diff --git a/client/src/components/Sharing/GenericGrantAccessDialog.tsx b/client/src/components/Sharing/GenericGrantAccessDialog.tsx
index 24e9d1ae9b..e28d58a7ba 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Sharing/GenericGrantAccessDialog.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Sharing/GenericGrantAccessDialog.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
 import { AccessRoleIds, ResourceType } from 'librechat-data-provider';
-import { Share2Icon, Users, Link, CopyCheck, UserX, UserCheck } from 'lucide-react';
+import { Share2Icon, Users, Link, CopyCheck, UserX, UserCheck, AlertCircle } from 'lucide-react';
 import {
   Label,
   Button,
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
   OGDialogClose,
   OGDialogContent,
   OGDialogTrigger,
+  TooltipAnchor,
   useToastContext,
 } from '@librechat/client';
 import type { TPrincipal } from 'librechat-data-provider';
@@ -60,7 +61,9 @@ export default function GenericGrantAccessDialog({
     config,
     permissionsData,
     isLoadingPermissions,
+    isFetchingPermissions,
     permissionsError,
+    refetchPermissions,
     updatePermissionsMutation,
     currentShares,
     currentIsPublic,
@@ -237,9 +240,35 @@ export default function GenericGrantAccessDialog({
   const hasPublicChanges = isPublic !== currentIsPublic || publicRole !== currentPublicRole;
   const submitButtonActive = hasChanges || hasPublicChanges;
 
-  // Error handling
+  // On permissions load failure, keep a compact trigger-sized button so the layout holds,
+  // surfacing the error (and a retry on click) through a tooltip.
   if (permissionsError) {
-    return <div className="text-sm text-red-600">{localize('com_ui_permissions_failed_load')}</div>;
+    return (
+      <TooltipAnchor
+        description={localize('com_ui_permissions_failed_load')}
+        render={
+          <Button
+            size="sm"
+            variant="outline"
+            type="button"
+            disabled={disabled}
+            onClick={() => refetchPermissions()}
+            aria-label={localize('com_ui_permissions_failed_load')}
+            className={cn('h-9', buttonClassName)}
+          >
+            <div className="flex min-w-[32px] items-center justify-center text-red-500">
+              <span className="flex h-6 w-6 items-center justify-center">
+                {isFetchingPermissions ? (
+                  <Spinner className="h-4 w-4" />
+                ) : (
+                  <AlertCircle className="icon-md h-4 w-4" aria-hidden="true" />
+                )}
+              </span>
+            </div>
+          </Button>
+        }
+      />
+    );
   }
 
   const TriggerComponent = children ? (
diff --git a/client/src/components/Sharing/__tests__/GenericGrantAccessDialog.spec.tsx b/client/src/components/Sharing/__tests__/GenericGrantAccessDialog.spec.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f91667860d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/components/Sharing/__tests__/GenericGrantAccessDialog.spec.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { ResourceType } from 'librechat-data-provider';
+import { render, screen, fireEvent } from '@testing-library/react';
+import '@testing-library/jest-dom/extend-expect';
+import GenericGrantAccessDialog from '../GenericGrantAccessDialog';
+
+const mockRefetchPermissions = jest.fn();
+const mockUseResourcePermissionState = jest.fn();
+
+const config = {
+  defaultViewerRoleId: 'viewer',
+  defaultOwnerRoleId: 'owner',
+  getShareMessage: () => 'Share Agent',
+  getResourceUrl: () => 'http://localhost/agent/1',
+  getCopyUrlMessage: () => 'Copied',
+};
+
+const baseState = (overrides: Record<string, unknown> = {}) => ({
+  config,
+  permissionsData: { principals: [], public: false },
+  isLoadingPermissions: false,
+  isFetchingPermissions: false,
+  permissionsError: null,
+  refetchPermissions: mockRefetchPermissions,
+  updatePermissionsMutation: { isLoading: false, mutateAsync: jest.fn() },
+  currentShares: [],
+  currentIsPublic: false,
+  currentPublicRole: 'viewer',
+  isPublic: false,
+  setIsPublic: jest.fn(),
+  publicRole: 'viewer',
+  setPublicRole: jest.fn(),
+  ...overrides,
+});
+
+jest.mock('~/hooks', () => ({
+  useLocalize: () => (key: string) => key,
+  useResourcePermissionState: () => mockUseResourcePermissionState(),
+  usePeoplePickerPermissions: () => ({ hasPeoplePickerAccess: true, peoplePickerTypeFilter: '' }),
