diff --git a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/canvaskit/image.dart b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/canvaskit/image.dart
index 749e6d8e2aa8f..b5a539e765af3 100644
--- a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/canvaskit/image.dart
+++ b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/canvaskit/image.dart
@@ -8,32 +8,80 @@ part of engine;
 /// Instantiates a [ui.Codec] backed by an `SkAnimatedImage` from Skia.
 ui.Codec skiaInstantiateImageCodec(Uint8List list,
     [int? width, int? height, int? format, int? rowBytes]) {
-  return CkAnimatedImage.decodeFromBytes(list);
+  return CkAnimatedImage.decodeFromBytes(list, 'encoded image bytes');
+}
+
+/// Thrown when the web engine fails to decode an image, either due to a
+/// network issue, corrupted image contents, or missing codec.
+class ImageCodecException implements Exception {
+  ImageCodecException(this._message);
+
+  final String _message;
+
+  @override
+  String toString() => 'ImageCodecException: $_message';
+}
+
+const String _kNetworkImageMessage = 'Failed to load network image.';
+
+typedef HttpRequestFactory = html.HttpRequest Function();
+HttpRequestFactory httpRequestFactory = () => html.HttpRequest();
+void debugRestoreHttpRequestFactory() {
+  httpRequestFactory = () => html.HttpRequest();
 }
 
 /// Instantiates a [ui.Codec] backed by an `SkAnimatedImage` from Skia after
 /// requesting from URI.
 Future<ui.Codec> skiaInstantiateWebImageCodec(
-    String uri, WebOnlyImageCodecChunkCallback? chunkCallback) {
+    String url, WebOnlyImageCodecChunkCallback? chunkCallback) {
   Completer<ui.Codec> completer = Completer<ui.Codec>();
-  //TODO: Switch to using MakeImageFromCanvasImageSource when animated images are supported.
-  html.HttpRequest.request(uri, responseType: "arraybuffer",
-      onProgress: (html.ProgressEvent event) {
-    if (event.lengthComputable) {
-      chunkCallback?.call(event.loaded!, event.total!);
+
+  final html.HttpRequest request = httpRequestFactory();
+  request.open('GET', url, async: true);
+  request.responseType = 'arraybuffer';
+  if (chunkCallback != null) {
+    request.onProgress.listen((html.ProgressEvent event) {
+      chunkCallback.call(event.loaded!, event.total!);
+    });
+  }
+
+  request.onError.listen((html.ProgressEvent event) {
+    completer.completeError(ImageCodecException(
+      '$_kNetworkImageMessage\n'
+      'Image URL: $url\n'
+      'Trying to load an image from another domain? Find answers at:\n'
+      'https://flutter.dev/docs/development/platform-integration/web-images'
+    ));
+  });
+
+  request.onLoad.listen((html.ProgressEvent event) {
+    final int status = request.status!;
+    final bool accepted = status >= 200 && status < 300;
+    final bool fileUri = status == 0; // file:// URIs have status of 0.
+    final bool notModified = status == 304;
+    final bool unknownRedirect = status > 307 && status < 400;
+    final bool success = accepted || fileUri || notModified || unknownRedirect;
+
+    if (!success) {
+      completer.completeError(ImageCodecException(
+        '$_kNetworkImageMessage\n'
+        'Image URL: $url\n'
+        'Server response code: $status'),
+      );
+      return;
     }
-  }).then((html.HttpRequest response) {
-    if (response.status != 200) {
-      completer.completeError(Exception(
-          'Network image request failed with status: ${response.status}'));
+
+    try {
+      final Uint8List list =
+          new Uint8List.view((request.response as ByteBuffer));
+      final CkAnimatedImage codec = CkAnimatedImage.decodeFromBytes(list, url);
+      completer.complete(codec);
+    } catch (error, stackTrace) {
+      completer.completeError(error, stackTrace);
     }
-    final Uint8List list =
-        new Uint8List.view((response.response as ByteBuffer));
-    final CkAnimatedImage codec = CkAnimatedImage.decodeFromBytes(list);
-    completer.complete(codec);
-  }, onError: (dynamic error) {
-    completer.completeError(error);
   });
+
+  request.send();
   return completer.future;
 }
 
