diff --git a/swh/lister/launchpad/lister.py b/swh/lister/launchpad/lister.py
--- a/swh/lister/launchpad/lister.py
+++ b/swh/lister/launchpad/lister.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 import iso8601
 from launchpadlib.launchpad import Launchpad
+from lazr.restfulclient.errors import RestfulError
 from lazr.restfulclient.resource import Collection
 
 from swh.scheduler.interface import SchedulerInterface
@@ -90,6 +91,28 @@
                     d[attribute_name] = date_last_modified.isoformat()
         return d
 
+    def page_request(
+        self, launchpad, vcs_type: str, date_last_modified: Optional[datetime]
+    ) -> Optional[Collection]:
+        """Querying the page of results for a given vcs_type since the date_last_modified. If
+        some issues occurs, this will deal with the retrying policy.
+
+        """
+        get_vcs_fns = {
+            "git": launchpad.git_repositories.getRepositories,
+            "bzr": launchpad.branches.getBranches,
+        }
+
+        page_result = None
+        try:
+            page_result = get_vcs_fns[vcs_type](
+                order_by="most neglected first", modified_since_date=date_last_modified,
+            )
+        except RestfulError as e:
+            logger.error("Listing %s origins raised %s", vcs_type, e)
+
+        return page_result
+
     def get_pages(self) -> Iterator[LaunchpadPageType]:
         """
         Yields an iterator on all git/bzr repositories hosted on Launchpad sorted
@@ -103,14 +126,13 @@
                 "git": self.state.git_date_last_modified,
                 "bzr": self.state.bzr_date_last_modified,
             }
-        for vcs_type, get_vcs_fn in [
-            ("git", launchpad.git_repositories.getRepositories),
-            ("bzr", launchpad.branches.getBranches),
-        ]:
-            yield vcs_type, get_vcs_fn(
-                order_by="most neglected first",
-                modified_since_date=self.date_last_modified[vcs_type],
+        for vcs_type in ["git", "bzr"]:
+            page_result = self.page_request(
+                launchpad, vcs_type, self.date_last_modified[vcs_type]
             )
+            if not page_result:
+                continue
+            yield vcs_type, page_result
 
     def get_origins_from_page(self, page: LaunchpadPageType) -> Iterator[ListedOrigin]:
         """
diff --git a/swh/lister/launchpad/tests/test_lister.py b/swh/lister/launchpad/tests/test_lister.py
--- a/swh/lister/launchpad/tests/test_lister.py
+++ b/swh/lister/launchpad/tests/test_lister.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import List
 
+from lazr.restfulclient.errors import RestfulError
 import pytest
 
 from ..lister import LaunchpadLister, origin
@@ -57,11 +58,18 @@
 def _mock_launchpad(mocker, launchpad_response, launchpad_bzr_response=None):
     mock_launchpad = mocker.patch("swh.lister.launchpad.lister.Launchpad")
     mock_getRepositories = mock_launchpad.git_repositories.getRepositories
-    mock_getRepositories.return_value = launchpad_response
+    if isinstance(launchpad_response, Exception):
+        mock_getRepositories.side_effect = launchpad_response
+    else:
+        mock_getRepositories.return_value = launchpad_response
     mock_getBranches = mock_launchpad.branches.getBranches
-    mock_getBranches.return_value = (
-        [] if launchpad_bzr_response is None else launchpad_bzr_response
-    )
+    if launchpad_bzr_response is not None:
+        if isinstance(launchpad_bzr_response, Exception):
+            mock_getBranches.side_effect = launchpad_bzr_response
+        else:
+            mock_getBranches.return_value = launchpad_bzr_response
+    else:
+        mock_getBranches.return_value = []  # empty page
     mock_launchpad.login_anonymously.return_value = mock_launchpad
 
     return mock_getRepositories, mock_getBranches
@@ -166,7 +174,7 @@
 
     assert lister.incremental
     assert lister.updated
-    assert stats.pages == 2, "Empty bzr response still accounts for 1 page"
+    assert stats.pages == 1, "Empty bzr page response is ignored"
     assert stats.origins == len(launchpad_response2)
 
     mock_getRepositories.assert_called_once_with(
@@ -192,7 +200,7 @@
     stats = lister.run()
 
     assert not lister.updated
-    assert stats.pages == 1 + 1, "Empty pages are still accounted for (1 git, 1 bzr)"
+    assert stats.pages == 1, "Empty pages are ignored(only 1 git page of results)"
     assert stats.origins == 0
 
 
@@ -211,5 +219,35 @@
     stats = lister.run()
 
     assert lister.updated
-    assert stats.pages == 1 + 1, "Empty bzr page is still accounted for (1 git, 1 bzr)"
+    assert stats.pages == 1, "Empty bzr page are ignored (only 1 git page of results)"
     assert stats.origins == 1
+
+
+def test_launchpad_lister_raise_during_listing(
+    swh_scheduler, mocker, launchpad_response1, launchpad_bzr_response
+):
+    mock_getRepositories, mock_getBranches = _mock_launchpad(
+        mocker,
+        RestfulError("Refuse to list git page"),  # breaks git page listing
+        launchpad_bzr_response,
+    )
+
+    lister = LaunchpadLister(scheduler=swh_scheduler)
+    stats = lister.run()
+
+    assert lister.updated
+    assert stats.pages == 1
+    assert stats.origins == len(launchpad_bzr_response)
+
+    mock_getRepositories, mock_getBranches = _mock_launchpad(
+        mocker,
+        launchpad_response1,
+        RestfulError("Refuse to list bzr"),  # breaks bzr page listing
+    )
+
+    lister = LaunchpadLister(scheduler=swh_scheduler)
+    stats = lister.run()
+
+    assert lister.updated
+    assert stats.pages == 1
+    assert stats.origins == len(launchpad_response1)