+  useCanSharePublic: () => true,
+  useCopyToClipboard: () => jest.fn(),
+}));
+
+jest.mock('@librechat/client', () => ({
+  ...jest.requireActual('@librechat/client'),
+  useToastContext: () => ({ showToast: jest.fn() }),
+}));
+
+jest.mock('../PeoplePicker/UnifiedPeopleSearch', () => ({
+  __esModule: true,
+  default: () => <div data-testid="unified-people-search" />,
+}));
+jest.mock('../PeoplePickerAdminSettings', () => ({
+  __esModule: true,
+  default: () => <div data-testid="admin-settings" />,
+}));
+jest.mock('../PublicSharingToggle', () => ({
+  __esModule: true,
+  default: () => <div data-testid="public-toggle" />,
+}));
+jest.mock('../PeoplePicker', () => ({
+  __esModule: true,
+  SelectedPrincipalsList: () => <div data-testid="principals-list" />,
+}));
+
+const renderDialog = () =>
+  render(
+    <GenericGrantAccessDialog
+      resourceDbId="agent-db-1"
+      resourceId="agent-1"
+      resourceName="Test Agent"
+      resourceType={ResourceType.AGENT}
+    />,
+  );
+
+describe('GenericGrantAccessDialog - permissions load failure', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    mockUseResourcePermissionState.mockReset();
+    mockRefetchPermissions.mockReset();
+  });
+
+  it('renders a compact alert button (not the share trigger, not raw text) when permissions fail to load', () => {
+    mockUseResourcePermissionState.mockReturnValue(
+      baseState({ permissionsError: new Error('boom'), permissionsData: undefined }),
+    );
+
+    const { container } = renderDialog();
+
+    expect(
+      screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'com_ui_permissions_failed_load' }),
+    ).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByRole('button', { name: 'com_ui_share_var' })).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(container.querySelector('.spinner')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('retries the permissions fetch when the alert button is clicked', () => {
+    mockUseResourcePermissionState.mockReturnValue(
+      baseState({ permissionsError: new Error('boom'), permissionsData: undefined }),
+    );
+
+    renderDialog();
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'com_ui_permissions_failed_load' }));
+    expect(mockRefetchPermissions).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it('shows a spinner instead of the alert icon while refetching', () => {
+    mockUseResourcePermissionState.mockReturnValue(
+      baseState({
+        permissionsError: new Error('boom'),
+        permissionsData: undefined,
+        isFetchingPermissions: true,
+      }),
+    );
+
+    const { container } = renderDialog();
+
+    expect(
+      screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'com_ui_permissions_failed_load' }),
+    ).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(container.querySelector('.spinner')).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('renders the normal share trigger and dialog body when permissions load successfully', () => {
+    mockUseResourcePermissionState.mockReturnValue(baseState());
+
+    renderDialog();
+
+    expect(
+      screen.queryByRole('button', { name: 'com_ui_permissions_failed_load' }),
+    ).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'com_ui_share_var' }));
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('unified-people-search')).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/client/src/hooks/Sharing/useResourcePermissionState.ts b/client/src/hooks/Sharing/useResourcePermissionState.ts
index 0a9f8ce386..875fe17832 100644
--- a/client/src/hooks/Sharing/useResourcePermissionState.ts
+++ b/client/src/hooks/Sharing/useResourcePermissionState.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ export const useResourcePermissionState = (
   const {
     data: permissionsData,
     isLoading: isLoadingPermissions,
+    isFetching: isFetchingPermissions,
     error: permissionsError,
+    refetch: refetchPermissions,
   } = useGetResourcePermissionsQuery(resourceType, resourceDbId || '', {
     enabled: isValidResourceId,
   });
@@ -68,7 +70,9 @@ export const useResourcePermissionState = (
     config,
     permissionsData,
     isLoadingPermissions,
+    isFetchingPermissions,
     permissionsError,
+    refetchPermissions,
     updatePermissionsMutation,
     currentShares,
     currentIsPublic,