fix: replace 40+ silent catch blocks with debug logging

Every empty catch {} in sidepanel.js, sidebar-agent.ts now logs with
[gstack sidebar] or [sidebar-agent] prefix. Chat poll 401s, stop agent,
tab poll, clear chat, SSE parse, refs fetch, stream JSON parse, queue
read/parse, process kill — all now visible in console.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

browse/src/sidebar-agent.ts

@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ function getGitRoot(): string | null {
   try {
     const { execSync } = require('child_process');
     return execSync('git rev-parse --show-toplevel', { encoding: 'utf-8', stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe'] }).trim();
-  } catch {
+  } catch (err: any) {
+    console.debug('[sidebar-agent] Not in a git repo:', err.message);
     return null;
   }
 }
@@ -74,7 +75,8 @@ async function refreshToken(): Promise<string | null> {
     const data = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(stateFile, 'utf-8'));
     authToken = data.token || null;
     return authToken;
-  } catch {
+  } catch (err: any) {
+    console.error('[sidebar-agent] Failed to refresh auth token:', err.message);
     return null;
   }
 }
@@ -234,7 +236,10 @@ async function askClaude(queueEntry: any): Promise<void> {
 
     // Validate cwd exists — queue may reference a stale worktree
     let effectiveCwd = cwd || process.cwd();
-    try { fs.accessSync(effectiveCwd); } catch { effectiveCwd = process.cwd(); }
+    try { fs.accessSync(effectiveCwd); } catch (err: any) {
+      console.warn('[sidebar-agent] Worktree path inaccessible, falling back to cwd:', effectiveCwd, err.message);
+      effectiveCwd = process.cwd();
+    }
 
     const proc = spawn('claude', claudeArgs, {
       stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe'],
@@ -264,7 +269,9 @@ async function askClaude(queueEntry: any): Promise<void> {
       buffer = lines.pop() || '';
       for (const line of lines) {
         if (!line.trim()) continue;
-        try { handleStreamEvent(JSON.parse(line), tid); } catch {}
+        try { handleStreamEvent(JSON.parse(line), tid); } catch (err: any) {
+          console.error(`[sidebar-agent] Tab ${tid}: Failed to parse stream line:`, line.slice(0, 100), err.message);
+        }
       }
     });
 
@@ -275,7 +282,9 @@ async function askClaude(queueEntry: any): Promise<void> {
 
     proc.on('close', (code) => {
       if (buffer.trim()) {
-        try { handleStreamEvent(JSON.parse(buffer), tid); } catch {}
+        try { handleStreamEvent(JSON.parse(buffer), tid); } catch (err: any) {
+          console.error(`[sidebar-agent] Tab ${tid}: Failed to parse final buffer:`, buffer.slice(0, 100), err.message);
+        }
       }
       const doneEvent: Record<string, any> = { type: 'agent_done' };
       if (code !== 0 && stderrBuffer.trim()) {
@@ -300,7 +309,9 @@ async function askClaude(queueEntry: any): Promise<void> {
     // Timeout (default 300s / 5 min — multi-page tasks need time)
     const timeoutMs = parseInt(process.env.SIDEBAR_AGENT_TIMEOUT || '300000', 10);
     setTimeout(() => {
-      try { proc.kill(); } catch {}
+      try { proc.kill(); } catch (killErr: any) {
+        console.warn(`[sidebar-agent] Tab ${tid}: Failed to kill timed-out process:`, killErr.message);
+      }
       const timeoutMsg = stderrBuffer.trim()
         ? `Timed out after ${timeoutMs / 1000}s\nstderr: ${stderrBuffer.trim().slice(-500)}`
         : `Timed out after ${timeoutMs / 1000}s`;
@@ -317,14 +328,20 @@ async function askClaude(queueEntry: any): Promise<void> {
 function countLines(): number {
   try {
     return fs.readFileSync(QUEUE, 'utf-8').split('\n').filter(Boolean).length;
-  } catch { return 0; }
+  } catch (err: any) {
+    console.error('[sidebar-agent] Failed to read queue file:', err.message);
+    return 0;
+  }
 }
 
 function readLine(n: number): string | null {
   try {
     const lines = fs.readFileSync(QUEUE, 'utf-8').split('\n').filter(Boolean);
     return lines[n - 1] || null;
-  } catch { return null; }
+  } catch (err: any) {
+    console.error(`[sidebar-agent] Failed to read queue line ${n}:`, err.message);
+    return null;
+  }
 }
 
 async function poll() {
@@ -337,7 +354,10 @@ async function poll() {
     if (!line) continue;
 
     let entry: any;
-    try { entry = JSON.parse(line); } catch { continue; }
+    try { entry = JSON.parse(line); } catch (err: any) {
+      console.warn(`[sidebar-agent] Skipping malformed queue entry at line ${lastLine}:`, line.slice(0, 80), err.message);
+      continue;
+    }
     if (!entry.message && !entry.prompt) continue;
 
     const tid = entry.tabId ?? 0;

extension/sidepanel.js

@@ -375,7 +375,10 @@ async function pollChat() {
       headers: authHeaders(),
       signal: AbortSignal.timeout(3000),
     });
-    if (!resp.ok) return;
+    if (!resp.ok) {
+      console.warn(`[gstack sidebar] Chat poll failed: ${resp.status} ${resp.statusText}`);
+      return;
+    }
     const data = await resp.json();
 
