diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/components/ResponsePane/QueryResult/index.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/ResponsePane/QueryResult/index.js
index 31f1759cb..a52d1499b 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-app/src/components/ResponsePane/QueryResult/index.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/ResponsePane/QueryResult/index.js
@@ -171,7 +171,9 @@ const QueryResult = ({ item, collection, data, dataBuffer, disableRunEventListen
       </div>
       {error ? (
         <div>
-          {hasScriptError ? null : <div className="text-red-500">{formatErrorMessage(error)}</div>}
+          {hasScriptError ? null : (
+            <div className="text-red-500" style={{ whiteSpace: 'pre-line' }}>{formatErrorMessage(error)}</div>
+          )}
 
           {error && typeof error === 'string' && error.toLowerCase().includes('self signed certificate') ? (
             <div className="mt-6 muted text-xs">
diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/codemirror/autocomplete.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/codemirror/autocomplete.js
index 282763a4b..9e9dc5d6e 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/codemirror/autocomplete.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/codemirror/autocomplete.js
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ const STATIC_API_HINTS = {
     'req.setTimeout(timeout)',
     'req.getExecutionMode()',
     'req.getName()',
-    'req.disableParsingResponseJson()'
+    'req.disableParsingResponseJson()',
+    'req.onFail(function(err) {})',
   ],
   res: [
     'res',
diff --git a/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/index.js b/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/index.js
index 4da75f9ec..aa70ab8c6 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/index.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/index.js
@@ -697,7 +697,6 @@ const registerNetworkIpc = (mainWindow) => {
             timeline: error.timeline
           };
         }
-
         if (error?.response) {
           response = error.response;
 
@@ -705,6 +704,8 @@ const registerNetworkIpc = (mainWindow) => {
           responseTime = response.headers.get('request-duration');
           response.headers.delete('request-duration');
         } else {
+          await executeRequestOnFailHandler(request, error);
+
           // if it's not a network error, don't continue
           // we are not rejecting the promise here and instead returning a response object with `error` which is handled in the `send-http-request` invocation
           // timeline prop won't be accessible in the usual way in the renderer process if we reject the promise
@@ -1163,7 +1164,12 @@ const registerNetworkIpc = (mainWindow) => {
                 ...eventData
               });
             } catch (error) {
-              if (error?.response && !axios.isCancel(error)) {
+              // Skip further processing if request was cancelled
+              if (axios.isCancel(error)) {
+                throw Promise.reject(error);
+              }
+
+              if (error?.response) {
                 const { data, dataBuffer } = parseDataFromResponse(error.response);
                 error.response.data = data;
 
@@ -1187,6 +1193,8 @@ const registerNetworkIpc = (mainWindow) => {
                   ...eventData
                 });
               } else {
+                await executeRequestOnFailHandler(request, error);
+
                 // if it's not a network error, don't continue
                 throw Promise.reject(error);
               }
@@ -1432,7 +1440,27 @@ const registerNetworkIpc = (mainWindow) => {
   });
 };
 
