diff --git a/lib/features/connections/connections_panel.dart b/lib/features/connections/connections_panel.dart
index 71a52380..29a93e84 100644
--- a/lib/features/connections/connections_panel.dart
+++ b/lib/features/connections/connections_panel.dart
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import 'package:querya_desktop/core/util/log_ignored.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
 import 'dart:async' show Timer;
 
diff --git a/lib/features/connections/connections_panel_pg_tree.dart b/lib/features/connections/connections_panel_pg_tree.dart
index 1a2a30f9..238a6200 100644
--- a/lib/features/connections/connections_panel_pg_tree.dart
+++ b/lib/features/connections/connections_panel_pg_tree.dart
@@ -425,7 +425,8 @@ class _PgSchemaNodeState extends State<_PgSchemaNode> {
       List<String> matviews = [];
       try {
         matviews = await conn.listMaterializedViews(schema: widget.schemaName);
-      } catch (_) {
+      } catch (e, st) {
+        logIgnored('PgTree.materializedViews', e, st);
         // pg_matviews / permissions may fail on some servers; keep tree usable.
       }
       final functions = await conn.listFunctions(schema: widget.schemaName);
diff --git a/lib/features/connections/extension_connection_form.dart b/lib/features/connections/extension_connection_form.dart
index 788cb125..5e177a98 100644
--- a/lib/features/connections/extension_connection_form.dart
+++ b/lib/features/connections/extension_connection_form.dart
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import 'package:querya_desktop/core/util/log_ignored.dart';
 import 'package:querya_desktop/shared/report_error.dart';
 import 'package:querya_desktop/core/database/database_error_mapper.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
@@ -327,7 +328,8 @@ Map<String, Object?> _sduiInitialValuesFromConnection(ConnectionRow row) {
           values[key] = entry.value;
         }
       }
-    } catch (_) {
+    } catch (e, st) {
+      logIgnored('ExtensionConnectionForm.driverOptions', e, st);
       // Ignore malformed driverOptions; host fields still apply.
     }
   }
diff --git a/lib/features/connections/sqlite_connection_form.dart b/lib/features/connections/sqlite_connection_form.dart
index 1f450415..a2607a07 100644
--- a/lib/features/connections/sqlite_connection_form.dart
+++ b/lib/features/connections/sqlite_connection_form.dart
@@ -140,7 +140,16 @@ class _SqliteConnectionFormContentState
       if (_nameController.text.isEmpty) {
         _nameController.text = p.basenameWithoutExtension(path);
       }
-    } catch (_) {}
+    } catch (e, st) {
+      if (!mounted) return;
+      reportError(
+        context,
+        e,
+        stack: st,
+        where: 'SqliteConnectionForm.pickFile',
+        action: 'The file could not be chosen',
+      );
+    }
   }
 
   Future<void> _testConnection() async {
diff --git a/lib/features/erd/erd_view.dart b/lib/features/erd/erd_view.dart
index 6c79285a..432f7b6c 100644
--- a/lib/features/erd/erd_view.dart
+++ b/lib/features/erd/erd_view.dart
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import 'package:querya_desktop/core/util/log_ignored.dart';
 import 'dart:async';
 import 'dart:math' show max;
 import 'dart:typed_data';
@@ -616,7 +617,8 @@ class _ErdViewState extends material.State<ErdView>
     _captureCurrent();
     try {
       await widget.layoutStore!.write(widget.layoutKey!, _c.toStore());
-    } catch (_) {
+    } catch (e, st) {
+      logIgnored('ErdView.saveLayout', e, st);
       // Keeping the layout is a convenience: a failed write is not an error
       // the user can act on.
     }
diff --git a/lib/features/extensions/extension_table_view.dart b/lib/features/extensions/extension_table_view.dart
index 9196519b..71c49d36 100644
--- a/lib/features/extensions/extension_table_view.dart
+++ b/lib/features/extensions/extension_table_view.dart
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import 'package:querya_desktop/core/util/log_ignored.dart';
 import 'package:querya_desktop/shared/report_error.dart';
 import 'package:querya_desktop/core/database/database_error_mapper.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
@@ -125,7 +126,9 @@ class ExtensionTableDataDelegate extends TableDataMutationDelegate {
           if (countResult.rows.isNotEmpty && countResult.rows.first.isNotEmpty) {
             totalRows = int.tryParse(countResult.rows.first.first);
           }
-        } catch (_) {}
+        } catch (e, st) {
+          logIgnored('ExtensionTableView.count fallback', e, st);
+        }
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/features/main_screen/main_screen_dialogs.dart b/lib/features/main_screen/main_screen_dialogs.dart
index a64208dc..941d5750 100644
--- a/lib/features/main_screen/main_screen_dialogs.dart
+++ b/lib/features/main_screen/main_screen_dialogs.dart
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import 'package:querya_desktop/shared/report_error.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
 import 'dart:async';
 
