diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/state/RocksDBFileManager.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/state/RocksDBFileManager.scala
index 593b2ef7951fd..b4e24ab462d17 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/state/RocksDBFileManager.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/state/RocksDBFileManager.scala
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 package org.apache.spark.sql.execution.streaming.state
 
-import java.io.{File, FileInputStream, InputStream}
+import java.io.{File, FileInputStream, FileNotFoundException, InputStream}
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8
 import java.nio.file.Files
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import java.util.zip.{ZipEntry, ZipOutputStream}
 
 import scala.collection.{mutable, Map}
 import scala.math._
+import scala.util.control.NonFatal
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude.Include
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.{DeserializationFeature, ObjectMapper}
@@ -976,11 +977,45 @@ class RocksDBFileManager(
    */
   private def unzipBatchZipFileFromDfs(
       version: Long, checkpointUniqueId: Option[String], localDir: File): Seq[File] = {
-    if (checkpointUniqueId.isDefined) {
-      Utils.unzipFilesFromInputStream(
-        fm.open(dfsBatchZipFile(version, checkpointUniqueId)), localDir)
-    } else {
-      Utils.unzipFilesFromFile(fs, dfsBatchZipFile(version, checkpointUniqueId), localDir)
+    try {
+      if (checkpointUniqueId.isDefined) {
+        Utils.unzipFilesFromInputStream(
+          fm.open(dfsBatchZipFile(version, checkpointUniqueId)), localDir)
+      } else {
+        Utils.unzipFilesFromFile(fs, dfsBatchZipFile(version, checkpointUniqueId), localDir)
+      }
+    } catch {
+      case e: FileNotFoundException =>
+        // The snapshot zip for this version is missing. The most common cause is that the
+        // asynchronous maintenance thread has not uploaded the snapshot yet (e.g. reading state
+        // with the snapshotStartBatchId option immediately after writing). Enrich the error with
+        // the snapshot/changelog files that ARE present in DFS, so the situation is diagnosable
+        // straight from the logs (in particular for intermittent failures in scheduled jobs).
+        throw new FileNotFoundException(
+          s"${e.getMessage}\nFailed to load the snapshot file for version $version" +
+          checkpointUniqueId.map(id => s" (checkpointUniqueId=$id)").getOrElse("") +
+          s" from ${dfsBatchZipFile(version, checkpointUniqueId)}. " +
+          s"Files currently present in $dfsRootDir: ${listDfsFilesForDiagnostics()}")
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Best-effort listing of the snapshot (.zip) and changelog (.changelog) files present in the
+   * DFS checkpoint root. Used only to enrich diagnostics when a snapshot load fails; never throws.
+   */
+  private def listDfsFilesForDiagnostics(): String = {
+    try {
+      val path = new Path(dfsRootDir)
+      if (!fm.exists(path)) {
+        "<DFS checkpoint root does not exist>"
+      } else {
+        val names = fm.list(path).map(_.getPath.getName)
+        val snapshots = names.filter(_.endsWith(".zip")).sorted
+        val changelogs = names.filter(_.endsWith(".changelog")).sorted
+        s"snapshots=[${snapshots.mkString(", ")}], changelogs=[${changelogs.mkString(", ")}]"
+      }
+    } catch {
+      case NonFatal(t) => s"<failed to list DFS files for diagnostics: ${t.getMessage}>"
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/state/RocksDBSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/state/RocksDBSuite.scala
index dc697f5b99dc5..2404bf113024b 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/state/RocksDBSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/state/RocksDBSuite.scala
@@ -1826,6 +1826,29 @@ class RocksDBSuite extends AlsoTestWithRocksDBFeatures with SharedSparkSession
     }
   }
 
+  test("RocksDBFileManager: missing snapshot during load reports the available versions") {
+    // Loading a snapshot version that has not been uploaded yet (e.g. the asynchronous
+    // maintenance thread has not finished uploading it when reading state with
+    // snapshotStartBatchId) should fail with a FileNotFoundException whose message lists the
+    // snapshot/changelog files that ARE present, so intermittent failures in scheduled jobs are
+    // diagnosable straight from the logs.
+    val hadoopConf = new Configuration()
+    val remoteDir = Utils.createTempDir().toString
+    val fileManager = new RocksDBFileManager(remoteDir, Utils.createTempDir(), hadoopConf)
+    val fileMapping = new RocksDBFileMapping()
+    // Upload only snapshot version 1, leaving version 2 absent.
+    saveCheckpointFiles(
+      fileManager, Seq("001.sst" -> 10, "002.sst" -> 20), version = 1, numKeys = 10, fileMapping)
+
+    val ex = intercept[FileNotFoundException] {
+      fileManager.loadCheckpointFromDfs(2, Utils.createTempDir(), fileMapping)
+    }
+    assert(ex.getMessage.contains("Failed to load the snapshot file for version 2"))
+    assert(ex.getMessage.contains("Files currently present"))
+    // The version-1 snapshot that does exist must be surfaced in the diagnostic.
+    assert(ex.getMessage.contains("snapshots=[1.zip]"))
+  }
+
   testWithChangelogCheckpointingEnabled("RocksDBFileManager: read and write changelog") {
     val dfsRootDir = new File(Utils.createTempDir().getAbsolutePath + "/state/1/1")
     val fileManager = new RocksDBFileManager(