diff --git a/packages/common/error.js b/packages/common/error.js
index e1acbab85aed7517aec824126fdaf28939298863..5a53bda9dedaba9ca4be96d7c402098e85d4c98a 100644
--- a/packages/common/error.js
+++ b/packages/common/error.js
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ export const handleXhrError = (jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) => {
  * @param summary
  */
 export const handleFetchError = async (error, summary = "") => {
+    // return if user aborted the request
+    if (error.name === "AbortError") {
+        return;
+    }
+
     let body;
 
     try {