We shouldn't report that the file is empty if the stating fails. Let's do the same as in other places, and just ignore the error and let the subsequent operation fail. (cherry picked from commit 7d0c47dad0d4282c3924a654a8fe18fc5d7766f8) (cherry picked from commit bfc03cae41ae051c9eedcb48f66b3266346719aa)
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