diff --git a/.changeset/lovely-fireants-roll.md b/.changeset/lovely-fireants-roll.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..eada691f8632
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/lovely-fireants-roll.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@cloudflare/workflows-shared": patch
+---
+
+Fixed a bug in local development where fetching a Workflow instance by ID would return a Workflow status, even if that instance did not exist. This only impacted the `get()` method on the Worker bindings.
diff --git a/fixtures/import-npm/package-lock.json b/fixtures/import-npm/package-lock.json
index 420ebf42c509..11234218d1a9 100644
--- a/fixtures/import-npm/package-lock.json
+++ b/fixtures/import-npm/package-lock.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 			"dev": true
 		},
 		"../../packages/wrangler": {
-			"version": "3.92.0",
+			"version": "3.95.0",
 			"dev": true,
 			"license": "MIT OR Apache-2.0",
 			"dependencies": {
diff --git a/fixtures/workflow/tests/index.test.ts b/fixtures/workflow/tests/index.test.ts
index 592feeef7c0d..cb81a544c637 100644
--- a/fixtures/workflow/tests/index.test.ts
+++ b/fixtures/workflow/tests/index.test.ts
@@ -83,4 +83,15 @@ describe("Workflows", () => {
 			output: [],
 		});
 	});
+
+	it("fails getting a workflow without creating it first", async ({
+		expect,
+	}) => {
+		await expect(
+			fetchJson(`http://${ip}:${port}/status?workflowName=anotherTest`)
+		).resolves.toMatchObject({
+			message: "instance.not_found",
+			name: "Error",
+		});
+	});
 });
diff --git a/packages/workflows-shared/src/engine.ts b/packages/workflows-shared/src/engine.ts
index 4a80f6cdbdc1..08dd14a0b9b2 100644
--- a/packages/workflows-shared/src/engine.ts
+++ b/packages/workflows-shared/src/engine.ts
@@ -142,6 +142,10 @@ export class Engine extends DurableObject<Env> {
 		_accountId: number,
 		_instanceId: string
 	): Promise<InstanceStatus> {
+		if (this.accountId === undefined) {
+			throw new Error("stub not initialized");
+		}
+
 		const res = await this.ctx.storage.get<InstanceStatus>(ENGINE_STATUS_KEY);
 
 		// NOTE(lduarte): if status don't exist, means that engine is running for the first time, so we assume queued