diff --git a/packages/cache/src/cache.ts b/packages/cache/src/cache.ts
index 69931e29..78439141 100644
--- a/packages/cache/src/cache.ts
+++ b/packages/cache/src/cache.ts
@@ -509,6 +509,10 @@ async function saveCacheV2(
       )
     }
 
+    // Set the archive size in the options, will be used to display the upload
+    // progress
+    options.archiveSizeBytes = archiveFileSize
+
     core.debug('Reserving Cache')
     const version = utils.getCacheVersion(
       paths,
@@ -561,7 +565,6 @@ async function saveCacheV2(
     } else {
       core.warning(`Failed to save: ${typedError.message}`)
     }
-    throw error
   } finally {
     // Try to delete the archive to save space
     try {
diff --git a/packages/cache/src/internal/uploadUtils.ts b/packages/cache/src/internal/uploadUtils.ts
index efb80de1..7d471a0d 100644
--- a/packages/cache/src/internal/uploadUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/cache/src/internal/uploadUtils.ts
@@ -126,11 +126,7 @@ export async function uploadCacheArchiveSDK(
 ): Promise<BlobUploadCommonResponse> {
   const blobClient: BlobClient = new BlobClient(signedUploadURL)
   const blockBlobClient: BlockBlobClient = blobClient.getBlockBlobClient()
-
-  const properties = await blobClient.getProperties()
-  const contentLength = properties.contentLength ?? -1
-
-  const uploadProgress = new UploadProgress(contentLength)
+  const uploadProgress = new UploadProgress(options?.archiveSizeBytes ?? 0)
 
   // Specify data transfer options
   const uploadOptions: BlockBlobParallelUploadOptions = {
@@ -161,7 +157,9 @@ export async function uploadCacheArchiveSDK(
 
     return response
   } catch (error) {
-    core.debug(`Error uploading cache archive: ${error}`)
+    core.warning(
+      `uploadCacheArchiveSDK: internal error uploading cache archive: ${error.message}`
+    )
     throw error
   } finally {
     uploadProgress.stopDisplayTimer()
diff --git a/packages/cache/src/options.ts b/packages/cache/src/options.ts
index 778c6a0e..08e71c10 100644
--- a/packages/cache/src/options.ts
+++ b/packages/cache/src/options.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ export interface UploadOptions {
    * @default 32MB
    */
   uploadChunkSize?: number
+  /**
+   * Archive size in bytes
+   */
+  archiveSizeBytes?: number
 }
 
 /**