diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/gif.tsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/gif.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8fbcb8c76b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/gif.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import { useHovering } from '@/hooks/useHovering';
+import { autoPlayGif } from 'mastodon/initial_state';
+
+export const GIF: React.FC<{
+  src: string;
+  staticSrc: string;
+  className: string;
+  animate?: boolean;
+}> = ({ src, staticSrc, className, animate = autoPlayGif }) => {
+  const { hovering, handleMouseEnter, handleMouseLeave } = useHovering(animate);
+
+  return (
+    <img
+      className={className}
+      src={hovering || animate ? src : staticSrc}
+      alt=''
+      role='presentation'
+      onMouseEnter={handleMouseEnter}
+      onMouseLeave={handleMouseLeave}
+    />
+  );
+};
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/bundle_column_error.jsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/bundle_column_error.jsx
index eb6682d77b..beaf185638 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/bundle_column_error.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/bundle_column_error.jsx
@@ -9,58 +9,7 @@ import { Link } from 'react-router-dom';
 
 import { Button } from 'mastodon/components/button';
 import Column from 'mastodon/components/column';
-import { autoPlayGif } from 'mastodon/initial_state';
-
-class GIF extends PureComponent {
-
-  static propTypes = {
-    src: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
-    staticSrc: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
-    className: PropTypes.string,
-    animate: PropTypes.bool,
-  };
-
-  static defaultProps = {
-    animate: autoPlayGif,
-  };
-
-  state = {
-    hovering: false,
-  };
-
-  handleMouseEnter = () => {
-    const { animate } = this.props;
-
-    if (!animate) {
-      this.setState({ hovering: true });
-    }
-  };
-
-  handleMouseLeave = () => {
-    const { animate } = this.props;
-
-    if (!animate) {
-      this.setState({ hovering: false });
-    }
-  };
-
-  render () {
-    const { src, staticSrc, className, animate } = this.props;
-    const { hovering } = this.state;
-
-    return (
-      <img
-        className={className}
-        src={(hovering || animate) ? src : staticSrc}
-        alt=''
-        role='presentation'
-        onMouseEnter={this.handleMouseEnter}
-        onMouseLeave={this.handleMouseLeave}
-      />
-    );
-  }
-
-}
+import { GIF } from 'mastodon/components/gif';
 
