diff --git a/src/apprt/gtk/Window.zig b/src/apprt/gtk/Window.zig
index 63ee57d95..f30c5cc3a 100644
--- a/src/apprt/gtk/Window.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/gtk/Window.zig
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ const configpkg = @import("../../config.zig");
 const font = @import("../../font/main.zig");
 const input = @import("../../input.zig");
 const CoreSurface = @import("../../Surface.zig");
+const crash = @import("../../crash/main.zig");
 
 const App = @import("App.zig");
 const Color = configpkg.Config.Color;
@@ -248,9 +249,94 @@ pub fn init(self: *Window, app: *App) !void {
         }
         c.gtk_widget_add_css_class(@ptrCast(gtk_window), "devel");
         c.gtk_widget_add_css_class(@ptrCast(warning_box), "background");
+        c.gtk_widget_add_css_class(@ptrCast(warning_box), "banner-box");
         c.gtk_box_append(@ptrCast(box), warning_box);
     }
 
+    // Display a banner informing about crash reports if any exist
+    {
+        var crash_dir = try crash.defaultDir(self.app.core_app.alloc);
+        defer self.app.core_app.alloc.free(crash_dir.path);
+        var it = try crash_dir.iterator();
+        defer it.deinit();
+
+        if (try it.next()) |_| {
+            const warning_text = try std.fmt.allocPrintZ(
+                self.app.core_app.alloc,
+            \\ There are existing crash reports located at <a href="file://{s}">{s}</a>.
+                 \\ If possible, <a href="https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty?tab=readme-ov-file#crash-reports">report them to the developers</a> to help improve the application.
+                    ,
+                .{crash_dir.path, crash_dir.path}
+            );
+            defer self.app.core_app.alloc.free(warning_text);
+            const warning_box = c.gtk_box_new(c.GTK_ORIENTATION_VERTICAL, 0);
+
+            if ((comptime adwaita.versionAtLeast(1, 3, 0)) and
+                adwaita.enabled(&app.config) and
+                adwaita.versionAtLeast(1, 3, 0))
+            {
+                const banner = c.adw_banner_new(warning_text.ptr);
+                c.adw_banner_set_revealed(@ptrCast(banner), 1);
+                c.adw_banner_set_use_markup(@ptrCast(banner), 1);
+
+                c.adw_banner_set_button_label(@ptrCast(banner), "Dismiss");
+                const close_banner_callback = struct {
+                    fn callback(_: ?*c.GtkWidget, data: ?*anyopaque) callconv(.C) void {
+                        const widget: *c.AdwBanner = @ptrCast(data);
+                        c.adw_banner_set_revealed(widget, c.FALSE);
+                    }
+                }.callback;
+                _ = c.g_signal_connect_data(
+                    banner,
+                    "button-clicked",
+                    c.G_CALLBACK(&close_banner_callback),
+                    banner,
+                    null,
+                    c.G_CONNECT_DEFAULT,
+                );
+
+                c.gtk_box_append(@ptrCast(warning_box), @ptrCast(banner));
+            } else {
+                const hbox = c.gtk_box_new(c.GTK_ORIENTATION_HORIZONTAL, 5);
+                c.gtk_widget_set_halign(@ptrCast(hbox), c.GTK_ALIGN_CENTER);
+
+                const message = c.gtk_label_new(null);
+                c.gtk_label_set_markup(@ptrCast(message), warning_text.ptr);
+                c.gtk_label_set_use_markup(@ptrCast(message), 1);
+                c.gtk_widget_set_margin_top(@ptrCast(message), 10);
+                c.gtk_widget_set_margin_bottom(@ptrCast(message), 10);
+
+                c.gtk_box_append(@ptrCast(hbox), message);
+
+                const close_button = c.gtk_button_new_from_icon_name("window-close-symbolic");
+                c.gtk_widget_set_margin_top(@ptrCast(close_button), 10);
+                c.gtk_widget_set_margin_bottom(@ptrCast(close_button), 10);
+
+                const close_warning_callback = struct {
+                    fn callback(_: ?*c.GtkWidget, data: ?*anyopaque) callconv(.C) void {
+                        const widget: *c.GtkWidget = @ptrCast(@alignCast(data));
+                        c.gtk_widget_set_visible(widget, c.FALSE);
+                    }
+                }.callback;
+                _ = c.g_signal_connect_data(
+                    close_button,
+                    "clicked",
+                    c.G_CALLBACK(&close_warning_callback),
+                    warning_box,
+                    null,
+                    0
+                );
+
+                c.gtk_box_append(@ptrCast(hbox), close_button);
+                c.gtk_box_append(@ptrCast(warning_box), @ptrCast(hbox));
+            }
+
+            c.gtk_widget_add_css_class(@ptrCast(warning_box), "background");
+            c.gtk_widget_add_css_class(@ptrCast(warning_box), "banner-box");
+            c.gtk_box_append(@ptrCast(box), warning_box);
+        }
+    }
+
     // Setup our toast overlay if we have one
     self.toast_overlay = if (adwaita.enabled(&self.app.config)) toast: {
         const toast_overlay = c.adw_toast_overlay_new();
diff --git a/src/apprt/gtk/style.css b/src/apprt/gtk/style.css
index bf0ee62f6..37eea515d 100644
--- a/src/apprt/gtk/style.css
+++ b/src/apprt/gtk/style.css
@@ -45,3 +45,7 @@ window.without-window-decoration-and-with-titlebar {
   background-color: rgba(250, 250, 250, 1);
   background-clip: content-box;
 }
+
+.banner-box:not(:first-child) {
+    border-top: 1px solid alpha(@borders, 0.2);
+}
diff --git a/src/crash/dir.zig b/src/crash/dir.zig
index e5a8f8a0c..7a141b1bc 100644
--- a/src/crash/dir.zig
+++ b/src/crash/dir.zig
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ pub const ReportIterator = struct {
     it: std.fs.Dir.Iterator = undefined,
 
     pub fn deinit(self: *ReportIterator) void {
-        if (self.dir) |dir| dir.close();
+        if (self.dir) |*dir| dir.close();
     }
 
     pub fn next(self: *ReportIterator) !?Report {