diff --git a/frontend/src/api/axios.js b/frontend/src/api/axios.js
index f10c1c4..9fc14a9 100644
--- a/frontend/src/api/axios.js
+++ b/frontend/src/api/axios.js
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
-import axios from "axios";
-import { API_BASE_URL } from "../config";
+import axios from "axios";
+import { API_BASE_URL } from "../config";
+import {
+  cacheApiResponse,
+  getCachedApiResponse,
+  isTransientApiError,
+} from "./offlineCache";
 
 const api = axios.create({
   baseURL: API_BASE_URL,
@@ -31,6 +36,7 @@ api.interceptors.response.use(
       response.request_id = payload.request_id;
       response.data = payload.data;
     }
+    cacheApiResponse(response.config, response.data);
     return response;
   },
   error => {
@@ -55,8 +61,25 @@ api.interceptors.response.use(
       window.location.href = "/login";
       alert("Your session has expired. Please log in again.");
     }
-    return Promise.reject(error);
-  }
-);
+
+    if (isTransientApiError(error)) {
+      const cached = getCachedApiResponse(error.config);
+      if (cached) {
+        return Promise.resolve({
+          data: cached.data,
+          status: 200,
+          statusText: "OK (stale cache)",
+          headers: {},
+          config: error.config,
+          request: error.request,
+          stale: true,
+          cachedAt: cached.cachedAt,
+        });
+      }
+    }
+
+    return Promise.reject(error);
+  }
+);
 
