diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/endpoint/public/embeddables/resolver/store/data/reducer.ts b/x-pack/plugins/endpoint/public/embeddables/resolver/store/data/reducer.ts
index f2e4e930e09c0..c06dc3291e410 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/endpoint/public/embeddables/resolver/store/data/reducer.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/endpoint/public/embeddables/resolver/store/data/reducer.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export const dataReducer: Reducer<DataState, ResolverAction> = (state = initialS
     if (statsMap) {
       const currentStatsMap = new Map(statsMap);
       const resolverEvent = action.payload;
-      currentStatsMap.set(resolverEvent, new Error('error requesting related events'));
+      currentStatsMap.set(resolverEvent, 'error');
       return { ...state, resultsEnrichedWithRelatedEventInfo: currentStatsMap };
     }
     return state;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/endpoint/public/embeddables/resolver/store/data/selectors.ts b/x-pack/plugins/endpoint/public/embeddables/resolver/store/data/selectors.ts
index dcf7e3e1334ea..413f4db1cc99e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/endpoint/public/embeddables/resolver/store/data/selectors.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/endpoint/public/embeddables/resolver/store/data/selectors.ts
@@ -432,13 +432,12 @@ export const relatedEventStats = createSelector(relatedEventResults, function ge
 
   for (const updatedEvent of relatedEventResults.keys()) {
     const newStatsEntry = relatedEventResults.get(updatedEvent);
+    if (newStatsEntry === 'error') {
+      // If the entry is an error, return it as is
+      relatedEventStats.set(updatedEvent, newStatsEntry);
+      continue;
+    }
     if (typeof newStatsEntry === 'object') {
-      // compile stats
-      if (newStatsEntry instanceof Error) {
-        // If the entry is an error, return it as is
-        relatedEventStats.set(updatedEvent, newStatsEntry);
-        continue;
-      }
       /**
        * Otherwise, it should be a valid stats entry.
        * Do the work to compile the stats.
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/endpoint/public/embeddables/resolver/store/middleware.ts b/x-pack/plugins/endpoint/public/embeddables/resolver/store/middleware.ts
index a42b43ef5c40b..06758022b05c5 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/endpoint/public/embeddables/resolver/store/middleware.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/endpoint/public/embeddables/resolver/store/middleware.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ function flattenEvents(children: ResolverNode[], events: ResolverEvent[] = []):
   }, events);
 }
 
-type RelatedEventAPIResponse = Error | { events: ResolverEvent[] };
+type RelatedEventAPIResponse = 'error' | { events: ResolverEvent[] };
 /**
  * As the design goal of this stopgap was to prevent saturating the server with /events
  * requests, this generator intentionally processes events in serial rather than in parallel.
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ async function* getEachRelatedEventsResult(
         query: { events: 100 },
       });
     } catch (e) {
-      result = new Error(`Error fetching related events for entity=${id}`);
+      result = 'error';
     }
     yield [eventToQueryForRelateds, result];
   }
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ export const resolverMiddlewareFactory: MiddlewareFactory = context => {
            * [event requested , response of event against the /related api]
            */
           const [baseEvent, apiResults] = results;
-          if (apiResults instanceof Error) {
+          if (apiResults === 'error') {
             api.dispatch({
               type: 'serverFailedToReturnRelatedEventData',
               payload: results[0],
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/endpoint/public/embeddables/resolver/types.ts b/x-pack/plugins/endpoint/public/embeddables/resolver/types.ts
index 071c35ea064cf..ec5ac188d7e6e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/endpoint/public/embeddables/resolver/types.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/endpoint/public/embeddables/resolver/types.ts
@@ -146,7 +146,10 @@ export interface RelatedEventDataEntry {
  * Represents the status of the request for related event data, which will be either the data,
  * a value indicating that it's still waiting for the data or an Error indicating the data can't be retrieved as expected
  */
-export type RelatedEventDataResults = RelatedEventDataEntry | 'waitingForRelatedEventData' | Error;
+export type RelatedEventDataResults =
+  | RelatedEventDataEntry
+  | 'waitingForRelatedEventData'
+  | 'error';
 
 /**
  * This represents the raw related events data enhanced with statistics
@@ -166,7 +169,7 @@ export type RelatedEventDataEntryWithStats = RelatedEventDataEntry & {
 export type RelatedEventEntryWithStatsOrWaiting =
   | RelatedEventDataEntryWithStats
   | `waitingForRelatedEventData`
-  | Error;
+  | 'error';
 
 /**
  * This represents a Map that will return either a `RelatedEventDataEntryWithStats`
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/endpoint/public/embeddables/resolver/view/process_event_dot.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/endpoint/public/embeddables/resolver/view/process_event_dot.tsx
index c2e7070fc77ca..32928d511a1f9 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/endpoint/public/embeddables/resolver/view/process_event_dot.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/endpoint/public/embeddables/resolver/view/process_event_dot.tsx
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ export const ProcessEventDot = styled(
        * e.g. "10 DNS", "230 File"
        */
       const relatedEventOptions = useMemo(() => {
-        if (relatedEvents instanceof Error) {
+        if (relatedEvents === 'error') {
           // Return an empty set of options if there was an error requesting them
           return [];
         }
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ export const ProcessEventDot = styled(
           // If related events have not yet been requested
           return subMenuAssets.initialMenuStatus;
         }
-        if (relatedEvents instanceof Error) {
+        if (relatedEvents === 'error') {
           // If there was an error when we tried to request the events
           return subMenuAssets.menuError;
         }