diff --git a/autogpt_platform/frontend/next.config.mjs b/autogpt_platform/frontend/next.config.mjs
index d4595990a2..e4e4cdf544 100644
--- a/autogpt_platform/frontend/next.config.mjs
+++ b/autogpt_platform/frontend/next.config.mjs
@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@ import { withSentryConfig } from "@sentry/nextjs";
 /** @type {import('next').NextConfig} */
 const nextConfig = {
   productionBrowserSourceMaps: true,
+  experimental: {
+    serverActions: {
+      bodySizeLimit: "256mb",
+    },
+    // Increase body size limit for API routes (file uploads) - 256MB to match backend limit
+    proxyClientMaxBodySize: "256mb",
+    middlewareClientMaxBodySize: "256mb",
+  },
   images: {
     domains: [
       // We dont need to maintain alphabetical order here
diff --git a/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/app/api/proxy/[...path]/route.ts b/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/app/api/proxy/[...path]/route.ts
index 09235f9c3b..293c406373 100644
--- a/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/app/api/proxy/[...path]/route.ts
+++ b/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/app/api/proxy/[...path]/route.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ import {
 import { environment } from "@/services/environment";
 import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from "next/server";
 
+// Increase body size limit to 256MB to match backend file upload limit
+export const maxDuration = 300; // 5 minutes timeout for large uploads
+export const dynamic = "force-dynamic";
+
 function buildBackendUrl(path: string[], queryString: string): string {
   const backendPath = path.join("/");
   return `${environment.getAGPTServerBaseUrl()}/${backendPath}${queryString}`;
diff --git a/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/lib/autogpt-server-api/client.ts b/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/lib/autogpt-server-api/client.ts
index 3b0666bf62..682fc14108 100644
--- a/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/lib/autogpt-server-api/client.ts
+++ b/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/lib/autogpt-server-api/client.ts
@@ -910,7 +910,37 @@ export default class BackendAPI {
             reject(new Error("Invalid JSON response"));
           }
         } else {
-          reject(new Error(`HTTP ${xhr.status}: ${xhr.statusText}`));
+          // Handle file size errors with user-friendly message
+          if (xhr.status === 413) {
+            reject(new Error("File is too large — max size is 256MB"));
+            return;
+          }
+
+          // Try to parse error response for better messages
+          let errorMessage = `Upload failed (${xhr.status})`;
+          try {
+            const errorData = JSON.parse(xhr.responseText);
+            if (errorData.detail) {
+              if (
+                typeof errorData.detail === "string" &&
+                errorData.detail.includes("exceeds the maximum")
+              ) {
+                const match = errorData.detail.match(
+                  /maximum allowed size of (\d+)MB/,
+                );
+                const maxSize = match ? match[1] : "256";
+                errorMessage = `File is too large — max size is ${maxSize}MB`;
+              } else if (typeof errorData.detail === "string") {
+                errorMessage = errorData.detail;
+              }
+            } else if (errorData.error) {
+              errorMessage = errorData.error;
+            }
+          } catch {
+            // Keep default message if parsing fails
+          }
+
+          reject(new Error(errorMessage));
         }
       });
 
diff --git a/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/lib/autogpt-server-api/helpers.ts b/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/lib/autogpt-server-api/helpers.ts
index 7e20783042..4cb24df77d 100644
--- a/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/lib/autogpt-server-api/helpers.ts
+++ b/autogpt_platform/frontend/src/lib/autogpt-server-api/helpers.ts
@@ -184,6 +184,11 @@ export function serializeRequestBody(
 }
 
 export async function parseApiError(response: Response): Promise<string> {
+  // Handle 413 Payload Too Large with user-friendly message
+  if (response.status === 413) {
+    return "File is too large — max size is 256MB";
+  }
+
   try {
     const errorData = await response.clone().json();
 
@@ -205,6 +210,16 @@ export async function parseApiError(response: Response): Promise<string> {
       return response.statusText; // Fallback to status text if no message
     }
 
+    // Check for file size error from backend
+    if (
+      typeof errorData.detail === "string" &&
+      errorData.detail.includes("exceeds the maximum")
+    ) {
+      const match = errorData.detail.match(/maximum allowed size of (\d+)MB/);
+      const maxSize = match ? match[1] : "256";
+      return `File is too large — max size is ${maxSize}MB`;
+    }
+
     return errorData.detail || errorData.error || response.statusText;
   } catch {
     return response.statusText;