@@ -140,7 +141,18 @@ class MainScreenDialogs {
       await connectionsPanelKey.currentState?.reloadConnectionsFromDb();
       workspace.value = workspace.value.selectConnection(demoConn);
       nav.onSqliteOpenSqlWorkspace(demoConn);
-    } catch (_) {}
+    } catch (e, st) {
+      // A silent nothing after the user asked for the demo reads as a dead
+      // button.
+      if (!_mounted()) return;
+      reportError(
+        _context(),
+        e,
+        stack: st,
+        where: 'MainScreenDialogs.onLaunchDemoPlayground',
+        action: 'The demo playground could not be opened',
+      );
+    }
   }
 
   Future<void> handlePendingFileLaunch() async {
diff --git a/lib/features/mongodb/mongo_databases_view.dart b/lib/features/mongodb/mongo_databases_view.dart
index 94c1818a..ce9da2ec 100644
--- a/lib/features/mongodb/mongo_databases_view.dart
+++ b/lib/features/mongodb/mongo_databases_view.dart
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import 'package:querya_desktop/core/util/log_ignored.dart';
 import 'package:querya_desktop/shared/report_error.dart';
 import 'package:querya_desktop/core/database/database_error_mapper.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
@@ -116,7 +117,9 @@ class _MongoDatabasesViewState extends State<MongoDatabasesView> {
           'admin',
           {'listDatabases': 1},
         );
-      } catch (_) {}
+      } catch (e, st) {
+        logIgnored('MongoDatabasesView.listDatabases sizes', e, st);
+      }
 
       final dbList =
           dbListResult?['databases'] as List<dynamic>? ?? <dynamic>[];
diff --git a/lib/features/mongodb/mongo_documents_view.dart b/lib/features/mongodb/mongo_documents_view.dart
index e0b19e8a..56cbdd26 100644
--- a/lib/features/mongodb/mongo_documents_view.dart
+++ b/lib/features/mongodb/mongo_documents_view.dart
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import 'package:querya_desktop/core/util/log_ignored.dart';
 import 'package:querya_desktop/shared/report_error.dart';
 import 'package:querya_desktop/core/database/database_error_mapper.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
@@ -138,7 +139,8 @@ class _MongoDocumentsViewState extends material.State<MongoDocumentsView> {
           _viewMode = MongoDocumentsViewMode.fromString(saved);
         });
       }
-    } catch (_) {
+    } catch (e, st) {
+      logIgnored('MongoDocumentsView.viewMode', e, st);
       // Keep current mode
     }
   }
@@ -227,7 +229,8 @@ class _MongoDocumentsViewState extends material.State<MongoDocumentsView> {
       );
       if (!mounted || seq != _loadSeq) return;
       setState(() => _totalCount = count);
-    } catch (_) {
+    } catch (e, st) {
+      logIgnored('MongoDocumentsView.count', e, st);
       // Keep the "maybe more" pagination.
     }
   }
diff --git a/lib/features/mongodb/mongo_query_workspace.dart b/lib/features/mongodb/mongo_query_workspace.dart
index b54143b5..8a4d3c32 100644
--- a/lib/features/mongodb/mongo_query_workspace.dart
+++ b/lib/features/mongodb/mongo_query_workspace.dart
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import 'package:querya_desktop/core/util/log_ignored.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
 import 'dart:async' show unawaited;
 
