diff --git a/tests/utils/__init__.py b/tests/utils/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/tests/utils/test_sharepoint_client_error_handling.py b/tests/utils/test_sharepoint_client_error_handling.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aa52d4bd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/utils/test_sharepoint_client_error_handling.py
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import logging
+from typing import Any, Optional
+
+import pytest
+
+from utils.sharepoint.sharepoint_client import (
+    ResourceNotFoundError,
+    api_call_decorator,
+)
+
+
+class _FakeResponse:
+    def __init__(self, status_code: int, error_code: str, message: str) -> None:
+        self.status_code = status_code
+        self._error_code = error_code
+        self._message = message
+        self.headers: dict[str, str] = {}
+
+    def json(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        return {"error": {"code": self._error_code, "message": self._message}}
+
+
+class _FakeClient:
+    headers: Optional[dict[str, str]] = {}
+
+    def is_access_token_expired(self) -> bool:
+        return False
+
+    @api_call_decorator
+    def fetch(self, path: str) -> Any:
+        return "GET", f"https://graph.example.invalid/root:/{path}:/children", None
+
+
+def _patch_response(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, response: _FakeResponse
+) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        "utils.sharepoint.sharepoint_client.requests.request",
+        lambda *args, **kwargs: response,
+    )
+
+
+def test_404_raises_resource_not_found_without_error_logs(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, caplog: pytest.LogCaptureFixture
+) -> None:
+    # Arrange
+    _patch_response(
+        monkeypatch,
+        _FakeResponse(404, "itemNotFound", "The resource could not be found."),
+    )
+
+    # Act
+    with pytest.raises(ResourceNotFoundError):
+        _FakeClient().fetch("missing/folder")
+
+    # Assert
+    error_records = [r for r in caplog.records if r.levelno >= logging.ERROR]
+    assert error_records == []
diff --git a/utils/sharepoint/sharepoint_client.py b/utils/sharepoint/sharepoint_client.py
index 38107dbfc..976b47831 100644
--- a/utils/sharepoint/sharepoint_client.py
+++ b/utils/sharepoint/sharepoint_client.py
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ from utils.logger import setup_logger
 logger = setup_logger()
 
 
+class ResourceNotFoundError(ValueError):
+    """Raised when the API returns 404 — an expected miss, not a failure."""
+
+
 def handle_error(response):
     """
     Handle errors based on HTTP status codes and log detailed information.