+/**
+ * Executes the custom error handler if it exists on the request
+ * @param {Object} request - The request object that may contain an onFailHandler
+ * @param {Error} error - The error that occurred
+ */
+const executeRequestOnFailHandler = async (request, error) => {
+  if (!request || typeof request.onFailHandler !== 'function') {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  try {
+    await request.onFailHandler(error);
+  } catch (handlerError) {
+    console.error('Error executing onFail handler', handlerError);
+    // @TODO: This is a temporary solution to display the error message in the response pane. Revisit and handle properly.
+    error.message = `1. Request failed: ${error.message || 'Error occured while executing the request!'}\n2. Error executing onFail handler: ${handlerError.message || 'Unknown error'}`;
+  }
+};
+
 module.exports = registerNetworkIpc;
 module.exports.configureRequest = configureRequest;
 module.exports.getCertsAndProxyConfig = getCertsAndProxyConfig;
 module.exports.fetchGqlSchemaHandler = fetchGqlSchemaHandler;
+module.exports.executeRequestOnFailHandler = executeRequestOnFailHandler;
diff --git a/packages/bruno-electron/tests/network/execute-request-error-handler.spec.js b/packages/bruno-electron/tests/network/execute-request-error-handler.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3fe168adb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bruno-electron/tests/network/execute-request-error-handler.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+const { executeRequestOnFailHandler } = require('../../src/ipc/network/index');
+const axios = require('axios');
+
+describe('executeRequestOnFailHandler', () => {
+  let consoleSpy;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    consoleSpy = jest.spyOn(console, 'error').mockImplementation(() => {});
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    consoleSpy.mockRestore();
+  });
+
+  it('should do nothing when request is null', async () => {
+    const error = new Error('Test error');
+    
+    await executeRequestOnFailHandler(null, error);
+    
+    expect(consoleSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('should do nothing when request is undefined', async () => {
+    const error = new Error('Test error');
+    
+    await executeRequestOnFailHandler(undefined, error);
+    
+    expect(consoleSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('should do nothing when onFailHandler is not a function', async () => {
+    const request = { onFailHandler: 'not a function' };
+    const error = new Error('Test error');
+    
+    await executeRequestOnFailHandler(request, error);
+    
+    expect(consoleSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('should call onFailHandler when it exists and is a function', async () => {
+    const mockHandler = jest.fn();
+    const request = { onFailHandler: mockHandler };
+    const error = new Error('Test error');
+    
+    await executeRequestOnFailHandler(request, error);
+    
+    expect(mockHandler).toHaveBeenCalledWith(error);
+    expect(mockHandler).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(consoleSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('should handle errors when onFailHandler fails by mutating the error message', async () => {
+    const handlerError = new Error('Handler failed');
+    const mockHandler = jest.fn(() => {
+      throw handlerError;
+    });
+    const request = { onFailHandler: mockHandler };
+    const error = new Error('Original error');
+
+    await executeRequestOnFailHandler(request, error);
+
+    expect(mockHandler).toHaveBeenCalledWith(error);
+    expect(error.message).toContain('1. Request failed: Original error');
+    expect(error.message).toContain('2. Error executing onFail handler: Handler failed');
+  });
+
+  it('should pass the correct hard error object to the handler for DNS failure', async () => {
+    const mockHandler = jest.fn();
+    const request = { onFailHandler: mockHandler };
+
+    let error;
+    try {
+      await axios.get('https://this-domain-definitely-does-not-exist-12345.com/api/test', {
+        timeout: 5000
+      });
+    } catch (err) {
+      error = err;
+    }
+
+    // Verify this is actually a hard error (no response)
+    expect(error.response).toBeUndefined();
+
+    await executeRequestOnFailHandler(request, error);
+
+    expect(mockHandler).toHaveBeenCalledWith(error);
+    expect(error.message).toContain('ENOTFOUND'); // DNS resolution failed
+  });
+
+  it('should pass the correct hard error object to the handler for connection timeout', async () => {
+    const mockHandler = jest.fn();
+    const request = { onFailHandler: mockHandler };
+
+    let error;
+    try {
+      await axios.get('http://192.168.255.255:9999/api/test', {
+        timeout: 100
+      });
+    } catch (err) {
+      error = err;
+    }
+    
+    // Verify this is actually a hard error (no response)
+    expect(error.response).toBeUndefined();
+    
+    await executeRequestOnFailHandler(request, error);
+    
+    expect(mockHandler).toHaveBeenCalledWith(error);
+    const passedError = mockHandler.mock.calls[0][0];
+    expect(passedError.response).toBeUndefined(); // Should be undefined for hard errors
+    expect(passedError.code).toBe('ECONNABORTED'); // Connection aborted due to timeout
+  });
+}); 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/bruno-js/src/bruno-request.js b/packages/bruno-js/src/bruno-request.js
index 3ee2127ca..b08e6515d 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-js/src/bruno-request.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-js/src/bruno-request.js
@@ -148,6 +148,14 @@ class BrunoRequest {
     this.timeout = timeout;
     this.req.timeout = timeout;
   }
+  
+  onFail(callback) {
+    if (typeof callback === 'function') {
+      this.req.onFailHandler = callback;
+    } else if (callback) {
+      throw new Error(`${callback} is not a function`);
+    }
+  }
 
   __safeParseJSON(str) {
     try {