diff --git a/app/api/__tests__/errors.spec.ts b/app/api/__tests__/errors.spec.ts
index 725d7ce430..a30ae58647 100644
--- a/app/api/__tests__/errors.spec.ts
+++ b/app/api/__tests__/errors.spec.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ describe('processServerError', () => {
       code: undefined,
       message: 'Hi, you have an error',
       statusCode: 400,
+      errorCode: undefined,
+      requestId: '1',
     })
   })
 
@@ -67,6 +69,7 @@ describe('processServerError', () => {
         errorCode: 'ObjectAlreadyExists',
         message: 'Instance name already exists',
         statusCode: 400,
+        requestId: '2',
       })
     })
 
@@ -76,6 +79,7 @@ describe('processServerError', () => {
         errorCode: 'ObjectAlreadyExists',
         message: 'Thing name already exists',
         statusCode: 400,
+        requestId: '2',
       })
     })
   })
@@ -91,6 +95,7 @@ describe('processServerError', () => {
         errorCode: 'ObjectNotFound',
         message: 'Not found: whatever',
         statusCode: 404,
+        requestId: '2',
       })
     })
   })
@@ -101,6 +106,7 @@ describe('processServerError', () => {
       errorCode: 'WeirdError',
       message: 'Whatever',
       statusCode: 400,
+      requestId: '2',
     })
   })
 })
diff --git a/app/api/errors.ts b/app/api/errors.ts
index a9a6c74476..a7c8b422c3 100644
--- a/app/api/errors.ts
+++ b/app/api/errors.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export type ApiError = {
   message: string
   errorCode?: string
   statusCode?: number
+  requestId?: string
 }
 
 /**
@@ -42,11 +43,10 @@ export function processServerError(method: string, resp: ErrorResult): ApiError
   // client error is a JSON parse or processing error and is highly unlikely to
   // be end-user readable
   if (resp.type === 'client_error') {
-    // nice to log but don't clutter test output
-    if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'test') console.error(resp)
     return {
       message: 'Error reading API response',
       statusCode: resp.response.status,
+      requestId: undefined,
     }
   }
 
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ export function processServerError(method: string, resp: ErrorResult): ApiError
     message,
     errorCode: resp.data.errorCode || undefined,
     statusCode: resp.response.status,
+    requestId: resp.data.requestId,
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/app/api/hooks.ts b/app/api/hooks.ts
index 2b0b9b7f1b..e66796c502 100644
--- a/app/api/hooks.ts
+++ b/app/api/hooks.ts
@@ -58,8 +58,29 @@ const handleResult =
       // action, e.g., polling or refetching when window regains focus
       navToLogin({ includeCurrent: true })
     }
+
+    const error = processServerError(method, result)
+
+    // log to the console so it's there in case they open the dev tools, unlike
+    // network tab, which only records if dev tools are already open. but don't
+    // clutter test output
+    if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'test') {
+      const consolePage = window.location.pathname + window.location.search
+      // TODO: need to change oxide.ts to put the HTTP method on the result in
+      // order to log it here
+      console.error(
+        `More info about API ${error.statusCode || 'error'} on ${consolePage}
+
+API URL:       ${result.response.url}
+Request ID:    ${error.requestId}
+Error code:    ${error.errorCode}
+Error message: ${error.message}
+`
+      )
+    }
+
     // we need to rethrow because that's how react-query knows it's an error
-    throw processServerError(method, result)
+    throw error
   }
 
 /**
diff --git a/app/ui/lib/Toast.tsx b/app/ui/lib/Toast.tsx
index 44119b2267..29b4251cca 100644
--- a/app/ui/lib/Toast.tsx
+++ b/app/ui/lib/Toast.tsx
@@ -75,9 +75,11 @@ export const Toast = ({
   content,
   onClose,
   variant = 'success',
-  timeout = 5000,
+  timeout: timeoutArg,
   cta,
 }: ToastProps) => {
+  const defaultTimeout = variant === 'error' ? 15000 : 5000
+  const timeout = timeoutArg === undefined ? defaultTimeout : timeoutArg
   // TODO: consider assertive announce for error toasts
   useEffect(
     () => announce((title || defaultTitle[variant]) + ' ' + content, 'polite'),
diff --git a/mock-api/msw/util.ts b/mock-api/msw/util.ts
index f3cd70db3e..234a72e367 100644
--- a/mock-api/msw/util.ts
+++ b/mock-api/msw/util.ts
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ export function getTimestamps() {
 }
 
 export const unavailableErr = () =>
-  json({ error_code: 'ServiceUnavailable' }, { status: 503 })
+  json({ error_code: 'ServiceUnavailable', request_id: 'fake-id' }, { status: 503 })
 
 export const NotImplemented = () => {
   // This doesn't just return the response because it broadens the type to be usable