diff --git a/ui/src/App.vue b/ui/src/App.vue
index a86fe85c7..2df7bcbbb 100644
--- a/ui/src/App.vue
+++ b/ui/src/App.vue
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
       <div class="container">
         <div class="row mt-2">
           <div class="col" v-if="username">
+            <Alert v-if="diskNearFull" type="warning" :dismissible="false">
+              {{ diskSpaceMessage }}
+            </Alert>
             <Tabs v-if="username" :menu="tabs" :icons="tabIcons" />
           </div>
           <Login @loginEvent="reloadUser" v-else />
@@ -23,10 +26,12 @@
 import Navbar from "@/components/Navbar.vue";
 import Tabs from "@/components/Tabs.vue";
 import Login from "@/views/Login.vue";
+import Alert from "@/components/Alert.vue";
 import { defineComponent, onMounted, ref, Ref } from "vue";
-import { getPrincipal, getVersion, logout } from "@/api/api";
+import { getPrincipal, getVersion, logout, getFreeDiskSpace } from "@/api/api";
 import { useRouter } from "vue-router";
 import { ApiError } from "@/helpers/errors";
+import { diskSpaceBelowThreshold, convertBytes } from "@/helpers/utils";
 
 export default defineComponent({
   name: "ArmadilloPortal",
@@ -34,16 +39,19 @@ export default defineComponent({
     Navbar,
     Tabs,
     Login,
+    Alert,
   },
   setup() {
     const isAuthenticated: Ref<boolean> = ref(false);
     const username: Ref<string> = ref("");
     const version: Ref<string> = ref("");
     const router = useRouter();
+    const diskSpace: Ref<string> = ref("");
 
     onMounted(() => {
       loadUser();
       loadVersion();
+      loadFreeDiskSpace();
     });
 
     const loadUser = async () => {
@@ -67,13 +75,16 @@ export default defineComponent({
     const loadVersion = async () => {
       version.value = await getVersion();
     };
-
+    const loadFreeDiskSpace = async () => {
+      diskSpace.value = await getFreeDiskSpace();
+    };
     return {
       username,
       isAuthenticated,
       version,
       loadUser,
       loadVersion,
+      diskSpace,
     };
   },
   data() {
@@ -88,6 +99,16 @@ export default defineComponent({
       ],
     };
   },
+  computed: {
+    diskNearFull() {
+      return diskSpaceBelowThreshold(this.diskSpace);
+    },
+    diskSpaceMessage() {
+      return `Disk space low (${
+        this.diskSpace === "" ? "" : convertBytes(this.diskSpace)
+      } remaining). Saving workspaces may not be possible and users risk losing workspace data. Either allocate more space or remove saved workspaces.`;
+    },
+  },
   methods: {
     logoutUser() {
       logout().then(() => {
diff --git a/ui/src/api/api.ts b/ui/src/api/api.ts
index a467584d5..c16aee327 100644
--- a/ui/src/api/api.ts
+++ b/ui/src/api/api.ts
@@ -318,3 +318,9 @@ export async function createLinkFile(
   };
   return postJson(`/storage/projects/${viewProject}/objects/link`, data);
 }
+
+export async function getFreeDiskSpace() {
+  return get("/actuator/metrics/disk.free").then((data) => {
+    return data.measurements[0].value;
+  });
+}
diff --git a/ui/src/components/ActuatorItem.vue b/ui/src/components/ActuatorItem.vue
index 241817a21..25b56f7b3 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/ActuatorItem.vue
+++ b/ui/src/components/ActuatorItem.vue
@@ -27,30 +27,18 @@
 </template>
 
