From aeef559c0ba149cda2f961d0e2ea3d0cf38f0b16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremy Stretch <jstretch@netboxlabs.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2026 11:08:04 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Catch exceptions raised when rendering embedded plugin
 content

---
 netbox/templates/ui/exception.html       | 12 ++++++++++++
 netbox/utilities/templatetags/plugins.py |  8 ++++++--
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 netbox/templates/ui/exception.html

diff --git a/netbox/templates/ui/exception.html b/netbox/templates/ui/exception.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a777b0b5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/netbox/templates/ui/exception.html
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{% load i18n %}
+<div class="alert alert-danger" role="alert">
+  <div class="alert-icon">
+    <i class="mdi mdi-alert"></i>
+  </div>
+  <div>
+    <p>
+      {% blocktrans %}An error occurred when loading content from plugin {{ plugin }}:{% endblocktrans %}
+    </p>
+    <pre class="p-0">{{ exception }}</pre>
+  </div>
+</div>
diff --git a/netbox/utilities/templatetags/plugins.py b/netbox/utilities/templatetags/plugins.py
index 40e6b8196..c3157d119 100644
--- a/netbox/utilities/templatetags/plugins.py
+++ b/netbox/utilities/templatetags/plugins.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from django import template as template_
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.template.loader import render_to_string
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 
 from netbox.plugins import PluginTemplateExtension
@@ -38,8 +39,11 @@ def _get_registered_content(obj, method, template_context):
         context['config'] = settings.PLUGINS_CONFIG.get(plugin_name, {})
 
         # Call the method to render content
-        instance = template_extension(context)
-        content = getattr(instance, method)()
+        try:
+            instance = template_extension(context)
+            content = getattr(instance, method)()
+        except Exception as e:
+            content = render_to_string('ui/exception.html', {'plugin': plugin_name, 'exception': repr(e)})
         html += content
 
     return mark_safe(html)