diff --git a/jupyter_server/services/contents/filemanager.py b/jupyter_server/services/contents/filemanager.py
index 83eefce397..73a44901dd 100644
--- a/jupyter_server/services/contents/filemanager.py
+++ b/jupyter_server/services/contents/filemanager.py
@@ -702,15 +702,12 @@ def _get_dir_size(self, path="."):
 
             self.log.info(f"current status of du command {result}")
             size = result[0].decode("utf-8")
-        except Exception as err:
-            self.log.error(f"Error during directory copy: {err}")
-            raise web.HTTPError(
-                400,
-                f"""
-                Unexpected error during copy operation,
-                not able to get the size of the {path} directory
-                """,
-            ) from err
+        except Exception:
+            self.log.warning(
+                "Not able to get the size of the %s directory. Copying might be slow if the directory is large!",
+                path,
+            )
+            return "0"
         return size
 
     def _human_readable_size(self, size):
@@ -1180,15 +1177,12 @@ async def _get_dir_size(self, path: str = ".") -> str:
 
             self.log.info(f"current status of du command {result}")
             size = result[0].decode("utf-8")
-        except Exception as err:
-            self.log.error(f"Error during directory copy: {err}")
-            raise web.HTTPError(
-                400,
-                f"""
-                Unexpected error during copy operation,
-                not able to get the size of the {path} directory
-                """,
-            ) from err
+        except Exception:
+            self.log.warning(
+                "Not able to get the size of the %s directory. Copying might be slow if the directory is large!",
+                path,
+            )
+            return "0"
         return size
 
     async def _human_readable_size(self, size: int) -> str:
diff --git a/tests/auth/test_identity.py b/tests/auth/test_identity.py
index 7e836d47f9..9c4010f445 100644
--- a/tests/auth/test_identity.py
+++ b/tests/auth/test_identity.py
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ def test_password_required(identity_provider_class, password_set, password_requi
     app.identity_provider = idp
     ctx = nullcontext() if ok else pytest.raises(SystemExit)
 
-    with ctx:  # type:ignore[attr-defined]
+    with ctx:
         idp.validate_security(app, ssl_options=None)