la copia del servidor. Las pestañas de este escritorio y {{count}} automatizaciones allí no se movieron, y los worktrees que creó allí aparecen como worktrees externos.",
           "linkedProjects": "El servidor Orca de este host ya tenía {{paths}}, así que este escritorio ahora usa la copia del servidor. Las pestañas de este escritorio y {{count}} automatizaciones allí no se movieron, y los worktrees que creó allí aparecen como worktrees externos.",
-          "linkedProjectsNoAutomations": "El servidor Orca de este host ya tenía {{paths}}, así que este escritorio ahora usa la copia del servidor. Las pestañas de este escritorio allí no se movieron, y los worktrees que creó allí aparecen como worktrees externos."
+          "linkedProjectsNoAutomations": "El servidor Orca de este host ya tenía {{paths}}, así que este escritorio ahora usa la copia del servidor. Las pestañas de este escritorio allí no se movieron, y los worktrees que creó allí aparecen como worktrees externos.",
+          "nodeDownloadBlocked": "Ni este equipo ni este host pudieron descargar Node.js, que el servidor de Orca necesita. Usa un mirror de Node.js o revisa la red en ambas máquinas.",
+          "nodeDownloadBlockedNoMirror": "Ni este equipo ni este host pudieron descargar Node.js, que el servidor de Orca necesita. Revisa la red o el proxy en ambas máquinas y vuelve a conectar.",
+          "nodeDownloadBlockedMirrorTried": "Ni este equipo ni este host pudieron descargar Node.js, tampoco desde el mirror de descarga de Node.js. Revisa el ajuste del mirror y vuelve a conectar."
         },
         "deltaMove": {
           "action": "Mover los proyectos nuevos…",
@@ -12704,6 +12707,25 @@
         },
         "useUsageHostSettings": {
           "updateFailed": "No se pudo actualizar el ajuste en {{host}}."
+        },
+        "nodeDistMirrorDialog": {
+          "action": "Usar un mirror de Node.js…",
+          "openSetting": "Abrir ajuste del mirror",
+          "title": "Usar un mirror de Node.js",
+          "description": "El servidor de Orca necesita Node.js, y ni este equipo ni este host pudieron descargarlo de nodejs.org. Un mirror es una copia de nodejs.org/dist que Orca prueba primero en ambas máquinas.",
+          "urlLabel": "URL del mirror",
+          "checksum": "Cada descarga se sigue comprobando con el checksum que Orca fija para esta versión de Node.js. Se guarda en Ajustes > Avanzado > Red.",
+          "cancel": "Cancelar",
+          "save": "Guardar y reintentar",
+          "saveFailed": "Orca no pudo guardar el mirror.",
+          "retryFailed": "Error de conexión",
+          "refusal": {
+            "tooLong": "La URL del mirror es demasiado larga.",
+            "protocol": "Usa una URL de mirror http o https.",
+            "credentials": "La URL del mirror no puede incluir un nombre de usuario ni una contraseña.",
+            "query": "La URL del mirror no puede tener una consulta ni un fragmento.",
+            "invalid": "Introduce una URL de mirror válida."
+          }
         }
       },
       "right": {
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/fr.json b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/fr.json
index c26cbc86a06..b65ae069c11 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/fr.json
+++ b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/fr.json
@@ -12728,7 +12728,10 @@
           "linkedProjects_one": "Le serveur Orca de cet hôte avait déjà {{paths}} ; ce bureau utilise donc maintenant la copie du serveur. Les onglets de ce bureau et {{count}} automatisation à cet endroit n’ont pas été déplacés, et les worktrees qu’il y a créés apparaissent comme worktrees externes.",
           "linkedProjects_other": "Le serveur Orca de cet hôte avait déjà {{paths}} ; ce bureau utilise donc maintenant la copie du serveur. Les onglets de ce bureau et {{count}} automatisations à cet endroit n’ont pas été déplacés, et les worktrees qu’il y a créés apparaissent comme worktrees externes.",
           "linkedProjects": "Le serveur Orca de cet hôte avait déjà {{paths}} ; ce bureau utilise donc maintenant la copie du serveur. Les onglets de ce bureau et {{count}} automatisations à cet endroit n’ont pas été déplacés, et les worktrees qu’il y a créés apparaissent comme worktrees externes.",
-          "linkedProjectsNoAutomations": "Le serveur Orca de cet hôte avait déjà {{paths}} ; ce bureau utilise donc maintenant la copie du serveur. Les onglets de ce bureau à cet endroit n’ont pas été déplacés, et les worktrees qu’il y a créés apparaissent comme worktrees externes."
+          "linkedProjectsNoAutomations": "Le serveur Orca de cet hôte avait déjà {{paths}} ; ce bureau utilise donc maintenant la copie du serveur. Les onglets de ce bureau à cet endroit n’ont pas été déplacés, et les worktrees qu’il y a créés apparaissent comme worktrees externes.",
+          "nodeDownloadBlocked": "Ni cet ordinateur ni cet hôte n’ont pu télécharger Node.js, dont le serveur Orca a besoin. Utilisez un miroir Node.js ou vérifiez le réseau sur les deux machines.",
+          "nodeDownloadBlockedNoMirror": "Ni cet ordinateur ni cet hôte n’ont pu télécharger Node.js, dont le serveur Orca a besoin. Vérifiez le réseau ou le proxy sur les deux machines, puis reconnectez-vous.",
+          "nodeDownloadBlockedMirrorTried": "Ni cet ordinateur ni cet hôte n’ont pu télécharger Node.js, y compris depuis le miroir de téléchargement Node.js. Vérifiez le paramètre du miroir, puis reconnectez-vous."
         },
         "deltaMove": {
           "action": "Déplacer les nouveaux projets…",
@@ -12817,6 +12820,25 @@
         },
         "useUsageHostSettings": {
           "updateFailed": "Impossible de mettre à jour le réglage sur {{host}}."
