diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/sidebar/CriticalAlertModal.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/sidebar/CriticalAlertModal.svelte
index a0f0ee6591..f369030f0f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/sidebar/CriticalAlertModal.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/sidebar/CriticalAlertModal.svelte
@@ -154,6 +154,9 @@
 				)
 			}
 			numUnacknowledgedCriticalAlerts = unacknowledged.length
+		} catch (e) {
+			console.error('Error fetching critical alerts', e)
+			sendUserToast('Error fetching critical alerts', true)
 		} finally {
 			checkingForNewAlerts = false
 		}
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/sidebar/CriticalAlertModalInner.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/sidebar/CriticalAlertModalInner.svelte
index 6f7fbb4b17..02244a87f6 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/sidebar/CriticalAlertModalInner.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/sidebar/CriticalAlertModalInner.svelte
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 	import RefreshButton from '$lib/components/common/button/RefreshButton.svelte'
 	import CriticalAlertTable from './CriticalAlertTable.svelte'
 	import Alert from '$lib/components/common/alert/Alert.svelte'
+	import { sendUserToast } from '$lib/toast'
 
 	export let updateHasUnacknowledgedCriticalAlerts
 	export let getCriticalAlerts
@@ -52,6 +53,9 @@
 			totalNumberOfAlerts = res.total_rows
 			filteredAlerts = res.alerts
 			updateHasUnacknowledgedCriticalAlerts()
+		} catch (e) {
+			console.error('Error fetching critical alerts', e)
+			sendUserToast('Error fetching critical alerts', true)
 		} finally {
 			setTimeout(() => {
 				isRefreshing = false
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/storeUtils.ts b/frontend/src/lib/storeUtils.ts
index 54176cf5b0..ec95c11a7e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/storeUtils.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/storeUtils.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { resourceTypesStore } from './components/resourceTypesStore'
-import { workspaceStore, userStore, usersWorkspaceStore, superadmin } from './stores'
+import { workspaceStore, userStore, usersWorkspaceStore, superadmin, devopsRole } from './stores'
 
 export function switchWorkspace(workspace: string | undefined) {
 	try {
@@ -26,4 +26,5 @@ export function clearStores(): void {
 	workspaceStore.set(undefined)
 	usersWorkspaceStore.set(undefined)
 	superadmin.set(undefined)
+	devopsRole.set(undefined)
 }