diff --git a/frontend/common/hooks/__tests__/useFeatureExperimentFreeze.test.ts b/frontend/common/hooks/__tests__/useFeatureExperimentFreeze.test.ts
index acd94a1d4e00..584ce40fbc2b 100644
--- a/frontend/common/hooks/__tests__/useFeatureExperimentFreeze.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/common/hooks/__tests__/useFeatureExperimentFreeze.test.ts
@@ -7,23 +7,20 @@ jest.mock('react', () => ({
   useMemo: (fn: () => any) => fn(),
 }))
 
-jest.mock('common/utils/utils', () => ({
-  __esModule: true,
-  default: {
-    getFlagsmithHasFeature: jest.fn(),
-  },
+jest.mock('common/hooks/useHasExperimentationFeature', () => ({
+  useHasExperimentationFeature: jest.fn(),
 }))
 
 import { useFeatureExperimentFreeze } from 'common/hooks/useFeatureExperimentFreeze'
 import { useGetExperimentsQuery } from 'common/services/useExperiment'
-import Utils from 'common/utils/utils'
+import { useHasExperimentationFeature } from 'common/hooks/useHasExperimentationFeature'
 import { Experiment } from 'common/types/responses'
 
 const mockUseGetExperimentsQuery =
   useGetExperimentsQuery as jest.MockedFunction<typeof useGetExperimentsQuery>
-const mockGetFlagsmithHasFeature =
-  Utils.getFlagsmithHasFeature as jest.MockedFunction<
-    typeof Utils.getFlagsmithHasFeature
+const mockUseHasExperimentationFeature =
+  useHasExperimentationFeature as jest.MockedFunction<
+    typeof useHasExperimentationFeature
   >
 
 const makeExperiment = (
@@ -56,7 +53,10 @@ const withResults = (experiments: Experiment[]) =>
 describe('useFeatureExperimentFreeze', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     jest.clearAllMocks()
-    mockGetFlagsmithHasFeature.mockReturnValue(true)
+    mockUseHasExperimentationFeature.mockReturnValue({
+      enabled: true,
+      isLoading: false,
+    })
   })
 
   it('returns isFrozen true when a running experiment exists for the feature', () => {
@@ -125,8 +125,11 @@ describe('useFeatureExperimentFreeze', () => {
     )
   })
 
-  it('skips query when experimental_flags feature is disabled', () => {
-    mockGetFlagsmithHasFeature.mockReturnValue(false)
+  it('skips query when experimentation is unavailable', () => {
+    mockUseHasExperimentationFeature.mockReturnValue({
+      enabled: false,
+      isLoading: false,
+    })
     mockUseGetExperimentsQuery.mockReturnValue(empty)
 
     const result = useFeatureExperimentFreeze(42, 'env-123')
@@ -138,6 +141,18 @@ describe('useFeatureExperimentFreeze', () => {
     )
   })
 
+  it('returns isLoading true while the experimentation check is loading', () => {
+    mockUseHasExperimentationFeature.mockReturnValue({
+      enabled: false,
+      isLoading: true,
+    })
+    mockUseGetExperimentsQuery.mockReturnValue(empty)
+
+    const result = useFeatureExperimentFreeze(42, 'env-123')
+
+    expect(result.isLoading).toBe(true)
+  })
+
   it('queries only running experiments when feature is enabled', () => {
     mockUseGetExperimentsQuery.mockReturnValue(empty)
 
