diff --git a/superset/commands/database/importers/v1/utils.py b/superset/commands/database/importers/v1/utils.py
index bf65225d8d872..c9927a033dad8 100644
--- a/superset/commands/database/importers/v1/utils.py
+++ b/superset/commands/database/importers/v1/utils.py
@@ -15,17 +15,21 @@
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 
+import logging
 from typing import Any
 
 from superset import app, db, security_manager
 from superset.commands.exceptions import ImportFailedError
 from superset.databases.ssh_tunnel.models import SSHTunnel
 from superset.databases.utils import make_url_safe
+from superset.db_engine_specs.exceptions import SupersetDBAPIConnectionError
 from superset.exceptions import SupersetSecurityException
 from superset.models.core import Database
 from superset.security.analytics_db_safety import check_sqlalchemy_uri
 from superset.utils import json
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 def import_database(
     config: dict[str, Any],
@@ -64,7 +68,7 @@ def import_database(
     # Before it gets removed in import_from_dict
     ssh_tunnel_config = config.pop("ssh_tunnel", None)
 
-    database = Database.import_from_dict(config, recursive=False)
+    database: Database = Database.import_from_dict(config, recursive=False)
     if database.id is None:
         db.session.flush()
 
@@ -75,7 +79,11 @@ def import_database(
         ssh_tunnel = None
 
     # TODO (betodealmeida): we should use the `CreateDatabaseCommand` for imports
-    add_permissions(database, ssh_tunnel)
+
+    try:
+        add_permissions(database, ssh_tunnel)
+    except SupersetDBAPIConnectionError as ex:
+        logger.warning(ex.message)
 
     return database
 
@@ -89,6 +97,7 @@ def add_permissions(database: Database, ssh_tunnel: SSHTunnel) -> None:
             cache=False,
             ssh_tunnel=ssh_tunnel,
         )
+
         for catalog in catalogs:
             security_manager.add_permission_view_menu(
                 "catalog_access",
diff --git a/superset/db_engine_specs/bigquery.py b/superset/db_engine_specs/bigquery.py
index 380fa297ac189..11175d7957445 100644
--- a/superset/db_engine_specs/bigquery.py
+++ b/superset/db_engine_specs/bigquery.py
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ def _get_fields(cls, cols: list[ResultSetColumnType]) -> list[Any]:
     @classmethod
     def parse_error_exception(cls, exception: Exception) -> Exception:
         try:
-            return Exception(str(exception).splitlines()[0].strip())
+            return type(exception)(str(exception).splitlines()[0].strip())
         except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
             # If for some reason we get an exception, for example, no new line
             # We will return the original exception
diff --git a/tests/integration_tests/fixtures/importexport.py b/tests/integration_tests/fixtures/importexport.py
index 1ca3e303c623a..5a778ed078bbb 100644
--- a/tests/integration_tests/fixtures/importexport.py
+++ b/tests/integration_tests/fixtures/importexport.py
@@ -378,6 +378,20 @@
     "uuid": "b8a1ccd3-779d-4ab7-8ad8-9ab119d7fe89",
     "version": "1.0.0",
 }
+database_config_no_creds: dict[str, Any] = {
+    "allow_csv_upload": False,
+    "allow_ctas": False,
+    "allow_cvas": False,
+    "allow_dml": False,
+    "allow_run_async": False,
+    "cache_timeout": None,
+    "database_name": "imported_database_no_creds",
+    "expose_in_sqllab": True,
+    "extra": {},
+    "sqlalchemy_uri": "bigquery://test-db/",
+    "uuid": "2ff17edc-f3fa-4609-a5ac-b484281225bc",
+    "version": "1.0.0",
+}
 
 database_with_ssh_tunnel_config_private_key: dict[str, Any] = {
     "allow_csv_upload": True,
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/databases/commands/importers/v1/import_test.py b/tests/unit_tests/databases/commands/importers/v1/import_test.py
index 5a0af24f57706..f101216bbf0de 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/databases/commands/importers/v1/import_test.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/databases/commands/importers/v1/import_test.py
@@ -69,6 +69,28 @@ def test_import_database(mocker: MockerFixture, session: Session) -> None:
     assert database.allow_dml is False
 
 
+def test_import_database_no_creds(mocker: MockerFixture, session: Session) -> None:
+    """
+    Test importing a database.
+    """
+    from superset import security_manager
+    from superset.commands.database.importers.v1.utils import import_database
+    from superset.models.core import Database
+    from tests.integration_tests.fixtures.importexport import database_config_no_creds
+
+    mocker.patch.object(security_manager, "can_access", return_value=True)
+
+    engine = db.session.get_bind()
+    Database.metadata.create_all(engine)  # pylint: disable=no-member
+
+    config = copy.deepcopy(database_config_no_creds)
+    database = import_database(config)
+    assert database.database_name == "imported_database_no_creds"
+    assert database.sqlalchemy_uri == "bigquery://test-db/"
+    assert database.extra == "{}"
+    assert database.uuid == "2ff17edc-f3fa-4609-a5ac-b484281225bc"
+
+
 def test_import_database_sqlite_invalid(
     mocker: MockerFixture, session: Session
 ) -> None: