diff --git a/src/api-service/__app__/onefuzzlib/azure/vmss.py b/src/api-service/__app__/onefuzzlib/azure/vmss.py
index 8b82f586e..7263e4734 100644
--- a/src/api-service/__app__/onefuzzlib/azure/vmss.py
+++ b/src/api-service/__app__/onefuzzlib/azure/vmss.py
@@ -106,6 +106,17 @@ def resize_vmss(name: UUID, capacity: int) -> None:
             capacity,
             err,
         )
+    except HttpResponseError as err:
+        if (
+            "models that may be referenced by one or more"
+            + " VMs belonging to the Virtual Machine Scale Set"
+            in str(err)
+        ):
+            logging.error(
+                "unable to resize scaleset due to model error. name: %s - err:%s",
+                name,
+                err,
+            )
 
 
 @retry_on_auth_failure()
@@ -206,6 +217,18 @@ def update_scale_in_protection(
                     % instance_id
                 )
                 return None
+            if (
+                "models that may be referenced by one or more"
+                + " VMs belonging to the Virtual Machine Scale Set"
+                in str(err)
+            ):
+                logging.error(
+                    "unable to resize scaleset due to model error. name: %s - err:%s",
+                    name,
+                    err,
+                )
+                return None
+
         return Error(
             code=ErrorCode.UNABLE_TO_UPDATE,
             errors=["unable to set protection policy on: %s:%s" % (vm_id, instance_id)],
@@ -302,12 +325,28 @@ def update_extensions(name: UUID, extensions: List[Any]) -> None:
     resource_group = get_base_resource_group()
     logging.info("updating VM extensions: %s", name)
     compute_client = get_compute_client()
-    compute_client.virtual_machine_scale_sets.begin_update(
-        resource_group,
-        str(name),
-        {"virtual_machine_profile": {"extension_profile": {"extensions": extensions}}},
-    )
-    logging.info("VM extensions updated: %s", name)
+    try:
+        compute_client.virtual_machine_scale_sets.begin_update(
+            resource_group,
+            str(name),
+            {
+                "virtual_machine_profile": {
+                    "extension_profile": {"extensions": extensions}
+                }
+            },
+        )
+        logging.info("VM extensions updated: %s", name)
+    except HttpResponseError as err:
+        if (
+            "models that may be referenced by one or more"
+            + " VMs belonging to the Virtual Machine Scale Set"
+            in str(err)
+        ):
+            logging.error(
+                "unable to resize scaleset due to model error. name: %s - err:%s",
+                name,
+                err,
+            )
 
 
 @retry_on_auth_failure()