+        },
+        "nodeDistMirrorDialog": {
+          "action": "Utiliser un miroir Node.js…",
+          "openSetting": "Ouvrir le paramètre du miroir",
+          "title": "Utiliser un miroir Node.js",
+          "description": "Le serveur Orca a besoin de Node.js, et ni cet ordinateur ni cet hôte n’ont pu le télécharger depuis nodejs.org. Un miroir est une copie de nodejs.org/dist qu’Orca essaie en premier sur les deux machines.",
+          "urlLabel": "URL du miroir",
+          "checksum": "Chaque téléchargement reste vérifié avec la somme de contrôle qu’Orca fixe pour cette version de Node.js. Enregistré dans Paramètres > Avancé > Réseau.",
+          "cancel": "Annuler",
+          "save": "Enregistrer et réessayer",
+          "saveFailed": "Orca n’a pas pu enregistrer le miroir.",
+          "retryFailed": "Échec de la connexion",
+          "refusal": {
+            "tooLong": "L’URL du miroir est trop longue.",
+            "protocol": "Utilisez une URL de miroir http ou https.",
+            "credentials": "L’URL du miroir ne peut pas contenir de nom d’utilisateur ni de mot de passe.",
+            "query": "L’URL du miroir ne peut pas contenir de requête ni de fragment.",
+            "invalid": "Saisissez une URL de miroir valide."
+          }
         }
       },
       "right": {
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/ja.json b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/ja.json
index c70b844ef98..d093872f283 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/ja.json
+++ b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/ja.json
@@ -12620,7 +12620,10 @@
           "linkedProjects_one": "このホストの Orca サーバーには {{paths}} が既にあったため、このデスクトップはサーバーのコピーを使用します。このデスクトップのタブと {{count}} 件のオートメーションは移動されず、ここで作成したワークツリーは外部ワークツリーとして表示されます。",
           "linkedProjects_other": "このホストの Orca サーバーには {{paths}} が既にあったため、このデスクトップはサーバーのコピーを使用します。このデスクトップのタブと {{count}} 件のオートメーションは移動されず、ここで作成したワークツリーは外部ワークツリーとして表示されます。",
           "linkedProjects": "このホストの Orca サーバーには {{paths}} が既にあったため、このデスクトップはサーバーのコピーを使用します。このデスクトップのタブと {{count}} 件のオートメーションは移動されず、ここで作成したワークツリーは外部ワークツリーとして表示されます。",
-          "linkedProjectsNoAutomations": "このホストの Orca サーバーには {{paths}} が既にあったため、このデスクトップはサーバーのコピーを使用します。このデスクトップのタブは移動されず、ここで作成したワークツリーは外部ワークツリーとして表示されます。"
+          "linkedProjectsNoAutomations": "このホストの Orca サーバーには {{paths}} が既にあったため、このデスクトップはサーバーのコピーを使用します。このデスクトップのタブは移動されず、ここで作成したワークツリーは外部ワークツリーとして表示されます。",
+          "nodeDownloadBlocked": "Orca のサーバーに必要な Node.js を、このコンピュータとこのホストのどちらもダウンロードできませんでした。Node.js のミラーを使うか、両方のマシンのネットワークを確認してください。",
+          "nodeDownloadBlockedNoMirror": "Orca のサーバーに必要な Node.js を、このコンピュータとこのホストのどちらもダウンロードできませんでした。両方のマシンのネットワークまたはプロキシを確認してから、もう一度接続してください。",
+          "nodeDownloadBlockedMirrorTried": "このコンピュータとこのホストのどちらも、Node.js のダウンロードミラーを含めて Node.js をダウンロードできませんでした。ミラーの設定を確認してから、もう一度接続してください。"
         },
         "deltaMove": {
           "action": "新規プロジェクトを移動…",
@@ -12709,6 +12712,25 @@
         },
         "useUsageHostSettings": {
           "updateFailed": "{{host}} の設定を更新できませんでした。"
+        },
+        "nodeDistMirrorDialog": {
+          "action": "Node.js のミラーを使う…",
+          "openSetting": "ミラーの設定を開く",
+          "title": "Node.js のミラーを使う",
+          "description": "Orca のサーバーには Node.js が必要ですが、このコンピュータとこのホストのどちらも nodejs.org からダウンロードできませんでした。ミラーは nodejs.org/dist のコピーで、Orca は両方のマシンでまずミラーを試します。",
+          "urlLabel": "ミラーの URL",
+          "checksum": "ダウンロードしたファイルは、引き続き Orca がこの Node.js リリースに固定しているチェックサムで検証されます。設定 > 詳細設定 > ネットワーク に保存されます。",
+          "cancel": "キャンセル",
+          "save": "保存して再試行",
+          "saveFailed": "Orca はミラーを保存できませんでした。",
+          "retryFailed": "接続に失敗しました",
+          "refusal": {
+            "tooLong": "ミラーの URL が長すぎます。",
+            "protocol": "http または https のミラー URL を使ってください。",
+            "credentials": "ミラーの URL にユーザー名やパスワードは含められません。",
+            "query": "ミラーの URL にクエリやフラグメントは含められません。",
+            "invalid": "有効なミラーの URL を入力してください。"
+          }
         }
       },
       "right": {
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/ko.json b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/ko.json
index ffefb364e60..e2c8fcfa24f 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/ko.json
+++ b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/ko.json
@@ -12620,7 +12620,10 @@
           "linkedProjects_one": "이 호스트의 Orca 서버에 {{paths}}이(가) 이미 있어 이 데스크톱은 이제 서버의 사본을 사용합니다. 이 데스크톱의 탭과 자동화 {{count}}개는 이동되지 않았으며, 여기서 만든 워크트리는 외부 워크트리로 표시됩니다.",
           "linkedProjects_other": "이 호스트의 Orca 서버에 {{paths}}이(가) 이미 있어 이 데스크톱은 이제 서버의 사본을 사용합니다. 이 데스크톱의 탭과 자동화 {{count}}개는 이동되지 않았으며, 여기서 만든 워크트리는 외부 워크트리로 표시됩니다.",
           "linkedProjects": "이 호스트의 Orca 서버에 {{paths}}이(가) 이미 있어 이 데스크톱은 이제 서버의 사본을 사용합니다. 이 데스크톱의 탭과 자동화 {{count}}개는 이동되지 않았으며, 여기서 만든 워크트리는 외부 워크트리로 표시됩니다.",
-          "linkedProjectsNoAutomations": "이 호스트의 Orca 서버에 {{paths}}이(가) 이미 있어 이 데스크톱은 이제 서버의 사본을 사용합니다. 이 데스크톱의 탭은 이동되지 않았으며, 여기서 만든 워크트리는 외부 워크트리로 표시됩니다."
