diff --git a/crates/vite_task/src/error.rs b/crates/vite_task/src/error.rs
index 1aba67eb..7ea49bcd 100644
--- a/crates/vite_task/src/error.rs
+++ b/crates/vite_task/src/error.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-use std::{ffi::OsString, io, path::Path, sync::Arc};
+use std::{ffi::OsString, io, path::Path};
 
 use fspy::error::SpawnError;
 use petgraph::algo::Cycle;
 use vite_path::{
-    AbsolutePath, RelativePathBuf,
+    RelativePathBuf,
     absolute::StripPrefixError,
     relative::{FromPathError, InvalidPathDataError},
 };
@@ -54,9 +54,6 @@ pub enum Error {
     #[error("The path ({path:?}) is not a valid relative path because: {reason}")]
     InvalidRelativePath { path: Box<Path>, reason: FromPathError },
 
-    #[error("IO error: {err} at {path:?}")]
-    IoWithPath { err: io::Error, path: Arc<AbsolutePath> },
-
     #[cfg(unix)]
     #[error("Unsupported file type: {0:?}")]
     UnsupportedFileType(nix::dir::Type),
diff --git a/crates/vite_task/src/fs.rs b/crates/vite_task/src/fs.rs
index e332a520..b47ba81a 100644
--- a/crates/vite_task/src/fs.rs
+++ b/crates/vite_task/src/fs.rs
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ fn hash_content(mut stream: impl Read) -> io::Result<u64> {
 }
 
 impl FileSystem for RealFileSystem {
+    #[tracing::instrument(level = "trace")]
     fn fingerprint_path(
         &self,
         path: &Arc<AbsolutePath>,
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ impl FileSystem for RealFileSystem {
 
         let file = match File::open(std_path) {
             Ok(file) => file,
+            #[allow(unused)]
             Err(err) => {
                 // On Windows, File::open fails specifically for directories with PermissionDenied
                 #[cfg(windows)]
@@ -58,18 +60,16 @@ impl FileSystem for RealFileSystem {
                         return RealFileSystem::process_directory(std_path, path_read);
                     }
                 }
-
-                return if matches!(
-                    err.kind(),
-                    io::ErrorKind::NotFound |
-                    // A component used as a directory in path is not a directory,
-                    // e.g. "/foo.txt/bar" where "/foo.txt" is a file
-                    io::ErrorKind::NotADirectory
-                ) {
-                    Ok(PathFingerprint::NotFound)
-                } else {
-                    Err(Error::IoWithPath { err, path: path.clone() })
-                };
+                if err.kind() != io::ErrorKind::NotFound {
+                    tracing::trace!(
+                        "Uncommon error when opening {:?} for fingerprinting: {}",
+                        std_path,
+                        err
+                    );
+                }
+                // There are many reasons why opening a file might fail (NotFound, InvalidFilename, NotADirectory, PermissionDenied).
+                // Consider all of them as NotFound for fingerprinting purposes.
+                return Ok(PathFingerprint::NotFound);
             }
         };