diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/moveRenameManager.ts b/frontend/src/lib/components/moveRenameManager.ts
index 61a40f5b25..18030eb405 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/moveRenameManager.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/moveRenameManager.ts
@@ -5,13 +5,22 @@ type ItemKind = 'flow' | 'script' | 'app'
 /**
  * Check whether a flow uses on_behalf_of_email.
  * Callers use this to show a warning before saving.
+ *
+ * Returns `undefined` if the flow doesn't exist at that path (e.g. a draft, or
+ * a path the user is mid-edit). Missing-flow is a valid "no on-behalf" answer,
+ * not an error — and surfacing it via the global rejection handler would toast
+ * "Flow not found" while the user just opens the rename popover.
  */
 export async function checkFlowOnBehalfOf(
 	workspace: string,
 	path: string
 ): Promise<string | undefined> {
-	const flow = await FlowService.getFlowByPath({ workspace, path })
-	return flow.on_behalf_of_email
+	try {
+		const flow = await FlowService.getFlowByPath({ workspace, path })
+		return flow.on_behalf_of_email
+	} catch {
+		return undefined
+	}
 }
 
 /**