diff --git a/website/tests/e2e.fixture.ts b/website/tests/e2e.fixture.ts
index 9f4e86b982..89cd32dcf3 100644
--- a/website/tests/e2e.fixture.ts
+++ b/website/tests/e2e.fixture.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { SequencePage } from './pages/sequences/sequences.page';
 import { SubmitPage } from './pages/submission/submit.page';
 import { GroupPage } from './pages/user/group/group.page.ts';
 import { UserPage } from './pages/user/userPage/userPage.ts';
+import { throwOnConsole } from './util/throwOnConsole.ts';
 import { ACCESS_TOKEN_COOKIE, REFRESH_TOKEN_COOKIE } from '../src/middleware/authMiddleware';
 import { BackendClient } from '../src/services/backendClient';
 import { GroupManagementClient } from '../src/services/groupManagementClient.ts';
@@ -171,42 +172,46 @@ export async function authorize(
     };
 }
 
+type PageConstructor<T> = new (page: Page) => T;
+
+async function setupPageWithConsoleListener<T>(
+    page: Page,
+    pageClass: PageConstructor<T>,
+    use: (pageInstance: T) => Promise<void>,
+) {
+    const pageInstance = new pageClass(page);
+    const cleanup = throwOnConsole(page); // Setup console listener and get cleanup function
+    await use(pageInstance);
+    cleanup();
+}
+
 export const test = base.extend<E2EFixture>({
     searchPage: async ({ page }, use) => {
-        const searchPage = new SearchPage(page);
-        await use(searchPage);
+        await setupPageWithConsoleListener(page, SearchPage, use);
     },
     sequencePage: async ({ page }, use) => {
-        const sequencePage = new SequencePage(page);
-        await use(sequencePage);
+        await setupPageWithConsoleListener(page, SequencePage, use);
     },
     submitPage: async ({ page }, use) => {
-        const submitPage = new SubmitPage(page);
-        await use(submitPage);
+        await setupPageWithConsoleListener(page, SubmitPage, use);
     },
     reviewPage: async ({ page }, use) => {
-        const reviewPage = new ReviewPage(page);
-        await use(reviewPage);
+        await setupPageWithConsoleListener(page, ReviewPage, use);
     },
     userPage: async ({ page }, use) => {
-        const userPage = new UserPage(page);
-        await use(userPage);
+        await setupPageWithConsoleListener(page, UserPage, use);
     },
     groupPage: async ({ page }, use) => {
-        const groupPage = new GroupPage(page);
-        await use(groupPage);
+        await setupPageWithConsoleListener(page, GroupPage, use);
     },
     seqSetPage: async ({ page }, use) => {
-        const seqSetPage = new SeqSetPage(page);
-        await use(seqSetPage);
+        await setupPageWithConsoleListener(page, SeqSetPage, use);
     },
     revisePage: async ({ page }, use) => {
-        const revisePage = new RevisePage(page);
-        await use(revisePage);
+        await setupPageWithConsoleListener(page, RevisePage, use);
     },
     editPage: async ({ page }, use) => {
-        const editPage = new EditPage(page);
-        await use(editPage);
+        await setupPageWithConsoleListener(page, EditPage, use);
     },
     navigationFixture: async ({ page }, use) => {
         await use(new NavigationFixture(page));
diff --git a/website/tests/pages/sequences/sequences.page.ts b/website/tests/pages/sequences/sequences.page.ts
index f02d0a16d1..6465efe8c6 100644
--- a/website/tests/pages/sequences/sequences.page.ts
+++ b/website/tests/pages/sequences/sequences.page.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { routes } from '../../../src/routes/routes.ts';
 import type { AccessionVersion } from '../../../src/types/backend.ts';
 import { getAccessionVersionString } from '../../../src/utils/extractAccessionVersion.ts';
 import { baseUrl } from '../../e2e.fixture';
+import { throwOnConsole } from '../../util/throwOnConsole.ts';
 
 export class SequencePage {
     public readonly notLatestVersionBanner: Locator;
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ export class SequencePage {
         this.allVersions = this.page.getByRole('link', {
             name: `All versions`,
         });
+        throwOnConsole(page);
         this.notLatestVersionBanner = this.page.getByText('This is not the latest version of this sequence entry.');
         this.revocationVersionBanner = this.page.getByText('This is a revocation version.');
     }
diff --git a/website/tests/util/throwOnConsole.ts b/website/tests/util/throwOnConsole.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cd13f9bdd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/tests/util/throwOnConsole.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import { type ConsoleMessage, type Page } from '@playwright/test';
+
+const messagesToIgnore = [
+    /Ignoring Event: localhost/,
+    /\[vite\] connecting\.\.\./,
+    /\[vite\] connected\./,
+    /\[vite\] ready\./,
+    /Download the React DevTools for a better development experience: https:\/\/reactjs\.org\/link\/react-devtools/,
+    /\[astro-island\] Error hydrating .* TypeError: Importing a module script failed\./, // Fires in `astro dev` mode only
+    /downloadable font: kern: Too large subtable/,
+    /downloadable font: Table discarded/,
+    /Target page, context or browser has been closed/,
+];
+
+export function throwOnConsole(page: Page) {
+    const listener = (message: ConsoleMessage) => {
+        if (messagesToIgnore.some((regex) => regex.test(message.text()))) {
+            return;
+        }
+        if (message.type() !== 'error') {
+            return;
+        }
+        throw new Error(`[${message.type()}]: '${message.text()}'`);
+    };
+
+    page.on('console', listener);
+
+    return () => page.removeListener('console', listener);
+}