diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/error.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/error.rs
index 857a9e1d9..a40677f97 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/error.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/error.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use actix_web as aweb;
 use aweb::error::{JsonPayloadError, QueryPayloadError};
-use meilisearch_types::document_formats::DocumentFormatError;
+use meilisearch_types::document_formats::{DocumentFormatError, PayloadType};
 use meilisearch_types::error::{Code, ErrorCode, ResponseError};
 use serde_json::Value;
 use tokio::task::JoinError;
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ pub enum MeilisearchHttpError {
     DocumentNotFound(String),
     #[error("Invalid syntax for the filter parameter: `expected {}, found: {1}`.", .0.join(", "))]
     InvalidExpression(&'static [&'static str], Value),
+    #[error("A {0} payload is missing.")]
+    MissingPayload(PayloadType),
     #[error("The provided payload reached the size limit.")]
     PayloadTooLarge,
     #[error(transparent)]
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@ impl ErrorCode for MeilisearchHttpError {
     fn error_code(&self) -> Code {
         match self {
             MeilisearchHttpError::MissingContentType(_) => Code::MissingContentType,
+            MeilisearchHttpError::MissingPayload(_) => Code::MissingPayload,
             MeilisearchHttpError::InvalidContentType(_, _) => Code::InvalidContentType,
             MeilisearchHttpError::DocumentNotFound(_) => Code::DocumentNotFound,
             MeilisearchHttpError::InvalidExpression(_, _) => Code::Filter,
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/routes/indexes/documents.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/routes/indexes/documents.rs
index bfb932b5d..716b69862 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/routes/indexes/documents.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/routes/indexes/documents.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::io::Cursor;
+use std::io::{Cursor, ErrorKind};
 
 use actix_web::http::header::CONTENT_TYPE;
 use actix_web::web::Data;
@@ -228,6 +228,9 @@ async fn document_addition(
     while let Some(bytes) = body.next().await {
         buffer.extend_from_slice(&bytes?);
     }
+    if buffer.is_empty() {
+        return Err(MeilisearchHttpError::MissingPayload(format));
+    }
     let reader = Cursor::new(buffer);
 
     let documents_count =
@@ -239,18 +242,30 @@ async fn document_addition(
             };
             // we NEED to persist the file here because we moved the `udpate_file` in another task.
             update_file.persist()?;
+            println!("file has been persisted");
             Ok(documents_count)
         })
         .await;
 
     let documents_count = match documents_count {
         Ok(Ok(documents_count)) => documents_count as u64,
-        Ok(Err(e)) => {
-            index_scheduler.delete_update_file(uuid)?;
-            return Err(e);
-        }
+        // in this case the file has not possibly be persisted.
+        Ok(Err(e)) => return Err(e),
         Err(e) => {
-            index_scheduler.delete_update_file(uuid)?;
+            // Here the file MAY have been persisted or not.
+            // We don't know thus we ignore the file not found error.
+            match index_scheduler.delete_update_file(uuid) {
+                Ok(()) => (),
+                Err(index_scheduler::Error::FileStore(file_store::Error::IoError(e)))
+                    if e.kind() == ErrorKind::NotFound =>
+                {
+                    ()
+                }
+                Err(e) => {
+                    log::warn!("Unknown error happened while deleting a malformed update file with uuid {uuid}: {e}");
+                }
+            }
+            // We still want to return the original error to the end user.
             return Err(e.into());
         }
     };
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/tests/documents/add_documents.rs b/meilisearch-http/tests/documents/add_documents.rs
index 8dd3ba39a..b497fbf15 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/tests/documents/add_documents.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/tests/documents/add_documents.rs
@@ -560,6 +560,7 @@ async fn error_add_missing_payload_ndjson_documents() {
     let status_code = res.status();
     let body = test::read_body(res).await;
     let response: Value = serde_json::from_slice(&body).unwrap_or_default();
+    dbg!(&response);
     assert_eq!(status_code, 400);
     assert_eq!(response["message"], json!(r#"A ndjson payload is missing."#));
     assert_eq!(response["code"], json!("missing_payload"));