 <script setup lang="ts">
+import { convertBytes } from "@/helpers/utils";
 const props = defineProps({
   name: {
     type: String,
     required: true,
   },
+  methods: {
+    convertBytes,
+  },
   data: {
     type: Object,
     required: true,
   },
 });
-
-/**
- * Convert given bytes to 2 digits precision round exponent version string.
- * @param bytes number
- */
-function convertBytes(bytes: number): string {
-  const units = ["bytes", "KB", "MB", "GB", "TB", "EB"];
-  let unitIndex = 0;
-
-  while (bytes >= 1024 && unitIndex < units.length - 1) {
-    bytes /= 1024;
-    unitIndex++;
-  }
-
-  return `${bytes.toFixed(2)} ${units[unitIndex]}`;
-}
 </script>
diff --git a/ui/src/components/Alert.vue b/ui/src/components/Alert.vue
index 0d593f328..2a220d6c1 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/Alert.vue
+++ b/ui/src/components/Alert.vue
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     <slot></slot>
     <button
       v-on:click="$emit('clear')"
+      v-if="dismissible"
       type="button"
       class="btn-close"
       aria-label="Close"
@@ -25,6 +26,10 @@ export default defineComponent({
   name: "Alert",
   props: {
     type: String as PropType<BootstrapType>,
+    dismissible: {
+      type: Boolean,
+      default: true,
+    },
   },
   emits: ["clear"],
 });
diff --git a/ui/src/helpers/utils.ts b/ui/src/helpers/utils.ts
index 0a500d9ec..7aa9bd5ea 100644
--- a/ui/src/helpers/utils.ts
+++ b/ui/src/helpers/utils.ts
@@ -214,3 +214,22 @@ export function getTablesFromListOfFiles(
 export function encodeUriComponent(component: string) {
   return component.replaceAll("/", "%2F").replaceAll("-", "%2D");
 }
+
+export function diskSpaceBelowThreshold(diskSpace: number): boolean {
+  return diskSpace < 2147483648;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Convert given bytes to 2 digits precision round exponent version string.
+ * @param bytes number
+ */
+export function convertBytes(bytes: number): string {
+  const units = ["bytes", "KB", "MB", "GB", "TB", "EB"];
+  let unitIndex = 0;
+  while (bytes >= 1024 && unitIndex < units.length - 1) {
+    bytes /= 1024;
+    unitIndex++;
+  }
+
+  return `${bytes.toFixed(2)} ${units[unitIndex]}`;
+}
diff --git a/ui/tests/unit/helpers/utils.spec.ts b/ui/tests/unit/helpers/utils.spec.ts
index e35b52eba..4088ef5fe 100644
--- a/ui/tests/unit/helpers/utils.spec.ts
+++ b/ui/tests/unit/helpers/utils.spec.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ import {
   getRestructuredProject,
   getTablesFromListOfFiles,
   isLinkFileType,
-  encodeUriComponent
+  encodeUriComponent,
+  convertBytes,
+  diskSpaceBelowThreshold
 } from "@/helpers/utils";
 import { StringObject } from "@/types/types";
 
@@ -288,3 +290,45 @@ describe("utils", () => {
     });
   });
 });
+
+  describe("convertBytes", () => {
+    it("bytes", () => {
+      const actual = convertBytes(999)
+      expect(actual).toEqual("999.00 bytes")
+    })
+    it("KB", () => {
+      const actual = convertBytes(99999)
+      expect(actual).toEqual("97.66 KB")
+    })
+    it("MB", () => {
+      const actual = convertBytes(9999999)
+      expect(actual).toEqual("9.54 MB")
+    })
+    it("GB", () => {
+      const actual = convertBytes(9999999999)
+      expect(actual).toEqual("9.31 GB")
+    })
+    it("TB", () => {
+      const actual = convertBytes(9999999999999)
+      expect(actual).toEqual("9.09 TB")
+    })
+    it("EB", () => {
+      const actual = convertBytes(9999999999999999)
+      expect(actual).toEqual("8.88 EB")
+    })
+  });
+
+
+  describe("diskSpaceBelowThreshold", () => {
+    it("Return true", () => {
+      const actual = diskSpaceBelowThreshold(214748364);
+      expect(actual).toEqual(true);
+    });
+    it("Return false", () => {
+      const actual = diskSpaceBelowThreshold(9214748364);
+      expect(actual).toEqual(false);
+    });
+  });
+  
+
+