diff --git a/app/server/modules/repositories/repositories.dto.ts b/app/server/modules/repositories/repositories.dto.ts
index 4c00f30f..56a215e3 100644
--- a/app/server/modules/repositories/repositories.dto.ts
+++ b/app/server/modules/repositories/repositories.dto.ts
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ export const deleteSnapshotDto = describeRoute({
  * Delete multiple snapshots
  */
 export const deleteSnapshotsBody = type({
-	snapshotIds: "string[]",
+	snapshotIds: "string[]>=1",
 });
 
 export const deleteSnapshotsResponse = type({
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ export const deleteSnapshotsDto = describeRoute({
  * Tag multiple snapshots
  */
 export const tagSnapshotsBody = type({
-	snapshotIds: "string[]",
+	snapshotIds: "string[]>=1",
 	add: "string[]?",
 	remove: "string[]?",
 	set: "string[]?",
diff --git a/app/server/utils/restic.ts b/app/server/utils/restic.ts
index a2acc52a..a4880431 100644
--- a/app/server/utils/restic.ts
+++ b/app/server/utils/restic.ts
@@ -571,6 +571,10 @@ const deleteSnapshots = async (config: RepositoryConfig, snapshotIds: string[])
 	const repoUrl = buildRepoUrl(config);
 	const env = await buildEnv(config);
 
+	if (snapshotIds.length === 0) {
+		throw new Error("No snapshot IDs provided for deletion.");
+	}
+
 	const args: string[] = ["--repo", repoUrl, "forget", ...snapshotIds, "--prune"];
 	addCommonArgs(args, env);
 
@@ -597,6 +601,10 @@ const tagSnapshots = async (
 	const repoUrl = buildRepoUrl(config);
 	const env = await buildEnv(config);
 
+	if (snapshotIds.length === 0) {
+		throw new Error("No snapshot IDs provided for tagging.");
+	}
+
 	const args: string[] = ["--repo", repoUrl, "tag", ...snapshotIds];
 
 	if (tags.add) {