diff --git a/packages/html-reporter/src/headerView.css b/packages/html-reporter/src/headerView.css
index ef29c442ca..0ab2c3d839 100644
--- a/packages/html-reporter/src/headerView.css
+++ b/packages/html-reporter/src/headerView.css
@@ -30,3 +30,7 @@
     border-right: none;
   }
 }
+
+.header-view-status-line {
+  padding-right: '10px'
+}
diff --git a/packages/html-reporter/src/headerView.tsx b/packages/html-reporter/src/headerView.tsx
index cd5a252d66..ef8519e66a 100644
--- a/packages/html-reporter/src/headerView.tsx
+++ b/packages/html-reporter/src/headerView.tsx
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ export const HeaderView: React.FC<React.PropsWithChildren<{
   filterText: string,
   setFilterText: (filterText: string) => void,
   projectNames: string[],
-}>> = ({ stats, filterText, setFilterText, projectNames }) => {
+  reportLoaderError?: string,
+}>> = ({ stats, filterText, setFilterText, projectNames, reportLoaderError }) => {
   React.useEffect(() => {
     (async () => {
       window.addEventListener('popstate', () => {
@@ -57,9 +58,10 @@ export const HeaderView: React.FC<React.PropsWithChildren<{
         }}></input>
       </form>
     </div>
-    <div className='pt-2'>
+    {reportLoaderError && <div className='header-view-status-line pt-2' data-testid='loader-error' style={{ color: 'var(--color-danger-emphasis)', textAlign: 'right' }}>{reportLoaderError}</div>}
+    <div className='header-view-status-line pt-2'>
       {projectNames.length === 1 && <span data-testid="project-name" style={{ color: 'var(--color-fg-subtle)', float: 'left' }}>Project: {projectNames[0]}</span>}
-      <span data-testid="overall-duration" style={{ color: 'var(--color-fg-subtle)', paddingRight: '10px', float: 'right' }}>Total time: {msToString(stats.duration)}</span>
+      <span data-testid="overall-duration" style={{ color: 'var(--color-fg-subtle)', float: 'right' }}>Total time: {msToString(stats.duration)}</span>
     </div>
   </>);
 };
diff --git a/packages/html-reporter/src/index.tsx b/packages/html-reporter/src/index.tsx
index 1f018966e1..65a9fbecda 100644
--- a/packages/html-reporter/src/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/html-reporter/src/index.tsx
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ window.onload = () => {
 class ZipReport implements LoadedReport {
   private _entries = new Map<string, zip.Entry>();
   private _json!: HTMLReport;
+  private _loaderError: string | undefined;
 
   async loadFromBase64(reportBase64: string) {
     const zipReader = new zipjs.ZipReader(new zipjs.Data64URIReader(reportBase64), { useWebWorkers: false }) as zip.ZipReader;
@@ -62,9 +63,17 @@ class ZipReport implements LoadedReport {
       const paddedNumber = String(i + 1).padStart(paddedLen, '0');
       const fileName = `report-${paddedNumber}-of-${shardTotal}.zip`;
       const zipReader = new zipjs.ZipReader(new zipjs.HttpReader(fileName), { useWebWorkers: false }) as zip.ZipReader;
-      readers.push(this._readReportAndTestEntries(zipReader));
+      readers.push(this._readReportAndTestEntries(zipReader).catch(e => {
+        // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+        console.warn(e);
+        return undefined;
+      }));
     }
-    this._json = mergeReports(await Promise.all(readers));
+    const reportsOrErrors = await Promise.all(readers);
+    const reports = reportsOrErrors.filter(Boolean) as HTMLReport[];
+    if (reports.length < readers.length)
+      this._loaderError = `Only ${reports.length} of ${shardTotal} report shards loaded`;
+    this._json = mergeReports(reports);
   }
 
   private async _readReportAndTestEntries(zipReader: zip.ZipReader): Promise<HTMLReport> {
@@ -83,5 +92,9 @@ class ZipReport implements LoadedReport {
     await reportEntry!.getData!(writer);
     return JSON.parse(await writer.getData());
   }
+
+  loaderError(): string | undefined {
+    return this._loaderError;
+  }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/html-reporter/src/loadedReport.ts b/packages/html-reporter/src/loadedReport.ts
index c1ff2d7530..44d278ef31 100644
--- a/packages/html-reporter/src/loadedReport.ts
+++ b/packages/html-reporter/src/loadedReport.ts
@@ -19,4 +19,5 @@ import type { HTMLReport } from './types';
 export interface LoadedReport {
   json(): HTMLReport;
   entry(name: string): Promise<Object | undefined>;
+  loaderError(): string | undefined;
 }
diff --git a/packages/html-reporter/src/reportView.tsx b/packages/html-reporter/src/reportView.tsx
index 49eba20eea..00cb770302 100644
--- a/packages/html-reporter/src/reportView.tsx
+++ b/packages/html-reporter/src/reportView.tsx
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export const ReportView: React.FC<{
 
