diff --git a/src/app/admin/layout.tsx b/src/app/admin/layout.tsx
index c275666..0d42720 100644
--- a/src/app/admin/layout.tsx
+++ b/src/app/admin/layout.tsx
@@ -64,13 +64,25 @@ export default async function AdminLayout({ children }: { children: React.ReactN
     redirect("/change-password");
   }
 
-  // Resolve the active brand (URL > cookie > legacy > first of brand_ids)
-  const activeBrandId = await getActiveBrandId(adminUser);
+  // Resolve the active brand (URL > cookie > legacy > first of brand_ids).
+  // Wrapped in try/catch so a transient brand-resolution failure can't
+  // crash the whole admin shell — we fall back to null (no active brand).
+  let activeBrandId: string | null = null;
+  try {
+    activeBrandId = await getActiveBrandId(adminUser);
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error("[admin/layout] getActiveBrandId failed:", err);
+  }
 
-  // Fetch accessible brands for the sidebar BrandSelector. We do this
-  // unconditionally — `listBrandsForAdmin` is cheap and the sidebar
-  // decides whether to show the dropdown.
-  const brands = await listBrandsForAdmin();
+  // Fetch accessible brands for the sidebar BrandSelector. Wrapped in
+  // try/catch so the sidebar renders empty rather than crashing the page
+  // if the brands query fails.
+  let brands: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof listBrandsForAdmin>> = [];
+  try {
+    brands = await listBrandsForAdmin();
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error("[admin/layout] listBrandsForAdmin failed:", err);
+  }
 
   return (
     <ToastProviderWrapper>
diff --git a/src/app/admin/page.tsx b/src/app/admin/page.tsx
index 30f4fc3..a335a66 100644
--- a/src/app/admin/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/admin/page.tsx
@@ -27,16 +27,21 @@ export default async function AdminPage() {
   // Resolve active brand via the canonical resolver (URL > cookie > legacy brand_id
   // > first of brand_ids). For platform_admin in dev mode this is null, so we
   // fall back to the first brand in the brands table to keep the dashboard's
-  // "Active Products" stat in sync with the billing page.
+  // "Active Products" stat in sync with the billing page. Wrapped in try/catch
+  // so a transient DB/network failure can't crash the whole admin page.
   let dashboardBrandId: string | null = adminUser ? await getActiveBrandId(adminUser) : null;
   if (!dashboardBrandId && adminUser?.role === "platform_admin") {
-    const { data: firstBrand } = await supabase
-      .from("brands")
-      .select("id")
-      .limit(1)
-      .single();
-    if (firstBrand?.id) {
-      dashboardBrandId = firstBrand.id;
+    try {
+      const { data: firstBrand } = await supabase
+        .from("brands")
+        .select("id")
+        .limit(1)
+        .single();
+      if (firstBrand?.id) {
+        dashboardBrandId = firstBrand.id;
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.error("[admin/page] supabase brands lookup failed:", err);
     }
   }