diff --git a/src/domain/graph/resolve.ts b/src/domain/graph/resolve.ts
index 06c62141..8588c7c9 100644
--- a/src/domain/graph/resolve.ts
+++ b/src/domain/graph/resolve.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import fs from 'node:fs';
 import path from 'node:path';
+import { debug } from '../../infrastructure/logger.js';
 import { loadNative } from '../../infrastructure/native.js';
 import { normalizePath } from '../../shared/constants.js';
 import type { BareSpecifier, BatchResolvedMap, ImportBatchItem, PathAliases } from '../../types.js';
@@ -64,7 +65,10 @@ function getPackageExports(packageDir: string): any {
     const exports = pkg.exports ?? null;
     _exportsCache.set(packageDir, exports);
     return exports;
-  } catch {
+  } catch (e) {
+    debug(
+      `readPackageExports: failed to read package.json in ${packageDir}: ${(e as Error).message}`,
+    );
     _exportsCache.set(packageDir, null);
     return null;
   }
@@ -515,8 +519,10 @@ export function resolveImportPath(
       // unresolved ".." components (PathBuf::components().collect() doesn't
       // collapse parent refs). Apply the remap on the JS side as a fallback.
       return remapJsToTs(normalized, rootDir);
-    } catch {
-      // fall through to JS
+    } catch (e) {
+      debug(
+        `resolveImportPath: native resolution failed, falling back to JS: ${(e as Error).message}`,
+      );
     }
   }
   return resolveImportPathJS(fromFile, importSource, rootDir, aliases);
@@ -535,8 +541,10 @@ export function computeConfidence(
   if (native) {
     try {
       return native.computeConfidence(callerFile, targetFile, importedFrom || null);
-    } catch {
-      // fall through to JS
+    } catch (e) {
+      debug(
+        `computeConfidence: native computation failed, falling back to JS: ${(e as Error).message}`,
+      );
     }
   }
   return computeConfidenceJS(callerFile, targetFile, importedFrom);
@@ -575,7 +583,8 @@ export function resolveImportsBatch(
       map.set(`${r.fromFile}|${r.importSource}`, resolved);
     }
     return map;
-  } catch {
+  } catch (e) {
+    debug(`batchResolve: native batch resolution failed: ${(e as Error).message}`);
     return null;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/domain/parser.ts b/src/domain/parser.ts
index ecbc3f88..0497d5e9 100644
--- a/src/domain/parser.ts
+++ b/src/domain/parser.ts
@@ -442,7 +442,8 @@ async function backfillTypeMap(
   if (!code) {
     try {
       code = fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf-8');
-    } catch {
+    } catch (e) {
+      debug(`backfillTypeMap: failed to read ${filePath}: ${(e as Error).message}`);
       return { typeMap: new Map(), backfilled: false };
     }
   }
@@ -458,7 +459,9 @@ async function backfillTypeMap(
     if (extracted?.tree && typeof extracted.tree.delete === 'function') {
       try {
         extracted.tree.delete();
-      } catch {}
+      } catch (e) {
+        debug(`backfillTypeMap: WASM tree cleanup failed: ${(e as Error).message}`);
+      }
     }
   }
 }
@@ -571,14 +574,16 @@ export async function parseFilesAuto(
               symbols.typeMap = extracted.symbols.typeMap;
               symbols._typeMapBackfilled = true;
             }
-          } catch {
-            /* skip — typeMap is a best-effort backfill */
+          } catch (e) {
+            debug(`batchExtract: typeMap backfill failed: ${(e as Error).message}`);
           } finally {
             // Free the WASM tree to prevent memory accumulation across repeated builds
             if (extracted?.tree && typeof extracted.tree.delete === 'function') {
               try {
                 extracted.tree.delete();
-              } catch {}
+              } catch (e) {
+                debug(`batchExtract: WASM tree cleanup failed: ${(e as Error).message}`);
+              }
             }
           }
         }
diff --git a/src/infrastructure/config.ts b/src/infrastructure/config.ts
index fb162f15..d6a7c609 100644
--- a/src/infrastructure/config.ts
+++ b/src/infrastructure/config.ts
@@ -310,8 +310,10 @@ function resolveWorkspaceEntry(pkgDir: string): string | null {
       const candidate = path.resolve(pkgDir, idx);
       if (fs.existsSync(candidate)) return candidate;
     }
-  } catch {
-    /* ignore */
+  } catch (e) {
+    debug(
+      `resolveWorkspaceEntry: package.json probe failed for ${pkgDir}: ${(e as Error).message}`,
+    );
   }
   return null;
 }
@@ -344,8 +346,8 @@ export function detectWorkspaces(rootDir: string): Map<string, WorkspaceEntry> {
           }
         }
       }
-    } catch {
-      /* ignore */
+    } catch (e) {
+      debug(`detectWorkspaces: failed to parse pnpm-workspace.yaml: ${(e as Error).message}`);
     }
   }
 
@@ -363,8 +365,8 @@ export function detectWorkspaces(rootDir: string): Map<string, WorkspaceEntry> {
           // Yarn classic format: { packages: [...], nohoist: [...] }
           patterns.push(...ws.packages);
         }
-      } catch {
-        /* ignore */
+      } catch (e) {
+        debug(`detectWorkspaces: failed to parse package.json workspaces: ${(e as Error).message}`);
       }
     }
   }
@@ -379,8 +381,8 @@ export function detectWorkspaces(rootDir: string): Map<string, WorkspaceEntry> {
         if (Array.isArray(lerna.packages)) {
           patterns.push(...lerna.packages);
         }
-      } catch {
-        /* ignore */
+      } catch (e) {
+        debug(`detectWorkspaces: failed to parse lerna.json: ${(e as Error).message}`);
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/infrastructure/native.ts b/src/infrastructure/native.ts
index ed29ae3d..a397405f 100644
--- a/src/infrastructure/native.ts
+++ b/src/infrastructure/native.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
 import os from 'node:os';
 import { EngineError } from '../shared/errors.js';
 import type { NativeAddon } from '../types.js';
+import { debug } from './logger.js';
 
 let _cached: NativeAddon | null | undefined; // undefined = not yet tried, null = failed, NativeAddon = module
 let _loadError: Error | null = null;
@@ -26,7 +27,9 @@ function detectLibc(): 'gnu' | 'musl' {
     if (files.some((f: string) => f.startsWith('ld-musl-') && f.endsWith('.so.1'))) {
       return 'musl';
     }
-  } catch {}
+  } catch (e) {
+    debug(`detectLibc: failed to read /lib: ${(e as Error).message}`);
+  }
   return 'gnu';
 }
 
@@ -92,7 +95,10 @@ export function getNativePackageVersion(): string | null {
   try {
     const pkgJson = _require(`${pkg}/package.json`) as { version?: string };
     return pkgJson.version || null;
-  } catch {
+  } catch (e) {
+    debug(
+      `getNativePackageVersion: failed to read package.json for ${pkg}: ${(e as Error).message}`,
+    );
     return null;
   }
 }