diff --git a/dicom-viewer/src/App.tsx b/dicom-viewer/src/App.tsx
index 12aed99..d4a5893 100644
--- a/dicom-viewer/src/App.tsx
+++ b/dicom-viewer/src/App.tsx
@@ -434,6 +434,45 @@ function App({ container_id, imageStacks, autoCacheStack, annotationJson, viewer
 
   const [stackOrderModified, setStackOrderModified] = useState(false);
   const [loadingState, setLoadingState] = useState<null | "annotations" | "viewerState">(null);
+  // Show a warning when a WebGL/graphics resource error (e.g. releaseGraphicsResources) occurs
+  const [graphicsErrorVisible, setGraphicsErrorVisible] = useState(false);
+  const [graphicsErrorMessage, setGraphicsErrorMessage] = useState<string | null>(null);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const onError = (ev: ErrorEvent) => {
+      try {
+        const msg = ev && ev.message ? String(ev.message) : '';
+        if (msg.includes('releaseGraphicsResources') || msg.includes('openGLTexture')) {
+          console.error('Detected graphics resource error:', ev);
+          setGraphicsErrorMessage(msg || null);
+          setGraphicsErrorVisible(true);
+        }
+      } catch (e) {
+        // ignore
+      }
+    };
+
+    const onRejection = (ev: PromiseRejectionEvent) => {
+      try {
+        const reason = (ev && (ev as any).reason) || '';
+        const text = typeof reason === 'string' ? reason : (reason && reason.message) ? reason.message : String(reason);
+        if (text.includes('releaseGraphicsResources') || text.includes('openGLTexture')) {
+          console.error('Detected graphics resource rejection:', ev);
+          setGraphicsErrorMessage(text || null);
+          setGraphicsErrorVisible(true);
+        }
+      } catch (e) {
+        // ignore
+      }
+    };
+
+    window.addEventListener('error', onError as EventListener);
+    window.addEventListener('unhandledrejection', onRejection as EventListener);
+    return () => {
+      window.removeEventListener('error', onError as EventListener);
+      window.removeEventListener('unhandledrejection', onRejection as EventListener);
+    };
+  }, []);
   // Load annotations and viewer state from props if provided
   useEffect(() => {
     let didCancel = false;
@@ -3578,6 +3617,37 @@ function App({ container_id, imageStacks, autoCacheStack, annotationJson, viewer
         </div>
       )}
 
+      {/* Graphics error banner (shows when we detect a problematic WebGL release error) */}
+      {graphicsErrorVisible && (
+        <div
+          style={{
+            position: 'fixed',
+            top: 12,
+            left: 12,
+            right: 12,
+            zIndex: 10000,
+            background: '#fff3cd',
+            color: '#856404',
+            border: '1px solid #ffeeba',
+            padding: '10px 14px',
+            borderRadius: 6,
+            display: 'flex',
+            alignItems: 'center',
+            justifyContent: 'space-between',
+            gap: 12,
+          }}
+        >
+          <div style={{ flex: 1, fontSize: 14 }}>
+            <strong>Graphics error:</strong> The viewer encountered a WebGL/graphics error and may be unstable. Please reload the page.
+            {graphicsErrorMessage ? (<div style={{ marginTop: 6, fontSize: 12, color: '#6b4f00' }}>{graphicsErrorMessage}</div>) : null}
+          </div>
+          <div style={{ display: 'flex', gap: 8, alignItems: 'center' }}>
+            <button onClick={() => window.location.reload()} style={{ padding: '6px 10px' }}>Reload</button>
+            <button onClick={() => setGraphicsErrorVisible(false)} style={{ padding: '6px 10px' }}>Dismiss</button>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      )}
+
       {/* top stack bar removed; use right-side panel instead */}
 
       {/* Right-side stack panel is implemented in the main content flex container below */}