 class CopyButton extends PureComponent {
 
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/bundle_modal_error.jsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/bundle_modal_error.jsx
deleted file mode 100644
index d1c9e36883..0000000000
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/bundle_modal_error.jsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
-import { PureComponent } from 'react';
-
-import { defineMessages, injectIntl } from 'react-intl';
-
-import RefreshIcon from '@/material-icons/400-24px/refresh.svg?react';
-
-import { IconButton } from '../../../components/icon_button';
-
-const messages = defineMessages({
-  error: { id: 'bundle_modal_error.message', defaultMessage: 'Something went wrong while loading this component.' },
-  retry: { id: 'bundle_modal_error.retry', defaultMessage: 'Try again' },
-  close: { id: 'bundle_modal_error.close', defaultMessage: 'Close' },
-});
-
-class BundleModalError extends PureComponent {
-
-  static propTypes = {
-    onRetry: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
-    onClose: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
-    intl: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
-  };
-
-  handleRetry = () => {
-    this.props.onRetry();
-  };
-
-  render () {
-    const { onClose, intl: { formatMessage } } = this.props;
-
-    // Keep the markup in sync with <ModalLoading />
-    // (make sure they have the same dimensions)
-    return (
-      <div className='modal-root__modal error-modal'>
-        <div className='error-modal__body'>
-          <IconButton title={formatMessage(messages.retry)} icon='refresh' iconComponent={RefreshIcon} onClick={this.handleRetry} size={64} />
-          {formatMessage(messages.error)}
-        </div>
-
-        <div className='error-modal__footer'>
-          <div>
-            <button
-              onClick={onClose}
-              className='error-modal__nav onboarding-modal__skip'
-            >
-              {formatMessage(messages.close)}
-            </button>
-          </div>
-        </div>
-      </div>
-    );
-  }
-
-}
-
-export default injectIntl(BundleModalError);
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/modal_loading.jsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/modal_loading.jsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d19e73513..0000000000
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/modal_loading.jsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-import { LoadingIndicator } from '../../../components/loading_indicator';
-
-// Keep the markup in sync with <BundleModalError />
-// (make sure they have the same dimensions)
-const ModalLoading = () => (
-  <div className='modal-root__modal error-modal'>
-    <div className='error-modal__body'>
-      <LoadingIndicator />
-    </div>
-    <div className='error-modal__footer'>
-      <div>
-        <button className='error-modal__nav onboarding-modal__skip' />
-      </div>
-    </div>
-  </div>
-);
-
-export default ModalLoading;
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/modal_placeholder.tsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/modal_placeholder.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..13ec6ca2c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/modal_placeholder.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import { useCallback } from 'react';
+
+import { FormattedMessage } from 'react-intl';
+
+import { Button } from 'mastodon/components/button';
+import { GIF } from 'mastodon/components/gif';
+import { LoadingIndicator } from 'mastodon/components/loading_indicator';
+
+export const ModalPlaceholder: React.FC<{
+  loading: boolean;
+  onClose: (arg0: string | undefined, arg1: boolean) => void;
+  onRetry?: () => void;
+}> = ({ loading, onClose, onRetry }) => {
+  const handleClose = useCallback(() => {
+    onClose(undefined, false);
+  }, [onClose]);
+
+  const handleRetry = useCallback(() => {
+    if (onRetry) onRetry();
+  }, [onRetry]);
+
+  return (
+    <div className='modal-root__modal modal-placeholder' aria-busy={loading}>
+      {loading ? (
+        <LoadingIndicator />
+      ) : (
+        <div className='modal-placeholder__error'>
+          <GIF
+            src='/oops.gif'
+            staticSrc='/oops.png'
+            className='modal-placeholder__error__image'
+          />
+
+          <div className='modal-placeholder__error__message'>
+            <p>
+              <FormattedMessage
+                id='bundle_modal_error.message'
+                defaultMessage='Something went wrong while loading this screen.'
+              />
+            </p>
+
+            <div className='modal-placeholder__error__message__actions'>
+              <Button onClick={handleRetry}>
+                <FormattedMessage
+                  id='bundle_modal_error.retry'
+                  defaultMessage='Try again'
+                />
+              </Button>
+              <Button onClick={handleClose} className='button button-tertiary'>
+                <FormattedMessage
+                  id='bundle_modal_error.close'
+                  defaultMessage='Close'
+                />
+              </Button>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      )}
+    </div>
+  );
+};
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/modal_root.jsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/modal_root.jsx
index 8a97ec4565..c3446d9be2 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/modal_root.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/modal_root.jsx
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import BundleContainer from '../containers/bundle_container';
 import ActionsModal from './actions_modal';
 import AudioModal from './audio_modal';
 import { BoostModal } from './boost_modal';
-import BundleModalError from './bundle_modal_error';
 import {
   ConfirmationModal,
   ConfirmDeleteStatusModal,
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ import {
 import FocalPointModal from './focal_point_modal';
 import ImageModal from './image_modal';
 import MediaModal from './media_modal';
-import ModalLoading from './modal_loading';
+import { ModalPlaceholder } from './modal_placeholder';
 import VideoModal from './video_modal';
 
 export const MODAL_COMPONENTS = {
@@ -105,14 +104,16 @@ export default class ModalRoot extends PureComponent {
     this.setState({ backgroundColor: color });
   };
 
-  renderLoading = modalId => () => {
-    return ['MEDIA', 'VIDEO', 'BOOST', 'CONFIRM', 'ACTIONS'].indexOf(modalId) === -1 ? <ModalLoading /> : null;
+  renderLoading = () => {
+    const { onClose } = this.props;
+
+    return <ModalPlaceholder loading onClose={onClose} />;
   };
 
   renderError = (props) => {
     const { onClose } = this.props;
 
-    return <BundleModalError {...props} onClose={onClose} />;
+    return <ModalPlaceholder {...props} onClose={onClose} />;
   };
 
