diff --git a/jest.config.js b/jest.config.js
index 39211f19dc49..4a32c5b1cc04 100644
--- a/jest.config.js
+++ b/jest.config.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ module.exports = {
   coverageReporters: ['text', 'lcov', 'json-summary'],
   coverageDirectory: 'coverage',
   collectCoverageFrom: ['scripts/**/*.js'],
-  coveragePathIgnorePatterns: ['scripts/compose.js'],
+  coveragePathIgnorePatterns: ['scripts/compose.js', 'scripts/tools/categorylist.js', 'scripts/tools/tags-color.js'],
   // To disallow netlify edge function tests from running
   testMatch: ['**/tests/**/*.test.*', '!**/netlify/**/*.test.*'],
 };
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diff --git a/scripts/build-pages.js b/scripts/build-pages.js
index 48b3553e96b2..de46315bc326 100644
--- a/scripts/build-pages.js
+++ b/scripts/build-pages.js
@@ -7,10 +7,14 @@ const TARGET_DIR = 'pages';
 const capitalizeTags = ['table', 'tr', 'td', 'th', 'thead', 'tbody'];
 
 // Check if target directory doesn't exist then create it
-if (!fs.existsSync(TARGET_DIR)) {
-  fs.mkdirSync(TARGET_DIR, { recursive: true });
+function ensureDirectoryExists(directory) {
+  if (!fs.existsSync(directory)) {
+    fs.mkdirSync(directory, { recursive: true });
+  }
 }
 
+ensureDirectoryExists(TARGET_DIR);
+
 function capitalizeJsxTags(content) {
   return content.replace(/<\/?(\w+)/g, function (match, letter) {
     if (capitalizeTags.includes(letter.toLowerCase())) {
@@ -57,4 +61,4 @@ function copyAndRenameFiles(srcDir, targetDir) {
 
 copyAndRenameFiles(SRC_DIR, TARGET_DIR);
 
-module.exports = {copyAndRenameFiles,capitalizeJsxTags}
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+module.exports = { copyAndRenameFiles,capitalizeJsxTags, ensureDirectoryExists }
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diff --git a/tests/build-pages.test.js b/tests/build-pages.test.js
index 65947e9f629c..f811b1480158 100644
--- a/tests/build-pages.test.js
+++ b/tests/build-pages.test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
-const { capitalizeJsxTags, copyAndRenameFiles } = require('../scripts/build-pages');
+const { capitalizeJsxTags, copyAndRenameFiles, ensureDirectoryExists } = require('../scripts/build-pages');
 
 describe('capitalizeJsxTags', () => {
   test('should capitalize JSX tags', () => {
@@ -45,4 +45,13 @@ describe('copyAndRenameFiles', () => {
     expect(targetFile).toBe('<Table><Tr><Td>Hello</Td></Tr></Table>');
     expect(nestedTargetFile).toBe('<Table><Tr><Td>Hello</Td></Tr></Table>');
   });
+
+  test('should create a directory if it does not exist', () => {
+    const NEW_TEST_DIR = 'testDir';
+
+    expect(fs.existsSync(NEW_TEST_DIR)).toBe(false);
+    ensureDirectoryExists(NEW_TEST_DIR);
+    expect(fs.existsSync(NEW_TEST_DIR)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
 });
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diff --git a/tests/dashboard/build-dashboard.test.js b/tests/dashboard/build-dashboard.test.js
index e7861c36dc65..b8f2f0a96ab4 100644
--- a/tests/dashboard/build-dashboard.test.js
+++ b/tests/dashboard/build-dashboard.test.js
@@ -195,4 +195,9 @@ describe('GitHub Discussions Processing', () => {
     localConsoleErrorSpy.mockRestore();
   });
 
+  it('should handle write failures gracefully', async () => {
+    
+    await expect(writeToFile()).rejects.toThrow();
+  });  
+
 });
diff --git a/tests/index.test.js b/tests/index.test.js
index 37b124547efd..f1d3850a37c5 100644
--- a/tests/index.test.js
+++ b/tests/index.test.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const buildCaseStudiesList = require('../scripts/casestudies');
 const buildAdoptersList = require('../scripts/adopters');
 const buildFinanceInfoList = require('../scripts/finance');
 const start = require('../scripts/index');
+const fs = require('fs');
 
 jest.mock('../scripts/build-rss');
 jest.mock('../scripts/build-post-list');
@@ -32,4 +33,14 @@ describe('start function', () => {
     expect(buildAdoptersList).toHaveBeenCalled();
     expect(buildFinanceInfoList).toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
+
+  test('should throw an error if no finance data is found', async () => {
+    jest.spyOn(fs, 'readdirSync').mockReturnValue([]);
+
+    await expect(start()).rejects.toThrow('No finance data found in the finance directory.');
+
+    expect(buildFinanceInfoList).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+    fs.readdirSync.mockRestore();
+  });
 });