+          "linkedProjectsNoAutomations": "이 호스트의 Orca 서버에 {{paths}}이(가) 이미 있어 이 데스크톱은 이제 서버의 사본을 사용합니다. 이 데스크톱의 탭은 이동되지 않았으며, 여기서 만든 워크트리는 외부 워크트리로 표시됩니다.",
+          "nodeDownloadBlocked": "이 컴퓨터와 이 호스트 모두 Orca 서버에 필요한 Node.js를 다운로드하지 못했습니다. Node.js 미러를 사용하거나 두 컴퓨터의 네트워크를 확인하세요.",
+          "nodeDownloadBlockedNoMirror": "이 컴퓨터와 이 호스트 모두 Orca 서버에 필요한 Node.js를 다운로드하지 못했습니다. 두 컴퓨터의 네트워크나 프록시를 확인한 뒤 다시 연결하세요.",
+          "nodeDownloadBlockedMirrorTried": "이 컴퓨터와 이 호스트 모두 Node.js 다운로드 미러를 포함해 Node.js를 다운로드하지 못했습니다. 미러 설정을 확인한 뒤 다시 연결하세요."
         },
         "deltaMove": {
           "action": "새 프로젝트 이동…",
@@ -12709,6 +12712,25 @@
         },
         "useUsageHostSettings": {
           "updateFailed": "{{host}}의 설정을 업데이트하지 못했습니다."
+        },
+        "nodeDistMirrorDialog": {
+          "action": "Node.js 미러 사용…",
+          "openSetting": "미러 설정 열기",
+          "title": "Node.js 미러 사용",
+          "description": "Orca 서버에는 Node.js가 필요한데, 이 컴퓨터와 이 호스트 모두 nodejs.org에서 다운로드하지 못했습니다. 미러는 nodejs.org/dist의 사본으로, Orca가 두 컴퓨터에서 먼저 시도합니다.",
+          "urlLabel": "미러 URL",
+          "checksum": "모든 다운로드는 여전히 Orca가 이 Node.js 릴리스에 고정한 체크섬으로 검증됩니다. 설정 > 고급 > 네트워크에 저장됩니다.",
+          "cancel": "취소",
+          "save": "저장 후 다시 시도",
+          "saveFailed": "Orca가 미러를 저장하지 못했습니다.",
+          "retryFailed": "연결 실패",
+          "refusal": {
+            "tooLong": "미러 URL이 너무 깁니다.",
+            "protocol": "http 또는 https 미러 URL을 사용하세요.",
+            "credentials": "미러 URL에는 사용자 이름이나 비밀번호를 넣을 수 없습니다.",
+            "query": "미러 URL에는 쿼리나 프래그먼트를 넣을 수 없습니다.",
+            "invalid": "올바른 미러 URL을 입력하세요."
+          }
         }
       },
       "right": {
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/zh.json b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/zh.json
index d34ac2fba09..bef843c2e52 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/zh.json
+++ b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/zh.json
@@ -12634,7 +12634,10 @@
           "linkedProjects_one": "此主机的 Orca 服务器已有 {{paths}}，因此此桌面现在使用服务器的副本。此桌面在那里的标签页和 {{count}} 个自动化未被迁移，它在那里创建的工作树会显示为外部工作树。",
           "linkedProjects_other": "此主机的 Orca 服务器已有 {{paths}}，因此此桌面现在使用服务器的副本。此桌面在那里的标签页和 {{count}} 个自动化未被迁移，它在那里创建的工作树会显示为外部工作树。",
           "linkedProjects": "此主机的 Orca 服务器已有 {{paths}}，因此此桌面现在使用服务器的副本。此桌面在那里的标签页和 {{count}} 个自动化未被迁移，它在那里创建的工作树会显示为外部工作树。",
-          "linkedProjectsNoAutomations": "此主机的 Orca 服务器已有 {{paths}}，因此此桌面现在使用服务器的副本。此桌面在那里的标签页未被迁移，它在那里创建的工作树会显示为外部工作树。"
+          "linkedProjectsNoAutomations": "此主机的 Orca 服务器已有 {{paths}}，因此此桌面现在使用服务器的副本。此桌面在那里的标签页未被迁移，它在那里创建的工作树会显示为外部工作树。",
+          "nodeDownloadBlocked": "这台电脑和这台主机都无法下载 Orca 服务器所需的 Node.js。请使用 Node.js 镜像，或检查两台机器的网络。",
+          "nodeDownloadBlockedNoMirror": "这台电脑和这台主机都无法下载 Orca 服务器所需的 Node.js。请检查两台机器的网络或代理，然后重新连接。",
+          "nodeDownloadBlockedMirrorTried": "这台电脑和这台主机都无法下载 Node.js，包括从 Node.js 下载镜像下载。请检查镜像设置，然后重新连接。"
         },
         "deltaMove": {
           "action": "迁移新项目…",
@@ -12709,6 +12712,25 @@
         },
         "useUsageHostSettings": {
           "updateFailed": "无法更新 {{host}} 上的设置。"
+        },
+        "nodeDistMirrorDialog": {
+          "action": "使用 Node.js 镜像…",
+          "openSetting": "打开镜像设置",
+          "title": "使用 Node.js 镜像",
+          "description": "Orca 服务器需要 Node.js，但这台电脑和这台主机都无法从 nodejs.org 下载。镜像是 nodejs.org/dist 的副本，Orca 会在两台机器上优先尝试镜像。",
+          "urlLabel": "镜像 URL",
+          "checksum": "每次下载仍会按 Orca 为此 Node.js 版本固定的校验和进行验证。保存在 设置 > 高级 > 网络 中。",
+          "cancel": "取消",
+          "save": "保存并重试",
+          "saveFailed": "Orca 无法保存镜像。",
+          "retryFailed": "连接失败",
+          "refusal": {
+            "tooLong": "镜像 URL 过长。",
+            "protocol": "请使用 http 或 https 镜像 URL。",
+            "credentials": "镜像 URL 不能包含用户名或密码。",
+            "query": "镜像 URL 不能包含查询或片段。",
+            "invalid": "请输入有效的镜像 URL。"
+          }
         }
       },
       "right": {
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/ssh/node-dist-mirror-recovery.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/ssh/node-dist-mirror-recovery.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fa4d9b9d0c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/ssh/node-dist-mirror-recovery.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import {
