diff --git a/packages/edit-site/src/components/editor/index.js b/packages/edit-site/src/components/editor/index.js
index 64ebff5a9612de..c9225340907ba3 100644
--- a/packages/edit-site/src/components/editor/index.js
+++ b/packages/edit-site/src/components/editor/index.js
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import NavigationSidebar from '../navigation-sidebar';
 import URLQueryController from '../url-query-controller';
 import InserterSidebar from '../secondary-sidebar/inserter-sidebar';
 import ListViewSidebar from '../secondary-sidebar/list-view-sidebar';
+import ErrorBoundary from '../error-boundary';
 import { store as editSiteStore } from '../../store';
 
 const interfaceLabels = {
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ const interfaceLabels = {
 	drawer: __( 'Navigation Sidebar' ),
 };
 
-function Editor( { initialSettings } ) {
+function Editor( { initialSettings, onError } ) {
 	const {
 		isInserterOpen,
 		isListViewOpen,
@@ -179,8 +180,6 @@ function Editor( { initialSettings } ) {
 	return (
 		<>
 			<URLQueryController />
-			<FullscreenMode isActive />
-			<UnsavedChangesWarning />
 			<SlotFillProvider>
 				<EntityProvider kind="root" type="site">
 					<EntityProvider
@@ -201,85 +200,89 @@ function Editor( { initialSettings } ) {
 										settings.__experimentalGlobalStylesBaseStyles
 									}
 								>
-									<KeyboardShortcuts.Register />
-									<SidebarComplementaryAreaFills />
-									<InterfaceSkeleton
-										labels={ interfaceLabels }
-										drawer={ <NavigationSidebar /> }
-										secondarySidebar={ secondarySidebar() }
-										sidebar={
-											sidebarIsOpened && (
-												<ComplementaryArea.Slot scope="core/edit-site" />
-											)
-										}
-										header={
-											<Header
-												openEntitiesSavedStates={
-													openEntitiesSavedStates
-												}
-											/>
-										}
-										notices={ <EditorSnackbars /> }
-										content={
-											<>
-												<EditorNotices />
-												{ template && (
-													<BlockEditor
-														setIsInserterOpen={
-															setIsInserterOpened
-														}
-													/>
-												) }
-												{ templateResolved &&
-													! template &&
-													settings?.siteUrl &&
-													entityId && (
-														<Notice
-															status="warning"
-															isDismissible={
-																false
+									<ErrorBoundary onError={ onError }>
+										<FullscreenMode isActive />
+										<UnsavedChangesWarning />
+										<KeyboardShortcuts.Register />
+										<SidebarComplementaryAreaFills />
+										<InterfaceSkeleton
+											labels={ interfaceLabels }
+											drawer={ <NavigationSidebar /> }
+											secondarySidebar={ secondarySidebar() }
+											sidebar={
+												sidebarIsOpened && (
+													<ComplementaryArea.Slot scope="core/edit-site" />
+												)
+											}
+											header={
+												<Header
+													openEntitiesSavedStates={
+														openEntitiesSavedStates
+													}
+												/>
+											}
+											notices={ <EditorSnackbars /> }
+											content={
+												<>
+													<EditorNotices />
+													{ template && (
+														<BlockEditor
+															setIsInserterOpen={
+																setIsInserterOpened
 															}
-														>
-															{ __(
-																"You attempted to edit an item that doesn't exist. Perhaps it was deleted?"
-															) }
-														</Notice>
+														/>
 													) }
-												<KeyboardShortcuts />
-											</>
-										}
-										actions={
-											<>
-												{ isEntitiesSavedStatesOpen ? (
-													<EntitiesSavedStates
-														close={
-															closeEntitiesSavedStates
-														}
-													/>
-												) : (
-													<div className="edit-site-editor__toggle-save-panel">
-														<Button
-															variant="secondary"
-															className="edit-site-editor__toggle-save-panel-button"
-															onClick={
-																openEntitiesSavedStates
+													{ templateResolved &&
+														! template &&
+														settings?.siteUrl &&
+														entityId && (
+															<Notice
+																status="warning"
+																isDismissible={
+																	false
+																}
+															>
+																{ __(
+																	"You attempted to edit an item that doesn't exist. Perhaps it was deleted?"
+																) }
+															</Notice>
+														) }
+													<KeyboardShortcuts />
+												</>
+											}
+											actions={
+												<>
+													{ isEntitiesSavedStatesOpen ? (
+														<EntitiesSavedStates
+															close={
+																closeEntitiesSavedStates
 															}
-															aria-expanded={
-																false
-															}
-														>
-															{ __(
-																'Open save panel'
-															) }
-														</Button>
-													</div>
-												) }
-											</>
-										}
-										footer={ <BlockBreadcrumb /> }
-									/>
-									<Popover.Slot />
-									<PluginArea />
+														/>
+													) : (
+														<div className="edit-site-editor__toggle-save-panel">
+															<Button
+																variant="secondary"
+																className="edit-site-editor__toggle-save-panel-button"
+																onClick={
+																	openEntitiesSavedStates
+																}
+																aria-expanded={
+																	false
+																}
+															>
+																{ __(
+																	'Open save panel'
+																) }
+															</Button>
+														</div>
+													) }
+												</>
+											}
+											footer={ <BlockBreadcrumb /> }
+										/>
+										<Popover.Slot />
+										<PluginArea />
+									</ErrorBoundary>
 								</GlobalStylesProvider>
 							</BlockContextProvider>
 						</EntityProvider>
diff --git a/packages/edit-site/src/components/error-boundary/index.js b/packages/edit-site/src/components/error-boundary/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..e425df492405f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/edit-site/src/components/error-boundary/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/**
+ * WordPress dependencies
+ */
+import { Component } from '@wordpress/element';
+import { __ } from '@wordpress/i18n';
+import { Button } from '@wordpress/components';
+import { Warning } from '@wordpress/block-editor';
+import { useCopyToClipboard } from '@wordpress/compose';
+
+function CopyButton( { text, children } ) {
+	const ref = useCopyToClipboard( text );
+	return (
+		<Button variant="secondary" ref={ ref }>
+			{ children }
+		</Button>
+	);
+}
+
+export default class ErrorBoundary extends Component {
+	constructor() {
+		super( ...arguments );
+
+		this.reboot = this.reboot.bind( this );
+
+		this.state = {
+			error: null,
+		};
+	}
+
+	static getDerivedStateFromError( error ) {
+		return { error };
+	}
+
+	reboot() {
+		this.props.onError();
+	}
+
+	render() {
+		const { error } = this.state;
+		if ( ! error ) {
+			return this.props.children;
+		}
+
+		return (
+			<Warning
+				className="editor-error-boundary"
+				actions={ [
+					<Button
+						key="recovery"
+						onClick={ this.reboot }
+						variant="secondary"
+					>
+						{ __( 'Attempt Recovery' ) }
+					</Button>,
+					<CopyButton key="copy-error" text={ error.stack }>
+						{ __( 'Copy Error' ) }
+					</CopyButton>,
+				] }
+			>
+				{ __( 'The editor has encountered an unexpected error.' ) }
+			</Warning>
+		);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/packages/edit-site/src/index.js b/packages/edit-site/src/index.js
index fe42ad69af26c6..8a33589ad9f604 100644
--- a/packages/edit-site/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/edit-site/src/index.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {
 	registerCoreBlocks,
 	__experimentalRegisterExperimentalCoreBlocks,
 } from '@wordpress/block-library';
-import { render } from '@wordpress/element';
+import { render, unmountComponentAtNode } from '@wordpress/element';
 import { __experimentalFetchLinkSuggestions as fetchLinkSuggestions } from '@wordpress/core-data';
 
