diff --git a/packages/dom/src/utils.js b/packages/dom/src/utils.js
index ee9ee9cad..2dfb0942d 100644
--- a/packages/dom/src/utils.js
+++ b/packages/dom/src/utils.js
@@ -71,7 +71,31 @@ export function handleErrors(error, prefixMessage, element = null, additionalDat
   let message = error.message;
   message += `\n${prefixMessage} \n${JSON.stringify(additionalData)}`;
   message += '\n Please validate that your DOM is as per W3C standards using any online tool';
-  error.message = message;
+
+  // `message` is not writable on every error shape. DOMException — thrown by
+  // `canvas.toDataURL()` on a tainted canvas, by CSSOM access on a cross-origin
+  // stylesheet, and by other DOM APIs — declares `message` as a getter-only
+  // accessor (WebIDL `readonly attribute`). Assigning to it inside this strict-mode
+  // bundle throws "Cannot set property message of #<DOMException> which has only a
+  // getter", which replaces the real, actionable error with a confusing TypeError
+  // and fails the whole snapshot. Frozen and sealed errors behave the same way.
+  // Enrich in place when we can; otherwise carry the enriched message on a new
+  // Error that preserves the original's name and a reference to the cause.
+  try {
+    error.message = message;
+  } catch {
+    // assignment threw — fall through to the wrapper below
+  }
+
+  // Also covers sloppy-mode callers, where the assignment fails silently.
+  if (error.message !== message) {
+    let wrapped = new Error(message);
+    wrapped.name = error.name;
+    wrapped.cause = error;
+    wrapped.handled = true;
+    throw wrapped;
+  }
+
   error.handled = true;
   throw error;
 }
diff --git a/packages/dom/test/utils.test.js b/packages/dom/test/utils.test.js
index 128e402dd..5253b0270 100644
--- a/packages/dom/test/utils.test.js
+++ b/packages/dom/test/utils.test.js
@@ -1,5 +1,61 @@
-import { resourceFromDataURL, resourceFromText, rewriteLocalhostURL, styleSheetFromNode } from '../src/utils';
+import { handleErrors, resourceFromDataURL, resourceFromText, rewriteLocalhostURL, styleSheetFromNode } from '../src/utils';
 describe('utils', () => {
+  describe('handleErrors', () => {
+    it('enriches the message in place on a plain Error', () => {
+      let original = new Error('boom');
+
+      expect(() => handleErrors(original, 'Error serializing thing: '))
+        .toThrowMatching(err => err === original &&
+          err.message.startsWith('boom') &&
+          err.message.includes('Error serializing thing:') &&
+          err.handled === true);
+    });
+
+    it('includes element data when an element is passed', () => {
+      let el = document.createElement('canvas');
+      el.className = 'chart';
+      el.id = 'sales';
+
+      expect(() => handleErrors(new Error('boom'), 'Error serializing canvas element: ', el))
+        .toThrowMatching(err => err.message.includes('"nodeName":"CANVAS"') &&
+          err.message.includes('"classNames":"chart"') &&
+          err.message.includes('"id":"sales"'));
+    });
+
+    // DOMException declares `message` as a getter-only accessor, so assigning to it
+    // in this strict-mode bundle throws a TypeError that masks the real error and
+    // fails the entire snapshot. Regression test for PER-10368.
+    it('does not throw a TypeError when the error message is getter-only', () => {
+      let original = new window.DOMException('The canvas has been tainted by cross-origin data.', 'SecurityError');
+
+      expect(() => handleErrors(original, 'Error serializing canvas element: '))
+        .toThrowMatching(err => !(err instanceof TypeError) &&
+          !err.message.includes('which has only a getter'));
+    });
+
+    it('preserves the original message, name, and cause when message is getter-only', () => {
+      let original = new window.DOMException('The canvas has been tainted by cross-origin data.', 'SecurityError');
+
+      expect(() => handleErrors(original, 'Error serializing canvas element: '))
+        .toThrowMatching(err => err !== original &&
+          err.name === 'SecurityError' &&
+          err.cause === original &&
+          err.handled === true &&
+          err.message.startsWith('The canvas has been tainted by cross-origin data.') &&
+          err.message.includes('Error serializing canvas element:') &&
+          err.message.includes('W3C standards'));
+    });
+
+    it('handles a frozen error without throwing a TypeError', () => {
+      let original = Object.freeze(new Error('frozen boom'));
+
+      expect(() => handleErrors(original, 'Error cloning node: '))
+        .toThrowMatching(err => !(err instanceof TypeError) &&
+          err.message.startsWith('frozen boom') &&
+          err.handled === true);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('styleSheetFromNode', () => {
     it('creates stylesheet properly', () => {
       const node = document.createElement('style');