diff --git a/src/Appwrite/Platform/Modules/Databases/Http/Databases/Collections/Documents/XList.php b/src/Appwrite/Platform/Modules/Databases/Http/Databases/Collections/Documents/XList.php
index aeee280615..96af0491e7 100644
--- a/src/Appwrite/Platform/Modules/Databases/Http/Databases/Collections/Documents/XList.php
+++ b/src/Appwrite/Platform/Modules/Databases/Http/Databases/Collections/Documents/XList.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ use Appwrite\Utopia\Database\Documents\User;
 use Appwrite\Utopia\Response as UtopiaResponse;
 use Utopia\Database\Database;
 use Utopia\Database\Document;
+use Utopia\Database\Exception\NotFound as NotFoundException;
 use Utopia\Database\Exception\Order as OrderException;
 use Utopia\Database\Exception\Query as QueryException;
 use Utopia\Database\Exception\Timeout;
@@ -195,6 +196,11 @@ class XList extends Action
                 $documents = $find();
                 $total = $includeTotal ? $dbForDatabases->count($collectionTableId, $queries, APP_LIMIT_COUNT) : 0;
             }
+        } catch (NotFoundException) {
+            // The collection metadata document exists but the backing store (e.g. a
+            // dedicated DocumentsDB shard) has no table for it. Treat this as a
+            // not-found on the collection so the caller sees a 404 instead of a 500.
+            throw new Exception($this->getParentNotFoundException(), params: [$collectionId]);
         } catch (OrderException $e) {
             $documents = $this->isCollectionsAPI() ? 'documents' : 'rows';
             $attribute = $this->isCollectionsAPI() ? 'attribute' : 'column';