Next.js SSG ignore error from getStaticPaths in build if fetch fails (build without affected dynamic route)

I have a website that pulls data from two servers. The blog API is currently dead, therefore the build fails because Next fails to generate static paths for /blog/[page]. Is there a way to ignore or catch this error and build the website without the /blog dynamic route when the blog API is not available?

Error: Export encountered errors on following paths:
        /blog: /cs-cz/blog
        /blog: /en-gb/blog

Or should I approach this problem from a different perspective? The obvious solution would be to fix the blog API, but I don’t have control over that. The blog API service has been unreliable in the past. The website should be able to build and update data without relying on the blog API.

I tried this:

export async function getStaticPaths() {
  // ... fetch posts from api ...
  let paths = [];

  if (posts !== undefined) {
    // .. add paths from posts to paths variable
    return { paths, fallback: false };
  }

  // here the paths variable is empty, therefore the build fails
  return { paths, fallback: false };
}

Is something like this even possible in Next.js?