diff --git a/app/assets/images/pdf/cover.png b/app/assets/images/pdf/cover.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4851c626023
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diff --git a/app/models/work_package/pdf_export/common.rb b/app/models/work_package/pdf_export/common.rb
index 81bbdd84542..41a37e03dc5 100644
--- a/app/models/work_package/pdf_export/common.rb
+++ b/app/models/work_package/pdf_export/common.rb
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ module WorkPackage::PDFExport::Common
   def get_column_value_cell(work_package, column_name)
     value = get_column_value(work_package, column_name)
     return get_id_column_cell(work_package, value) if column_name == :id
-    return get_subject_column_cell(work_package, value) if with_descriptions? && column_name == :subject
+    return get_subject_column_cell(work_package, value) if is_report? && column_name == :subject
 
     escape_tags(value)
   end
@@ -154,15 +154,39 @@ module WorkPackage::PDFExport::Common
     end
   end
 
+  def formatted_text_box_measured(formatted_text_array, options)
+    features_box = ::Prawn::Text::Formatted::Box.new(formatted_text_array, options.merge({ document: pdf }))
+    features_box.render
+    features_box.height
+  end
+
+  def draw_horizontal_line(top, left, right, height, color)
+    pdf.stroke do
+      pdf.stroke_color = color
+      pdf.line_width = height
+      pdf.horizontal_line left, right, at: top
+    end
+  end
+
+  def draw_styled_text(text, opts)
+    color_before = pdf.fill_color
+    @pdf.save_font do
+      @pdf.font(opts[:font], opts) if opts[:font]
+      @pdf.fill_color = opts[:color] if opts[:color]
+      @pdf.draw_text(text, opts)
+    end
+    pdf.fill_color = color_before
+  end
+
   def draw_text_centered(text, text_style, top)
     text_width = measure_text_width(text, text_style)
     text_x = (pdf.bounds.width - text_width) / 2
-    pdf.draw_text text, text_style.merge({ at: [text_x, top] })
+    draw_styled_text text, text_style.merge({ at: [text_x, top] })
     [text_x, text_width]
   end
 
   def draw_text_multiline_part(line, text_style, x_position, y_position)
-    pdf.draw_text line, text_style.merge({ at: [x_position, y_position] })
+    draw_styled_text line, text_style.merge({ at: [x_position, y_position] })
     measure_text_height(line, text_style)
   end
 
@@ -197,7 +221,7 @@ module WorkPackage::PDFExport::Common
       lines = split_wrapped_lines(text, available_width, text_style)
       if lines.length > max_lines
         lines[max_lines - 1] = truncate_ellipsis(lines[max_lines - 1], available_width, text_style)
-        lines = lines.first(3)
+        lines = lines.first(max_lines)
       end
       lines
     end
@@ -249,10 +273,14 @@ module WorkPackage::PDFExport::Common
     @group_sums[group] || {}
   end
 
-  def with_descriptions?
+  def is_report?
     options[:show_report]
   end
 
+  def with_cover?
+    false
+  end
+
   def with_sums_table?
     query.display_sums?
   end
@@ -271,6 +299,6 @@ module WorkPackage::PDFExport::Common
   end
 
