diff --git a/components/src/index.ts b/components/src/index.ts
index 0877f363..f8587687 100644
--- a/components/src/index.ts
+++ b/components/src/index.ts
@@ -1 +1,9 @@
 export * from './web-components';
+
+export { type ErrorEvent, UserFacingError } from './preact/components/error-display';
+
+declare global {
+    interface HTMLElementEventMap {
+        'gs-error': ErrorEvent;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/components/src/preact/components/error-boundary.stories.tsx b/components/src/preact/components/error-boundary.stories.tsx
index 6f5eb672..3a06ecaa 100644
--- a/components/src/preact/components/error-boundary.stories.tsx
+++ b/components/src/preact/components/error-boundary.stories.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
+import { withActions } from '@storybook/addon-actions/decorator';
 import { type Meta, type StoryObj } from '@storybook/preact';
 import { expect, waitFor, within } from '@storybook/test';
 
 import { ErrorBoundary } from './error-boundary';
+import { GS_ERROR_EVENT_TYPE, UserFacingError } from './error-display';
 
 const meta: Meta = {
     title: 'Component/Error boundary',
     component: ErrorBoundary,
-    parameters: { fetchMock: {} },
+    parameters: {
+        fetchMock: {},
+        actions: { handles: [GS_ERROR_EVENT_TYPE] },
+    },
     argTypes: {
         size: { control: 'object' },
         defaultSize: { control: 'object' },
@@ -14,6 +19,7 @@ const meta: Meta = {
     args: {
         size: { height: '600px', width: '100%' },
     },
+    decorators: [withActions],
 };
 
 export default meta;
@@ -34,7 +40,21 @@ export const ErrorBoundaryWithoutErrorStory: StoryObj = {
 export const ErrorBoundaryWithErrorStory: StoryObj = {
     render: (args) => (
         <ErrorBoundary size={args.size}>
-            <ContentThatThrowsError />
+            <ContentThatThrowsError error={() => new Error('Some error')} />
+        </ErrorBoundary>
+    ),
+    play: async ({ canvasElement }) => {
+        const canvas = within(canvasElement);
+        const content = canvas.queryByText('Some content.', { exact: false });
+        await waitFor(() => expect(content).not.toBeInTheDocument());
+        await waitFor(() => expect(canvas.getByText('Error')).toBeInTheDocument());
+    },
+};
+
+export const ErrorBoundaryWithUserFacingErrorStory: StoryObj = {
+    render: (args) => (
+        <ErrorBoundary size={args.size}>
+            <ContentThatThrowsError error={() => new UserFacingError('Error Headline', 'Some error')} />
         </ErrorBoundary>
     ),
     play: async ({ canvasElement }) => {
@@ -45,6 +65,6 @@ export const ErrorBoundaryWithErrorStory: StoryObj = {
     },
 };
 
-const ContentThatThrowsError = () => {
-    throw new Error('Some error');
+const ContentThatThrowsError = (props: { error: () => Error }) => {
+    throw props.error();
 };
diff --git a/components/src/preact/components/error-display.tsx b/components/src/preact/components/error-display.tsx
index a182fb4e..4ba4dc60 100644
--- a/components/src/preact/components/error-display.tsx
+++ b/components/src/preact/components/error-display.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 import { type FunctionComponent } from 'preact';
-import { useRef } from 'preact/hooks';
+import { useEffect, useRef } from 'preact/hooks';
+
+export const GS_ERROR_EVENT_TYPE = 'gs-error';
+
+export interface ErrorEvent extends Event {
+    readonly error: Error;
+}
 
 export class UserFacingError extends Error {
     constructor(
@@ -14,10 +20,24 @@ export class UserFacingError extends Error {
 export const ErrorDisplay: FunctionComponent<{ error: Error }> = ({ error }) => {
     console.error(error);
 
+    const containerRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
     const ref = useRef<HTMLDialogElement>(null);
 
+    useEffect(() => {
+        containerRef.current?.dispatchEvent(
+            new ErrorEvent(GS_ERROR_EVENT_TYPE, {
+                error,
+                bubbles: true,
+                composed: true,
+            }),
+        );
+    });
+
     return (
-        <div className='h-full w-full rounded-md border-2 border-gray-100 p-2 flex items-center justify-center flex-col'>
+        <div
+            ref={containerRef}
+            className='h-full w-full rounded-md border-2 border-gray-100 p-2 flex items-center justify-center flex-col'
+        >
             <div className='text-red-700 font-bold'>Error</div>
             <div>
                 Oops! Something went wrong.
diff --git a/components/src/web-components/errorHandling.mdx b/components/src/web-components/errorHandling.mdx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0c5d1525
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/src/web-components/errorHandling.mdx
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { Meta } from '@storybook/blocks';
+
+<Meta title='Components/Error Handling' />
+
+# Error Handling
+
+All components dispatch a `gs-error` event of type `ErrorEvent` when an error occurs.
+The event contains an `error` property that holds the `Error` object.