diff --git a/app/components/AttachEphemeralIpModal.tsx b/app/components/AttachEphemeralIpModal.tsx
index fa0af0519..201cdf4e4 100644
--- a/app/components/AttachEphemeralIpModal.tsx
+++ b/app/components/AttachEphemeralIpModal.tsx
@@ -65,9 +65,6 @@ export const AttachEphemeralIpModal = ({
       addToast(<>IP <HL>{ephemeralIp.ip}</HL> attached</>)
       onDismiss()
     },
-    onError: (err) => {
-      addToast({ title: 'Error', content: err.message, variant: 'error' })
-    },
   })
 
   const form = useForm({ defaultValues: { pool: defaultPool } })
@@ -96,6 +93,9 @@ export const AttachEphemeralIpModal = ({
               noItemsPlaceholder="No pools available"
             />
           </form>
+          {instanceEphemeralIpAttach.error && (
+            <p className="text-error mt-4">{instanceEphemeralIpAttach.error.message}</p>
+          )}
         </Modal.Section>
       </Modal.Body>
       <Modal.Footer
diff --git a/app/components/AttachFloatingIpModal.tsx b/app/components/AttachFloatingIpModal.tsx
index 2e48b5f7d..494f834f3 100644
--- a/app/components/AttachFloatingIpModal.tsx
+++ b/app/components/AttachFloatingIpModal.tsx
@@ -85,9 +85,6 @@ export const AttachFloatingIpModal = ({
       addToast(<>IP <HL>{floatingIp.name}</HL> attached</>)
       onDismiss()
     },
-    onError: (err) => {
-      addToast({ title: 'Error', content: err.message, variant: 'error' })
-    },
   })
   const form = useForm({ defaultValues: { floatingIp: '' } })
   const floatingIp = form.watch('floatingIp')
diff --git a/app/pages/project/instances/InstancePage.tsx b/app/pages/project/instances/InstancePage.tsx
index 481ed438d..9e337fa34 100644
--- a/app/pages/project/instances/InstancePage.tsx
+++ b/app/pages/project/instances/InstancePage.tsx
@@ -301,9 +301,6 @@ export function ResizeInstanceModal({
           : undefined, // Only link to the instance if we're not already on that page
       })
     },
-    onError: (err) => {
-      addToast({ title: 'Error', content: err.message, variant: 'error' })
-    },
   })
 
   const form = useForm({
diff --git a/test/e2e/instance.e2e.ts b/test/e2e/instance.e2e.ts
index a27a7dd24..aeee65747 100644
--- a/test/e2e/instance.e2e.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/instance.e2e.ts
@@ -218,13 +218,10 @@ test('resize modal stays open on server error', async ({ page }) => {
   await resizeModal.getByRole('textbox', { name: 'Memory' }).fill('20')
   await resizeModal.getByRole('button', { name: 'Resize' }).click()
 
-  // Wait for the error toast, which confirms the mutation has completed
-  await expect(page.getByTestId('Toasts')).toContainText('Cannot update instance')
-
-  // Modal should stay open so the user can see the error and adjust values
+  // Error renders inline inside the modal; modal stays open so the user can
+  // see the error and adjust values.
+  await expect(resizeModal).toContainText('Cannot update instance')
   await expect(resizeModal).toBeVisible()
-
-  await closeToast(page)
 })
 
 test('delete from instance detail', async ({ page }) => {