diff --git a/packages/react-router/src/CatchBoundary.tsx b/packages/react-router/src/CatchBoundary.tsx
index f55a250ab1..3b10001b24 100644
--- a/packages/react-router/src/CatchBoundary.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-router/src/CatchBoundary.tsx
@@ -11,25 +11,26 @@ export class CatchBoundary extends React.Component<{
   errorComponent?: ErrorRouteComponent
   onCatch?: (error: Error, errorInfo: ErrorInfo) => void
 }> {
-  state = { error: null } as { error: Error | null; resetKey?: unknown }
+  // Wrapping caught values keeps every possible thrown value truthy.
+  state = { error: 0 } as { error: [Error] | 0; resetKey?: unknown }
 
   static getDerivedStateFromProps(
     props: { getResetKey: () => unknown },
-    state: { resetKey?: unknown; error: Error | null },
+    state: { resetKey?: unknown; error: [Error] | 0 },
   ) {
     const resetKey = props.getResetKey()
 
     if (state.error && state.resetKey !== resetKey) {
-      return { resetKey, error: null }
+      return { resetKey, error: 0 }
     }
 
     return { resetKey }
   }
   static getDerivedStateFromError(error: Error) {
-    return { error }
+    return { error: [error] }
   }
   reset = () => {
-    this.setState({ error: null })
+    this.setState({ error: 0 })
   }
   componentDidCatch(error: Error, errorInfo: ErrorInfo) {
     this.props.onCatch?.(error, errorInfo)
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ export class CatchBoundary extends React.Component<{
       const element = React.createElement(
         this.props.errorComponent ?? ErrorComponent,
         {
-          error,
+          error: error[0],
           reset: this.reset,
         },
       )
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ export function ErrorComponent({ error }: { error: any }) {
               overflow: 'auto',
             }}
           >
-            {error.message ? <code>{error.message}</code> : null}
+            {error?.message ? <code>{error.message}</code> : null}
           </pre>
         </div>
       ) : null}
diff --git a/packages/react-router/src/Matches.tsx b/packages/react-router/src/Matches.tsx
index cada2373ff..576c40a16f 100644
--- a/packages/react-router/src/Matches.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-router/src/Matches.tsx
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ function MatchesInner() {
                   console.warn(
                     `Warning: The following error wasn't caught by any route! At the very least, consider setting an 'errorComponent' in your RootRoute!`,
                   )
-                  console.warn(`Warning: ${error.message || error.toString()}`)
+                  console.warn('Warning:', error)
                 }
               : undefined
           }
diff --git a/packages/react-router/tests/errorComponent.test.tsx b/packages/react-router/tests/errorComponent.test.tsx
index b5ee4b6709..93586106a3 100644
--- a/packages/react-router/tests/errorComponent.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-router/tests/errorComponent.test.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest'
 import { act, cleanup, fireEvent, render, screen } from '@testing-library/react'
 
 import {
+  CatchBoundary,
   HeadContent,
   Link,
   Outlet,
@@ -422,6 +423,62 @@ test('errorComponent receives primitive errors thrown from beforeLoad', async ()
   expect(screen.queryByText('About route content')).not.toBeInTheDocument()
 })
 
+test.each([
+  ['false', false],
+  ['zero', 0],
+  ['negative zero', -0],
+  ['bigint zero', 0n],
+  ['empty string', ''],
+  ['null', null],
+  ['undefined', undefined],
+  ['NaN', NaN],
+] as const)('CatchBoundary renders falsy thrown value %s', (_, thrown) => {
+  vi.spyOn(console, 'error').mockImplementation(() => {})
+  const onCatch = vi.fn()
+
+  function ThrowFalsy(): never {
+    throw thrown
+  }
+
+  render(
+    <CatchBoundary
+      getResetKey={() => 0}
+      errorComponent={({ error }) => (
+        <div>{Object.is(error, thrown) ? 'Caught value' : 'Wrong value'}</div>
+      )}
+      onCatch={onCatch}
+    >
+      <ThrowFalsy />
+    </CatchBoundary>,
+  )
+
+  expect(screen.getByText('Caught value')).toBeInTheDocument()
+  expect(screen.queryByText('Wrong value')).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+  expect(onCatch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(thrown, expect.anything())
+})
+
+test.each([
+  ['null', null],
+  ['undefined', undefined],
+] as const)('default error UI renders thrown %s', async (_, thrown) => {
+  vi.spyOn(console, 'error').mockImplementation(() => {})
+  vi.spyOn(console, 'warn').mockImplementation(() => {})
+
+  function ThrowFalsy(): never {
+    throw thrown
+  }
+
+  const rootRoute = createRootRoute({ component: ThrowFalsy })
+  const router = createRouter({
+    routeTree: rootRoute,
+    history: createMemoryHistory({ initialEntries: ['/'] }),
+  })
+
+  render(<RouterProvider router={router} />)
+
+  expect(await screen.findByText('Something went wrong!')).toBeInTheDocument()
+})
+
 test.each(['beforeLoad', 'loader'] as const)(
   'a Promise synchronously thrown from %s renders the route error UI',
   async (hook) => {