diff --git a/lib/init-action.js b/lib/init-action.js
index 2047f28ab..53c1de265 100644
--- a/lib/init-action.js
+++ b/lib/init-action.js
@@ -90264,11 +90264,18 @@ async function initConfig(features, inputs) {
   if (await features.getValue("ignore_generated_files" /* IgnoreGeneratedFiles */) && isCCR()) {
     try {
       const generatedFiles = await getGeneratedFiles(inputs.sourceRoot);
-      config.computedConfig["paths-ignore"] ??= [];
-      config.computedConfig["paths-ignore"].push(...generatedFiles);
+      if (generatedFiles.length > 0) {
+        config.computedConfig["paths-ignore"] ??= [];
+        config.computedConfig["paths-ignore"].push(...generatedFiles);
+        logger.info(
+          `Detected ${generatedFiles.length} generated file(s), which will be excluded from analysis: ${generatedFiles.join(", ")}`
+        );
+      }
     } catch (error3) {
       logger.info(`Cannot ignore generated files: ${getErrorMessage(error3)}`);
     }
+  } else {
+    logger.debug(`Skipping check for generated files.`);
   }
   if (config.analysisKinds.length === 1 && isCodeQualityEnabled(config)) {
     if (hasQueryCustomisation(config.computedConfig)) {
diff --git a/src/config-utils.ts b/src/config-utils.ts
index 5fb169b9b..55d369de4 100644
--- a/src/config-utils.ts
+++ b/src/config-utils.ts
@@ -922,11 +922,19 @@ export async function initConfig(
   if ((await features.getValue(Feature.IgnoreGeneratedFiles)) && isCCR()) {
     try {
       const generatedFiles = await getGeneratedFiles(inputs.sourceRoot);
-      config.computedConfig["paths-ignore"] ??= [];
-      config.computedConfig["paths-ignore"].push(...generatedFiles);
+
+      if (generatedFiles.length > 0) {
+        config.computedConfig["paths-ignore"] ??= [];
+        config.computedConfig["paths-ignore"].push(...generatedFiles);
+        logger.info(
+          `Detected ${generatedFiles.length} generated file(s), which will be excluded from analysis: ${generatedFiles.join(", ")}`,
+        );
+      }
     } catch (error) {
       logger.info(`Cannot ignore generated files: ${getErrorMessage(error)}`);
     }
+  } else {
+    logger.debug(`Skipping check for generated files.`);
   }
 
   // If Code Quality analysis is the only enabled analysis kind, then we will initialise