diff --git a/src/app/client/page.tsx b/src/app/client/page.tsx
index 8de9b75a2..6412b1959 100644
--- a/src/app/client/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/client/page.tsx
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ import { SilentError } from '@/components/templates/SilentError'
 import { apiUrl } from '@/config'
 import { ClientSideStateUpdate } from '@/hoc/ClientSideStateUpdate'
 import { RealTime } from '@/hoc/RealTime'
-import { Token, TokenSchema, UrlActionParamsType } from '@/types/common'
+import { UrlActionParamsType } from '@/types/common'
 import { CreateAttachmentRequest } from '@/types/dto/attachments.dto'
 import { TaskResponse } from '@/types/dto/tasks.dto'
 import { WorkflowStateResponse } from '@/types/dto/workflowStates.dto'
 import { UserType } from '@/types/interfaces'
-import { CopilotAPI } from '@/utils/CopilotAPI'
+import { getSafeTokenPayload } from '@/utils/tokenPayload'
 import { getPreviewMode } from '@/utils/previewMode'
 import { redirectIfTaskCta } from '@/utils/redirect'
 import { UserRole } from '@api/core/types/user'
@@ -43,12 +43,6 @@ async function getAllTasks(token: string): Promise<TaskResponse[]> {
   return data.tasks
 }
 
-async function getTokenPayload(token: string): Promise<Token> {
-  const copilotClient = new CopilotAPI(token)
-  const payload = TokenSchema.parse(await copilotClient.getTokenPayload())
-  return payload as Token
-}
-
 export default async function ClientPage(props: { searchParams: Promise<{ token: string } & UrlActionParamsType> }) {
   const searchParams = await props.searchParams
   const token = searchParams.token
@@ -56,11 +50,16 @@ export default async function ClientPage(props: { searchParams: Promise<{ token:
     return <SilentError message="Please provide a Valid Token" />
   }
   redirectIfTaskCta(searchParams, UserType.CLIENT_USER)
-  const [workflowStates, tasks, viewSettings, tokenPayload] = await Promise.all([
+
+  const tokenPayload = await getSafeTokenPayload({ token })
+  if (!tokenPayload) {
+    return <SilentError message="Please provide a Valid Token" />
+  }
+
+  const [workflowStates, tasks, viewSettings] = await Promise.all([
     getAllWorkflowStates(token),
     getAllTasks(token),
     getViewSettings(token),
-    getTokenPayload(token),
   ])
 
   const previewMode = getPreviewMode(tokenPayload)
diff --git a/src/utils/tokenPayload.test.ts b/src/utils/tokenPayload.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..787dea3ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/tokenPayload.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import { mockTokenPayloads } from '@/app/api/tests/__mocks__/mockData'
+import { CopilotAPI } from '@/utils/CopilotAPI'
+import { getSafeTokenPayload } from '@/utils/tokenPayload'
+
+const mockGetTokenPayload = jest.fn()
+const launchToken = 'a'.repeat(64)
+
+jest.mock('@/utils/CopilotAPI', () => ({
+  CopilotAPI: jest.fn().mockImplementation(() => ({
+    getTokenPayload: mockGetTokenPayload,
+  })),
+}))
+
+describe('getSafeTokenPayload', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.clearAllMocks()
+    mockGetTokenPayload.mockReset()
+  })
+
+  it('returns a valid token payload', async () => {
+    mockGetTokenPayload.mockResolvedValueOnce(mockTokenPayloads.client)
+
+    await expect(getSafeTokenPayload({ token: launchToken })).resolves.toEqual(mockTokenPayloads.client)
+    expect(CopilotAPI).toHaveBeenCalledWith(launchToken)
+  })
+
+  it('returns null without constructing the SDK for impossible token strings', async () => {
+    await expect(getSafeTokenPayload({ token: 'invalid-token' })).resolves.toBeNull()
+    expect(CopilotAPI).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('returns null when Copilot cannot authorize the token', async () => {
+    mockGetTokenPayload.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('Unable to authorize Copilot SDK'))
+
+    await expect(getSafeTokenPayload({ token: launchToken })).resolves.toBeNull()
+  })
+
+  it('returns null when Copilot returns an auth failure status', async () => {
+    mockGetTokenPayload.mockRejectedValueOnce({ status: 401 })
+
+    await expect(getSafeTokenPayload({ token: launchToken })).resolves.toBeNull()
+  })
+
+  it('returns null for malformed token payloads', async () => {
+    mockGetTokenPayload.mockResolvedValueOnce({ workspaceId: 123 })
+
+    await expect(getSafeTokenPayload({ token: launchToken })).resolves.toBeNull()
+  })
+
+  it('throws unexpected errors', async () => {
+    const error = new Error('network unavailable')
+    mockGetTokenPayload.mockRejectedValueOnce(error)
+
+    await expect(getSafeTokenPayload({ token: launchToken })).rejects.toThrow(error)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/utils/tokenPayload.ts b/src/utils/tokenPayload.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bc49f7a8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/tokenPayload.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import { Token, TokenSchema } from '@/types/common'
+import { CopilotAPI } from '@/utils/CopilotAPI'
+import { ZodError } from 'zod'
+
+type GetSafeTokenPayloadArgs = {
+  token: string
+}
+
+const COPILOT_TOKEN_PATTERN = /^[0-9a-f]+$/i
+
+const isPotentialCopilotLaunchToken = (token: string): boolean =>
+  token.length >= 64 && token.length % 32 === 0 && COPILOT_TOKEN_PATTERN.test(token)
+
+const getErrorStatus = (error: unknown): number | null => {
+  if (!error || typeof error !== 'object') return null
+
+  const status = 'status' in error ? error.status : undefined
+  if (typeof status === 'number') return status
+
+  const statusCode = 'statusCode' in error ? error.statusCode : undefined
+  return typeof statusCode === 'number' ? statusCode : null
+}
+
+const isTokenAuthorizationError = (error: unknown): boolean => {
+  const status = getErrorStatus(error)
+  if (status && [401, 403].includes(status)) return true
+
+  return error instanceof ZodError || (error instanceof Error && error.message.includes('Unable to authorize Copilot SDK'))
+}
+
+export async function getSafeTokenPayload({ token }: GetSafeTokenPayloadArgs): Promise<Token | null> {
+  if (!isPotentialCopilotLaunchToken(token)) return null
+
+  try {
+    const payload = await new CopilotAPI(token).getTokenPayload()
+    const parsedPayload = TokenSchema.safeParse(payload)
+    return parsedPayload.success ? parsedPayload.data : null
+  } catch (error: unknown) {
+    if (isTokenAuthorizationError(error)) return null
+    throw error
+  }
+}