     // Detect tab switch from server — swap chat context
@@ -417,7 +420,9 @@ async function pollChat() {
 
     // Show/hide stop button based on agent status
     updateStopButton(data.agentStatus === 'processing');
-  } catch {}
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error('[gstack sidebar] Chat poll error:', err.message);
+  }
 }
 
 /** Switch the sidebar to show a different tab's chat context */
@@ -464,8 +469,11 @@ function updateStopButton(agentRunning) {
 async function stopAgent() {
   if (!serverUrl) return;
   try {
-    await fetch(`${serverUrl}/sidebar-agent/stop`, { method: 'POST', headers: authHeaders() });
-  } catch {}
+    const resp = await fetch(`${serverUrl}/sidebar-agent/stop`, { method: 'POST', headers: authHeaders() });
+    if (!resp.ok) console.warn(`[gstack sidebar] Stop agent failed: ${resp.status}`);
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error('[gstack sidebar] Stop agent error:', err.message);
+  }
   // Immediately clean up UI
   const thinking = document.getElementById('agent-thinking');
   if (thinking) thinking.remove();
@@ -511,13 +519,18 @@ async function pollTabs() {
     try {
       const chromeTabs = await chrome.tabs.query({ active: true, currentWindow: true });
       activeTabUrl = chromeTabs?.[0]?.url || null;
-    } catch {}
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.debug('[gstack sidebar] Failed to get active tab URL:', err.message);
+    }
 
     const resp = await fetch(`${serverUrl}/sidebar-tabs${activeTabUrl ? '?activeUrl=' + encodeURIComponent(activeTabUrl) : ''}`, {
       headers: authHeaders(),
       signal: AbortSignal.timeout(2000),
     });
-    if (!resp.ok) return;
+    if (!resp.ok) {
+      console.warn(`[gstack sidebar] Tab poll failed: ${resp.status} ${resp.statusText}`);
+      return;
+    }
     const data = await resp.json();
     if (!data.tabs) return;
 
@@ -527,7 +540,9 @@ async function pollTabs() {
     lastTabJson = json;
 
     renderTabBar(data.tabs);
-  } catch {}
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error('[gstack sidebar] Tab poll error:', err.message);
+  }
 }
 
 function renderTabBar(tabs) {
@@ -573,7 +588,9 @@ async function switchBrowserTab(tabId) {
     // Switch chat context + re-poll tabs
     switchChatTab(tabId);
     pollTabs();
-  } catch {}
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error('[gstack sidebar] Failed to switch browser tab:', err.message);
+  }
 }
 
 // ─── Clear Chat ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -581,8 +598,11 @@ async function switchBrowserTab(tabId) {
 document.getElementById('clear-chat').addEventListener('click', async () => {
   if (!serverUrl) return;
   try {
-    await fetch(`${serverUrl}/sidebar-chat/clear`, { method: 'POST', headers: authHeaders() });
-  } catch {}
+    const resp = await fetch(`${serverUrl}/sidebar-chat/clear`, { method: 'POST', headers: authHeaders() });
+    if (!resp.ok) console.warn(`[gstack sidebar] Clear chat failed: ${resp.status}`);
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error('[gstack sidebar] Clear chat error:', err.message);
+  }
   // Reset local state
   chatLineCount = 0;
   renderedEntryIds.clear();
@@ -734,7 +754,9 @@ function connectSSE() {
   eventSource = new EventSource(url);
 
   eventSource.addEventListener('activity', (e) => {
-    try { addEntry(JSON.parse(e.data)); } catch {}
+    try { addEntry(JSON.parse(e.data)); } catch (err) {
+      console.error('[gstack sidebar] Failed to parse activity event:', err.message);
+    }
   });
 
   eventSource.addEventListener('gap', (e) => {
@@ -745,7 +767,9 @@ function connectSSE() {
       banner.className = 'gap-banner';
       banner.textContent = `Missed ${data.availableFrom - data.gapFrom} events`;
       feed.appendChild(banner);
-    } catch {}
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.error('[gstack sidebar] Failed to parse gap event:', err.message);
+    }
   });
 }
 
@@ -780,7 +804,9 @@ async function fetchRefs() {
       </div>
     `).join('');
     footer.textContent = `${data.refs.length} refs`;
-  } catch {}
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error('[gstack sidebar] Failed to fetch refs:', err.message);
+  }
 }
 
 // ─── Inspector Tab ──────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -1292,15 +1318,17 @@ function connectInspectorSSE() {
       try {
         const data = JSON.parse(e.data);
         inspectorShowData(data);
-      } catch {}
+      } catch (err) {
+        console.error('[gstack sidebar] Failed to parse inspectResult:', err.message);
+      }
     });
 
     inspectorSSE.addEventListener('error', () => {
       // SSE connection failed — inspector works without it (basic mode)
       if (inspectorSSE) { inspectorSSE.close(); inspectorSSE = null; }
     });
-  } catch {
-    // SSE not available — that's fine
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.debug('[gstack sidebar] Inspector SSE not available:', err.message);
   }
 }