@@ -203,7 +204,8 @@ class _MongoQueryWorkspaceState extends material.State<MongoQueryWorkspace> {
         databaseName: widget.database,
         sqlText: query,
       );
-    } catch (_) {
+    } catch (e, st) {
+      logIgnored('MongoQueryWorkspace.history', e, st);
       // Best-effort history logging
     }
   }
diff --git a/lib/features/redis/redis_cli_workspace.dart b/lib/features/redis/redis_cli_workspace.dart
index 560c64d0..bb56367f 100644
--- a/lib/features/redis/redis_cli_workspace.dart
+++ b/lib/features/redis/redis_cli_workspace.dart
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import 'package:querya_desktop/core/util/log_ignored.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
 import 'dart:async' show unawaited;
 import 'dart:convert';
@@ -287,7 +288,9 @@ class _RedisCliWorkspaceState extends material.State<RedisCliWorkspace> {
           });
         }
       }
-    } catch (_) {}
+    } catch (e, st) {
+      logIgnored('RedisCliWorkspace.loadHistory', e, st);
+    }
   }
 
   Future<void> _saveHistory() async {
@@ -299,7 +302,9 @@ class _RedisCliWorkspaceState extends material.State<RedisCliWorkspace> {
         _historyStorageKey,
         jsonEncode(capped),
       );
-    } catch (_) {}
+    } catch (e, st) {
+      logIgnored('RedisCliWorkspace.saveHistory', e, st);
+    }
   }
 
   @override
diff --git a/lib/features/redis/redis_key_editor.dart b/lib/features/redis/redis_key_editor.dart
index 37ca2cfc..b4af8e18 100644
--- a/lib/features/redis/redis_key_editor.dart
+++ b/lib/features/redis/redis_key_editor.dart
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import 'package:querya_desktop/core/util/log_ignored.dart';
 import 'package:querya_desktop/shared/report_error.dart';
 import 'package:querya_desktop/core/database/database_error_mapper.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
@@ -520,7 +521,9 @@ class _RedisKeyEditorState extends material.State<RedisKeyEditor> {
       } catch (e) {
         try {
           await widget.connection.lrem(_cmdKey, 1, sentinel);
-        } catch (_) {}
+        } catch (cleanupError, cleanupStack) {
+          logIgnored('RedisKeyEditor.cleanup sentinel', cleanupError, cleanupStack);
+        }
         rethrow;
       }
       await _load();
diff --git a/lib/features/settings/preferences_mcp_section.dart b/lib/features/settings/preferences_mcp_section.dart
index 05d5cdce..fe4a6863 100644
--- a/lib/features/settings/preferences_mcp_section.dart
+++ b/lib/features/settings/preferences_mcp_section.dart
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import 'package:querya_desktop/core/util/log_ignored.dart';
 import 'package:querya_desktop/shared/report_error.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
 import 'dart:async' show StreamSubscription, unawaited;
@@ -89,7 +90,9 @@ class PreferencesMcpSectionState extends material.State<PreferencesMcpSection> {
     try {
       activity = await (widget.loadActivity ??
           () => LocalDb.instance.listMcpActivity(limit: 50))();
-    } catch (_) {}
+    } catch (e, st) {
+      logIgnored('PreferencesMcpSection.load activity', e, st);
+    }
     if (!mounted) return;
     setState(() {
       _enabled = enabled;
@@ -112,7 +115,9 @@ class PreferencesMcpSectionState extends material.State<PreferencesMcpSection> {
       final list = await (widget.loadActivity ??
           () => LocalDb.instance.listMcpActivity(limit: 50))();
       if (mounted) setState(() => _activity = list);
-    } catch (_) {}
+    } catch (e, st) {
+      logIgnored('PreferencesMcpSection.loadActivity', e, st);
+    }
   }
 
   Future<void> _setEnabled(bool v) async {
diff --git a/lib/features/sqlite/sqlite_overview_tab.dart b/lib/features/sqlite/sqlite_overview_tab.dart
index f8c0bcf4..3c6cde96 100644
--- a/lib/features/sqlite/sqlite_overview_tab.dart
+++ b/lib/features/sqlite/sqlite_overview_tab.dart
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import 'package:querya_desktop/core/util/log_ignored.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
 import 'dart:io';
 import 'dart:math' as math;
@@ -129,7 +130,9 @@ class _SqliteOverviewTabState extends material.State<SqliteOverviewTab> {
           return f.lengthSync();
         }
       }
-    } catch (_) {}
+    } catch (e, st) {
+      logIgnored('SqliteOverviewTab.fileSize', e, st);
+    }
     return 0;
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/features/sqlite/sqlite_sql_workspace.dart b/lib/features/sqlite/sqlite_sql_workspace.dart
index 945fb55b..6012b9af 100644
--- a/lib/features/sqlite/sqlite_sql_workspace.dart
+++ b/lib/features/sqlite/sqlite_sql_workspace.dart
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import 'package:querya_desktop/core/util/log_ignored.dart';
 import 'dart:async';
 
