diff --git a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/__tests__/profilingCommitTreeBuilder-test.js b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/__tests__/profilingCommitTreeBuilder-test.js
index f5a653592a67..75260d2311bc 100644
--- a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/__tests__/profilingCommitTreeBuilder-test.js
+++ b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/__tests__/profilingCommitTreeBuilder-test.js
@@ -260,4 +260,85 @@ describe('commit tree', () => {
       }
     });
   });
+
+  it('should tolerate malformed operations without throwing', () => {
+    const {getCommitTree, invalidateCommitTrees} = require('react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/views/Profiler/CommitTreeBuilder');
+    const {
+      ElementTypeFunction,
+      ElementTypeRoot,
+    } = require('react-devtools-shared/src/frontend/types');
+
+    const rootID = 1;
+    const snapshots = new Map();
+    snapshots.set(rootID, {
+      id: rootID,
+      children: [2],
+      displayName: 'Root',
+      hocDisplayNames: null,
+      key: null,
+      type: ElementTypeRoot,
+      compiledWithForget: false,
+    });
+    snapshots.set(2, {
+      id: 2,
+      children: [],
+      displayName: 'Child',
+      hocDisplayNames: null,
+      key: null,
+      type: ElementTypeFunction,
+      compiledWithForget: false,
+    });
+    const initialTreeBaseDurations = new Map();
+    initialTreeBaseDurations.set(rootID, 0);
+    initialTreeBaseDurations.set(2, 0);
+
+    const ops0 = [0, rootID, 0];
+    const ops1 = [
+      0, rootID, 0,
+      1, 2, ElementTypeFunction, rootID, 0, 0, 0,
+      2, 1, 999,
+      6,
+      99,
+    ];
+
+    const profilingData = {
+      dataForRoots: new Map([
+        [
+          rootID,
+          {
+            commitData: [],
+            displayName: 'root',
+            initialTreeBaseDurations,
+            operations: [ops0, ops1],
+            rootID,
+            snapshots,
+          },
+        ],
+      ]),
+      imported: false,
+      timelineData: [],
+    };
+
+    const fakeProfilerStore = {profilingData};
+
+    const errorSpy = jest.spyOn(console, 'error').mockImplementation(() => {});
+    const warnSpy = jest.spyOn(console, 'warn').mockImplementation(() => {});
+
+    invalidateCommitTrees();
+    expect(() => {
+      const commitTree = getCommitTree({
+        commitIndex: 1,
+        profilerStore: fakeProfilerStore,
+        rootID,
+      });
+      expect(commitTree.nodes.size).toBe(2);
+    }).not.toThrow();
+
+    expect(errorSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(warnSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+    errorSpy.mockRestore();
+    warnSpy.mockRestore();
+  });
+
 });
diff --git a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/views/Profiler/CommitTreeBuilder.js b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/views/Profiler/CommitTreeBuilder.js
index 02ecc98ec6d1..394331115bb6 100644
--- a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/views/Profiler/CommitTreeBuilder.js
+++ b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/views/Profiler/CommitTreeBuilder.js
@@ -202,9 +202,11 @@ function updateTree(
         i += 3;
 
         if (nodes.has(id)) {
-          throw new Error(
-            `Commit tree already contains fiber "${id}". This is a bug in React DevTools.`,
+          // Duplicate add detected; log and skip instead of throwing to avoid crashing the UI.
+          console.error(
+            `Commit tree already contains fiber "${id}". Skipping duplicate add.`,
           );
+          break;
         }
 
         if (type === ElementTypeRoot) {
@@ -286,9 +288,11 @@ function updateTree(
           i++;
 
           if (!nodes.has(id)) {
-            throw new Error(
-              `Commit tree does not contain fiber "${id}". This is a bug in React DevTools.`,
+            // Missing node; log and skip this remove operation.
+            console.error(
+              `Commit tree does not contain fiber "${id}". Skipping remove.`,
             );
+            continue;
           }
 
           const node = getClonedNode(id);
@@ -312,6 +316,13 @@ function updateTree(
         }
         break;
       }
+
+    case TREE_OPERATION_REMOVE_ROOT: {
+    console.warn('Operation REMOVE_ROOT is not supported while profiling. Ignoring.');
+    break;
+}
+
+
       case TREE_OPERATION_REORDER_CHILDREN: {
         id = ((operations[i + 1]: any): number);
         const numChildren = ((operations[i + 2]: any): number);
@@ -490,7 +501,10 @@ function updateTree(
       }
 
       default:
-        throw Error(`Unsupported Bridge operation "${operation}"`);
+        // Unsupported operation; log and stop processing further operations to avoid unpredictable state.
+        console.error(`Unsupported Bridge operation "${operation}". Ignoring remaining operations.`);
+        i = operations.length;
+        break;
     }
   }