+  NODE_DIST_MIRROR_SUGGESTION,
+  saveNodeDistMirrorAndRetry
+} from './node-dist-mirror-recovery'
+import {
+  beginSshConnect,
+  isSshConnectInFlight,
+  resetSshConnectInFlightForTests
+} from './ssh-connect-in-flight'
+
+function deps() {
+  const calls: string[] = []
+  let finishConnect: () => void = () => {}
+  return {
+    calls,
+    finishConnect: () => finishConnect(),
+    save: vi.fn(async (url: string) => {
+      calls.push(`save ${url}`)
+    }),
+    connect: vi.fn((targetId: string) => {
+      calls.push(`connect ${targetId}`)
+      return new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+        finishConnect = resolve
+      })
+    })
+  }
+}
+
+afterEach(() => resetSshConnectInFlightForTests())
+
+describe('save a Node.js mirror and retry', () => {
+  it('saves the normalized mirror first, then retries the connect as an in-flight attempt', async () => {
+    const d = deps()
+    const result = await saveNodeDistMirrorAndRetry('ssh-1', NODE_DIST_MIRROR_SUGGESTION, d)
+
+    expect(result.outcome).toBe('retrying')
+    expect(d.calls).toEqual(['save https://npmmirror.com/mirrors/node', 'connect ssh-1'])
+    expect(isSshConnectInFlight('ssh-1')).toBe(true)
+    d.finishConnect()
+    if (result.outcome === 'retrying') {
+      await result.retry
+    }
+    await Promise.resolve()
+    expect(isSshConnectInFlight('ssh-1')).toBe(false)
+  })
+
+  it.each([
+    ['', 'invalid'],
+    ['   ', 'invalid'],
+    ['not a url', 'invalid'],
+    ['ftp://mirror.example/node', 'protocol'],
+    ['https://me:secret@mirror.example/node', 'credentials'],
+    ['https://mirror.example/node?token=1', 'query']
+  ])('refuses %j with the setting’s validation, saving nothing', async (text, reason) => {
+    const d = deps()
+    await expect(saveNodeDistMirrorAndRetry('ssh-1', text, d)).resolves.toEqual({
+      outcome: 'refused',
+      reason
+    })
+    expect(d.save).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(d.connect).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('saves but leaves a connect already dialing to finish on its own', async () => {
+    const d = deps()
+    beginSshConnect('ssh-1')
+    const result = await saveNodeDistMirrorAndRetry('ssh-1', 'https://mirror.example/node', d)
+    expect(result.outcome).toBe('retrying')
+    expect(d.save).toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(d.connect).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('does not retry when the setting could not be saved', async () => {
+    const d = deps()
+    d.save.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('settings store is read-only'))
+    await expect(
+      saveNodeDistMirrorAndRetry('ssh-1', 'https://mirror.example/node', d)
+    ).resolves.toEqual({ outcome: 'save-failed', message: 'settings store is read-only' })
+    expect(d.connect).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/ssh/node-dist-mirror-recovery.ts b/src/renderer/src/ssh/node-dist-mirror-recovery.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7becdf14a9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/ssh/node-dist-mirror-recovery.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+/** Opening, saving and retrying the Node.js mirror recovery for an SSH host's failed setup. */
+import {
+  normalizeNodeDistMirrorUrl,
+  type NodeDistMirrorRefusal
+} from '../../../shared/node-dist-mirror'
+import type { SshManagedServerStatus } from '../../../shared/ssh-types'
+import { translate } from '@/i18n/i18n'
+import { isPairedWebClientWindow } from '@/lib/desktop-window-chrome'
+import { useAppStore } from '@/store'
+import { isSshConnectInFlight, trackSshConnect } from './ssh-connect-in-flight'
+import { nodeMirrorRecovery, type NodeMirrorRecovery } from './ssh-host-node-download-copy'
+
+export const NODE_DIST_MIRROR_SUGGESTION = 'https://npmmirror.com/mirrors/node/'
+
+/**
+ * The recovery this window can carry out. Only this desktop's own SSH targets qualify: the mirror
+ * setting lives in its main process, not on another server or in a paired browser.