@@ -42,15 +90,19 @@ Future<ui.Codec> skiaInstantiateWebImageCodec(
 /// Wraps `SkAnimatedImage`.
 class CkAnimatedImage extends ManagedSkiaObject<SkAnimatedImage> implements ui.Codec {
   /// Decodes an image from a list of encoded bytes.
-  CkAnimatedImage.decodeFromBytes(this._bytes);
+  CkAnimatedImage.decodeFromBytes(this._bytes, this.src);
 
+  final String src;
   final Uint8List _bytes;
 
   @override
   SkAnimatedImage createDefault() {
     final SkAnimatedImage? animatedImage = canvasKit.MakeAnimatedImageFromEncoded(_bytes);
     if (animatedImage == null) {
-      throw Exception('Failed to decode image');
+      throw ImageCodecException(
+        'Failed to decode image data.\n'
+        'Image source: $src',
+      );
     }
     return animatedImage;
   }
diff --git a/lib/web_ui/test/canvaskit/image_test.dart b/lib/web_ui/test/canvaskit/image_test.dart
index 2b046240e6667..6ff405b08a035 100644
--- a/lib/web_ui/test/canvaskit/image_test.dart
+++ b/lib/web_ui/test/canvaskit/image_test.dart
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 // @dart = 2.6
-import 'dart:html' show ProgressEvent;
+import 'dart:html' as html;
 import 'dart:typed_data';
 
 import 'package:test/bootstrap/browser.dart';
@@ -23,8 +23,12 @@ void testMain() {
   group('CanvasKit image', () {
     setUpCanvasKitTest();
 
+    tearDown(() {
+      debugRestoreHttpRequestFactory();
+    });
+
     test('CkAnimatedImage can be explicitly disposed of', () {
-      final CkAnimatedImage image = CkAnimatedImage.decodeFromBytes(kTransparentImage);
+      final CkAnimatedImage image = CkAnimatedImage.decodeFromBytes(kTransparentImage, 'test');
       expect(image.debugDisposed, false);
       image.dispose();
       expect(image.debugDisposed, true);
@@ -99,13 +103,6 @@ void testMain() {
       testCollector.collectNow();
     });
 
-    test('skiaInstantiateWebImageCodec throws exception if given invalid URL',
-        () async {
-      expect(skiaInstantiateWebImageCodec('invalid-url', null),
-          throwsA(isA<ProgressEvent>()));
-      testCollector.collectNow();
-    });
-
     test('CkImage toByteData', () async {
       final SkImage skImage =
           canvasKit.MakeAnimatedImageFromEncoded(kTransparentImage)
@@ -116,14 +113,210 @@ void testMain() {
       testCollector.collectNow();
     });
 
