diff --git a/app/client/cypress/integration/Smoke_TestSuite/ApiPaneTests/Action_PageOnLoad_spec.js b/app/client/cypress/integration/Smoke_TestSuite/ApiPaneTests/Action_PageOnLoad_spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6cec9bc128
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/client/cypress/integration/Smoke_TestSuite/ApiPaneTests/Action_PageOnLoad_spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+const dsl = require("../../../fixtures/tableWidgetDsl.json");
+
+describe("API Panel Test Functionality", function() {
+  before(() => {
+    cy.addDsl(dsl);
+  });
+  it("Will load an api on load", function() {
+    cy.NavigateToAPI_Panel();
+    cy.CreateAPI("PageLoadApi");
+    cy.enterDatasourceAndPath("https://reqres.in/api/", "users");
+    cy.WaitAutoSave();
+    cy.get("li:contains('Settings')").click({ force: true });
+    cy.get("[data-cy=executeOnLoad]")
+      .find(".bp3-switch")
+      .click();
+
+    cy.wait("@setExecuteOnLoad");
+
+    cy.SearchEntityandOpen("Table1");
+    cy.testJsontext("tabledata", "{{PageLoadApi.data.data");
+
+    cy.wait("@updateLayout");
+
+    cy.reload();
+    cy.wait("@postExecute").should(
+      "have.nested.property",
+      "response.body.responseMeta.status",
+      200,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("Will not crash the app for failure", function() {
+    cy.SearchEntityandOpen("PageLoadApi");
+    cy.get("li:contains('Settings')").click({ force: true });
+    cy.get("[data-cy='actionConfiguration.timeoutInMillisecond']")
+      .find(".bp3-input")
+      .type("{backspace}{backspace}{backspace}");
+
+    cy.NavigateToAPI_Panel();
+    cy.CreateAPI("NormalApi");
+    cy.enterDatasourceAndPath("https://reqres.in/api/", "users");
+    cy.WaitAutoSave();
+
+    cy.reload();
+    cy.wait("@postExecute");
+    cy.RunAPI();
+    cy.ResponseStatusCheck("200 OK");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/app/client/cypress/support/commands.js b/app/client/cypress/support/commands.js
index 4c8162d0ab..74945651a4 100644
--- a/app/client/cypress/support/commands.js
+++ b/app/client/cypress/support/commands.js
@@ -1668,6 +1668,7 @@ Cypress.Commands.add("startServerAndRoutes", () => {
 
   cy.route("POST", "/track/*").as("postTrack");
   cy.route("POST", "/api/v1/actions/execute").as("postExecute");
+  cy.route("PUT", "/api/v1/actions/executeOnLoad/*").as("setExecuteOnLoad");
 
   cy.route("POST", "/api/v1/actions").as("createNewApi");
   cy.route("POST", "/api/v1/import?type=CURL&pageId=*&name=*").as("curlImport");
diff --git a/app/client/src/api/Api.tsx b/app/client/src/api/Api.tsx
index 4d23eb78b2..ac312b5e1b 100644
--- a/app/client/src/api/Api.tsx
+++ b/app/client/src/api/Api.tsx
@@ -117,24 +117,27 @@ class Api {
   static get(
     url: string,
     queryParams?: any,
-    config?: Partial<AxiosRequestConfig>,
+    config: Partial<AxiosRequestConfig> = {},
   ) {
-    return axiosInstance.get(
-      url + convertObjectToQueryParams(queryParams),
-      _.merge(apiRequestConfig, config),
-    );
+    return axiosInstance.get(url + convertObjectToQueryParams(queryParams), {
+      ...apiRequestConfig,
+      ...config,
+    });
   }
 
   static post(
     url: string,
     body?: any,
     queryParams?: any,
-    config?: Partial<AxiosRequestConfig>,
+    config: Partial<AxiosRequestConfig> = {},
   ) {
     return axiosInstance.post(
       url + convertObjectToQueryParams(queryParams),
       body,
-      _.merge(apiRequestConfig, config),
+      {
+        ...apiRequestConfig,
+        ...config,
+      },
     );
   }
 
@@ -142,24 +145,27 @@ class Api {
     url: string,
     body?: any,
     queryParams?: any,
-    config?: Partial<AxiosRequestConfig>,
+    config: Partial<AxiosRequestConfig> = {},
   ) {
     return axiosInstance.put(
       url + convertObjectToQueryParams(queryParams),
       body,
-      _.merge(apiRequestConfig, config),
+      {
+        ...apiRequestConfig,
+        ...config,
+      },
     );
   }
 
   static delete(
     url: string,
     queryParams?: any,
-    config?: Partial<AxiosRequestConfig>,
+    config: Partial<AxiosRequestConfig> = {},
   ) {
-    return axiosInstance.delete(
-      url + convertObjectToQueryParams(queryParams),
-      _.merge(apiRequestConfig, config),
-    );
+    return axiosInstance.delete(url + convertObjectToQueryParams(queryParams), {
+      ...apiRequestConfig,
+      ...config,
+    });
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/app/client/src/components/formControls/InputTextControl.tsx b/app/client/src/components/formControls/InputTextControl.tsx
index e9ef0600b6..52a7bcb4a7 100644
--- a/app/client/src/components/formControls/InputTextControl.tsx
+++ b/app/client/src/components/formControls/InputTextControl.tsx
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export function InputText(props: {
   const { name, placeholder, dataType, label, isRequired } = props;
 
   return (
-    <div style={{ width: "50vh" }}>
+    <div style={{ width: "50vh" }} data-cy={name}>
       <FormLabel>
         {label} {isRequired && "*"}
       </FormLabel>
diff --git a/app/client/src/sagas/ActionExecutionSagas.ts b/app/client/src/sagas/ActionExecutionSagas.ts
index 86cac74ffd..b5eb22791b 100644
--- a/app/client/src/sagas/ActionExecutionSagas.ts
+++ b/app/client/src/sagas/ActionExecutionSagas.ts
@@ -671,21 +671,29 @@ function* executePageLoadAction(pageAction: PageAction) {
 }
 
 function* executePageLoadActionsSaga(action: ReduxAction<PageAction[][]>) {
-  const pageActions = action.payload;
-  const actionCount = _.flatten(pageActions).length;
-  PerformanceTracker.startAsyncTracking(
-    PerformanceTransactionName.EXECUTE_PAGE_LOAD_ACTIONS,
-    { numActions: actionCount },
-  );
-  for (const actionSet of pageActions) {
-    // Load all sets in parallel
-    yield* yield all(
-      actionSet.map(apiAction => call(executePageLoadAction, apiAction)),
+  try {
+    const pageActions = action.payload;
+    const actionCount = _.flatten(pageActions).length;
+    PerformanceTracker.startAsyncTracking(
+      PerformanceTransactionName.EXECUTE_PAGE_LOAD_ACTIONS,
+      { numActions: actionCount },
     );
+    for (const actionSet of pageActions) {
+      // Load all sets in parallel
+      yield* yield all(
+        actionSet.map(apiAction => call(executePageLoadAction, apiAction)),
+      );
+    }
+    PerformanceTracker.stopAsyncTracking(
+      PerformanceTransactionName.EXECUTE_PAGE_LOAD_ACTIONS,
+    );
+  } catch (e) {
+    log.error(e);
+    AppToaster.show({
+      message: "Failed to load onPageLoad actions",
+      type: ToastType.ERROR,
+    });
   }
-  PerformanceTracker.stopAsyncTracking(
-    PerformanceTransactionName.EXECUTE_PAGE_LOAD_ACTIONS,
-  );
 }
 
 export function* watchActionExecutionSagas() {