diff --git a/packages/cache/__tests__/restoreCache.test.ts b/packages/cache/__tests__/restoreCache.test.ts
index cb3a06c1dc..36ec880129 100644
--- a/packages/cache/__tests__/restoreCache.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cache/__tests__/restoreCache.test.ts
@@ -73,13 +73,17 @@ test('restore with no cache found', async () => {
 test('restore with server error should fail', async () => {
   const paths = ['node_modules']
   const key = 'node-test'
+  const logWarningMock = jest.spyOn(core, 'warning')
 
   jest.spyOn(cacheHttpClient, 'getCacheEntry').mockImplementation(() => {
     throw new Error('HTTP Error Occurred')
   })
 
-  await expect(restoreCache(paths, key)).rejects.toThrowError(
-    'HTTP Error Occurred'
+  const cacheKey = await restoreCache(paths, key)
+  expect(cacheKey).toBe(undefined)
+  expect(logWarningMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+  expect(logWarningMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+    'Failed to restore: HTTP Error Occurred'
   )
 })
 
diff --git a/packages/cache/__tests__/saveCache.test.ts b/packages/cache/__tests__/saveCache.test.ts
index 92628f7151..945b254f0b 100644
--- a/packages/cache/__tests__/saveCache.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cache/__tests__/saveCache.test.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ test('save with large cache outputs should fail', async () => {
   const cachePaths = [path.resolve(filePath)]
 
   const createTarMock = jest.spyOn(tar, 'createTar')
+  const logWarningMock = jest.spyOn(core, 'warning')
 
   const cacheSize = 11 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024 //~11GB, over the 10GB limit
   jest
@@ -58,8 +59,11 @@ test('save with large cache outputs should fail', async () => {
     .spyOn(cacheUtils, 'getCompressionMethod')
     .mockReturnValueOnce(Promise.resolve(compression))
 
-  await expect(saveCache([filePath], primaryKey)).rejects.toThrowError(
-    'Cache size of ~11264 MB (11811160064 B) is over the 10GB limit, not saving cache.'
+  const cacheId = await saveCache([filePath], primaryKey)
+  expect(cacheId).toBe(-1)
+  expect(logWarningMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+  expect(logWarningMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+    'Failed to save: Cache size of ~11264 MB (11811160064 B) is over the 10GB limit, not saving cache.'
   )
 
   const archiveFolder = '/foo/bar'
@@ -79,6 +83,7 @@ test('save with large cache outputs should fail in GHES with error message', asy
   const cachePaths = [path.resolve(filePath)]
 
   const createTarMock = jest.spyOn(tar, 'createTar')
+  const logWarningMock = jest.spyOn(core, 'warning')
 
   const cacheSize = 11 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024 //~11GB, over the 10GB limit
   jest
@@ -106,8 +111,11 @@ test('save with large cache outputs should fail in GHES with error message', asy
       return response
     })
 
-  await expect(saveCache([filePath], primaryKey)).rejects.toThrowError(
-    'The cache filesize must be between 0 and 1073741824 bytes'
+  const cacheId = await saveCache([filePath], primaryKey)
+  expect(cacheId).toBe(-1)
+  expect(logWarningMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+  expect(logWarningMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+    'Failed to save: The cache filesize must be between 0 and 1073741824 bytes'
   )
 
   const archiveFolder = '/foo/bar'
@@ -127,6 +135,7 @@ test('save with large cache outputs should fail in GHES without error message',
   const cachePaths = [path.resolve(filePath)]
 
   const createTarMock = jest.spyOn(tar, 'createTar')
+  const logWarningMock = jest.spyOn(core, 'warning')
 
   const cacheSize = 11 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024 //~11GB, over the 10GB limit
   jest
@@ -150,8 +159,11 @@ test('save with large cache outputs should fail in GHES without error message',
       return response
     })
 
-  await expect(saveCache([filePath], primaryKey)).rejects.toThrowError(
-    'Cache size of ~11264 MB (11811160064 B) is over the data cap limit, not saving cache.'
+  const cacheId = await saveCache([filePath], primaryKey)
+  expect(cacheId).toBe(-1)
+  expect(logWarningMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+  expect(logWarningMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+    'Failed to save: Cache size of ~11264 MB (11811160064 B) is over the data cap limit, not saving cache.'
   )
 
   const archiveFolder = '/foo/bar'
@@ -168,6 +180,7 @@ test('save with large cache outputs should fail in GHES without error message',
 test('save with reserve cache failure should fail', async () => {
   const paths = ['node_modules']
   const primaryKey = 'Linux-node-bb828da54c148048dd17899ba9fda624811cfb43'
+  const logInfoMock = jest.spyOn(core, 'info')
 
   const reserveCacheMock = jest
     .spyOn(cacheHttpClient, 'reserveCache')
@@ -187,9 +200,13 @@ test('save with reserve cache failure should fail', async () => {
     .spyOn(cacheUtils, 'getCompressionMethod')
     .mockReturnValueOnce(Promise.resolve(compression))
 
