diff --git a/.github/actions/pytest-summary/action.yml b/.github/actions/pytest-summary/action.yml
index 6f529d36496..da23384cd3f 100644
--- a/.github/actions/pytest-summary/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/pytest-summary/action.yml
@@ -32,22 +32,37 @@ runs:
       with:
         path: "artifacts"
 
+    - name: "Check if artifacts directory has files"
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        if [ "$(find artifacts -type f | wc -l)" -gt 0 ]; then
+          echo "artifacts directory has files"
+          echo "HAS_FILES=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        else
+          echo "::notice:: 'artifacts' directory has NO files. Skipping rest of the steps."
+          echo "HAS_FILES=false" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        fi
+
     - name: "List directories"
       shell: bash
+      if: ${{ env.HAS_FILES == 'true' }}
       run: |
         echo "::group:: List directories:" && ls -Rla artifacts && echo "::endgroup::"
 
     - name: "Uncompress files"
+      if: ${{ env.HAS_FILES == 'true' }}
       shell: bash
       run: |
         find . -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 4 -type f -name 'logs-*.tgz' -exec tar -xzvf {} -C $(dirname {}) \;
 
     - name: "List directories"
+      if: ${{ env.HAS_FILES == 'true' }}
       shell: bash
       run: |
         echo "::group:: List directories:" && ls -Rla . && echo "::endgroup::"
 
     - name: "Create summary"
+      if: ${{ env.HAS_FILES == 'true' }}
       shell: bash
       run: |
         echo "# Test summary 🚀" >>  $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
@@ -57,6 +72,7 @@ runs:
         cat summary.md
 
     - name: "Upload tests summary"
+      if: ${{ env.HAS_FILES == 'true' }}
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: tests_durations.json
diff --git a/doc/changelog.d/3851.fixed.md b/doc/changelog.d/3851.fixed.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4dccc1dc9dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changelog.d/3851.fixed.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+fix: add check for artifacts directory before processing files
\ No newline at end of file