diff --git a/packages/cli/src/errors/aborted-execution-retry.error.ts b/packages/cli/src/errors/aborted-execution-retry.error.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..20d8b57e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli/src/errors/aborted-execution-retry.error.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { ApplicationError } from 'n8n-workflow';
+
+export class AbortedExecutionRetryError extends ApplicationError {
+	constructor() {
+		super('The execution was aborted before starting, so it cannot be retried', {
+			level: 'warning',
+		});
+	}
+}
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/executions/execution.service.ts b/packages/cli/src/executions/execution.service.ts
index 2487dac2b..c245e2124 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/executions/execution.service.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/executions/execution.service.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import { NotFoundError } from '@/errors/response-errors/not-found.error';
 import config from '@/config';
 import { WaitTracker } from '@/WaitTracker';
 import type { ExecutionEntity } from '@/databases/entities/ExecutionEntity';
+import { AbortedExecutionRetryError } from '@/errors/aborted-execution-retry.error';
 
 export const schemaGetExecutionsQueryFilter = {
 	$id: '/IGetExecutionsQueryFilter',
@@ -129,6 +130,8 @@ export class ExecutionService {
 			throw new NotFoundError(`The execution with the ID "${executionId}" does not exist.`);
 		}
 
+		if (!execution.data.executionData) throw new AbortedExecutionRetryError();
+
 		if (execution.finished) {
 			throw new ApplicationError('The execution succeeded, so it cannot be retried.');
 		}
diff --git a/packages/cli/test/unit/services/execution.service.test.ts b/packages/cli/test/unit/services/execution.service.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e607fe0b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli/test/unit/services/execution.service.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import type { IExecutionResponse } from '@/Interfaces';
+import type { ExecutionRepository } from '@/databases/repositories/execution.repository';
+import { AbortedExecutionRetryError } from '@/errors/aborted-execution-retry.error';
+import { ExecutionService } from '@/executions/execution.service';
+import type { ExecutionRequest } from '@/executions/execution.types';
+import { mock } from 'jest-mock-extended';
+
+describe('ExecutionService', () => {
+	const executionRepository = mock<ExecutionRepository>();
+	const executionService = new ExecutionService(
+		mock(),
+		mock(),
+		mock(),
+		executionRepository,
+		mock(),
+		mock(),
+		mock(),
+		mock(),
+	);
+
+	it('should error on retrying an aborted execution', async () => {
+		const abortedExecutionData = mock<IExecutionResponse>({ data: { executionData: undefined } });
+		executionRepository.findWithUnflattenedData.mockResolvedValue(abortedExecutionData);
+		const req = mock<ExecutionRequest.Retry>();
+
+		const retry = executionService.retry(req, []);
+
+		await expect(retry).rejects.toThrow(AbortedExecutionRetryError);
+	});
+});
diff --git a/packages/editor-ui/src/plugins/i18n/locales/en.json b/packages/editor-ui/src/plugins/i18n/locales/en.json
index 6ebd2b208..023c8398d 100644
--- a/packages/editor-ui/src/plugins/i18n/locales/en.json
+++ b/packages/editor-ui/src/plugins/i18n/locales/en.json
@@ -1218,7 +1218,7 @@
 	"nodeView.runButtonText.executeWorkflow": "Test workflow",
 	"nodeView.runButtonText.executingWorkflow": "Executing workflow",
 	"nodeView.runButtonText.waitingForTriggerEvent": "Waiting for trigger event",
-	"nodeView.showError.workflowError": "Workflow execution finished with an error",
+	"nodeView.showError.workflowError": "Workflow execution had an error",
 	"nodeView.showError.getWorkflowDataFromUrl.title": "Problem loading workflow",
 	"nodeView.showError.importWorkflowData.title": "Problem importing workflow",
 	"nodeView.showError.mounted1.message": "There was a problem loading init data",