diff --git a/app/models/link_checker/checker.rb b/app/models/link_checker/checker.rb
index 2737b9bbf21..4f8396c1741 100644
--- a/app/models/link_checker/checker.rb
+++ b/app/models/link_checker/checker.rb
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ def valid_domain?(domain)
 
       Resolv.getaddress(domain)
       true
-    rescue Resolv::ResolvError
+    rescue Resolv::ResolvError => e
+      Rails.logger.info("[LinkChecker] #{e.class}: domain=#{domain}") unless Rails.env.production?
       false
     end
 
diff --git a/app/models/metadata.rb b/app/models/metadata.rb
index 53a9ef7fa37..a713dfa23f8 100644
--- a/app/models/metadata.rb
+++ b/app/models/metadata.rb
@@ -15,14 +15,22 @@ def fetch
     http.response_body_encoding = true
 
     response = http.request_get(@uri.request_uri)
-    response.message == 'OK' ? parse(response.body) : nil
+    if response.message != 'OK'
+      Rails.logger.info("[Metadata] Response was not OK: status=#{response.code} url=#{@url}") unless Rails.env.production?
+      return
+    end
+
+    parse(response.body)
   end
 
   private
 
   def parse(html)
     object = OpenGraphReader.parse(html)
-    return unless object
+    unless object
+      Rails.logger.info("[Metadata] OpenGraphReader parse failed: url=#{@url}, title=#{Nokogiri::HTML(html).title}") unless Rails.env.production?
+      return
+    end
 
     {
       title: object.og.title,