diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ActiveWebhooks.ts b/packages/cli/src/ActiveWebhooks.ts
index b594a1b795070..a271021471412 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ActiveWebhooks.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ActiveWebhooks.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import type {
 	WorkflowActivateMode,
 	WorkflowExecuteMode,
 } from 'n8n-workflow';
-
+import { WebhookPathAlreadyTakenError } from 'n8n-workflow';
 import * as NodeExecuteFunctions from 'n8n-core';
 
 @Service()
@@ -46,9 +46,7 @@ export class ActiveWebhooks {
 
 		// check that there is not a webhook already registered with that path/method
 		if (this.webhookUrls[webhookKey] && !webhookData.webhookId) {
-			throw new Error(
-				`The URL path that the "${webhookData.node}" node uses is already taken. Please change it to something else.`,
-			);
+			throw new WebhookPathAlreadyTakenError(webhookData.node);
 		}
 
 		if (this.workflowWebhooks[webhookData.workflowId] === undefined) {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ActiveWorkflowRunner.ts b/packages/cli/src/ActiveWorkflowRunner.ts
index f60b3ffcdb28f..e6bd6b9f5c528 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ActiveWorkflowRunner.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ActiveWorkflowRunner.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import {
 	WorkflowActivationError,
 	LoggerProxy as Logger,
 	ErrorReporterProxy as ErrorReporter,
+	WebhookPathAlreadyTakenError,
 } from 'n8n-workflow';
 
 import type express from 'express';
@@ -428,11 +429,8 @@ export class ActiveWorkflowRunner implements IWebhookManager {
 				// if it's a workflow from the the insert
 				// TODO check if there is standard error code for duplicate key violation that works
 				// with all databases
-				if (error.name === 'QueryFailedError') {
-					error = new Error(
-						`The URL path that the "${webhook.node}" node uses is already taken. Please change it to something else.`,
-						{ cause: error },
-					);
+				if (error instanceof Error && error.name === 'QueryFailedError') {
+					error = new WebhookPathAlreadyTakenError(webhook.node, error);
 				} else if (error.detail) {
 					// it's a error running the webhook methods (checkExists, create)
 					error.message = error.detail;
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ErrorReporting.ts b/packages/cli/src/ErrorReporting.ts
index b12a19f95e726..e850b6e4faac7 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ErrorReporting.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ErrorReporting.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { createHash } from 'crypto';
 import config from '@/config';
-import { ErrorReporterProxy, NodeError } from 'n8n-workflow';
+import { ErrorReporterProxy, ExecutionBaseError } from 'n8n-workflow';
 
 let initialized = false;
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export const initErrorHandling = async () => {
 
 	const seenErrors = new Set<string>();
 	addGlobalEventProcessor((event, { originalException }) => {
-		if (originalException instanceof NodeError && originalException.severity === 'warning')
+		if (originalException instanceof ExecutionBaseError && originalException.severity === 'warning')
 			return null;
 		if (!event.exception) return null;
 		const eventHash = createHash('sha1').update(JSON.stringify(event.exception)).digest('base64');
diff --git a/packages/workflow/src/NodeErrors.ts b/packages/workflow/src/NodeErrors.ts
index 302d9f12a8f24..a78bd2af6cf33 100644
--- a/packages/workflow/src/NodeErrors.ts
+++ b/packages/workflow/src/NodeErrors.ts
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ const STATUS_CODE_MESSAGES: IStatusCodeMessages = {
 const UNKNOWN_ERROR_MESSAGE = 'UNKNOWN ERROR - check the detailed error for more information';
 const UNKNOWN_ERROR_MESSAGE_CRED = 'UNKNOWN ERROR';
 
-type Severity = 'warning' | 'error';
+export type Severity = 'warning' | 'error';
 
 interface ExecutionBaseErrorOptions {
 	cause?: Error | JsonObject;
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ export abstract class ExecutionBaseError extends Error {
 
 	lineNumber: number | undefined;
 
+	severity: Severity = 'error';
+
 	constructor(message: string, { cause }: ExecutionBaseErrorOptions) {
 		const options = cause instanceof Error ? { cause } : {};
 		super(message, options);
@@ -171,8 +173,6 @@ export abstract class ExecutionBaseError extends Error {
 export abstract class NodeError extends ExecutionBaseError {
 	node: INode;
 
-	severity: Severity = 'error';
-
 	constructor(node: INode, error: Error | JsonObject) {
 		const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : '';
 		super(message, { cause: error });
diff --git a/packages/workflow/src/WorkflowActivationError.ts b/packages/workflow/src/WorkflowActivationError.ts
index dd1ba2c42223c..d9a7943a99e0c 100644
--- a/packages/workflow/src/WorkflowActivationError.ts
+++ b/packages/workflow/src/WorkflowActivationError.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import type { INode } from './Interfaces';
-import { ExecutionBaseError } from './NodeErrors';
+import { ExecutionBaseError, type Severity } from './NodeErrors';
 
 interface WorkflowActivationErrorOptions {
 	cause?: Error;
 	node?: INode;
+	severity?: Severity;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ interface WorkflowActivationErrorOptions {
 export class WorkflowActivationError extends ExecutionBaseError {
 	node: INode | undefined;
 
-	constructor(message: string, { cause, node }: WorkflowActivationErrorOptions) {
+	constructor(message: string, { cause, node, severity }: WorkflowActivationErrorOptions) {
 		let error = cause as Error;
 		if (cause instanceof ExecutionBaseError) {
 			error = new Error(cause.message);
@@ -23,5 +24,15 @@ export class WorkflowActivationError extends ExecutionBaseError {
 		super(message, { cause: error });
 		this.node = node;
 		this.message = message;
+		if (severity) this.severity = severity;
+	}
+}
+
+export class WebhookPathAlreadyTakenError extends WorkflowActivationError {
+	constructor(nodeName: string, cause?: Error) {
+		super(
+			`The URL path that the "${nodeName}" node uses is already taken. Please change it to something else.`,
+			{ severity: 'warning', cause },
+		);
 	}
 }