diff --git a/static/player/hls_profile.ts b/static/player/hls_profile.ts
index 10ac32a..f184b4b 100644
--- a/static/player/hls_profile.ts
+++ b/static/player/hls_profile.ts
@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ const mark = (name: string): void => {
 const measure = (name: string, startMark: string): void => {
   try {
     performance.measure(`mal.hls.${name}`, `mal.hls.${startMark}`);
-  } catch {
+  } catch (error) {
     // Missing marks can happen if HLS.js emits a later event after cleanup.
+    console.debug("failed to measure performance:", error);
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/static/player/main.ts b/static/player/main.ts
index 44b9701..8c3279d 100644
--- a/static/player/main.ts
+++ b/static/player/main.ts
@@ -172,7 +172,8 @@ const initPlayer = (): void => {
         sessionStorage.removeItem("mal:resume-after-mode-switch");
         const parsed = Number(raw);
         return Number.isFinite(parsed) && parsed >= 0 ? parsed : null;
-      } catch {
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.error("failed to parse resume state:", error);
         return null;
       }
     })();
@@ -200,7 +201,9 @@ const initPlayer = (): void => {
     // autoplay if not already playing (inline script may have already called play())
     // but don't autoplay if we've reached the end
     if (!isAtEnd && (state.playback.shouldAutoPlay || state.elements.video.paused)) {
-      state.elements.video.play().catch(() => undefined);
+      state.elements.video.play().catch((error) => {
+        console.debug("failed to autoplay video:", error);
+      });
     }
 
     updateTimeline(state.elements.video.currentTime);
@@ -279,7 +282,8 @@ const initPlayer = (): void => {
       try {
         (e.currentTarget as HTMLElement).setPointerCapture((e as PointerEvent).pointerId);
       } catch (e) {
-        console.warn("Failed to capture pointer:", e);
+        console.error("failed to capture pointer:", e);
+        throw e;
       }
       scrubToPointer(e.clientX, true);
     },
diff --git a/static/player/mode.ts b/static/player/mode.ts
index 4914a7f..86f92ca 100644
--- a/static/player/mode.ts
+++ b/static/player/mode.ts
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ export const switchMode = (mode: string): void => {
         const next = new URL(window.location.href);
         next.searchParams.set("mode", expectedMode);
         window.location.href = next.toString();
-      } catch {
-        // no-op
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.error("failed to save resume state or switch mode:", error);
       }
     }, 800);
   }
diff --git a/static/player/progress.ts b/static/player/progress.ts
index 5f4a9fc..2079356 100644
--- a/static/player/progress.ts
+++ b/static/player/progress.ts
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ export const saveProgress = async (
         seconds: savedTime,
       };
     } catch (e) {
-      console.warn("Progress save failed:", e);
+      console.error("progress save failed:", e);
+      throw e;
     }
   })();
 
@@ -113,7 +114,9 @@ export const markEpisodeTransition = (episodeNumber: number): void => {
       headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
       keepalive: true,
       body: payload,
-    }).catch(() => undefined);
+    }).catch((error) => {
+      console.debug("failed to save progress:", error);
+    });
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/static/player/skip/editor.ts b/static/player/skip/editor.ts
index e533545..58e1037 100644
--- a/static/player/skip/editor.ts
+++ b/static/player/skip/editor.ts
@@ -211,7 +211,12 @@ export const setupSegmentEditor = (): void => {
       });
       if (!res.ok) {
         let message = res.status === 401 ? "Login required." : "Failed to save segment.";
-        const payload = (await res.json().catch(() => null)) as { error?: string } | null;
+        let payload: { error?: string } | null = null;
+        try {
+          payload = await res.json();
+        } catch (error) {
+          console.error("failed to parse response json:", error);
+        }
         if (payload?.error) message = payload.error;
         setError(message);
         return;
@@ -235,8 +240,10 @@ export const setupSegmentEditor = (): void => {
 
       window.showToast?.({ message: "Segment saved." });
       close();
-    } catch {
-      setError("Failed to save segment.");
+    } catch (error) {
+      setError("Failed To Save Segment.");
+      console.error("failed to save segment:", error);
+      throw error;
     } finally {
       saveBtn.disabled = false;
       saveBtn.classList.remove("opacity-70");
diff --git a/static/player/state.ts b/static/player/state.ts
index 0b8e828..60a73fa 100644
--- a/static/player/state.ts
+++ b/static/player/state.ts
@@ -204,7 +204,8 @@ export const initState = (c: HTMLElement): boolean => {
   const safeJsonUnknown = (raw: string | undefined): unknown => {
     try {
       return JSON.parse(raw ?? "");
-    } catch {
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error("failed to parse json:", error);
       return null;
     }
   };
@@ -237,7 +238,8 @@ export const initState = (c: HTMLElement): boolean => {
       const modeParam = u.searchParams.get("mode");
       if (modeParam === "sub" || modeParam === "dub") return modeParam;
       return null;
-    } catch {
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error("failed to parse mode url:", error);
       return null;
     }
   };
diff --git a/static/player/storage.ts b/static/player/storage.ts
index 672d1f3..a1b3d95 100644
--- a/static/player/storage.ts
+++ b/static/player/storage.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ export type StorageLike = Pick<Storage, "getItem" | "setItem" | "removeItem">;
 const getLocalStorage = (): StorageLike | null => {
   try {
     return window.localStorage;
-  } catch {
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error("failed to access localstorage:", error);
     return null;
   }
 };
@@ -14,7 +15,8 @@ export const safeLocalStorage = {
     if (!storage) return null;
     try {
       return storage.getItem(key);
-    } catch {
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error(`failed to get localstorage item '${key}':`, error);
       return null;
     }
   },
@@ -23,8 +25,8 @@ export const safeLocalStorage = {
     if (!storage) return;
     try {
       storage.setItem(key, value);
-    } catch {
-      // ignore
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error(`failed to set localstorage item '${key}':`, error);
     }
   },
   removeItem(key: string): void {
@@ -32,8 +34,8 @@ export const safeLocalStorage = {
     if (!storage) return;
     try {
       storage.removeItem(key);
-    } catch {
-      // ignore
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error(`failed to remove localstorage item '${key}':`, error);
     }
   },
 };
diff --git a/static/player/subtitles/index.ts b/static/player/subtitles/index.ts
index 1a148fd..82c9692 100644
--- a/static/player/subtitles/index.ts
+++ b/static/player/subtitles/index.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ const loadSubtitle = async (url: string): Promise<SubtitleCue[]> => {
     const res = await fetch(url);
     if (!res.ok) return [];
     return parseVtt(await res.text());
-  } catch {
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error("failed to load subtitle:", error);
     return [];
   }
 };
diff --git a/static/player/video.ts b/static/player/video.ts
index 08428bd..375dfb5 100644
--- a/static/player/video.ts
+++ b/static/player/video.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ const shouldUseHLS = (type: string | undefined, url: string): boolean => {
     const parsed = new URL(url, window.location.href);
     if (parsed.searchParams.get("hls") === "1") return true;
     return parsed.pathname.toLowerCase().endsWith(".m3u8");
-  } catch {
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error("Failed to parse video URL:", error);
     return url.toLowerCase().includes(".m3u8");
   }
 };
@@ -65,6 +66,8 @@ export const loadVideoSource = (url: string, type?: string): void => {
   }
 
   if (wasPlaying) {
-    state.elements.video.play().catch(() => undefined);
+    state.elements.video.play().catch((error) => {
+      console.debug("failed to play video:", error);
+    });
   }
 };