+ */
+export function thisComputerNodeMirrorRecovery(
+  status: SshManagedServerStatus | undefined,
+  ownerEnvironmentId: string | null,
+  configuredMirror = useAppStore.getState().settings?.nodeDistMirrorUrl
+): NodeMirrorRecovery | null {
+  if (ownerEnvironmentId || isPairedWebClientWindow()) {
+    return null
+  }
+  return nodeMirrorRecovery(status, configuredMirror)
+}
+
+/** Decided again on click: a toast's action can outlive a mirror set in Settings meanwhile. */
+export function runNodeMirrorRecovery(targetId: string): void {
+  const { sshConnectionStates } = useAppStore.getState()
+  const recovery = thisComputerNodeMirrorRecovery(
+    sshConnectionStates.get(targetId)?.managedServer,
+    null
+  )
+  if (recovery) {
+    openNodeMirrorRecovery(targetId, recovery)
+  }
+}
+
+export function openNodeMirrorRecovery(targetId: string, recovery: NodeMirrorRecovery): void {
+  if (recovery === 'offer') {
+    useAppStore.getState().openModal('node-dist-mirror', { targetId })
+  } else {
+    openNodeDistMirrorSettings()
+  }
+}
+
+export function readNodeDistMirrorDialogTarget(data: Record<string, unknown>): string | null {
+  return typeof data.targetId === 'string' && data.targetId ? data.targetId : null
+}
+
+// Why a search, not a scroll target: it also opens the collapsed fields when only the environment
+// variable set the mirror.
+function openNodeDistMirrorSettings(): void {
+  const { openSettingsPage, openSettingsTarget, setSettingsSearchQuery } = useAppStore.getState()
+  openSettingsPage()
+  openSettingsTarget({ pane: 'advanced', repoId: null })
+  setSettingsSearchQuery(
+    translate('auto.components.settings.general.search.nodeDistMirror', 'mirror')
+  )
+}
+
+export type SaveNodeDistMirrorResult =
+  | { outcome: 'retrying'; retry: Promise<unknown> }
+  | { outcome: 'refused'; reason: NodeDistMirrorRefusal }
+  | { outcome: 'save-failed'; message: string }
+
+const defaultDeps = {
+  save: (nodeDistMirrorUrl: string) =>
+    useAppStore.getState().updateSettingsOrThrow({ nodeDistMirrorUrl }),
+  connect: (targetId: string) => window.api.ssh.connect({ targetId })
+}
+
+/**
+ * Saves through the same setting and IPC as Settings > Advanced > Network, then connects again.
+ * Why save first: main reads the setting when the connect downloads Node.
+ */
+export async function saveNodeDistMirrorAndRetry(
+  targetId: string,
+  text: string,
+  deps: {
+    save: (nodeDistMirrorUrl: string) => Promise<void>
+    connect: (targetId: string) => Promise<unknown>
+  } = defaultDeps
+): Promise<SaveNodeDistMirrorResult> {
+  const normalized = normalizeNodeDistMirrorUrl(text)
+  if (!normalized.ok) {
+    return { outcome: 'refused', reason: normalized.reason }
+  }
+  // Why: an empty field would clear the setting, which is no mirror at all.
+  if (!normalized.value) {
+    return { outcome: 'refused', reason: 'invalid' }
+  }
+  try {
+    await deps.save(normalized.value)
+  } catch (error) {
+    return {
+      outcome: 'save-failed',
+      message:
+        error instanceof Error && error.message
+          ? error.message
+          : translate(
+              'auto.components.settings.nodeDistMirrorDialog.saveFailed',
+              'Orca couldn’t save the mirror.'
+            )
+    }
+  }
+  // Why: a connect already dialing keeps its own attempt; a second one would race it.
+  if (isSshConnectInFlight(targetId)) {
+    return { outcome: 'retrying', retry: Promise.resolve() }
+  }
+  return { outcome: 'retrying', retry: trackSshConnect(targetId, deps.connect(targetId)) }
+}
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/ssh/ssh-connect-failure-toast.ts b/src/renderer/src/ssh/ssh-connect-failure-toast.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..84c98a6f709
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/ssh/ssh-connect-failure-toast.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import { toast } from 'sonner'
+import { useAppStore } from '@/store'
+import { sshTargetConnectFailureText } from './ssh-host-server-status-copy'
+import { nodeMirrorRecoveryLabel } from './ssh-host-node-download-copy'
+import { runNodeMirrorRecovery, thisComputerNodeMirrorRecovery } from './node-dist-mirror-recovery'
+
+/** A failed connect's toast, with the Node.js mirror recovery when the setup couldn't get Node. */
+export function toastSshConnectFailure(
+  targetId: string,
+  error: unknown,
+  fallback: string,
+  ownerEnvironmentId: string | null = null
+): void {
+  const text = sshTargetConnectFailureText(targetId, error, fallback)
+  const recovery = thisComputerNodeMirrorRecovery(
+    useAppStore.getState().sshConnectionStates.get(targetId)?.managedServer,
+    ownerEnvironmentId
+  )
+  if (!recovery) {
+    toast.error(text)
+    return
+  }
+  toast.error(text, {
+    action: {
+      label: nodeMirrorRecoveryLabel(recovery),
+      onClick: () => runNodeMirrorRecovery(targetId)
+    }
+  })
+}
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/ssh/ssh-host-node-download-copy.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/ssh/ssh-host-node-download-copy.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a3a85381c01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/ssh/ssh-host-node-download-copy.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import type { SshManagedServerStatus } from '../../../shared/ssh-types'
+import { nodeMirrorRecovery } from './ssh-host-node-download-copy'
+import { sshConnectFailureText, sshHostServerStatusLine } from './ssh-host-server-status-copy'
+
+const DETAIL =
+  'Neither this computer nor the host could download Node from https://nodejs.org/dist/x.'
