diff --git a/TECHDEBTS.md b/TECHDEBTS.md
index 8b7db5c..d17c289 100644
--- a/TECHDEBTS.md
+++ b/TECHDEBTS.md
@@ -855,7 +855,19 @@ add `ON DELETE CASCADE` via an Ecto migration on the
 **Acceptance.** Injected failure between the two deletes leaves both intact;
 no orphaned messages possible.
 
-### TD-23: Sweep blanket `rescue`/`catch` blocks for silent failure
+### TD-23: Sweep blanket `rescue`/`catch` blocks for silent failure ✅ DONE (2026-06-12)
+
+**Status: implemented.** The named sweep surface was tightened in the intended
+way instead of being rewritten wholesale. `ImportAnalysis` and
+`ImportExecution` now log contextual warnings when top-level import handling,
+repo-transaction wrappers, media linking, or progress callbacks fall back after
+exceptions; the tests now prove those progress-callback failures are no longer
+silent. In `ImportAnalysis.year_from/1`, the blanket integer-date rescue was
+narrowed to `ArgumentError`, which is the actual parsing failure path there.
+`OverlayComponents` kept its defensive UI fallbacks, but every rescue now logs
+why the fallback path was taken instead of silently swallowing the error.
+`MainWindow` needed no change in this pass: its catches are already scoped to
+expected `:exit`/wx failures rather than bare rescue-all blocks.
 
 **Context.** Several modules rescue *all* exceptions into `:ok`/fallbacks
 (`shutdown.ex` defensibly — it must never block quit; but also
diff --git a/lib/bds/desktop/shell_live/overlay_components.ex b/lib/bds/desktop/shell_live/overlay_components.ex
index 95cf689..0263d12 100644
--- a/lib/bds/desktop/shell_live/overlay_components.ex
+++ b/lib/bds/desktop/shell_live/overlay_components.ex
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ defmodule BDS.Desktop.ShellLive.OverlayComponents do
   use Gettext, backend: BDS.Gettext
 
   import Ecto.Query
+  require Logger
 
   alias BDS.{I18n, Media, Metadata, Posts, Repo}
   alias BDS.Media.Media, as: MediaRecord
@@ -70,7 +71,9 @@ defmodule BDS.Desktop.ShellLive.OverlayComponents do
     {:ok, metadata} = Metadata.get_project_metadata(project_id)
     metadata
   rescue
-    _error -> %{main_language: "en", blog_languages: []}
+    error ->
+      log_overlay_warning("project metadata", error)
+      %{main_language: "en", blog_languages: []}
   end
 
   defp posts(nil), do: []
@@ -137,7 +140,9 @@ defmodule BDS.Desktop.ShellLive.OverlayComponents do
         select: pm.media_id
     )
   rescue
-    _error -> []
+    error ->
+      log_overlay_warning("post media ids for #{post_id}", error)
+      []
   end
 
   defp post_media_ids(_tab), do: []
@@ -150,7 +155,9 @@ defmodule BDS.Desktop.ShellLive.OverlayComponents do
     )
     |> Map.new(fn {language, status} -> {language, Atom.to_string(status || :draft)} end)
   rescue
-    _error -> %{}
+    error ->
+      log_overlay_warning("post translations for #{post_id}", error)
+      %{}
   end
 
   defp existing_translations(%{type: :media, id: media_id}) do
@@ -161,7 +168,9 @@ defmodule BDS.Desktop.ShellLive.OverlayComponents do
     )
     |> Map.new(fn {language, status} -> {language, status} end)
   rescue
-    _error -> %{}
+    error ->
+      log_overlay_warning("media translations for #{media_id}", error)
+      %{}
   end
 
   defp existing_translations(_tab), do: %{}
@@ -179,7 +188,9 @@ defmodule BDS.Desktop.ShellLive.OverlayComponents do
       _other -> metadata.main_language || "en"
     end
   rescue
-    _error -> metadata.main_language || "en"
+    error ->
+      log_overlay_warning("post source language for #{post_id}", error)
+      metadata.main_language || "en"
   end
 
   defp source_language(%{type: :media, id: media_id}, metadata) do
@@ -188,7 +199,9 @@ defmodule BDS.Desktop.ShellLive.OverlayComponents do
       _other -> metadata.main_language || "en"
     end
   rescue
-    _error -> metadata.main_language || "en"
+    error ->
+      log_overlay_warning("media source language for #{media_id}", error)
+      metadata.main_language || "en"
   end
 
   defp source_language(_tab, metadata), do: metadata.main_language || "en"
@@ -242,7 +255,9 @@ defmodule BDS.Desktop.ShellLive.OverlayComponents do
         []
     end
   rescue
-    _error -> []
+    error ->
+      log_overlay_warning("post AI fields for #{post_id}", error)
+      []
   end
 
