diff --git a/src/app.h b/src/app.h
index 276be60..a80485e 100644
--- a/src/app.h
+++ b/src/app.h
@@ -511,6 +511,7 @@ private:
     // and show the embedded-daemon start failure (binary/params/spawn) only once. Reset on connect.
     int daemon_wait_attempts_ = 0;
     bool daemon_start_error_shown_ = false;
+    int daemon_last_seen_crashes_ = 0;  // surface each new embedded-daemon crash reason once
     float loading_timer_ = 0.0f;  // spinner animation for loading overlay
 
     // Current page (sidebar navigation)
diff --git a/src/app_network.cpp b/src/app_network.cpp
index ea6e1cd..62bc5f1 100644
--- a/src/app_network.cpp
+++ b/src/app_network.cpp
@@ -300,6 +300,21 @@ void App::tryConnect()
                    externalDetected ? "yes" : "no",
                    daemon_controller_->crashCount(),
                    daemon_controller_->lastError().empty() ? "(none)" : daemon_controller_->lastError().c_str());
+
+        // The embedded daemon can spawn successfully and then exit immediately (a missing runtime
+        // DLL, wrong architecture, corrupt binary, datadir lock, …). The crash monitor records a
+        // detailed reason (translated exit code + launch command + debug.log tail) in lastError(),
+        // but it runs on a background thread and was never shown — so the wallet looked like it was
+        // "stuck connecting" while the node silently died-and-respawned. Surface each new crash once.
+        const int crashes = daemon_controller_->crashCount();
+        if (crashes > daemon_last_seen_crashes_) {
+            daemon_last_seen_crashes_ = crashes;
+            const std::string detail = daemon_controller_->lastError();
+            if (!detail.empty()) {
+                connection_status_ = TR("sb_daemon_start_failed");
+                ui::Notifications::instance().error(detail, 30.0f);
+            }
+        }
     } else {
         VERBOSE_LOGF("[connect #%d] No embedded daemon object (use_embedded=%s)\n",
                    attempt, isUsingEmbeddedDaemon() ? "yes" : "no");
@@ -449,6 +464,7 @@ void App::onConnected()
     state_.daemon_initializing = false;  // RPC is answering now; clear the "initializing" overlay
     daemon_wait_attempts_ = 0;           // re-arm the port-busy / start-failure notifications
     daemon_start_error_shown_ = false;
+    daemon_last_seen_crashes_ = 0;       // (onConnected resets the daemon's crash count too)
     connection_status_ = TR("connected");
     
     // Reset crash counter on successful connection