+
+function blocked(
+  mirror: 'unset' | 'tried' | 'unsupported',
+  extra: Partial<Extract<SshManagedServerStatus, { kind: 'relay' }>> = {}
+): SshManagedServerStatus {
+  return {
+    kind: 'relay',
+    reason: 'failed',
+    detail: DETAIL,
+    nodeDownloadBlocked: { mirror },
+    ...extra
+  }
+}
+
+describe('Node.js mirror recovery for a setup that could not download Node', () => {
+  it('offers a mirror only when none was in the failed attempts or is set now', () => {
+    expect(nodeMirrorRecovery(blocked('unset'), '')).toBe('offer')
+    expect(nodeMirrorRecovery(blocked('unset'), undefined)).toBe('offer')
+    expect(nodeMirrorRecovery(blocked('unset'), 'https://mirror.example/node')).toBe('settings')
+    expect(nodeMirrorRecovery(blocked('tried'), '')).toBe('settings')
+  })
+
+  it.each<[string, SshManagedServerStatus | undefined]>([
+    ['no status', undefined],
+    ['a build no mirror carries', blocked('unsupported')],
+    ['a plain failure', { kind: 'relay', reason: 'failed', detail: DETAIL }],
+    ['lost contact', blocked('unset', { contactLost: true })],
+    ['a held move', blocked('unset', { held: true })],
+    ['a refusal', blocked('unset', { reason: 'refused' })],
+    ['a managed server', { kind: 'managed', environmentId: 'env-1' }]
+  ])('offers nothing for %s', (_label, status) => {
+    expect(nodeMirrorRecovery(status, '')).toBeNull()
+  })
+
+  it('never reads the failure from its text', () => {
+    expect(nodeMirrorRecovery({ kind: 'relay', reason: 'failed', detail: DETAIL }, '')).toBeNull()
+  })
+
+  it('names the blocked download on the host row and in the connect toast', () => {
+    const line = sshHostServerStatusLine({}, { managedServer: blocked('unset') })
+    expect(line).toEqual({
+      tone: 'destructive',
+      text: expect.stringContaining('Use a Node.js mirror'),
+      detail: DETAIL
+    })
+    expect(sshConnectFailureText({ managedServer: blocked('tried') }, 'fallback')).toContain(
+      'Check the mirror setting'
+    )
+    expect(
+      sshHostServerStatusLine({}, { managedServer: blocked('unsupported') })?.text
+    ).not.toContain('mirror')
+  })
+
+  it('keeps the held-move and lost-contact lines ahead of the download', () => {
+    expect(
+      sshHostServerStatusLine({}, { managedServer: blocked('unset', { held: true }) })?.text
+    ).toContain('paused moving')
+    expect(
+      sshHostServerStatusLine({}, { managedServer: blocked('unset', { contactLost: true }) })?.text
+    ).toContain('lost contact')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/ssh/ssh-host-node-download-copy.ts b/src/renderer/src/ssh/ssh-host-node-download-copy.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f79afaa2a91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/ssh/ssh-host-node-download-copy.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+/** Words and the one recovery for a managed-server setup that couldn't download Node.js. */
+import type {
+  SshManagedServerNodeDownloadBlocked,
+  SshManagedServerStatus
+} from '../../../shared/ssh-types'
+import type { NodeDistMirrorRefusal } from '../../../shared/node-dist-mirror'
+import { translate } from '@/i18n/i18n'
+
+/** `offer`: set a mirror now. `settings`: a mirror was tried, so only its setting is left. */
+export type NodeMirrorRecovery = 'offer' | 'settings'
+
+/**
+ * Read from main's structured flag only. `configuredMirror` is this computer's setting now: once it
+ * holds a mirror, offering another would only overwrite it.
+ */
+export function nodeMirrorRecovery(
+  status: SshManagedServerStatus | undefined,
+  configuredMirror: string | undefined
+): NodeMirrorRecovery | null {
+  const blocked = blockedNodeDownload(status)
+  if (!blocked || blocked.mirror === 'unsupported') {
+    return null
+  }
+  return blocked.mirror === 'unset' && !configuredMirror?.trim() ? 'offer' : 'settings'
+}
+
+/** The blocked download a failed setup reports; a held move or lost contact says something else. */
+export function blockedNodeDownload(
+  status: SshManagedServerStatus | undefined
+): SshManagedServerNodeDownloadBlocked | null {
+  if (
+    status?.kind !== 'relay' ||
+    status.reason !== 'failed' ||
+    status.held ||
+    status.contactLost ||
+    !status.nodeDownloadBlocked
+  ) {
+    return null
+  }
+  return status.nodeDownloadBlocked
+}
+
+export function nodeDownloadBlockedText(blocked: SshManagedServerNodeDownloadBlocked): string {
+  switch (blocked.mirror) {
+    case 'unset':
+      return translate(
+        'auto.components.settings.sshHostServer.nodeDownloadBlocked',
+        'Neither this computer nor this host could download Node.js, which Orca’s server needs. Use a Node.js mirror, or check the network on both machines.'
+      )
+    case 'unsupported':
+      return translate(
+        'auto.components.settings.sshHostServer.nodeDownloadBlockedNoMirror',
+        'Neither this computer nor this host could download Node.js, which Orca’s server needs. Check the network or proxy on both machines, then connect again.'
+      )
+    case 'tried':
+      return translate(
+        'auto.components.settings.sshHostServer.nodeDownloadBlockedMirrorTried',
+        'Neither this computer nor this host could download Node.js, including from the Node.js download mirror. Check the mirror setting, then connect again.'