diff --git a/frontend/common/hooks/__tests__/useHasExperimentationFeature.test.ts b/frontend/common/hooks/__tests__/useHasExperimentationFeature.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9e81cc2fa131
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/common/hooks/__tests__/useHasExperimentationFeature.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+jest.mock('common/services/useBuildVersion', () => ({
+  useGetBuildVersionQuery: jest.fn(),
+}))
+
+jest.mock('common/utils/utils', () => ({
+  __esModule: true,
+  default: {
+    getFlagsmithHasFeature: jest.fn(),
+  },
+}))
+
+import { useHasExperimentationFeature } from 'common/hooks/useHasExperimentationFeature'
+import { useGetBuildVersionQuery } from 'common/services/useBuildVersion'
+import Utils from 'common/utils/utils'
+
+const mockUseGetBuildVersionQuery =
+  useGetBuildVersionQuery as jest.MockedFunction<typeof useGetBuildVersionQuery>
+const mockGetFlagsmithHasFeature =
+  Utils.getFlagsmithHasFeature as jest.MockedFunction<
+    typeof Utils.getFlagsmithHasFeature
+  >
+
+describe('useHasExperimentationFeature', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.clearAllMocks()
+    mockGetFlagsmithHasFeature.mockReturnValue(true)
+  })
+
+  it('reports loading while the build version is pending', () => {
+    mockUseGetBuildVersionQuery.mockReturnValue({
+      data: undefined,
+      isLoading: true,
+    } as any)
+
+    const result = useHasExperimentationFeature('experimental_flags')
+
+    expect(result).toEqual({ enabled: false, isLoading: true })
+  })
+
+  it('is disabled when the experimentation infra is not deployed', () => {
+    mockUseGetBuildVersionQuery.mockReturnValue({
+      data: { backend: { experimentation_enabled: false } },
+      isLoading: false,
+    } as any)
+
+    const result = useHasExperimentationFeature('experimental_flags')
+
+    expect(result).toEqual({ enabled: false, isLoading: false })
+  })
+
+  it('is enabled when the flag is on and the experimentation infra is deployed', () => {
+    mockUseGetBuildVersionQuery.mockReturnValue({
+      data: { backend: { experimentation_enabled: true } },
+      isLoading: false,
+    } as any)
+
+    const result = useHasExperimentationFeature('experimental_flags')
+
+    expect(result).toEqual({ enabled: true, isLoading: false })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/frontend/common/hooks/useFeatureExperimentFreeze.ts b/frontend/common/hooks/useFeatureExperimentFreeze.ts
index 33a0aea79eed..fd2b768c1360 100644
--- a/frontend/common/hooks/useFeatureExperimentFreeze.ts
+++ b/frontend/common/hooks/useFeatureExperimentFreeze.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
 import { useGetExperimentsQuery } from 'common/services/useExperiment'
 import type { Experiment } from 'common/types/responses'
-import Utils from 'common/utils/utils'
+import { useHasExperimentationFeature } from './useHasExperimentationFeature'
 
 export type FeatureExperimentFreeze = {
   isFrozen: boolean
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ export function useFeatureExperimentFreeze(
   featureId: number | undefined,
   environmentId: string,
 ): FeatureExperimentFreeze {
-  const isExperimentEnabled = Utils.getFlagsmithHasFeature('experimental_flags')
+  const { enabled: isExperimentEnabled, isLoading: isVersionLoading } =
+    useHasExperimentationFeature('experimental_flags')
   const skip = !isExperimentEnabled || !featureId || !environmentId
   const { data, isLoading } = useGetExperimentsQuery(
     { environmentId, status: 'running' },
@@ -28,6 +29,6 @@ export function useFeatureExperimentFreeze(
   return {
     experiment,
     isFrozen: experiment !== null,
-    isLoading,
+    isLoading: isVersionLoading || isLoading,
   }
 }
diff --git a/frontend/common/hooks/useHasExperimentationFeature.ts b/frontend/common/hooks/useHasExperimentationFeature.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d0d2a59794d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/common/hooks/useHasExperimentationFeature.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { useGetBuildVersionQuery } from 'common/services/useBuildVersion'
+import Utils from 'common/utils/utils'
+
+export type ExperimentationFeature = {
+  enabled: boolean
+  isLoading: boolean
+}
+
+// Experimentation features need both their flag and the experimentation infra.
+export function useHasExperimentationFeature(
+  flag: string,
+): ExperimentationFeature {
+  const { data, isLoading } = useGetBuildVersionQuery({})
+  return {
+    enabled:
+      Utils.getFlagsmithHasFeature(flag) &&
+      !!data?.backend?.experimentation_enabled,
+    isLoading,
+  }
+}
diff --git a/frontend/common/types/responses.ts b/frontend/common/types/responses.ts
index f8646bc07045..003cde03cede 100644
--- a/frontend/common/types/responses.ts
+++ b/frontend/common/types/responses.ts
@@ -1262,6 +1262,7 @@ export type Version = {
     ci_commit_sha: string
     image_tag: string
     has_email_provider: boolean
+    experimentation_enabled: boolean
     is_enterprise: boolean
     is_saas: boolean
     'self_hosted_data'?: {
diff --git a/frontend/web/components/modals/create-feature/tabs/FeatureValueTab.tsx b/frontend/web/components/modals/create-feature/tabs/FeatureValueTab.tsx
index 64b7aa9967df..385d7baf4ecb 100644
--- a/frontend/web/components/modals/create-feature/tabs/FeatureValueTab.tsx
+++ b/frontend/web/components/modals/create-feature/tabs/FeatureValueTab.tsx
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import {
   VARIATION_WEIGHT_FIELD,
 } from 'common/utils/multivariate'
 import { FeatureExperimentFreeze } from 'common/hooks/useFeatureExperimentFreeze'
+import { useHasExperimentationFeature } from 'common/hooks/useHasExperimentationFeature'
 import ExperimentFreezeNotice from 'components/modals/create-feature/components/ExperimentFreezeNotice'
 import { useHasPermission } from 'common/providers/Permission'
 import { ProjectPermission } from 'common/types/permissions.types'
@@ -120,6 +121,8 @@ const FeatureValueTab: FC<FeatureValueTabProps> = ({
     level: 'project',
     permission: ProjectPermission.CREATE_FEATURE,
   })
+  const { enabled: hasExperiments } =
+    useHasExperimentationFeature('experimental_flags')
 