   def current_page_nr
-    pdf.page_number + @page_count
+    pdf.page_number + @page_count - (with_cover? ? 1 : 0)
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/work_package/pdf_export/cover.rb b/app/models/work_package/pdf_export/cover.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0ef197bf9ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/work_package/pdf_export/cover.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+#-- copyright
+# OpenProject is an open source project management software.
+# Copyright (C) 2012-2023 the OpenProject GmbH
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3.
+#
+# OpenProject is a fork of ChiliProject, which is a fork of Redmine. The copyright follows:
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2013 Jean-Philippe Lang
+# Copyright (C) 2010-2013 the ChiliProject Team
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+#
+# See COPYRIGHT and LICENSE files for more details.
+#++
+
+## TODO move constants into style
+
+module WorkPackage::PDFExport::Cover
+  def write_cover_page!
+    top = pdf.bounds.top
+    logo_width = write_cover_logo(top)
+    write_cover_header(top, logo_width + styles.cover_logo_header_spacing)
+    write_cover_hr
+    write_cover_artwork
+    write_cover_footer
+    pdf.start_new_page
+  end
+
+  def write_cover_artwork
+    max_width = pdf.bounds.width - styles.cover_art_padding_right
+    float_top = write_background_image
+    float_top -= write_artwork_headline(float_top, max_width) if project
+    float_top -= write_artwork_title(float_top, max_width)
+    write_artwork_subheading(float_top, max_width) unless User.current.nil?
+  end
+
+  def available_title_height(current_y)
+    current_y -
+      styles.cover_art_headline_max_height -
+      styles.cover_art_subheading_max_height -
+      styles.cover_art_headline_spacing -
+      styles.cover_art_title_spacing
+  end
+
+  def write_cover_hr
+    hr_style = styles.cover_header_border
+    draw_horizontal_line(
+      pdf.bounds.height - hr_style[:offset],
+      pdf.bounds.left, pdf.bounds.right,
+      hr_style[:height], hr_style[:color]
+    )
+  end
+
+  def write_cover_header(top, max_left)
+    draw_text_multiline_right(
+      text: heading.upcase, max_left:,
+      text_style: styles.cover_header, top: top + styles.cover_header_offset, max_lines: 1
+    )
+  end
+
+  def write_artwork_headline(top, width)
+    text_style = styles.cover_art_headline
+    formatted_text_box_measured(
+      [text_style.merge({ text: project.name, size: nil, leading: nil })],
+      size: text_style[:size], leading: text_style[:leading],
+      at: [0, top], width:, height: styles.cover_art_headline_max_height, overflow: :shrink_to_fit
+    ) + styles.cover_art_headline_spacing
+  end
+
+  def write_artwork_title(top, width)
+    max_title_height = available_title_height(top)
+    text_style = styles.cover_art_title
+    formatted_text_box_measured(
+      [text_style.merge({ text: heading, size: nil, leading: nil })],
+      size: text_style[:size], leading: text_style[:leading],
+      at: [0, top], width:, height: max_title_height, overflow: :shrink_to_fit
+    ) + styles.cover_art_title_spacing
+  end
+
+  def write_artwork_subheading(top, width)
+    text_style = styles.cover_art_author
+    pdf.formatted_text_box(
+      [text_style.merge({ text: User.current.name, size: nil, leading: nil })],
+      size: text_style[:size], leading: text_style[:leading],
+      at: [0, top], width:, height: styles.cover_art_subheading_max_height, overflow: :shrink_to_fit)
+  end
+
+  def write_cover_footer
+    draw_text_multiline_left(
+      text: footer_date,
+      max_left: pdf.bounds.width / 2,
+      max_lines: 1,
+      top: pdf.bounds.bottom - styles.cover_footer_offset,
+      text_style: styles.cover_footer
+    )
+  end
+
+  def write_cover_logo(top)
+    image_obj, image_info = logo_image
+    height = styles.cover_header_logo_height
+    scale = [height / image_info.height.to_f, 1].min
+    pdf.embed_image image_obj, image_info, { at: [0, top + height], scale: }
+    image_info.width.to_f * scale
+  end
+
+  def cover_background_image
+    image_file = Rails.root.join("app/assets/images/pdf/cover.png")
+    image_obj, image_info = pdf.build_image_object(image_file)
+    scale = pdf.bounds.width / image_info.width.to_f
+    height = image_info.height.to_f * scale
+    image_opts = { at: [0, height], scale: }
+    [image_obj, image_info, image_opts, height]
+  end
+
+  def write_background_image
+    height = pdf.bounds.height / 2
+    pdf.canvas do
+      image_obj, image_info, image_opts, height = cover_background_image
+      pdf.embed_image image_obj, image_info, image_opts
+    end
+    height - styles.cover_art_padding_top
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/models/work_package/pdf_export/page.rb b/app/models/work_package/pdf_export/page.rb
index bcb57c9c4c4..3fafb8df487 100644
--- a/app/models/work_package/pdf_export/page.rb
+++ b/app/models/work_package/pdf_export/page.rb
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ module WorkPackage::PDFExport::Page
     image_obj, image_info, scale = logo_pdf_image
     top = logo_pdf_top
     left = logo_pdf_left(image_info.width.to_f * scale)
-    pdf.repeat :all do
+    pdf.repeat lambda { |pg| header_footer_filter_pages.exclude?(pg) } do
       pdf.embed_image image_obj, image_info, { at: [left, top], scale: }
     end
   end
@@ -63,11 +63,16 @@ module WorkPackage::PDFExport::Page
   end
 
   def logo_pdf_image
+    image_obj, image_info = logo_image
+    scale = [styles.page_logo_height / image_info.height.to_f, 1].min
+    [image_obj, image_info, scale]
+  end
+
+  def logo_image
     image_file = custom_logo_image
     image_file = Rails.root.join("app/assets/images/logo_openproject.png") if image_file.nil?
     image_obj, image_info = pdf.build_image_object(image_file)
-    scale = [styles.page_logo_height / image_info.height.to_f, 1].min
-    [image_obj, image_info, scale]
+    [image_obj, image_info]
   end
 
   def custom_logo_image
@@ -92,8 +97,12 @@ module WorkPackage::PDFExport::Page
     write_logo!
   end
 
+  def header_footer_filter_pages
+    with_cover? ? [1] : []
+  end
+
   def write_footers!
-    pdf.repeat :all, dynamic: true do
+    pdf.repeat lambda { |pg| header_footer_filter_pages.exclude?(pg) }, dynamic: true do
       draw_footer_on_page
     end
   end
@@ -122,6 +131,10 @@ module WorkPackage::PDFExport::Page
   end
 
   def total_page_nr_text
-    @total_page_nr ? "/#{@total_page_nr}" : ''
+    if @total_page_nr
+      "/#{@total_page_nr - (with_cover? ? 1 : 0)}"
+    else
+      ''
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/work_package/pdf_export/style.rb b/app/models/work_package/pdf_export/style.rb
index a61c543cf4f..b125a747fda 100644
--- a/app/models/work_package/pdf_export/style.rb
+++ b/app/models/work_package/pdf_export/style.rb
@@ -201,6 +201,70 @@ module WorkPackage::PDFExport::Style
       resolve_markdown_styling(@styles.dig(:work_package, :markdown) || {})
     end
 