-    test('Reports error when failing to decode image', () async {
+    test('skiaInstantiateWebImageCodec loads an image from the network',
+        () async {
+      httpRequestFactory = () {
+        return TestHttpRequest()
+          ..status = 200
+          ..onLoad = Stream<html.ProgressEvent>.fromIterable(<html.ProgressEvent>[
+            html.ProgressEvent('test error'),
+          ])
+          ..response = kTransparentImage.buffer;
+      };
+      final ui.Codec codec = await skiaInstantiateWebImageCodec('http://image-server.com/picture.jpg', null);
+      expect(codec.frameCount, 1);
+      final ui.Image image = (await codec.getNextFrame()).image;
+      expect(image.height, 1);
+      expect(image.width, 1);
+      testCollector.collectNow();
+    });
+
+    test('skiaInstantiateWebImageCodec throws exception on request error',
+        () async {
+      httpRequestFactory = () {
+        return TestHttpRequest()
+          ..onError = Stream<html.ProgressEvent>.fromIterable(<html.ProgressEvent>[
+            html.ProgressEvent('test error'),
+          ]);
+      };
+      try {
+        await skiaInstantiateWebImageCodec('url-does-not-matter', null);
+        fail('Expected to throw');
+      } on ImageCodecException catch (exception) {
+        expect(
+          exception.toString(),
+          'ImageCodecException: Failed to load network image.\n'
+          'Image URL: url-does-not-matter\n'
+          'Trying to load an image from another domain? Find answers at:\n'
+          'https://flutter.dev/docs/development/platform-integration/web-images',
+        );
+      }
+      testCollector.collectNow();
+    });
+
+    test('skiaInstantiateWebImageCodec throws exception on HTTP error',
+        () async {
+      try {
+        await skiaInstantiateWebImageCodec('/does-not-exist.jpg', null);
+        fail('Expected to throw');
+      } on ImageCodecException catch (exception) {
+        expect(
+          exception.toString(),
+          'ImageCodecException: Failed to load network image.\n'
+          'Image URL: /does-not-exist.jpg\n'
+          'Server response code: 404',
+        );
+      }
+      testCollector.collectNow();
+    });
+
+    test('skiaInstantiateWebImageCodec includes URL in the error for malformed image',
+        () async {
+      httpRequestFactory = () {
+        return TestHttpRequest()
+          ..status = 200
+          ..onLoad = Stream<html.ProgressEvent>.fromIterable(<html.ProgressEvent>[
+            html.ProgressEvent('test error'),
+          ])
+          ..response = Uint8List(0).buffer;
+      };
+      try {
+        await skiaInstantiateWebImageCodec('http://image-server.com/picture.jpg', null);
+        fail('Expected to throw');
+      } on ImageCodecException catch (exception) {
+        expect(
+          exception.toString(),
+          'ImageCodecException: Failed to decode image data.\n'
+          'Image source: http://image-server.com/picture.jpg',
+        );
+      }
+      testCollector.collectNow();
+    });
+
+    test('Reports error when failing to decode image data', () async {
       try {
         await ui.instantiateImageCodec(Uint8List(0));
         fail('Expected to throw');
-      } on Exception catch (exception) {
-        expect(exception.toString(), 'Exception: Failed to decode image');
+      } on ImageCodecException catch (exception) {
+        expect(
+          exception.toString(),
+          'ImageCodecException: Failed to decode image data.\n'
+          'Image source: encoded image bytes'
+        );
       }
     });
     // TODO: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/60040
   }, skip: isIosSafari);
 }
+
+class TestHttpRequest implements html.HttpRequest {
+  @override
+  String responseType;
+
+  @override
+  int timeout = 10;
+
+  @override
+  bool withCredentials = false;
+
+  @override
+  void abort() {
+    throw UnimplementedError();
+  }
+
+  @override
+  void addEventListener(String type, listener, [bool useCapture]) {
+    throw UnimplementedError();
+  }
+
+  @override
+  bool dispatchEvent(html.Event event) {
+    throw UnimplementedError();
+  }
+
+  @override
+  String getAllResponseHeaders() {
+    throw UnimplementedError();
+  }
+
+  @override
+  String getResponseHeader(String name) {
+    throw UnimplementedError();
+  }
+
+  @override
+  html.Events get on => throw UnimplementedError();
+
+  @override
+  Stream<html.ProgressEvent> get onAbort => throw UnimplementedError();
+
+  @override
+  Stream<html.ProgressEvent> onError = Stream<html.ProgressEvent>.fromIterable(<html.ProgressEvent>[]);
+
+  @override
+  Stream<html.ProgressEvent> onLoad = Stream<html.ProgressEvent>.fromIterable(<html.ProgressEvent>[]);
+
+  @override
+  Stream<html.ProgressEvent> get onLoadEnd => throw UnimplementedError();
+
+  @override
+  Stream<html.ProgressEvent> get onLoadStart => throw UnimplementedError();
+
+  @override
+  Stream<html.ProgressEvent> get onProgress => throw UnimplementedError();
+
+  @override
+  Stream<html.Event> get onReadyStateChange => throw UnimplementedError();
+
+  @override
+  Stream<html.ProgressEvent> get onTimeout => throw UnimplementedError();
+
+  @override
+  void open(String method, String url, {bool async, String user, String password}) {}
+
+  @override
+  void overrideMimeType(String mime) {
+    throw UnimplementedError();
+  }
+
+  @override
+  int get readyState => throw UnimplementedError();
+
+  @override
+  void removeEventListener(String type, listener, [bool useCapture]) {
+    throw UnimplementedError();
+  }
+
+  @override
+  dynamic response;
+
+  @override
+  Map<String, String> get responseHeaders => throw UnimplementedError();
+
+  @override
+  String get responseText => throw UnimplementedError();
+
+  @override
+  String get responseUrl => throw UnimplementedError();
+
+  @override
+  html.Document get responseXml => throw UnimplementedError();
+
+  @override
+  void send([dynamic bodyOrData]) {
+  }
+
+  @override
+  void setRequestHeader(String name, String value) {
+    throw UnimplementedError();
+  }
+
+  @override
+  int status = -1;
+
+  @override
+  String get statusText => throw UnimplementedError();
+
+  @override
+  html.HttpRequestUpload get upload => throw UnimplementedError();
+}