diff --git a/src/jsc/VirtualMachine.rs b/src/jsc/VirtualMachine.rs
index 5d715e84b68f..3be35426dce9 100644
--- a/src/jsc/VirtualMachine.rs
+++ b/src/jsc/VirtualMachine.rs
@@ -4558,6 +4558,7 @@ impl VirtualMachine {
         allow_side_effects: bool,
     ) {
         let mut formatter = crate::console_object::Formatter::new(self.global());
+        formatter.stack_check = bun_core::StackCheck::init();
         let colors = bun_core::Output::enable_ansi_colors_stderr();
         self.print_errorlike_object(
             exception.value(),
@@ -4869,6 +4870,17 @@ impl VirtualMachine {
         // once the AggregateError branch is taken).
         let global_ref = self.global();
 
+        // Stack-safety guard for the AggregateError recursion below (`agg_iter`
+        // → `print_errorlike_object`). The `cause` chain is already guarded in
+        // `print_error_instance_js`; this covers the `.errors` chain.
+        if !formatter.stack_check.is_safe_to_recurse() {
+            formatter.failed = true;
+            if formatter.can_throw_stack_overflow {
+                let _ = global_ref.throw_stack_overflow();
+            }
+            return;
+        }
+
         if value.is_aggregate_error(global_ref) {
             // Note: `JSValue::for_each` takes a C-ABI fn
             // pointer + erased ctx, so thread the captures through a struct.
diff --git a/src/runtime/jsc_hooks.rs b/src/runtime/jsc_hooks.rs
index 3050fd50c7d7..7f114d3a0531 100644
--- a/src/runtime/jsc_hooks.rs
+++ b/src/runtime/jsc_hooks.rs
@@ -1194,6 +1194,7 @@ fn print_exception(
         vm_ref.print_exception(exception, exception_list, writer, true);
     } else {
         let mut formatter = bun_jsc::console_object::Formatter::new(global);
+        formatter.stack_check = bun_core::StackCheck::init();
         // `Formatter::new` already
         // defaults `error_display_level` to `Full` (ConsoleObject.rs:1176).
         let colors = bun_core::Output::enable_ansi_colors_stderr();
diff --git a/test/js/node/util/bun-inspect.test.ts b/test/js/node/util/bun-inspect.test.ts
index 65de3b0ed4a8..1717d2ffbd76 100644
--- a/test/js/node/util/bun-inspect.test.ts
+++ b/test/js/node/util/bun-inspect.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "bun:test";
+import { bunEnv, bunExe } from "harness";
 import stripAnsi from "strip-ansi";
 
 describe("Bun.inspect", () => {
@@ -87,6 +88,34 @@ describe("Bun.inspect", () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it("stack overflow is thrown when it should be for AggregateError", () => {
+    let e: unknown = new Error("leaf");
+    for (let i = 0; i < 16 * 1024; i++) {
+      e = new AggregateError([e], "agg");
+    }
+
+    expect(() => Bun.inspect(e)).toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(`"Maximum call stack size exceeded."`);
+  });
+
+  it.concurrent.each([
+    ["log", `e = new AggregateError([e], "agg");`, `console.log(e);`],
+    ["throw", `e = new AggregateError([e], "agg");`, `throw e;`],
+    ["reject", `e = new AggregateError([e], "agg");`, `Promise.reject(e); await 0;`],
+    ["cause", `e = new Error("c", { cause: e });`, `throw e;`],
+  ])("printing a deeply nested error via %s does not crash", async (_, wrap, emit) => {
+    const src = `let e = new Error("leaf"); for (let i = 0; i < 16 * 1024; i++) ${wrap} process.stderr.write("built\\n"); ${emit}`;
+    await using proc = Bun.spawn({
+      cmd: [bunExe(), "-e", src],
+      env: bunEnv,
+      stdout: "ignore",
+      stderr: "pipe",
+    });
+    const [stderr, exitCode] = await Promise.all([proc.stderr.text(), proc.exited]);
+    expect(stderr.slice(0, 6)).toBe("built\n");
+    expect(proc.signalCode).toBeNull();
+    expect(exitCode).toBe(1);
+  });
+
   it("depth = 0", () => {
     expect(Bun.inspect({ a: { b: { c: { d: 1 } } } }, { depth: 0 })).toEqual("{\n  a: [Object ...],\n}");
   });