diff --git a/services/web/app/src/Features/LinkedFiles/LinkedFilesController.js b/services/web/app/src/Features/LinkedFiles/LinkedFilesController.js
index 76f065a628..b6f06ee1e9 100644
--- a/services/web/app/src/Features/LinkedFiles/LinkedFilesController.js
+++ b/services/web/app/src/Features/LinkedFiles/LinkedFilesController.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ const logger = require('logger-sharelatex')
 const _ = require('underscore')
 const LinkedFilesHandler = require('./LinkedFilesHandler')
 const {
+  CompileFailedError,
   UrlFetchFailedError,
   InvalidUrlError,
   OutputFileFetchFailedError,
@@ -152,6 +153,10 @@ module.exports = LinkedFilesController = {
         .send(
           'Sorry, the source project is not yet imported to Overleaf v2. Please import it to Overleaf v2 to refresh this file'
         )
+    } else if (error instanceof CompileFailedError) {
+      return res
+        .status(422)
+        .send(res.locals.translate('generic_linked_file_compile_error'))
     } else if (error instanceof OutputFileFetchFailedError) {
       return res.status(404).send('Could not get output file')
     } else if (error instanceof UrlFetchFailedError) {
diff --git a/services/web/app/src/Features/LinkedFiles/LinkedFilesErrors.js b/services/web/app/src/Features/LinkedFiles/LinkedFilesErrors.js
index f433bf8116..5a1457d51b 100644
--- a/services/web/app/src/Features/LinkedFiles/LinkedFilesErrors.js
+++ b/services/web/app/src/Features/LinkedFiles/LinkedFilesErrors.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ class UrlFetchFailedError extends BackwardCompatibleError {}
 
 class InvalidUrlError extends BackwardCompatibleError {}
 
+class CompileFailedError extends BackwardCompatibleError {}
 class OutputFileFetchFailedError extends BackwardCompatibleError {}
 
 class AccessDeniedError extends BackwardCompatibleError {}
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ class RemoteServiceError extends BackwardCompatibleError {}
 class FileCannotRefreshError extends BackwardCompatibleError {}
 
 module.exports = {
+  CompileFailedError,
   UrlFetchFailedError,
   InvalidUrlError,
   OutputFileFetchFailedError,
diff --git a/services/web/app/src/Features/LinkedFiles/ProjectOutputFileAgent.js b/services/web/app/src/Features/LinkedFiles/ProjectOutputFileAgent.js
index 3c7b52a66a..21979e7924 100644
--- a/services/web/app/src/Features/LinkedFiles/ProjectOutputFileAgent.js
+++ b/services/web/app/src/Features/LinkedFiles/ProjectOutputFileAgent.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ const ClsiManager = require('../Compile/ClsiManager')
 const ProjectFileAgent = require('./ProjectFileAgent')
 const _ = require('underscore')
 const {
+  CompileFailedError,
   BadDataError,
   AccessDeniedError,
   BadEntityTypeError,
@@ -268,7 +269,7 @@ module.exports = ProjectOutputFileAgent = {
             return callback(err)
           }
           if (status !== 'success') {
-            return callback(new OutputFileFetchFailedError())
+            return callback(new CompileFailedError())
           }
           const outputFile = _.find(
             outputFiles,
diff --git a/services/web/frontend/extracted-translations.json b/services/web/frontend/extracted-translations.json
index 09182fe92f..9d208056ee 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/extracted-translations.json
+++ b/services/web/frontend/extracted-translations.json
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@
   "from_provider": "",
   "full_doc_history": "",
   "full_screen": "",
+  "generic_linked_file_compile_error": "",
   "generic_something_went_wrong": "",
   "get_collaborative_benefits": "",
   "git_bridge_modal_description": "",
diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/file-tree/components/file-tree-create/error-message.js b/services/web/frontend/js/features/file-tree/components/file-tree-create/error-message.js
index cd08f0b588..1fdeef2566 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/features/file-tree/components/file-tree-create/error-message.js
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/file-tree/components/file-tree-create/error-message.js
@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@ export default function ErrorMessage({ error }) {
           </DangerMessage>
         )
 
+      case 'linked-project-compile-error':
+        return (
+          <DangerMessage>
+            {t('generic_linked_file_compile_error')}
+          </DangerMessage>
+        )
+
       default:
         // TODO: convert error.response.data to an error key and try again?
         // return error
diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/file-tree/hooks/use-project-output-files.js b/services/web/frontend/js/features/file-tree/hooks/use-project-output-files.js
index 150e6fc4b8..9ab207de05 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/features/file-tree/hooks/use-project-output-files.js
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/file-tree/hooks/use-project-output-files.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export function useProjectOutputFiles(projectId) {
 
             setData(filteredFiles.sort(alphabetical))
           } else {
-            setError(true)
+            setError('linked-project-compile-error')
           }
         })
         .catch(error => setError(error))
diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/file-view/components/file-view-header.js b/services/web/frontend/js/features/file-view/components/file-view-header.js
index 7b847647aa..5187439d38 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/features/file-view/components/file-view-header.js
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/file-view/components/file-view-header.js
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ export default function FileViewHeader({ file, storeReferencesKeys }) {
       })
       .catch(err => {
         setRefreshing(false)
-        setRefreshError(err.message)
+        setRefreshError(err.data?.message || err.message)
       })
       .finally(() => {
         if (
diff --git a/services/web/locales/en.json b/services/web/locales/en.json
index a6f963d784..c40341a3fc 100644
--- a/services/web/locales/en.json
+++ b/services/web/locales/en.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  "generic_linked_file_compile_error": "This project's output files are not available because it failed to compile. Please open the project to see the compilation error details.",
   "chat_error": "Could not load chat messages, please try again.",
   "reconnect": "Try again",
   "no_pdf_error_title": "No PDF",