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart' as material;
@@ -186,7 +187,9 @@ class SqliteSqlExecutionDelegate extends BaseSqlExecutionDelegate {
           [target.tableName],
         );
         isView = kind.isNotEmpty && kind.first['type'] == 'view';
-      } catch (_) {}
+      } catch (e, st) {
+        logIgnored('SqliteSqlWorkspace.isView probe', e, st);
+      }
 
       return SqlResultGridSchema.fromLoad(
         await loadTableViewSchema(
diff --git a/lib/shared/services/data_export_service.dart b/lib/shared/services/data_export_service.dart
index 66f341f6..b084e10b 100644
--- a/lib/shared/services/data_export_service.dart
+++ b/lib/shared/services/data_export_service.dart
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import 'package:querya_desktop/core/util/querya_log.dart';
+import 'package:querya_desktop/core/util/log_ignored.dart';
 import 'dart:convert';
 import 'dart:io';
 import 'dart:isolate';
@@ -459,16 +461,23 @@ class DataExportService {
       await sink.close();
       sink = null;
       return SaveExportOutcome.written;
-    } on Object {
+    } on Object catch (error, stack) {
+      // The caller gets the outcome; the reason goes to the log.
+      QueryaLog.instance.error('DataExportService', 'export to a file failed',
+          error: error, stack: stack);
       try {
         await sink?.close();
-      } catch (_) {}
+      } catch (e, st) {
+        logIgnored('DataExportService.closeSink', e, st);
+      }
       try {
         final partial = File(path);
         if (await partial.exists()) {
           await partial.delete();
         }
-      } catch (_) {}
+      } catch (e, st) {
+        logIgnored('DataExportService.deletePartial', e, st);
+      }
       return SaveExportOutcome.error;
     }
   }
diff --git a/test/guards/no_silent_catch_test.dart b/test/guards/no_silent_catch_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1b240dde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/guards/no_silent_catch_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import 'dart:io';
+
+import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+
+/// Error-handling epic (#1764, #1763): a `catch` in the UI layer must do
+/// something with the error: `logIgnored`, the reporting helpers, a rethrow or
+/// a real fallback. An empty block (or one that holds only a comment) hides a
+/// failure from both the user and the log.
+///
+/// The files below keep a few empty blocks on purpose: they try to parse a
+/// value in a second form and fall back, so the failure is the control flow.
+/// The number is exact, so removing one of them has to lower it here too.
+void main() {
+  const allowed = {
+    'lib/features/mongodb/mongo_field_codec.dart': 1,
+    'lib/features/mongodb/mql_parser.dart': 1,
+    'lib/features/workspace/data_grid_value_panel.dart': 6,
+  };
+
+  final emptyCatch = RegExp(
+    r'catch\s*\([^)]*\)\s*\{(?:\s|//[^\n]*|/\*[\s\S]*?\*/)*\}',
+  );
+
+  String norm(File f) => f.path.replaceAll(r'\', '/');
+
+  test('lib/features and lib/shared have no empty catch blocks', () {
+    final counts = <String, int>{};
+    for (final dir in ['lib/features', 'lib/shared']) {
+      for (final e in Directory(dir).listSync(recursive: true)) {
+        if (e is! File || !e.path.endsWith('.dart')) continue;
+        final n = emptyCatch.allMatches(e.readAsStringSync()).length;
+        if (n > 0) counts[norm(e)] = n;
+      }
+    }
+
+    final problems = <String>[];
+    for (final entry in counts.entries) {
+      final expected = allowed[entry.key] ?? 0;
+      if (entry.value > expected) {
+        problems.add('${entry.key}: ${entry.value} empty catch blocks '
+            '(allowed $expected): call logIgnored(where, e, st) or report it');
+      }
+    }
+    for (final entry in allowed.entries) {
+      final actual = counts[entry.key] ?? 0;
+      if (actual < entry.value) {
+        problems.add('${entry.key}: ${entry.value} allowed but only $actual '
+            'left: lower the number in this test');
+      }
+    }
+
+    expect(problems, isEmpty, reason: problems.join('\n'));
+  });
+}