diff --git a/bigframes/session/loader.py b/bigframes/session/loader.py
index add4efb6ab..c264abd860 100644
--- a/bigframes/session/loader.py
+++ b/bigframes/session/loader.py
@@ -983,6 +983,8 @@ def read_gbq_query(
             )
             job_config.dry_run = True
             query_job = self._bqclient.query(query, job_config=job_config)
+            if self._metrics is not None:
+                self._metrics.count_job_stats(query_job=query_job)
             return dry_runs.get_query_stats_with_inferred_dtypes(
                 query_job, list(columns), index_cols
             )
diff --git a/bigframes/session/metrics.py b/bigframes/session/metrics.py
index 48cb92a8b4..75f247b028 100644
--- a/bigframes/session/metrics.py
+++ b/bigframes/session/metrics.py
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ def count_job_stats(
             write_stats_to_disk(len(query), total_bytes_processed)
             return
 
+        if query_job.configuration.dry_run:
+            write_stats_to_disk(len(query_job.query), 0, 0, 0)
+
         stats = get_performance_stats(query_job)
         if stats is not None:
             query_char_count, bytes_processed, slot_millis, execution_secs = stats
diff --git a/scripts/run_and_publish_benchmark.py b/scripts/run_and_publish_benchmark.py
index 0ea3a5e162..248322f619 100644
--- a/scripts/run_and_publish_benchmark.py
+++ b/scripts/run_and_publish_benchmark.py
@@ -100,7 +100,12 @@ def collect_benchmark_result(
             == len(local_seconds_files)
         ):
             raise ValueError(
-                "Mismatch in the number of report files for bytes, millis, seconds and query char count."
+                "Mismatch in the number of report files for bytes, millis, seconds and query char count: \n"
+                f"millis_files: {len(millis_files)}\n"
+                f"bq_seconds_files: {len(bq_seconds_files)}\n"
+                f"bytes_files: {len(bytes_files)}\n"
+                f"query_char_count_files: {len(query_char_count_files)}\n"
+                f"local_seconds_files: {len(local_seconds_files)}\n"
             )
 
         has_full_metrics = len(bq_seconds_files) == len(local_seconds_files)