diff --git a/electrum/gui/qt/channel_details.py b/electrum/gui/qt/channel_details.py
index adb428ffb..99d081f73 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/qt/channel_details.py
+++ b/electrum/gui/qt/channel_details.py
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ class ChannelDetailsDialog(QtWidgets.QDialog, MessageBoxMixin, QtEventListener):
             return
         self.window.show_transaction(tx)
 
-    def get_common_form(self, chan):
+    def get_common_form(self, chan: AbstractChannel):
         form = QtWidgets.QFormLayout(None)
         remote_id_e = ShowQRLineEdit(chan.node_id.hex(), self.window.config, title=_("Remote Node ID"))
         form.addRow(QLabel(_('Remote Node') + ':'), remote_id_e)
@@ -191,6 +191,10 @@ class ChannelDetailsDialog(QtWidgets.QDialog, MessageBoxMixin, QtEventListener):
         if remote_scid_alias := chan.get_remote_scid_alias():
             form.addRow(QLabel('Remote SCID Alias:'), SelectableLabel(str(ShortID(remote_scid_alias))))
         form.addRow(QLabel(_('State') + ':'), SelectableLabel(chan.get_state_for_GUI()))
+        if remote_peer_sent_error := chan.get_remote_peer_sent_error():
+            err_label = WWLabel(remote_peer_sent_error)  # note: text is already truncated to reasonable len
+            err_label.setTextFormat(QtCore.Qt.TextFormat.PlainText)
+            form.addRow(WWLabel(_('Remote peer sent error [DO NOT TRUST]') + ':'), err_label)
         self.capacity = self.format_sat(chan.get_capacity())
         form.addRow(QLabel(_('Capacity') + ':'), SelectableLabel(self.capacity))
         if not chan.is_backup():
diff --git a/electrum/lnchannel.py b/electrum/lnchannel.py
index 9336be484..276ed51a4 100644
--- a/electrum/lnchannel.py
+++ b/electrum/lnchannel.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import electrum_ecc as ecc
 from electrum_ecc import ECPubkey
 
 from . import constants, util
-from .util import bfh, chunks, TxMinedInfo
+from .util import bfh, chunks, TxMinedInfo, error_text_bytes_to_safe_str
 from .invoices import PR_PAID
 from .bitcoin import redeem_script_to_address
 from .crypto import sha256, sha256d
@@ -303,6 +303,9 @@ class AbstractChannel(Logger, ABC):
     def get_remote_scid_alias(self) -> Optional[bytes]:
         return None
 
+    def get_remote_peer_sent_error(self) -> Optional[str]:
+        return None
+
     def get_ctx_sweep_info(self, ctx: Transaction) -> Tuple[bool, Dict[str, SweepInfo]]:
         our_sweep_info = self.create_sweeptxs_for_our_ctx(ctx)
         their_sweep_info = self.create_sweeptxs_for_their_ctx(ctx)
@@ -892,6 +895,21 @@ class Channel(AbstractChannel):
             net_addr = NetAddress.from_string(net_addr_str)
             yield LNPeerAddr(host=str(net_addr.host), port=net_addr.port, pubkey=self.node_id)
 
+    def save_remote_peer_sent_error(self, original_error: bytes):
+        # We save the original arbitrary text(/bytes) error, as received.
+        # The length is only implicitly limited by the BOLT-08 max msg size.
+        # Receiving an error usually results in the channel getting closed, so
+        # there is likely no need to store multiple errors. We only store one, and overwrite.
+        self.storage['remote_peer_sent_error'] = original_error.hex()
+
+    def get_remote_peer_sent_error(self) -> Optional[str]:
+        original_error = self.storage.get('remote_peer_sent_error')
+        if not original_error:
+            return None
+        err_bytes = bytes.fromhex(original_error)
+        safe_str = error_text_bytes_to_safe_str(err_bytes)   # note: truncates
+        return safe_str
+
     def get_outgoing_gossip_channel_update(self, *, scid: ShortChannelID = None) -> bytes:
         """
         scid: to be put into the channel_update message instead of the real scid, as this might be an scid alias
diff --git a/electrum/lnpeer.py b/electrum/lnpeer.py
index 011408def..1483f4ba1 100644
--- a/electrum/lnpeer.py
+++ b/electrum/lnpeer.py
@@ -282,9 +282,10 @@ class Peer(Logger, EventListener):
         self.logger.info(f"remote peer sent error [DO NOT TRUST THIS MESSAGE]: "
                          f"{error_text_bytes_to_safe_str(err_bytes, max_len=None)}. chan_id={chan_id.hex()}. "
                          f"{is_known_chan_id=}")
-        if chan_id in self.channels:
+        if chan := self.channels.get(chan_id):
             self.schedule_force_closing(chan_id)
             self.ordered_message_queues[chan_id].put_nowait((None, {'error': err_bytes}))
+            chan.save_remote_peer_sent_error(err_bytes)
         elif chan_id in self.temp_id_to_id:
             chan_id = self.temp_id_to_id[chan_id] or chan_id
             self.ordered_message_queues[chan_id].put_nowait((None, {'error': err_bytes}))