   defp ai_fields(%{type: :media, id: media_id}, title, _subtitle, page_language) do
@@ -279,7 +294,9 @@ defmodule BDS.Desktop.ShellLive.OverlayComponents do
         []
     end
   rescue
-    _error -> []
+    error ->
+      log_overlay_warning("media AI fields for #{media_id}", error)
+      []
   end
 
   defp ai_fields(_tab, _title, _subtitle, _page_language), do: []
@@ -309,7 +326,9 @@ defmodule BDS.Desktop.ShellLive.OverlayComponents do
       reference_list: reference_list
     }
   rescue
-    _error ->
+    error ->
+      log_overlay_warning("delete media details for #{media_id}", error)
+
       %{
         title: BDS.Gettext.lgettext(page_language, "ui", "Delete Media"),
         entity_name: media_id,
@@ -330,7 +349,9 @@ defmodule BDS.Desktop.ShellLive.OverlayComponents do
       reference_list: []
     }
   rescue
-    _error ->
+    error ->
+      log_overlay_warning("delete tag details", error)
+
       %{
         title: BDS.Gettext.lgettext(page_language, "ui", "Delete Tag"),
         entity_name: "tag",
@@ -367,7 +388,9 @@ defmodule BDS.Desktop.ShellLive.OverlayComponents do
       message: BDS.Gettext.lgettext(page_language, "ui", "Cannot be undone.")
     }
   rescue
-    _error ->
+    error ->
+      log_overlay_warning("merge tag details for project #{project_id}", error)
+
       %{
         target: "tag",
         count: 1,
@@ -391,4 +414,8 @@ defmodule BDS.Desktop.ShellLive.OverlayComponents do
     |> String.replace(~r/[^a-z0-9]+/u, "-")
     |> String.trim("-")
   end
+
+  defp log_overlay_warning(context, error) do
+    Logger.warning("overlay component fallback for #{context}: #{Exception.message(error)}")
+  end
 end
diff --git a/lib/bds/import_analysis.ex b/lib/bds/import_analysis.ex
index 96e0bf9..bad870e 100644
--- a/lib/bds/import_analysis.ex
+++ b/lib/bds/import_analysis.ex
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ defmodule BDS.ImportAnalysis do
   @moduledoc false
 
   import Ecto.Query
+  require Logger
 
   alias BDS.Media.Media
   alias BDS.Posts.Post
@@ -25,7 +26,12 @@ defmodule BDS.ImportAnalysis do
     wxr_data = WxrParser.parse_file(wxr_file_path)
     {:ok, build_report(project_id, wxr_data, wxr_file_path, uploads_folder_path, on_progress)}
   rescue
-    error -> {:error, %{message: Exception.message(error)}}
+    error ->
+      Logger.warning(
+        "import analysis failed project_id=#{project_id} file=#{wxr_file_path}: #{Exception.message(error)}"
+      )
+
+      {:error, %{message: Exception.message(error)}}
   end
 
   defp build_report(project_id, wxr_data, wxr_file_path, uploads_folder_path, on_progress) do
@@ -459,7 +465,7 @@ defmodule BDS.ImportAnalysis do
         value
     end
   rescue
-    _error -> nil
+    _error in [ArgumentError] -> nil
   end
 
   defp year_from(value) when is_binary(value) do
@@ -491,7 +497,12 @@ defmodule BDS.ImportAnalysis do
     try do
       callback.(step, detail)
     rescue
-      _error -> :ok
+      error ->
+        Logger.warning(
+          "import analysis progress callback failed step=#{inspect(step)}: #{Exception.message(error)}"
+        )
+
+        :ok
     end
 
     :ok
diff --git a/lib/bds/import_execution.ex b/lib/bds/import_execution.ex
index 0889650..7c0e4e5 100644
--- a/lib/bds/import_execution.ex
+++ b/lib/bds/import_execution.ex
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 defmodule BDS.ImportExecution do
   @moduledoc false
 
+  require Logger
+
   alias BDS.Media
   alias BDS.Metadata
   alias BDS.Posts
@@ -118,7 +120,9 @@ defmodule BDS.ImportExecution do
       {:error, reason} -> {:error, %{message: format_import_error(reason)}}
     end
   rescue
-    error -> {:error, %{message: Exception.message(error)}}
+    error ->
+      Logger.warning("import execution failed project_id=#{project_id}: #{Exception.message(error)}")
+      {:error, %{message: Exception.message(error)}}
   end
 
   defp execute_taxonomies(category_items, tag_items, project_id, result, on_progress, started_at) do
@@ -363,9 +367,19 @@ defmodule BDS.ImportExecution do
       try do
         Media.link_media_to_post(media_id, post_id)
       rescue
-        _ -> :ok
+        error ->
+          Logger.warning(
+            "import execution failed to link media_id=#{media_id} post_id=#{post_id}: #{Exception.message(error)}"
+          )
+
+          :ok
       catch
-        _, _ -> :ok
+        kind, reason ->
+          Logger.warning(
+            "import execution failed to link media_id=#{media_id} post_id=#{post_id}: #{kind}: #{inspect(reason)}"
+          )
+
+          :ok
       end
     end)
 