   return <div className='htmlreport vbox px-4 pb-4'>
     <main>
-      {report?.json() && <HeaderView stats={report.json().stats} filterText={filterText} setFilterText={setFilterText} projectNames={report.json().projectNames}></HeaderView>}
+      {report?.json() && <HeaderView stats={report.json().stats} filterText={filterText} setFilterText={setFilterText} projectNames={report.json().projectNames} reportLoaderError={report.loaderError()}></HeaderView>}
       {report?.json().metadata && <MetadataView {...report?.json().metadata as Metainfo} />}
       <Route predicate={testFilesRoutePredicate}>
         <TestFilesView report={report?.json()} filter={filter} expandedFiles={expandedFiles} setExpandedFiles={setExpandedFiles}></TestFilesView>
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/reporter-html.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/reporter-html.spec.ts
index 923551430b..733aeaff9d 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/reporter-html.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/reporter-html.spec.ts
@@ -1039,3 +1039,54 @@ test('should pad report numbers with zeros', async ({ runInlineTest, showReport,
     `report-003-of-100.zip`
   ]));
 });
+
+test('should show report with missing shards', async ({ runInlineTest, showReport, page }, testInfo) => {
+  const totalShards = 15;
+
+  const testFiles = {};
+  for (let i = 0; i < totalShards; i++) {
+    testFiles[`a-${String(i).padStart(2, '0')}.spec.ts`] = `
+      const { test } = pwt;
+      test('passes', async ({}) => { expect(2).toBe(2); });
+      test('fails', async ({}) => { expect(1).toBe(2); });
+      test('skipped', async ({}) => { test.skip('Does not work') });
+      test('flaky', async ({}, testInfo) => { expect(testInfo.retry).toBe(1); });
+    `;
+  }
+
+  const allReports = testInfo.outputPath(`aggregated-report`);
+  await fs.promises.mkdir(allReports, { recursive: true });
+
+  // Run tests in 2 out of 15 shards.
+  for (const i of [10, 13]) {
+    const result = await runInlineTest(testFiles,
+        { 'reporter': 'dot,html', 'retries': 1, 'shard': `${i}/${totalShards}` },
+        { PW_TEST_HTML_REPORT_OPEN: 'never' },
+        { usesCustomReporters: true });
+
+
+    expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
+    const files = await fs.promises.readdir(testInfo.outputPath(`playwright-report`));
+    expect(new Set(files)).toEqual(new Set([
+      'index.html',
+      `report-${i}-of-${totalShards}.zip`
+    ]));
+    await Promise.all(files.map(name => fs.promises.rename(testInfo.outputPath(`playwright-report/${name}`), `${allReports}/${name}`)));
+  }
+
+  // Show aggregated report
+  await showReport(allReports);
+
+  await expect(page.getByText('Only 2 of 15 report shards loaded')).toBeVisible();
+
+  await expect(page.locator('.subnav-item:has-text("All") .counter')).toHaveText('8');
+  await expect(page.locator('.subnav-item:has-text("Passed") .counter')).toHaveText('2');
+  await expect(page.locator('.subnav-item:has-text("Failed") .counter')).toHaveText('2');
+  await expect(page.locator('.subnav-item:has-text("Flaky") .counter')).toHaveText('2');
+  await expect(page.locator('.subnav-item:has-text("Skipped") .counter')).toHaveText('2');
+
+  await expect(page.locator('.test-file-test-outcome-unexpected >> text=fails')).toHaveCount(2);
+  await expect(page.locator('.test-file-test-outcome-flaky >> text=flaky')).toHaveCount(2);
+  await expect(page.locator('.test-file-test-outcome-expected >> text=passes')).toHaveCount(2);
+  await expect(page.locator('.test-file-test-outcome-skipped >> text=skipped')).toHaveCount(2);
+});