diff --git a/src/core/renderers/canvas/CanvasRenderer.test.ts b/src/core/renderers/canvas/CanvasRenderer.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..95c69e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/renderers/canvas/CanvasRenderer.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { CanvasRenderer } from './CanvasRenderer.js';
+import { TextureType } from '../../textures/Texture.js';
+
+describe('CanvasRenderer.renderContext', () => {
+  it('skips drawing when canvas texture image is undefined', () => {
+    const drawImage = vi.fn();
+
+    const renderer = Object.create(CanvasRenderer.prototype) as CanvasRenderer;
+    (renderer as any).context = {
+      drawImage,
+      globalAlpha: 1,
+    };
+
+    const node = {
+      premultipliedColorTl: 0xffffffff,
+      globalTransform: { tx: 10, ty: 20 },
+      props: { w: 100, h: 50 },
+      worldAlpha: 1,
+      textureCoords: { x1: 0, y1: 0, x2: 1, y2: 1 },
+    } as any;
+
+    const texture = {
+      type: TextureType.image,
+      ctxTexture: {
+        getImage: () => undefined,
+      },
+    } as any;
+
+    expect(() => renderer.renderContext(node, texture)).not.toThrow();
+    expect(drawImage).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect((renderer as any).context.globalAlpha).toBe(1);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/core/renderers/canvas/CanvasRenderer.ts b/src/core/renderers/canvas/CanvasRenderer.ts
index 0a9cd74..b0ac326 100644
--- a/src/core/renderers/canvas/CanvasRenderer.ts
+++ b/src/core/renderers/canvas/CanvasRenderer.ts
@@ -146,9 +146,20 @@ export class CanvasRenderer extends CoreRenderer {
         image = (texture.ctxTexture as CanvasTexture).getImage(tintColor);
       }
 
-      // getImage returns null when the underlying image was freed mid-load;
-      // skip drawing this frame rather than crashing.
-      if (image === null) {
+      // The texture can disappear while an async load/fetch is racing (e.g. 404);
+      // skip drawing this frame instead of dereferencing an invalid image object.
+      if (image === null || image === undefined) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const imageWidth = image.width;
+      const imageHeight = image.height;
+      if (
+        typeof imageWidth !== 'number' ||
+        typeof imageHeight !== 'number' ||
+        imageWidth <= 0 ||
+        imageHeight <= 0
+      ) {
         return;
       }
 
@@ -156,8 +167,8 @@ export class CanvasRenderer extends CoreRenderer {
 
       const txCoords = node.textureCoords;
       if (txCoords) {
-        const ix = image.width;
-        const iy = image.height;
+        const ix = imageWidth;
+        const iy = imageHeight;
 
         let sx = txCoords.x1 * ix;
         let sy = txCoords.y1 * iy;
diff --git a/src/core/renderers/canvas/CanvasTexture.test.ts b/src/core/renderers/canvas/CanvasTexture.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e869a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/renderers/canvas/CanvasTexture.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { CanvasTexture } from './CanvasTexture.js';
+
+describe('CanvasTexture.load', () => {
+  it('fails gracefully when textureData.data is null', async () => {
+    const textureSource = {
+      textureData: { data: null },
+      state: 'initial',
+      dimensions: null,
+      setState(nextState: string) {
+        this.state = nextState;
+      },
+      freeTextureData() {
+        // no-op
+      },
+    } as any;
+
+    const memManager = {
+      setTextureMemUse() {
+        // no-op
+      },
+    } as any;
+
+    const ctxTexture = new CanvasTexture(memManager, textureSource);
+
+    await expect(ctxTexture.load()).rejects.toThrow(
+      'CanvasTexture: Texture data is null',
+    );
+    expect(textureSource.state).toBe('failed');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/core/renderers/canvas/CanvasTexture.ts b/src/core/renderers/canvas/CanvasTexture.ts
index 72a5c0f..a7ff911 100644
--- a/src/core/renderers/canvas/CanvasTexture.ts
+++ b/src/core/renderers/canvas/CanvasTexture.ts
@@ -131,8 +131,12 @@ export class CanvasTexture extends CoreContextTexture {
   }
 
   private async onLoadRequest(
-    data: NonNullable<NonNullable<Texture['textureData']>['data']>,
+    data: NonNullable<Texture['textureData']>['data'],
   ): Promise<Dimensions> {
+    if (data === null) {
+      throw new Error('CanvasTexture: Texture data is null');
+    }
+
     // CompressedData objects (KTX, PVR, ASTC) carry GPU-format mipmap buffers
     // that cannot be decoded by Canvas2D. Reject explicitly rather than falling
     // through silently and leaving this.image unassigned.