   const default_enabled = featureState.enabled ?? false
   const initial_value = featureState.feature_state_value
@@ -507,7 +510,7 @@ const FeatureValueTab: FC<FeatureValueTabProps> = ({
               <FieldLabel
                 className='mb-0'
                 tooltip={
-                  Utils.getFlagsmithHasFeature('experimental_flags')
+                  hasExperiments
                     ? 'To use this flag in an experiment, all the variants must have a label.'
                     : undefined
                 }
diff --git a/frontend/web/components/navigation/navbars/EnvironmentNavbar.tsx b/frontend/web/components/navigation/navbars/EnvironmentNavbar.tsx
index 0b60ba0dae91..1c8ff4a170fb 100644
--- a/frontend/web/components/navigation/navbars/EnvironmentNavbar.tsx
+++ b/frontend/web/components/navigation/navbars/EnvironmentNavbar.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { useGetEnvironmentsQuery } from 'common/services/useEnvironment'
 import BetaFlag from 'components/BetaFlag'
 import SidebarLink from 'components/navigation/SidebarLink'
 import { useGetChangeRequestsQuery } from 'common/services/useChangeRequest'
+import { useHasExperimentationFeature } from 'common/hooks/useHasExperimentationFeature'
 
 type EnvironmentNavType = {
   projectId: number
@@ -53,6 +54,8 @@ const EnvironmentNavbar: FC<EnvironmentNavType> = ({
       changeRequestsData?.count) ||
     0
   const scheduled = scheduledData?.count || 0
+  const { enabled: hasExperiments } =
+    useHasExperimentationFeature('experimental_flags')
   const inner = (
     <div
       className={classNames(
@@ -79,7 +82,7 @@ const EnvironmentNavbar: FC<EnvironmentNavType> = ({
               >
                 Features
               </SidebarLink>
-              {Utils.getFlagsmithHasFeature('experimental_flags') ? (
+              {hasExperiments ? (
                 <SidebarLink
                   id={mobile ? undefined : 'experiments-link'}
                   icon='flask'
diff --git a/frontend/web/components/pages/ExperimentDetailPage.tsx b/frontend/web/components/pages/ExperimentDetailPage.tsx
index a53d4737c0d4..b2f653b8948f 100644
--- a/frontend/web/components/pages/ExperimentDetailPage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/web/components/pages/ExperimentDetailPage.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { FC } from 'react'
 import { useHistory, useParams } from 'react-router-dom'
-import Utils from 'common/utils/utils'
+import { useHasExperimentationFeature } from 'common/hooks/useHasExperimentationFeature'
 import {
   useGetExperimentBayesianResultsQuery,
   useGetExperimentExposuresQuery,
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ const ExperimentDetailPage: FC = () => {
     useParams<ExperimentDetailParams>()
   const history = useHistory()
   const numericId = Number(experimentId)
-  const hasFeature = Utils.getFlagsmithHasFeature('experimental_flags')
+  const { enabled: hasFeature, isLoading: isLoadingFeature } =
+    useHasExperimentationFeature('experimental_flags')
 
   const {
     data: experiment,
@@ -53,14 +54,14 @@ const ExperimentDetailPage: FC = () => {
 
   const results = bayesianResults?.payload ?? undefined
 
-  if (!hasFeature) {
+  if (!isLoadingFeature && !hasFeature) {
     history.replace(
       `/project/${projectId}/environment/${environmentId}/features`,
     )
     return null
   }
 
