diff --git a/src/Exceptions/AdminErrorPages.php b/src/Exceptions/AdminErrorPages.php
index b0f9f4c..e362173 100644
--- a/src/Exceptions/AdminErrorPages.php
+++ b/src/Exceptions/AdminErrorPages.php
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 namespace Step2dev\LazyAdmin\Exceptions;
 
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
-use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
 use Illuminate\Http\Response;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\HttpExceptionInterface;
 use Throwable;
 
@@ -27,13 +27,28 @@ public function __invoke(Throwable $exception, Request $request): ?Response
         }
 
         $guard = (string) config('lazy.auth.guard', 'web');
-        $useAdminLayout = in_array($status, [403, 404], true) && Auth::guard($guard)->check();
-
-        return response()->view('lazy::errors.page', [
-            'status' => $status,
-            'useAdminLayout' => $useAdminLayout,
-            'homeUrl' => url('/'.trim((string) config('lazy.admin.route.prefix', 'admin'), '/')),
-        ], $status, $exception->getHeaders());
+        $useAdminLayout = $status === 404 || ($status === 403 && Auth::guard($guard)->check());
+
+        try {
+            return response()->view('lazy::errors.page', [
+                'status' => $status,
+                'useAdminLayout' => $useAdminLayout,
+                'homeUrl' => url('/'.trim((string) config('lazy.admin.route.prefix', 'admin'), '/')),
+            ], $status, $exception->getHeaders());
+        } catch (Throwable $renderFailure) {
+            if (! $useAdminLayout) {
+                throw $renderFailure;
+            }
+
+            // A missing admin page must never escalate into a secondary server error.
+            report($renderFailure);
+
+            return response()->view('lazy::errors.page', [
+                'status' => $status,
+                'useAdminLayout' => false,
+                'homeUrl' => url('/'.trim((string) config('lazy.admin.route.prefix', 'admin'), '/')),
+            ], $status, $exception->getHeaders());
+        }
     }
 
     private function isAdminRequest(Request $request): bool
diff --git a/tests/Feature/AdminErrorPagesTest.php b/tests/Feature/AdminErrorPagesTest.php
index b6ba724..e20a8ce 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/AdminErrorPagesTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/AdminErrorPagesTest.php
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Step2dev\LazyAdmin\Exceptions\AdminErrorPages;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\HttpException;
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@
 it('avoids the admin shell for guest requests and recoverable session errors', function (): void {
     $renderer = new AdminErrorPages;
 
-    foreach ([401, 403, 404, 419, 429, 500, 503] as $status) {
+    foreach ([401, 403, 419, 429, 500, 503] as $status) {
         $response = $renderer(new HttpException($status), Request::create('/admin/missing'));
 
         expect($response?->getStatusCode())->toBe($status)
@@ -50,8 +51,8 @@
     }
 });
 
-it('uses the actual admin layout for signed-in missing pages', function (): void {
-    $user = new class extends \\Illuminate\\Foundation\\Auth\\User {};
+it('uses the actual admin layout for missing pages regardless of the authentication flag', function (): void {
+    $user = new class extends User {};
     $user->id = 123;
     $this->be($user);
 
@@ -61,3 +62,11 @@
         ->and($response?->getContent())->toContain('data-lazy-admin-shell')
         ->and($response?->getContent())->toContain('Back to dashboard');
 });
+
+it('attempts full admin rendering for a guest 404 instead of the standalone template', function (): void {
+    $renderer = new AdminErrorPages;
+    $response = $renderer(new HttpException(404), Request::create('/admin/missing'));
+
+    expect($response?->getStatusCode())->toBe(404)
+        ->and($response?->getContent())->toContain('data-lazy-admin-shell');
+});