diff --git a/apps/mobile/index.ts b/apps/mobile/index.ts
index 979dc75d5f1..8add3abd386 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/index.ts
+++ b/apps/mobile/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+// Installed via a side-effect import listed first so the fatal-error handler
+// is in place before the rest of the app module graph evaluates.
+import "./src/lib/installCrashLog";
+
 import { registerRootComponent } from "expo";
 import "react-native-gesture-handler";
 import { featureFlags } from "react-native-screens";
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/lib/crashLog.ts b/apps/mobile/src/lib/crashLog.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..755ba1f723c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/lib/crashLog.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+import { Directory, File, Paths } from "expo-file-system";
+import type { ErrorUtils as ErrorUtilsInterface } from "react-native";
+
+const CRASH_LOG_DIRECTORY = "crash-logs";
+const MAX_PERSISTED_CRASH_LOGS = 20;
+const REPORTED_ON_LAUNCH_COUNT = 3;
+
+let crashSequence = 0;
+
+function safeErrorMessage(error: unknown): string {
+  try {
+    return String(error);
+  } catch {
+    return "[Uncoercible error]";
+  }
+}
+
+export function installCrashLogger(): void {
+  const errorUtils = (globalThis as { ErrorUtils?: ErrorUtilsInterface }).ErrorUtils;
+  if (errorUtils === undefined) {
+    return;
+  }
+  const previousHandler = errorUtils.getGlobalHandler();
+  errorUtils.setGlobalHandler((error: unknown, isFatal?: boolean) => {
+    if (isFatal === true) {
+      try {
+        persistCrashRecord(error);
+      } catch {
+        // Never let the logger mask the original error.
+      }
+    }
+    previousHandler(error, isFatal);
+  });
+  // Deferred so install (which runs before the app module graph) does no
+  // file IO on the startup path.
+  setTimeout(() => {
+    reportAndPrunePreviousCrashes();
+  }, 0);
+}
+
+function persistCrashRecord(error: unknown): void {
+  const directory = new Directory(Paths.document, CRASH_LOG_DIRECTORY);
+  directory.create({ idempotent: true, intermediates: true });
+  const cause = error instanceof Error ? error : null;
+  const record = {
+    capturedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
+    isFatal: true,
+    message: cause?.message ?? safeErrorMessage(error),
+    name: cause?.name ?? null,
+    stack: cause?.stack ?? null,
+  };
+  crashSequence += 1;
+  // Keep lexical directory ordering aligned with capture order for records
+  // written within the same millisecond.
+  const sequence = String(crashSequence).padStart(6, "0");
+  const file = new File(directory, `crash-${Date.now()}-${sequence}.json`);
+  file.create({ intermediates: true, overwrite: true });
+  file.write(JSON.stringify(record, null, 2));
+}
+
+function reportAndPrunePreviousCrashes(): void {
+  try {
+    const directory = new Directory(Paths.document, CRASH_LOG_DIRECTORY);
+    if (!directory.exists) {
+      return;
+    }
+    const files = directory
+      .list()
+      .filter(
+        (entry): entry is File =>
+          entry instanceof File && entry.name.startsWith("crash-") && entry.name.endsWith(".json"),
+      )
+      .sort((a, b) => a.name.localeCompare(b.name));
+    for (const file of files.slice(-REPORTED_ON_LAUNCH_COUNT)) {
+      try {
+        console.warn(`[crash-log] previous fatal JS error (${file.name}):`, file.textSync());
+      } catch {
+        // Skip unreadable records.
+      }
+    }
+    for (const file of files.slice(0, Math.max(0, files.length - MAX_PERSISTED_CRASH_LOGS))) {
+      try {
+        file.delete();
+      } catch {
+        // Leave undeletable records for the next prune.
+      }
+    }
+  } catch {
+    // Reporting past crashes must never affect startup.
+  }
+}
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/lib/installCrashLog.ts b/apps/mobile/src/lib/installCrashLog.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ac3d1b76558
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/lib/installCrashLog.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import { installCrashLogger } from "./crashLog";
+
+installCrashLogger();