-  if (isLoading) {
+  if (isLoadingFeature || isLoading) {
     return (
       <div className='app-container container'>
         <div className='text-center py-5'>
diff --git a/frontend/web/components/pages/ExperimentsPage.tsx b/frontend/web/components/pages/ExperimentsPage.tsx
index 22013a752f30..ec35f341a29a 100644
--- a/frontend/web/components/pages/ExperimentsPage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/web/components/pages/ExperimentsPage.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { FC, useCallback, useEffect, useState } from 'react'
 import { useHistory } from 'react-router-dom'
 import Utils from 'common/utils/utils'
+import { useHasExperimentationFeature } from 'common/hooks/useHasExperimentationFeature'
 import { useRouteContext } from 'components/providers/RouteContext'
 import { useGetExperimentsQuery } from 'common/services/useExperiment'
 import { useGetWarehouseConnectionsQuery } from 'common/services/useWarehouseConnection'
@@ -38,6 +39,9 @@ const ExperimentsPage: FC = () => {
     setIsCreating(false)
   }, [environmentId])
 
+  const { enabled: hasExperiments, isLoading: isLoadingFeature } =
+    useHasExperimentationFeature('experimental_flags')
+
   const { data: experimentsData, isLoading } = useGetExperimentsQuery(
     {
       environmentId: environmentId ?? '',
@@ -46,13 +50,13 @@ const ExperimentsPage: FC = () => {
       q: search || undefined,
       status: activeTab !== 'all' ? activeTab : undefined,
     },
-    { skip: !environmentId },
+    { skip: !environmentId || !hasExperiments },
   )
 
   const { data: warehouseConnections, isLoading: isLoadingWarehouse } =
     useGetWarehouseConnectionsQuery(
       { environmentId: environmentId ?? '', exclude_event_stats: true },
-      { skip: !environmentId },
+      { skip: !environmentId || !hasExperiments },
     )
 
   const hasWarehouse = (warehouseConnections?.length ?? 0) > 0
@@ -79,9 +83,8 @@ const ExperimentsPage: FC = () => {
     [statusCounts],
   )
 
-  if (!environmentId || !projectId) return null
+  if (!environmentId || !projectId || isLoadingFeature) return null
 
-  const hasExperiments = Utils.getFlagsmithHasFeature('experimental_flags')
   const hasFakeDoor = Utils.getFlagsmithHasFeature('experiments_fake_door')
 
   if (!Utils.isOrgOnFreePlan() && !hasExperiments && hasFakeDoor) {
diff --git a/frontend/web/components/pages/environment-settings/EnvironmentSettingsPage.tsx b/frontend/web/components/pages/environment-settings/EnvironmentSettingsPage.tsx
index 471e64266887..6de8b24812a0 100644
--- a/frontend/web/components/pages/environment-settings/EnvironmentSettingsPage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/web/components/pages/environment-settings/EnvironmentSettingsPage.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react'
 import FieldLabel from 'components/base/forms/FieldLabel'
 import ConfirmRemoveEnvironment from 'components/modals/ConfirmRemoveEnvironment'
 import ProjectStore from 'common/stores/project-store'
+import { useHasExperimentationFeature } from 'common/hooks/useHasExperimentationFeature'
 import ConfigProvider from 'common/providers/ConfigProvider'
 import CreateWebhookModal from 'components/modals/CreateWebhook'
 import ConfirmRemoveWebhook from 'components/modals/ConfirmRemoveWebhook'
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ const EnvironmentSettingsPage: React.FC = () => {
 
   const has4EyesPermission = Utils.getPlansPermission('4_EYES')
   const metadataEnable = Utils.getPlansPermission('METADATA')
-  const warehouseEnabled = Utils.getFlagsmithHasFeature(
+  const { enabled: warehouseEnabled } = useHasExperimentationFeature(
     'experimentation_warehouse_connection',
   )
   const cohortSyncEnabled = getSegmentSources().some(