-  await expect(saveCache(paths, primaryKey)).rejects.toThrowError(
-    `Unable to reserve cache with key ${primaryKey}, another job may be creating this cache.`
+  const cacheId = await saveCache(paths, primaryKey)
+  expect(cacheId).toBe(-1)
+  expect(logInfoMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+  expect(logInfoMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+    `Failed to save: Unable to reserve cache with key ${primaryKey}, another job may be creating this cache. More details: undefined`
   )
+
   expect(reserveCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
   expect(reserveCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(primaryKey, paths, {
     compressionMethod: compression
@@ -203,7 +220,7 @@ test('save with server error should fail', async () => {
   const filePath = 'node_modules'
   const primaryKey = 'Linux-node-bb828da54c148048dd17899ba9fda624811cfb43'
   const cachePaths = [path.resolve(filePath)]
-
+  const logWarningMock = jest.spyOn(core, 'warning')
   const cacheId = 4
   const reserveCacheMock = jest
     .spyOn(cacheHttpClient, 'reserveCache')
@@ -228,9 +245,12 @@ test('save with server error should fail', async () => {
     .spyOn(cacheUtils, 'getCompressionMethod')
     .mockReturnValueOnce(Promise.resolve(compression))
 
-  await expect(saveCache([filePath], primaryKey)).rejects.toThrowError(
-    'HTTP Error Occurred'
+  await saveCache([filePath], primaryKey)
+  expect(logWarningMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+  expect(logWarningMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+    'Failed to save: HTTP Error Occurred'
   )
+
   expect(reserveCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
   expect(reserveCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(primaryKey, [filePath], {
     compressionMethod: compression
diff --git a/packages/cache/src/cache.ts b/packages/cache/src/cache.ts
index b11d6310b2..609c7f94cb 100644
--- a/packages/cache/src/cache.ts
+++ b/packages/cache/src/cache.ts
@@ -86,23 +86,24 @@ export async function restoreCache(
   }
 
   const compressionMethod = await utils.getCompressionMethod()
+  let archivePath = ''
+  try {
+    // path are needed to compute version
+    const cacheEntry = await cacheHttpClient.getCacheEntry(keys, paths, {
+      compressionMethod
+    })
+
+    if (!cacheEntry?.archiveLocation) {
+      // Cache not found
+      return undefined
+    }
 
-  // path are needed to compute version
-  const cacheEntry = await cacheHttpClient.getCacheEntry(keys, paths, {
-    compressionMethod
-  })
-  if (!cacheEntry?.archiveLocation) {
-    // Cache not found
-    return undefined
-  }
-
-  const archivePath = path.join(
-    await utils.createTempDirectory(),
-    utils.getCacheFileName(compressionMethod)
-  )
-  core.debug(`Archive Path: ${archivePath}`)
+    archivePath = path.join(
+      await utils.createTempDirectory(),
+      utils.getCacheFileName(compressionMethod)
+    )
+    core.debug(`Archive Path: ${archivePath}`)
 
-  try {
     // Download the cache from the cache entry
     await cacheHttpClient.downloadCache(
       cacheEntry.archiveLocation,
@@ -123,6 +124,16 @@ export async function restoreCache(
 
     await extractTar(archivePath, compressionMethod)
     core.info('Cache restored successfully')
+
+    return cacheEntry.cacheKey
+  } catch (error) {
+    const typedError = error as Error
+    if (typedError.name === ValidationError.name) {
+      throw error
+    } else {
+      // Supress all non-validation cache related errors because caching should be optional
+      core.warning(`Failed to restore: ${(error as Error).message}`)
+    }
   } finally {
     // Try to delete the archive to save space
     try {
@@ -132,7 +143,7 @@ export async function restoreCache(
     }
   }
 
-  return cacheEntry.cacheKey
+  return undefined
 }
 
 /**
@@ -152,7 +163,7 @@ export async function saveCache(
   checkKey(key)
 
   const compressionMethod = await utils.getCompressionMethod()
-  let cacheId = null
+  let cacheId = -1
 
   const cachePaths = await utils.resolvePaths(paths)
   core.debug('Cache Paths:')
@@ -217,6 +228,15 @@ export async function saveCache(
 
     core.debug(`Saving Cache (ID: ${cacheId})`)
     await cacheHttpClient.saveCache(cacheId, archivePath, options)
+  } catch (error) {
+    const typedError = error as Error
+    if (typedError.name === ValidationError.name) {
+      throw error
+    } else if (typedError.name === ReserveCacheError.name) {
+      core.info(`Failed to save: ${typedError.message}`)
+    } else {
+      core.warning(`Failed to save: ${typedError.message}`)
+    }
   } finally {
     // Try to delete the archive to save space
     try {