+    def cover_logo_header_spacing
+      20
+    end
+
+    def cover_header
+      { font: 'SpaceMono', size: 10, color: '064e80' }
+    end
+
+    def cover_header_offset
+      6.5
+    end
+
+    def cover_header_logo_height
+      25
+    end
+
+    def cover_footer
+      { size: 10, color: '414d5f' }
+    end
+
+    def cover_footer_offset
+      30
+    end
+
+    def cover_header_border
+      { color: 'd3dee3', height: 1, offset: 6 }
+    end
+
+    def cover_art_padding_top
+      120
+    end
+
+    def cover_art_padding_right
+      150
+    end
+
+    def cover_art_headline_max_height
+      30
+    end
+
+    def cover_art_subheading_max_height
+      30
+    end
+
+    def cover_art_headline_spacing
+      10
+    end
+
+    def cover_art_title_spacing
+      14
+    end
+
+    def cover_art_headline
+      { font: 'SpaceMono', color: '414d5f', size: 10 }
+    end
+
+    def cover_art_title
+      { color: '414d5f', styles: [:bold], size: 32, leading: -8 }
+    end
+
+    def cover_art_author
+      { color: '414d5f', styles: [:italic], size: 10 }
+    end
+
     private
 
     def resolve_pt(value, default)
diff --git a/app/models/work_package/pdf_export/work_package_list_to_pdf.rb b/app/models/work_package/pdf_export/work_package_list_to_pdf.rb
index d8350d89d05..4fb004abdba 100644
--- a/app/models/work_package/pdf_export/work_package_list_to_pdf.rb
+++ b/app/models/work_package/pdf_export/work_package_list_to_pdf.rb
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ class WorkPackage::PDFExport::WorkPackageListToPdf < WorkPackage::Exports::Query
   include WorkPackage::PDFExport::TableOfContents
   include WorkPackage::PDFExport::Page
   include WorkPackage::PDFExport::Style
+  include WorkPackage::PDFExport::Cover
 
   attr_accessor :pdf,
                 :options
@@ -71,8 +72,8 @@ class WorkPackage::PDFExport::WorkPackageListToPdf < WorkPackage::Exports::Query
   rescue Prawn::Errors::CannotFit
     error(I18n.t(:error_pdf_export_too_many_columns))
   rescue StandardError => e
-    Rails.logger.error { "Failed to generated PDF export: #{e} #{e.message}}." }
-    error(I18n.t(:error_pdf_failed_to_export, error: e.message))
+    Rails.logger.error { "Failed to generated PDF export: #{e}." }
+    error(I18n.t(:error_pdf_failed_to_export, error: e.message[0..300]))
   end
 
   private
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ class WorkPackage::PDFExport::WorkPackageListToPdf < WorkPackage::Exports::Query
   def setup_page!
     self.pdf = get_pdf(current_language)
 
-    configure_page_size!(with_descriptions? ? :portrait : :landscape)
+    configure_page_size!(is_report? ? :portrait : :landscape)
   end
 
   def render_work_packages(work_packages, filename: "pdf_export")
@@ -99,11 +100,16 @@ class WorkPackage::PDFExport::WorkPackageListToPdf < WorkPackage::Exports::Query
     true
   end
 
+  def with_cover?
+    is_report?
+  end
+
   def render_work_packages_pdfs(work_packages, filename)
+    write_cover_page! if with_cover?
     write_title!
-    write_work_packages_toc! work_packages, @id_wp_meta_map if with_descriptions?
-    write_work_packages_overview! work_packages, @id_wp_meta_map unless with_descriptions?
-    write_work_packages_sums! work_packages if with_sums_table? && with_descriptions?
+    write_work_packages_toc! work_packages, @id_wp_meta_map if is_report?
+    write_work_packages_overview! work_packages, @id_wp_meta_map unless is_report?
+    write_work_packages_sums! work_packages if with_sums_table? && is_report?
     if should_be_batched?(work_packages)
       render_batched(work_packages, filename)
     else
@@ -151,7 +157,7 @@ class WorkPackage::PDFExport::WorkPackageListToPdf < WorkPackage::Exports::Query
   end
 
   def render_pdf(work_packages, filename)
-    write_work_packages_details!(work_packages, @id_wp_meta_map) if with_descriptions?
+    write_work_packages_details!(work_packages, @id_wp_meta_map) if is_report?
     write_after_pages!
     file = Tempfile.new(filename)
     pdf.render_file(file.path)
@@ -216,7 +222,7 @@ class WorkPackage::PDFExport::WorkPackageListToPdf < WorkPackage::Exports::Query
   end
 
   def should_be_batched?(work_packages)
-    batch_supported? && with_descriptions? && with_images? && (work_packages.length > @work_packages_per_batch)
+    batch_supported? && is_report? && with_images? && (work_packages.length > @work_packages_per_batch)
   end
 
   def project