diff --git a/apps/loopover-ui/src/components/site/dead-letter-queue-panel.test.tsx b/apps/loopover-ui/src/components/site/dead-letter-queue-panel.test.tsx
index f299d52f69..a55dfb58be 100644
--- a/apps/loopover-ui/src/components/site/dead-letter-queue-panel.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/loopover-ui/src/components/site/dead-letter-queue-panel.test.tsx
@@ -159,6 +159,22 @@ describe("DeadLetterQueuePanel", () => {
     ).toBeTruthy();
   });
 
+  it("REGRESSION (#8668): shows the WifiOff icon, not the generic AlertTriangle, when the fetch fails with a network errorKind", async () => {
+    apiFetch.mockResolvedValue({ ok: false, kind: "network", message: "fetch failed" });
+    const { container } = render(<DeadLetterQueuePanel />);
+    await screen.findByText("Couldn't load the dead-letter queue");
+    expect(container.querySelector(".lucide-wifi-off")).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(container.querySelector(".lucide-triangle-alert")).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("keeps the generic AlertTriangle icon for a non-network (e.g. http) errorKind", async () => {
+    apiFetch.mockResolvedValue({ ok: false, kind: "http", message: "insufficient_role" });
+    const { container } = render(<DeadLetterQueuePanel />);
+    await screen.findByText("Couldn't load the dead-letter queue");
+    expect(container.querySelector(".lucide-triangle-alert")).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(container.querySelector(".lucide-wifi-off")).toBeNull();
+  });
+
   it("expands and collapses a truncated error message", async () => {
     const longError = "x".repeat(120);
     apiFetch.mockResolvedValue({
diff --git a/apps/loopover-ui/src/components/site/dead-letter-queue-panel.tsx b/apps/loopover-ui/src/components/site/dead-letter-queue-panel.tsx
index 63e4152c82..714992c44c 100644
--- a/apps/loopover-ui/src/components/site/dead-letter-queue-panel.tsx
+++ b/apps/loopover-ui/src/components/site/dead-letter-queue-panel.tsx
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ export function DeadLetterQueuePanel() {
         <StateBoundary
           isLoading={resource.status === "loading"}
           isError={resource.status === "error" || isMalformed}
+          errorKind={resource.status === "error" ? resource.errorKind : undefined}
           isEmpty={page !== null && page.items.length === 0}
           onRetry={resource.reload}
           onRefresh={resource.reload}
diff --git a/apps/loopover-ui/src/routes/app.index.test.tsx b/apps/loopover-ui/src/routes/app.index.test.tsx
index 3048a714fa..94ba78aef9 100644
--- a/apps/loopover-ui/src/routes/app.index.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/loopover-ui/src/routes/app.index.test.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,26 @@
-import { render, screen } from "@testing-library/react";
-import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { fireEvent, render, screen } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import type { ReactNode } from "react";
 
 import { TooltipProvider } from "@/components/ui/tooltip";
-import { SparkStat } from "./app.index";
+import { AppOverview, SparkStat } from "./app.index";
+
+vi.mock("@tanstack/react-router", () => ({
+  createFileRoute: () => () => ({}),
+  useNavigate: () => () => Promise.resolve(),
+  Link: ({ to, children }: { to: string; children: ReactNode }) => <a href={to}>{children}</a>,
+}));
+
+const { useSession } = vi.hoisted(() => ({ useSession: vi.fn() }));
+vi.mock("@/lib/api/session", async (importOriginal) => {
+  const actual = await importOriginal<typeof import("@/lib/api/session")>();
+  return { ...actual, useSession: () => useSession() };
+});
+
+const { useApiResource } = vi.hoisted(() => ({ useApiResource: vi.fn() }));
+vi.mock("@/lib/api/use-api-resource", () => ({
+  useApiResource: (...args: unknown[]) => useApiResource(...args),
+}));
 
 // #6984: SparkStat's loading branch hand-rolled its own animate-pulse divs instead of the shared
 // Skeleton primitive every other loading placeholder in this app already uses.
@@ -39,3 +57,61 @@ describe("SparkStat loading state (#6984)", () => {
     expect(screen.queryByRole("status", { name: "Loading Open PRs" })).toBeNull();
   });
 });
+
+describe("AppOverview error state (#8668)", () => {
+  const SESSION = {
+    login: "octo",
+    roles: ["miner"] as const,
+    confirmed_miner: true,
+  };
+
+  it("REGRESSION: shows the WifiOff icon, not the generic AlertTriangle, when the overview fetch fails with a network errorKind", () => {
+    useSession.mockReturnValue({ session: SESSION });
+    useApiResource.mockReturnValue({
+      status: "error",
+      data: null,
+      error: "fetch failed",
+      errorKind: "network",
+      loadedAt: null,
+      reload: vi.fn(),
+    });
+
+    const { container } = render(<AppOverview />);
+    expect(screen.getByText("App overview is unavailable right now")).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(container.querySelector(".lucide-wifi-off")).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(container.querySelector(".lucide-triangle-alert")).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("keeps the generic AlertTriangle icon for a non-network (e.g. http) errorKind", () => {
+    useSession.mockReturnValue({ session: SESSION });
+    useApiResource.mockReturnValue({
+      status: "error",
+      data: null,
+      error: "server exploded",
+      errorKind: "http",
+      loadedAt: null,
+      reload: vi.fn(),
+    });
+
+    const { container } = render(<AppOverview />);
+    expect(container.querySelector(".lucide-triangle-alert")).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(container.querySelector(".lucide-wifi-off")).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("REGRESSION: clicking retry on the overview error state re-triggers the fetch", () => {
+    const reload = vi.fn();
+    useSession.mockReturnValue({ session: SESSION });
+    useApiResource.mockReturnValue({
+      status: "error",
+      data: null,
+      error: "fetch failed",
+      errorKind: "network",
+      loadedAt: null,
+      reload,
+    });
+
+    render(<AppOverview />);
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /try again/i }));
+    expect(reload).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/loopover-ui/src/routes/app.index.tsx b/apps/loopover-ui/src/routes/app.index.tsx
index 687bf082d2..27b8acd83d 100644
--- a/apps/loopover-ui/src/routes/app.index.tsx
+++ b/apps/loopover-ui/src/routes/app.index.tsx
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ type AppOverviewResponse = {
   }>;
 };
 
-function AppOverview() {
+export function AppOverview() {
   const { session } = useSession();
   const { status, connection } = useApiStatus();
   const overview = useApiResource<AppOverviewResponse>("/v1/app/overview", "App overview");
@@ -175,6 +175,8 @@ function AppOverview() {
               className="col-span-full"
               title="App overview is unavailable right now"
               description={overview.error}
+              errorKind={overview.errorKind}
+              onRetry={overview.reload}
             />
           )}
           {series.length === 0 ? (