diff --git a/packages/cli/cli/src/commands/docs-dev/devDocsWorkspace.ts b/packages/cli/cli/src/commands/docs-dev/devDocsWorkspace.ts
index 237683a6b07..447b49f742d 100644
--- a/packages/cli/cli/src/commands/docs-dev/devDocsWorkspace.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/cli/src/commands/docs-dev/devDocsWorkspace.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { runPreviewServer } from "@fern-api/docs-preview";
 import { Project } from "@fern-api/project-loader";
 import { CliContext } from "../../cli-context/CliContext";
+import { validateAPIWorkspaceWithoutExiting } from "../validate/validateAPIWorkspaceAndLogIssues";
 import { validateDocsWorkspaceWithoutExiting } from "../validate/validateDocsWorkspaceAndLogIssues";
 
 export async function previewDocsWorkspace({
@@ -37,9 +38,19 @@ export async function previewDocsWorkspace({
                 await validateDocsWorkspaceWithoutExiting({
                     workspace: docsWorkspace,
                     context,
-                    logWarnings: false,
+                    logWarnings: true,
                     logSummary: false
                 });
+                for (const apiWorkspace of project.apiWorkspaces) {
+                    await cliContext.runTaskForWorkspace(apiWorkspace, async (apiWorkspaceContext) => {
+                        await validateAPIWorkspaceWithoutExiting({
+                            workspace: await apiWorkspace.toFernWorkspace({ context }),
+                            context: apiWorkspaceContext,
+                            logWarnings: false,
+                            logSummary: false
+                        });
+                    });
+                }
             },
             context,
             port
diff --git a/packages/cli/cli/src/commands/validate/validateAPIWorkspaceAndLogIssues.ts b/packages/cli/cli/src/commands/validate/validateAPIWorkspaceAndLogIssues.ts
index 19bd7fec88e..31223c19460 100644
--- a/packages/cli/cli/src/commands/validate/validateAPIWorkspaceAndLogIssues.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/cli/src/commands/validate/validateAPIWorkspaceAndLogIssues.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,23 @@ import { FernWorkspace } from "@fern-api/workspace-loader";
 import validatePackageName from "validate-npm-package-name";
 import { logViolations } from "./logViolations";
 
+export async function validateAPIWorkspaceWithoutExiting({
+    workspace,
+    context,
+    logWarnings,
+    logSummary = true
+}: {
+    workspace: FernWorkspace;
+    context: TaskContext;
+    logWarnings: boolean;
+    logSummary?: boolean;
+}): Promise<{ hasErrors: boolean }> {
+    const violations = await validateFernWorkspace(workspace, context.logger);
+    const { hasErrors } = logViolations({ violations, context, logWarnings, logSummary });
+
+    return { hasErrors };
+}
+
 export async function validateAPIWorkspaceAndLogIssues({
     workspace,
     context,
@@ -17,8 +34,7 @@ export async function validateAPIWorkspaceAndLogIssues({
         context.failAndThrow("API name is not valid.");
     }
 
-    const violations = await validateFernWorkspace(workspace, context.logger);
-    const { hasErrors } = logViolations({ violations, context, logWarnings });
+    const { hasErrors } = await validateAPIWorkspaceWithoutExiting({ workspace, context, logWarnings });
 
     if (hasErrors) {
         context.failAndThrow();
diff --git a/packages/cli/docs-preview/src/runPreviewServer.ts b/packages/cli/docs-preview/src/runPreviewServer.ts
index b36aad323b0..5807397ff4d 100644
--- a/packages/cli/docs-preview/src/runPreviewServer.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/docs-preview/src/runPreviewServer.ts
@@ -88,10 +88,12 @@ export async function runPreviewServer({
     let docsDefinition: DocsV1Read.DocsDefinition | undefined;
 
     const reloadDocsDefinition = async () => {
-        context.logger.info("Reloading docs");
+        context.logger.info("Reloading docs...");
         const startTime = Date.now();
         try {
             project = await reloadProject();
+            context.logger.info("Validating docs...");
+            await validateProject(project);
             const newDocsDefinition = await getPreviewDocsDefinition({
                 domain: instance.host,
                 project,
@@ -100,8 +102,11 @@ export async function runPreviewServer({
             context.logger.info(`Reload completed in ${Date.now() - startTime}ms`);
             return newDocsDefinition;
         } catch (err) {
-            context.logger.error("Failed to reload because of validation errors: ");
-            await validateProject(project);
+            if (docsDefinition == null) {
+                context.logger.error("Failed to read docs configuration. Rendering blank page.");
+            } else {
+                context.logger.error("Failed to read docs configuration. Rendering last successful configuration.");
+            }
             return docsDefinition;
         }
     };
diff --git a/packages/cli/workspace-loader/src/loadDocsWorkspace.ts b/packages/cli/workspace-loader/src/loadDocsWorkspace.ts
index 01201076395..92a823a535f 100644
--- a/packages/cli/workspace-loader/src/loadDocsWorkspace.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/workspace-loader/src/loadDocsWorkspace.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { readFile } from "fs/promises";
 import yaml from "js-yaml";
 import path from "path";
 import { DocsWorkspace } from "./types/Workspace";
+import { APIWorkspace } from "./workspaces";
 
 export async function loadDocsWorkspace({
     fernDirectory,
diff --git a/packages/cli/workspace-loader/src/workspaces/FernWorkspace.ts b/packages/cli/workspace-loader/src/workspaces/FernWorkspace.ts
index b965cb65c90..276d9c5ffc0 100644
--- a/packages/cli/workspace-loader/src/workspaces/FernWorkspace.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/workspace-loader/src/workspaces/FernWorkspace.ts
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ export class LazyFernWorkspace extends AbstractAPIWorkspace<OSSWorkspace.Setting
 
         if (!this.downloaded) {
             this.downloaded = true;
+        } else {
+            context?.logger.enable();
         }
 
         return new FernWorkspace({