 /**
@@ -16,6 +16,23 @@ import './hooks';
 import './store';
 import Editor from './components/editor';
 
+/**
+ * Reinitializes the editor after the user chooses to reboot the editor after
+ * an unhandled error occurs, replacing previously mounted editor element using
+ * an initial state from prior to the crash.
+ *
+ * @param {Element} target   DOM node in which editor is rendered.
+ * @param {?Object} settings Editor settings object.
+ */
+export function reinitializeEditor( target, settings ) {
+	unmountComponentAtNode( target );
+	const reboot = reinitializeEditor.bind( null, target, settings );
+	render(
+		<Editor initialSettings={ settings } onError={ reboot } />,
+		target
+	);
+}
+
 /**
  * Initializes the site editor screen.
  *
@@ -27,6 +44,9 @@ export function initialize( id, settings ) {
 		fetchLinkSuggestions( search, searchOptions, settings );
 	settings.__experimentalSpotlightEntityBlocks = [ 'core/template-part' ];
 
+	const target = document.getElementById( id );
+	const reboot = reinitializeEditor.bind( null, target, settings );
+
 	registerCoreBlocks();
 	if ( process.env.GUTENBERG_PHASE === 2 ) {
 		__experimentalRegisterExperimentalCoreBlocks( {
@@ -35,8 +55,8 @@ export function initialize( id, settings ) {
 	}
 
 	render(
-		<Editor initialSettings={ settings } />,
-		document.getElementById( id )
+		<Editor initialSettings={ settings } onError={ reboot } />,
+		target
 	);
 }