diff --git a/frontend/src/main.tsx b/frontend/src/main.tsx
index 2a4b1d2..78c80cd 100644
--- a/frontend/src/main.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/main.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import App from './App.tsx';
 import './index.css';
 import { BrowserRouter } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { QueryClient, QueryClientProvider } from '@tanstack/react-query';
+import { Toaster } from 'sonner';
 import { WalletProvider } from './providers/WalletProvider.tsx';
 import { NotificationProvider } from './providers/NotificationProvider.tsx';
 import { SocketProvider } from './providers/SocketProvider.tsx';
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ import * as Sentry from '@sentry/react';
 import GlobalErrorBoundary from './components/GlobalErrorBoundary';
 import PageErrorFallback from './components/PageErrorFallback';
 import './i18n';
+import './services/apiErrorInterceptor';
 
 const sentryDsn = import.meta.env.VITE_SENTRY_DSN;
 
@@ -39,6 +41,16 @@ ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById('root')!).render(
   <React.StrictMode>
     <QueryClientProvider client={queryClient}>
       <ThemeProvider>
+        <Toaster
+          position="top-right"
+          richColors
+          closeButton
+          duration={4000}
+          visibleToasts={5}
+          toastOptions={{
+            className: 'toast-notification',
+          }}
+        />
         <NotificationProvider>
           <NetworkProvider>
             <SocketProvider>
diff --git a/frontend/src/services/apiErrorInterceptor.ts b/frontend/src/services/apiErrorInterceptor.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16570e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/services/apiErrorInterceptor.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/**
+ * Global Axios Response Interceptor
+ *
+ * Intercepts HTTP 4xx/5xx responses and surfaces them as toast notifications
+ * so users get actionable feedback without checking the console.
+ *
+ * Import once from main.tsx to activate:
+ *   import './services/apiErrorInterceptor';
+ */
+import axios from 'axios';
+import { toast } from 'sonner';
+
+const STATUS_MESSAGES: Record<number, string> = {
+  400: 'Bad request — check your input and try again.',
+  401: 'Session expired. Please log in again.',
+  403: 'You do not have permission to perform this action.',
+  404: 'The requested resource was not found.',
+  408: 'Request timed out. Please try again.',
+  409: 'Conflict — the resource may have changed. Please refresh.',
+  422: 'The submitted data is invalid. Please review your input.',
+  429: 'Too many requests. Please wait a moment before trying again.',
+  500: 'Internal server error. Please try again later.',
+  502: 'Gateway error — the backend service is temporarily unavailable.',
+  503: 'Service unavailable. Please try again later.',
+};
+
+function getDefaultMessage(status: number): string {
+  return STATUS_MESSAGES[status] || `Unexpected error (HTTP ${status}). Please try again.`;
+}
+
+axios.interceptors.response.use(
+  (response) => response,
+  (error) => {
+    if (axios.isAxiosError(error)) {
+      const status = error.response?.status;
+      const url = error.config?.url ?? '';
+
+      // Skip toast for localhost/dev requests — they're expected to be noisy
+      if (url.includes('localhost') || url.includes('127.0.0.1')) {
+        return Promise.reject(error);
+      }
+
+      // Skip toast for 401 on auth-related endpoints (handled by AuthProvider)
+      if (status === 401 && (url.includes('/auth') || url.includes('/login'))) {
+        return Promise.reject(error);
+      }
+
+      // Skip toast for contract registry errors (handled by ContractService retry logic)
+      if (url.includes('/api/contracts')) {
+        return Promise.reject(error);
+      }
+
+      const message = error.response?.data &&
+        typeof error.response.data === 'object' &&
+        'message' in (error.response.data as Record<string, unknown>)
+        ? (error.response.data as Record<string, string>).message
+        : getDefaultMessage(status ?? 0);
+
+      if (status && status >= 500) {
+        toast.error('Server error', { description: message });
+      } else if (status === 401 || status === 403) {
+        toast.error('Access denied', { description: message });
+      } else if (status && status >= 400) {
+        toast.error('Request failed', { description: message });
+      }
+    }
+
+    return Promise.reject(error);
+  }
+);
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