diff --git a/.changeset/tame-tips-play.md b/.changeset/tame-tips-play.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d97f02b9de7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tame-tips-play.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@shopify/cli-kit': patch
+---
+
+Throw descriptive AbortErrors during expected authorization errors
diff --git a/packages/cli-kit/src/private/node/session/device-authorization.test.ts b/packages/cli-kit/src/private/node/session/device-authorization.test.ts
index af0ca3979c7..d3c2b0f718a 100644
--- a/packages/cli-kit/src/private/node/session/device-authorization.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-kit/src/private/node/session/device-authorization.test.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {identityFqdn} from '../../../public/node/context/fqdn.js'
 import {shopifyFetch} from '../../../public/node/http.js'
 import {isTTY} from '../../../public/node/ui.js'
 import {err, ok} from '../../../public/node/result.js'
+import {AbortError} from '../../../public/node/error.js'
 import {isCI} from '../../../public/node/system.js'
 import {beforeEach, describe, expect, test, vi} from 'vitest'
 import {Response} from 'node-fetch'
@@ -181,4 +182,26 @@ describe('pollForDeviceAuthorization', () => {
     await expect(got).rejects.toThrow()
     expect(exchangeDeviceCodeForAccessToken).toBeCalledTimes(3)
   })
+
+  test('when polling, if an access denied error is received, stop polling and throw AbortError', async () => {
+    // Given
+    vi.mocked(exchangeDeviceCodeForAccessToken).mockResolvedValueOnce(err('access_denied'))
+
+    // When
+    const got = pollForDeviceAuthorization('device_code', 0.05)
+
+    // Then
+    await expect(got).rejects.toThrow(new AbortError(`Device authorization failed: Access denied.`))
+  })
+
+  test('when polling, if an expired token error is received, stop polling and throw AbortError', async () => {
+    // Given
+    vi.mocked(exchangeDeviceCodeForAccessToken).mockResolvedValueOnce(err('expired_token'))
+
+    // When
+    const got = pollForDeviceAuthorization('device_code', 0.05)
+
+    // Then
+    await expect(got).rejects.toThrow(new AbortError(`Device authorization failed: Token expired. Please try again.`))
+  })
 })
diff --git a/packages/cli-kit/src/private/node/session/device-authorization.ts b/packages/cli-kit/src/private/node/session/device-authorization.ts
index 711269ec46e..e875adf1ea8 100644
--- a/packages/cli-kit/src/private/node/session/device-authorization.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-kit/src/private/node/session/device-authorization.ts
@@ -142,7 +142,11 @@ export async function pollForDeviceAuthorization(code: string, interval = 5): Pr
           startPolling()
           return
         case 'access_denied':
+          reject(new AbortError(`Device authorization failed: Access denied.`))
+          return
         case 'expired_token':
+          reject(new AbortError(`Device authorization failed: Token expired. Please try again.`))
+          return
         case 'unknown_failure': {
           reject(new Error(`Device authorization failed: ${error}`))
         }