diff --git a/packages/core/src/ide/ide-connection-utils.ts b/packages/core/src/ide/ide-connection-utils.ts
index 041c4c984a..2414064f5d 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/ide/ide-connection-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/ide/ide-connection-utils.ts
@@ -215,13 +215,19 @@ export async function createProxyAwareFetch(ideServerHost: string) {
     };
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-type-assertion
     const options = fetchOptions as unknown as import('undici').RequestInit;
-    const response = await fetchFn(url, options);
-    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-type-assertion
-    return new Response(response.body as ReadableStream<unknown> | null, {
-      status: response.status,
-      statusText: response.statusText,
-      headers: [...response.headers.entries()],
-    });
+    try {
+      const response = await fetchFn(url, options);
+      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-type-assertion
+      return new Response(response.body as ReadableStream<unknown> | null, {
+        status: response.status,
+        statusText: response.statusText,
+        headers: [...response.headers.entries()],
+      });
+    } catch (error) {
+      const urlString = typeof url === 'string' ? url : url.href;
+      logger.error(`IDE fetch failed for ${urlString}`, error);
+      throw error;
+    }
   };
 }