diff --git a/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/application/WriteAction.java b/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/application/WriteAction.java
index bbe4f76da772..a679c70f2be9 100644
--- a/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/application/WriteAction.java
+++ b/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/application/WriteAction.java
@@ -59,7 +59,10 @@ public abstract class WriteAction<T> extends BaseActionRunnable<T> {
       }
     });
 
-    result.throwException();
+    if (!isSilentExecution()) {
+      result.throwException();
+    }
+
     return result;
   }
 
diff --git a/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/application/RunnableActionsTest.kt b/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/application/RunnableActionsTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..328dc81788ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/application/RunnableActionsTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2000-2016 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.intellij.openapi.application
+
+import com.intellij.openapi.command.WriteCommandAction
+import com.intellij.testFramework.fixtures.BareTestFixtureTestCase
+import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat
+import org.junit.Test
+import kotlin.test.fail
+
+class RunnableActionsTest : BareTestFixtureTestCase() {
+  private val message = "<test message>"
+
+  @Test fun readAction() = doTest(object : ReadAction<Any>() {
+    override fun run(result: Result<Any>) = throw Exception(message)
+  })
+
+  @Test fun writeAction() = doTest(object : WriteAction<Any>() {
+    override fun run(result: Result<Any>) = throw Exception(message)
+  })
+
+  @Test fun commandAction() = doTest(object : WriteCommandAction<Any>(null) {
+    override fun run(result: Result<Any>) = throw Exception(message)
+  })
+
+  private fun doTest(action: BaseActionRunnable<Any>) {
+    try {
+      action.execute()
+      fail("BaseActionRunnable.execute() should pass exceptions")
+    }
+    catch (e: RuntimeException) {
+      assertThat(e.message).endsWith(message)
+    }
+
+    val result = try {
+      action.executeSilently()
+    }
+    catch(e: RuntimeException) {
+      fail("BaseActionRunnable.executeSilently() should capture exceptions")
+    }
+    assertThat(result.hasException()).isTrue()
+    assertThat(result.throwable.message).endsWith(message)
+  }
+}
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