+      )
+  }
+}
+
+export function nodeMirrorRecoveryLabel(recovery: NodeMirrorRecovery): string {
+  return recovery === 'offer'
+    ? translate('auto.components.settings.nodeDistMirrorDialog.action', 'Use a Node.js mirror…')
+    : translate('auto.components.settings.nodeDistMirrorDialog.openSetting', 'Open mirror setting')
+}
+
+/** The shared validator's refusal, in the user's language. */
+export function nodeDistMirrorRefusalText(reason: NodeDistMirrorRefusal): string {
+  switch (reason) {
+    case 'too-long':
+      return translate(
+        'auto.components.settings.nodeDistMirrorDialog.refusal.tooLong',
+        'Mirror URL is too long.'
+      )
+    case 'protocol':
+      return translate(
+        'auto.components.settings.nodeDistMirrorDialog.refusal.protocol',
+        'Use an http or https mirror URL.'
+      )
+    case 'credentials':
+      return translate(
+        'auto.components.settings.nodeDistMirrorDialog.refusal.credentials',
+        'Mirror URL cannot contain a user name or password.'
+      )
+    case 'query':
+      return translate(
+        'auto.components.settings.nodeDistMirrorDialog.refusal.query',
+        'Mirror URL cannot have a query or fragment.'
+      )
+    case 'invalid':
+      return translate(
+        'auto.components.settings.nodeDistMirrorDialog.refusal.invalid',
+        'Enter a valid mirror URL.'
+      )
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/ssh/ssh-host-server-status-copy.ts b/src/renderer/src/ssh/ssh-host-server-status-copy.ts
index 396cab1d0cf..8972928409a 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/ssh/ssh-host-server-status-copy.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/ssh/ssh-host-server-status-copy.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { useAppStore } from '@/store'
 import { launchSessionEndedLine } from './ssh-host-launch-session-copy'
 import { bridgedTerminalsLine } from './ssh-host-bridged-terminals-copy'
 import { managedUpdateLine, withDetail } from './ssh-host-server-update-copy'
+import { blockedNodeDownload, nodeDownloadBlockedText } from './ssh-host-node-download-copy'
 
 export type SshHostServerStatusLine = {
   text: string
@@ -304,10 +305,18 @@ function unservedLine(
         ...withDetail(status.detail)
       }
     case 'deferred':
-    case 'failed':
+    case 'failed': {
+      const blocked = blockedNodeDownload(status)
       return {
-        ...(status.held ? heldMoveLine() : status.contactLost ? contactLostLine() : retryLine()),
+        ...(blocked
+          ? { tone: 'destructive' as const, text: nodeDownloadBlockedText(blocked) }
+          : status.held
+            ? heldMoveLine()
+            : status.contactLost
+              ? contactLostLine()
+              : retryLine()),
         ...withDetail(status.detail)
       }
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/store/slices/ui/ui-slice-contract-contextual.ts b/src/renderer/src/store/slices/ui/ui-slice-contract-contextual.ts
index 9463606267a..030934d198a 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/store/slices/ui/ui-slice-contract-contextual.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/store/slices/ui/ui-slice-contract-contextual.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ export type UISliceContextual = {
     | 'confirm-orca-yaml-hooks'
     | 'diagram-viewer'
     | 'agent-session-history'
+    | 'node-dist-mirror'
   modalData: Record<string, unknown>
   openModal: (modal: UISliceContextual['activeModal'], data?: Record<string, unknown>) => void
   closeModal: () => void
diff --git a/src/shared/node-dist-mirror.test.ts b/src/shared/node-dist-mirror.test.ts
index 9df2967cbfe..a97c2d6ba73 100644
--- a/src/shared/node-dist-mirror.test.ts
+++ b/src/shared/node-dist-mirror.test.ts
@@ -21,14 +21,16 @@ describe('Node dist mirror URL', () => {
   })
 
   it.each([
-    ['ftp://mirror.example.com/node', 'http or https'],
-    ['https://user:secret@mirror.example.com/node', 'user name or password'],
-    ['https://mirror.example.com/node?token=1', 'query'],
-    ['not a url', 'valid mirror URL']
-  ])('refuses %s', (value, message) => {
+    ['ftp://mirror.example.com/node', 'http or https', 'protocol'],
+    ['https://user:secret@mirror.example.com/node', 'user name or password', 'credentials'],
+    ['https://mirror.example.com/node?token=1', 'query', 'query'],
+    ['not a url', 'valid mirror URL', 'invalid'],
+    [`https://m.example/${'a'.repeat(2048)}`, 'too long', 'too-long']
+  ])('refuses %s', (value, message, reason) => {
     expect(normalizeNodeDistMirrorUrl(value)).toMatchObject({
       ok: false,
-      message: expect.stringContaining(message)
+      message: expect.stringContaining(message),
+      reason
     })
   })
 
diff --git a/src/shared/node-dist-mirror.ts b/src/shared/node-dist-mirror.ts
index 04c9861e181..d642b62b4ca 100644
--- a/src/shared/node-dist-mirror.ts
+++ b/src/shared/node-dist-mirror.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,12 @@
 /** The variables Node tooling already reads for the same mirror; read on this computer only. */
 export const NODE_DIST_MIRROR_ENV_KEYS = ['NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR', 'NVM_NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR'] as const
 
+export type NodeDistMirrorRefusal = 'too-long' | 'invalid' | 'protocol' | 'credentials' | 'query'
+
+/** `message` is the English text; `reason` lets the renderer word it in the user's language. */
 export type NodeDistMirrorValidationResult =
-  | { ok: true; value: string; message?: undefined }
-  | { ok: false; value: ''; message: string }
+  | { ok: true; value: string; message?: undefined; reason?: undefined }
+  | { ok: false; value: ''; message: string; reason: NodeDistMirrorRefusal }
 
 const NODE_DIST_MIRROR_MAX_LENGTH = 2048
 
@@ -19,23 +22,38 @@ export function normalizeNodeDistMirrorUrl(value: unknown): NodeDistMirrorValida
     return { ok: true, value: '' }
   }
   if (trimmed.length > NODE_DIST_MIRROR_MAX_LENGTH) {
-    return { ok: false, value: '', message: 'Mirror URL is too long.' }
+    return { ok: false, value: '', message: 'Mirror URL is too long.', reason: 'too-long' }
   }
   let parsed: URL
   try {
     parsed = new URL(trimmed)
   } catch {
-    return { ok: false, value: '', message: 'Enter a valid mirror URL.' }
+    return { ok: false, value: '', message: 'Enter a valid mirror URL.', reason: 'invalid' }
   }
   if (parsed.protocol !== 'https:' && parsed.protocol !== 'http:') {
-    return { ok: false, value: '', message: 'Use an http or https mirror URL.' }
+    return {
+      ok: false,
+      value: '',
+      message: 'Use an http or https mirror URL.',
+      reason: 'protocol'
+    }
   }
   // Why: the URL reaches SSH hosts and error text; credentials belong in the proxy setting.