 export default api;
diff --git a/frontend/src/api/offlineCache.js b/frontend/src/api/offlineCache.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0df476f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/api/offlineCache.js
@@ -0,0 +1,186 @@
+const CACHE_PREFIX = "fiddy:api-cache:v1:";
+const CACHE_INDEX_KEY = "fiddy:api-cache-index:v1";
+const MAX_CACHE_ENTRIES = 80;
+const TRANSIENT_STATUS_CODES = new Set([408, 429, 502, 503, 504]);
+const SENSITIVE_URL_PATTERN = /(receipt|download|update-image)/i;
+const BINARY_FIELD_PATTERN = /(image|receipt|bytes|buffer|blob|base64)/i;
+
+function getStorage() {
+  if (typeof window === "undefined" || !window.localStorage) return null;
+  return window.localStorage;
+}
+
+function getCurrentUserScope() {
+  const storage = getStorage();
+  if (!storage) return null;
+
+  try {
+    return storage.getItem("userId") || null;
+  } catch (_) {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+function stableStringify(value) {
+  if (value === null || typeof value !== "object") {
+    return JSON.stringify(value);
+  }
+
+  if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+    return `[${value.map(stableStringify).join(",")}]`;
+  }
+
+  return `{${Object.keys(value)
+    .sort()
+    .map((key) => `${JSON.stringify(key)}:${stableStringify(value[key])}`)
+    .join(",")}}`;
+}
+
+function hashString(value) {
+  let hash = 0;
+  for (let index = 0; index < value.length; index += 1) {
+    hash = (hash << 5) - hash + value.charCodeAt(index);
+    hash |= 0;
+  }
+  return Math.abs(hash).toString(36);
+}
+
+function requestFingerprint(config) {
+  if (!config || String(config.method || "get").toLowerCase() !== "get") {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  if (config.responseType && config.responseType !== "json") {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  const url = config.url || "";
+  if (!url || SENSITIVE_URL_PATTERN.test(url)) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  return stableStringify({
+    baseURL: config.baseURL || "",
+    method: "get",
+    params: config.params || null,
+    url,
+  });
+}
+
+function cacheKeyForConfig(config) {
+  const scope = getCurrentUserScope();
+  const fingerprint = requestFingerprint(config);
+  if (!scope || !fingerprint) return null;
+
+  return `${CACHE_PREFIX}${scope}:${hashString(fingerprint)}`;
+}
+
+function readIndex(storage) {
+  try {
+    const parsed = JSON.parse(storage.getItem(CACHE_INDEX_KEY) || "[]");
+    return Array.isArray(parsed) ? parsed : [];
+  } catch (_) {
+    return [];
+  }
+}
+
+function writeIndex(storage, index) {
+  try {
+    storage.setItem(CACHE_INDEX_KEY, JSON.stringify(index.slice(-MAX_CACHE_ENTRIES)));
+  } catch (_) {
+    // Ignore cache index write failures; the live request already succeeded.
+  }
+}
+
+function rememberCacheKey(storage, key, scope) {
+  const now = Date.now();
+  const nextIndex = readIndex(storage)
+    .filter((entry) => entry?.key !== key)
+    .concat({ key, scope, touchedAt: now });
+
+  const trimmedIndex = nextIndex.slice(-MAX_CACHE_ENTRIES);
+  for (const staleEntry of nextIndex.slice(0, -MAX_CACHE_ENTRIES)) {
+    try {
+      storage.removeItem(staleEntry.key);
+    } catch (_) {
+      // Best-effort cache pruning only.
+    }
+  }
+  writeIndex(storage, trimmedIndex);
+}
+
+function sanitizeForCache(value) {
+  if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+    return value.map(sanitizeForCache);
+  }
+
+  if (!value || typeof value !== "object") {
+    return value;
+  }
+
+  return Object.fromEntries(
+    Object.entries(value).map(([key, entryValue]) => [
+      key,
+      BINARY_FIELD_PATTERN.test(key) ? null : sanitizeForCache(entryValue),
+    ])
+  );
+}
+
+export function cacheApiResponse(config, data) {
+  const storage = getStorage();
+  const key = cacheKeyForConfig(config);
+  const scope = getCurrentUserScope();
+  if (!storage || !key || !scope) return;
+
+  try {
+    storage.setItem(
+      key,
+      JSON.stringify({
+        cachedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
+        data: sanitizeForCache(data),
+      })
+    );
+    rememberCacheKey(storage, key, scope);
+  } catch (_) {
+    // Cache is an opportunistic fallback. Quota/private-mode failures are non-fatal.
+  }
+}
+
+export function getCachedApiResponse(config) {
+  const storage = getStorage();
+  const key = cacheKeyForConfig(config);
+  if (!storage || !key) return null;
+
+  try {
+    const cached = JSON.parse(storage.getItem(key) || "null");
+    if (!cached || !Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(cached, "data")) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    return cached;
+  } catch (_) {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+export function isTransientApiError(error) {
+  if (!error?.response) return true;
+  return TRANSIENT_STATUS_CODES.has(error.response.status);
+}
+
+export function clearApiCacheForCurrentUser() {
+  const storage = getStorage();
+  const scope = getCurrentUserScope();
+  if (!storage || !scope) return;
+
+  const nextIndex = readIndex(storage).filter((entry) => {
+    if (entry?.scope !== scope) return true;
+    try {
+      storage.removeItem(entry.key);
+    } catch (_) {
+      // Best effort only.
+    }
+    return false;
+  });
+
+  writeIndex(storage, nextIndex);
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/context/AuthContext.jsx b/frontend/src/context/AuthContext.jsx
index ca3627c..6835930 100644
--- a/frontend/src/context/AuthContext.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/context/AuthContext.jsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { createContext, useState } from 'react';
+import { createContext, useState } from 'react';
+import { clearApiCacheForCurrentUser } from '../api/offlineCache';
 
 export const AuthContext = createContext({
   token: null,
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ export const AuthProvider = ({ children }) => {
   const [username, setUsername] = useState(localStorage.getItem('username') || null);
 
   const clearAuthStorage = () => {
+    clearApiCacheForCurrentUser();
     localStorage.removeItem("token");
     localStorage.removeItem("userId");
     localStorage.removeItem("role");