@@ -586,9 +600,13 @@ defmodule BDS.ImportExecution do
   defp run_repo_transaction(fun) when is_function(fun, 0) do
     Repo.transaction(fun)
   rescue
-    error -> {:error, error}
+    error ->
+      Logger.warning("import execution transaction failed: #{Exception.message(error)}")
+      {:error, error}
   catch
-    kind, reason -> {:error, {kind, reason}}
+    kind, reason ->
+      Logger.warning("import execution transaction failed: #{kind}: #{inspect(reason)}")
+      {:error, {kind, reason}}
   end
 
   defp post_item_label(item) do
@@ -628,11 +646,20 @@ defmodule BDS.ImportExecution do
     try do
       callback.(phase, current, total, %{detail: detail, eta: eta})
     rescue
-      _error ->
+      error ->
+        Logger.warning(
+          "import execution progress callback failed phase=#{inspect(phase)}: #{Exception.message(error)}"
+        )
+
         try do
           callback.(phase, current, total, detail)
         rescue
-          _error -> :ok
+          legacy_error ->
+            Logger.warning(
+              "import execution legacy progress callback failed phase=#{inspect(phase)}: #{Exception.message(legacy_error)}"
+            )
+
+            :ok
         end
     end
 
diff --git a/test/bds/import_analysis_test.exs b/test/bds/import_analysis_test.exs
index 2b967f1..44d356f 100644
--- a/test/bds/import_analysis_test.exs
+++ b/test/bds/import_analysis_test.exs
@@ -224,6 +224,30 @@ defmodule BDS.ImportAnalysisTest do
     assert_received {:analysis_progress, "Discovering macros...", nil}
   end
 
+  import ExUnit.CaptureLog
+
+  test "analyze_wxr logs and continues when the progress callback raises", %{
+    project: project,
+    temp_dir: temp_dir
+  } do
+    uploads_dir = Path.join(temp_dir, "uploads")
+    File.mkdir_p!(Path.join(uploads_dir, "2024/05"))
+    File.write!(Path.join(uploads_dir, "2024/05/import-asset.txt"), "legacy attachment")
+
+    wxr_path = Path.join(temp_dir, "legacy.xml")
+    File.write!(wxr_path, basic_wxr_xml())
+
+    log =
+      capture_log(fn ->
+        assert {:ok, _report} =
+                 ImportAnalysis.analyze_wxr(project.id, wxr_path, uploads_dir,
+                   on_progress: fn _step, _detail -> raise "boom" end
+                 )
+      end)
+
+    assert log =~ "import analysis progress callback failed"
+  end
+
   defp sha256(value) do
     :sha256
     |> :crypto.hash(value)
diff --git a/test/bds/import_execution_test.exs b/test/bds/import_execution_test.exs
index ebcae80..4894499 100644
--- a/test/bds/import_execution_test.exs
+++ b/test/bds/import_execution_test.exs
@@ -112,6 +112,34 @@ defmodule BDS.ImportExecutionTest do
     assert File.exists?(Path.join(temp_dir, imported_media.file_path))
   end
 
+  import ExUnit.CaptureLog
+
+  test "execute_import logs and continues when the progress callback raises", %{
+    project: project,
+    temp_dir: temp_dir
+  } do
+    uploads_dir = Path.join(temp_dir, "uploads")
+    File.mkdir_p!(Path.join(uploads_dir, "2024/05"))
+    File.write!(Path.join(uploads_dir, "2024/05/import-asset.txt"), "legacy attachment")
+
+    wxr_path = Path.join(temp_dir, "legacy.xml")
+    File.write!(wxr_path, basic_wxr_xml())
+
+    assert {:ok, report} = ImportAnalysis.analyze_wxr(project.id, wxr_path, uploads_dir)
+
+    log =
+      capture_log(fn ->
+        assert {:ok, _result} =
+                 ImportExecution.execute_import(project.id, report,
+                   default_author: "Imported Author",
+                   uploads_folder_path: uploads_dir,
+                   on_progress: fn _phase, _current, _total, _detail -> raise "boom" end
+                 )
+      end)
+
+    assert log =~ "import execution progress callback failed"
+  end
+
   test "execute_import skips conflicts by default and can import them with a new slug", %{
     project: project,
     temp_dir: temp_dir