diff --git a/src/vs/platform/sharedProcess/electron-main/sharedProcess.ts b/src/vs/platform/sharedProcess/electron-main/sharedProcess.ts
index 4822785b9565dd28725afd49784f88478538409f..c196c2d918b12fb9ce1c99ba4e73086bee4a3b2d 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/sharedProcess/electron-main/sharedProcess.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/sharedProcess/electron-main/sharedProcess.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import { ISharedProcess, ISharedProcessConfiguration } from 'vs/platform/sharedP
 import { ISharedProcessWorkerConfiguration } from 'vs/platform/sharedProcess/common/sharedProcessWorkerService';
 import { IThemeMainService } from 'vs/platform/theme/electron-main/themeMainService';
 import { WindowError } from 'vs/platform/windows/electron-main/windows';
+import { toErrorMessage } from 'vs/base/common/errorMessage';
 
 export class SharedProcess extends Disposable implements ISharedProcess {
 
@@ -157,7 +158,11 @@ export class SharedProcess extends Disposable implements ISharedProcess {
 			return;
 		}
 
-		window.webContents.send(channel, ...args);
+		try {
+			window.webContents.send(channel, ...args);
+		} catch (error) {
+			this.logService.warn(`Error sending IPC message to channel '${channel}' of shared process: ${toErrorMessage(error)}`);
+		}
 	}
 
 	private _whenReady: Promise<void> | undefined = undefined;
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/windows/electron-main/window.ts b/src/vs/platform/windows/electron-main/window.ts
index 58d42ec2595b591e156e8d3c19c5222f590cba7e..6a0a44d144f7e64a9946a0b1db10c5a74f4e42bc 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/windows/electron-main/window.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/windows/electron-main/window.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import { app, BrowserWindow, BrowserWindowConstructorOptions, Display, Event, nativeImage, NativeImage, Rectangle, screen, SegmentedControlSegment, systemPreferences, TouchBar, TouchBarSegmentedControl, WebFrameMain } from 'electron';
 import { RunOnceScheduler } from 'vs/base/common/async';
 import { CancellationToken } from 'vs/base/common/cancellation';
+import { toErrorMessage } from 'vs/base/common/errorMessage';
 import { Emitter } from 'vs/base/common/event';
 import { mnemonicButtonLabel } from 'vs/base/common/labels';
 import { Disposable } from 'vs/base/common/lifecycle';
@@ -1319,7 +1320,11 @@ export class CodeWindow extends Disposable implements ICodeWindow {
 				return;
 			}
 
-			this._win.webContents.send(channel, ...args);
+			try {
+				this._win.webContents.send(channel, ...args);
+			} catch (error) {
+				this.logService.warn(`Error sending IPC message to channel '${channel}' of window ${this._id}: ${toErrorMessage(error)}`);
+			}
 		}
 	}