   handleClose = (ignoreFocus = false) => {
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ export default class ModalRoot extends PureComponent {
       <Base backgroundColor={backgroundColor} onClose={this.handleClose} ignoreFocus={ignoreFocus}>
         {visible && (
           <>
-            <BundleContainer fetchComponent={MODAL_COMPONENTS[type]} loading={this.renderLoading(type)} error={this.renderError} renderDelay={200}>
+            <BundleContainer fetchComponent={MODAL_COMPONENTS[type]} loading={this.renderLoading} error={this.renderError} renderDelay={200}>
               {(SpecificComponent) => {
                 const ref = typeof SpecificComponent !== 'function' ? this.setModalRef : undefined;
                 return <SpecificComponent {...props} onChangeBackgroundColor={this.setBackgroundColor} onClose={this.handleClose} ref={ref} />;
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/locales/en.json b/app/javascript/mastodon/locales/en.json
index 71ab620226..44910c6280 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/locales/en.json
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/locales/en.json
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
   "bundle_column_error.routing.body": "The requested page could not be found. Are you sure the URL in the address bar is correct?",
   "bundle_column_error.routing.title": "404",
   "bundle_modal_error.close": "Close",
-  "bundle_modal_error.message": "Something went wrong while loading this component.",
+  "bundle_modal_error.message": "Something went wrong while loading this screen.",
   "bundle_modal_error.retry": "Try again",
   "closed_registrations.other_server_instructions": "Since Mastodon is decentralized, you can create an account on another server and still interact with this one.",
   "closed_registrations_modal.description": "Creating an account on {domain} is currently not possible, but please keep in mind that you do not need an account specifically on {domain} to use Mastodon.",
diff --git a/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss b/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss
index df3a770648..b5ab74858d 100644
--- a/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss
+++ b/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss
@@ -5849,119 +5849,44 @@ a.status-card {
   }
 }
 
-.onboarding-modal,
-.error-modal,
-.embed-modal {
-  background: $ui-secondary-color;
-  color: $inverted-text-color;
-  border-radius: 8px;
-  overflow: hidden;
-  display: flex;
+.modal-placeholder {
+  width: 588px;
+  min-height: 478px;
   flex-direction: column;
-}
+  background: var(--modal-background-color);
+  backdrop-filter: var(--background-filter);
+  border: 1px solid var(--modal-border-color);
+  border-radius: 16px;
 
-.error-modal__body {
-  height: 80vh;
-  width: 80vw;
-  max-width: 520px;
-  max-height: 420px;
-  position: relative;
-
-  & > div {
-    position: absolute;
-    top: 0;
-    inset-inline-start: 0;
-    width: 100%;
-    height: 100%;
-    box-sizing: border-box;
-    padding: 25px;
-    flex-direction: column;
-    align-items: center;
-    justify-content: center;
+  &__error {
+    padding: 24px;
     display: flex;
-    opacity: 0;
-    user-select: text;
-  }
-}
+    align-items: center;
+    flex-direction: column;
 
-.error-modal__body {
-  display: flex;
-  flex-direction: column;
-  justify-content: center;
-  align-items: center;
-  text-align: center;
-}
-
-.onboarding-modal__paginator,
-.error-modal__footer {
-  flex: 0 0 auto;
-  background: darken($ui-secondary-color, 8%);
-  display: flex;
-  padding: 25px;
-
-  & > div {
-    min-width: 33px;
-  }
-
-  .onboarding-modal__nav,
-  .error-modal__nav {
-    color: $lighter-text-color;
-    border: 0;
-    font-size: 14px;
-    font-weight: 500;
-    padding: 10px 25px;
-    line-height: inherit;
-    height: auto;
-    margin: -10px;
-    border-radius: 4px;
-    background-color: transparent;
-
-    &:hover,
-    &:focus,
-    &:active {
-      color: darken($lighter-text-color, 4%);
-      background-color: darken($ui-secondary-color, 16%);
+    &__image {
+      width: 70%;
+      max-width: 350px;
     }
 
-    &.onboarding-modal__done,
-    &.onboarding-modal__next {
-      color: $inverted-text-color;
+    &__message {
+      text-align: center;
+      text-wrap: balance;
+      font-size: 14px;
+      line-height: 20px;
+      letter-spacing: 0.25px;
 
-      &:hover,
-      &:focus,
-      &:active {
-        color: lighten($inverted-text-color, 4%);
+      &__actions {
+        margin-top: 24px;
+        display: flex;
+        gap: 10px;
+        align-items: center;
+        justify-content: center;
       }
     }
   }
 }
 
-.error-modal__footer {
-  justify-content: center;
-}
-
-.display-case {
-  text-align: center;
-  font-size: 15px;
-  margin-bottom: 15px;
-
-  &__label {
-    font-weight: 500;
-    color: $inverted-text-color;
-    margin-bottom: 5px;
-    text-transform: uppercase;
-    font-size: 12px;
-  }
-
-  &__case {
-    background: $ui-base-color;
-    color: $secondary-text-color;
-    font-weight: 500;
-    padding: 10px;
-    border-radius: 4px;
-  }
-}
-
 .safety-action-modal {
   width: 600px;
   flex-direction: column;