   if (parsed.username || parsed.password) {
-    return { ok: false, value: '', message: 'Mirror URL cannot contain a user name or password.' }
+    return {
+      ok: false,
+      value: '',
+      message: 'Mirror URL cannot contain a user name or password.',
+      reason: 'credentials'
+    }
   }
   if (parsed.search || parsed.hash) {
-    return { ok: false, value: '', message: 'Mirror URL cannot have a query or fragment.' }
+    return {
+      ok: false,
+      value: '',
+      message: 'Mirror URL cannot have a query or fragment.',
+      reason: 'query'
+    }
   }
   // Why origin + pathname: href keeps an empty `?` or `#`, which would swallow the archive path.
   return { ok: true, value: `${parsed.origin}${parsed.pathname}`.replace(/\/+$/u, '') }
@@ -55,6 +73,13 @@ export function resolveNodeDistMirror(
   return null
 }
 
+/** Whether a failed Node download went through a mirror; `unsupported`: this build has none. */
+export type NodeDistMirrorAttempt = 'unset' | 'tried' | 'unsupported'
+
+export function isNodeDistMirrorAttempt(value: unknown): value is NodeDistMirrorAttempt {
+  return value === 'unset' || value === 'tried' || value === 'unsupported'
+}
+
 export function nodeDistMirrorUrl(mirror: string, version: string, file: string): string {
   return `${mirror}/v${version}/${file}`
 }
diff --git a/src/shared/ssh-managed-server-status-admission.ts b/src/shared/ssh-managed-server-status-admission.ts
index 3786e20ac7a..529605875f4 100644
--- a/src/shared/ssh-managed-server-status-admission.ts
+++ b/src/shared/ssh-managed-server-status-admission.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /** The managed-server status a retained SSH state carries, admitted field by field. */
 import type {
   SshManagedServerLinkedProject,
+  SshManagedServerNodeDownloadBlocked,
   SshManagedServerStatus,
   SshManagedServerUpdateNote
 } from './ssh-types'
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ import {
   SSH_RETAINED_IDENTIFIER_MAX_UTF8_BYTES
 } from './ssh-retained-payload-limits'
 import { clampUtf8TextPrefix } from './utf8-byte-limits'
+import { isNodeDistMirrorAttempt } from './node-dist-mirror'
 
 // Why field-by-field like plainSsh: an unknown kind from a newer host drops alone.
 export function admitSshManagedServerStatus(value: unknown): {
@@ -84,11 +86,26 @@ export function admitSshManagedServerStatus(value: unknown): {
         : {}),
       ...('held' in value && value.held === true ? { held: true } : {}),
       ...('contactLost' in value && value.contactLost === true ? { contactLost: true } : {}),
+      ...admitNodeDownloadBlocked(
+        'nodeDownloadBlocked' in value ? value.nodeDownloadBlocked : null
+      ),
       ...('bridged' in value && value.bridged === true ? { bridged: true } : {})
     }
   }
 }
 
+// Why alone: an unknown mirror state from a newer build drops to the plain try-again line.
+function admitNodeDownloadBlocked(value: unknown): {
+  nodeDownloadBlocked?: SshManagedServerNodeDownloadBlocked
+} {
+  if (!value || typeof value !== 'object' || !('mirror' in value)) {
+    return {}
+  }
+  return isNodeDistMirrorAttempt(value.mirror)
+    ? { nodeDownloadBlocked: { mirror: value.mirror } }
+    : {}
+}
+
 const SSH_MANAGED_SERVER_LINKED_MAX_ENTRIES = 64
 
 function admitSshManagedServerLinkedProjects(value: unknown): {
diff --git a/src/shared/ssh-types.ts b/src/shared/ssh-types.ts
index 5522e67e33e..9df81346847 100644
--- a/src/shared/ssh-types.ts
+++ b/src/shared/ssh-types.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type { SshPendingPtyKill } from './ssh-pending-pty-kill'
 import type { OrcadSshProvisioningIntent } from './orcad-ssh-provisioning'
+import type { NodeDistMirrorAttempt } from './node-dist-mirror'
 
 // ─── SSH Connection Types ───────────────────────────────────────────
 
@@ -354,10 +355,15 @@ export type SshManagedServerStatus =
       held?: true
       /** Setup lost contact with the host, so nothing proves it failed there. */
       contactLost?: true
+      /** Neither this computer nor the host could download the pinned Node runtime. */
+      nodeDownloadBlocked?: SshManagedServerNodeDownloadBlocked
       /** COMPAT(legacy-relay-bridge): the connect stayed up so the bridge serves those terminals. */
       bridged?: true
     }
 
+/** `mirror`: whether that download went through a mirror; admission drops an unknown value. */
+export type SshManagedServerNodeDownloadBlocked = { mirror: NodeDistMirrorAttempt }
+
 /** Plain SSH terminals and SFTP browsing only; `reason` is the ladder's classified cause. */
 export type SshPlainSshMode = {
   reason: string