diff --git a/crates/multithread/src/multithread.rs b/crates/multithread/src/multithread.rs
index a62106fbc3..096bd7db37 100644
--- a/crates/multithread/src/multithread.rs
+++ b/crates/multithread/src/multithread.rs
@@ -46,8 +46,7 @@ use e3_zk_prover::{Provable, ZkBackend, ZkProver};
 use fhe::bfv::PublicKey;
 use fhe_traits::DeserializeParametrized;
 use rand::Rng;
-use tracing::error;
-use tracing::info;
+use tracing::{error, info};
 
 /// Multithread actor
 pub struct Multithread {
@@ -187,13 +186,46 @@ async fn handle_compute_request_event(
     let msg_string = msg.to_string();
     let job_name = msg_string.clone();
     let (msg, ctx) = msg.into_components();
-    // We spawn a thread on rayon moving to "sync"-land
+    let request_snapshot = msg.clone();
 
-    let (result, duration) = pool
+    let pool_result = pool
         .spawn(job_name, TaskTimeouts::default(), move || {
             handle_compute_request(rng, cipher, zk_prover, msg)
         })
-        .await?;
+        .await;
+
+    let (result, duration) = match pool_result {
+        Ok(v) => v,
+        Err(pool_err) => {
+            error!(
+                "Task pool error for compute request '{}': {pool_err}",
+                msg_string
+            );
+            let error_kind = match &request_snapshot.request {
+                ComputeRequestKind::Zk(_) => ComputeRequestErrorKind::Zk(
+                    ZkEventError::ProofGenerationFailed(format!("Pool error: {pool_err}")),
+                ),
+                ComputeRequestKind::TrBFV(ref trbfv_req) => {
+                    let msg = format!("Pool error: {pool_err}");
+                    ComputeRequestErrorKind::TrBFV(match trbfv_req {
+                        TrBFVRequest::GenPkShareAndSkSss(_) => TrBFVError::GenPkShareAndSkSss(msg),
+                        TrBFVRequest::GenEsiSss(_) => TrBFVError::GenEsiSss(msg),
+                        TrBFVRequest::CalculateDecryptionKey(_) => {
+                            TrBFVError::CalculateDecryptionKey(msg)
+                        }
+                        TrBFVRequest::CalculateDecryptionShare(_) => {
+                            TrBFVError::CalculateDecryptionShare(msg)
+                        }
+                        TrBFVRequest::CalculateThresholdDecryption(_) => {
+                            TrBFVError::CalculateThresholdDecryption(msg)
+                        }
+                    })
+                }
+            };
+            bus.publish(ComputeRequestError::new(error_kind, request_snapshot), ctx)?;
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+    };
 
     if let Some(report) = report {
         report.do_send(TrackDuration::new(msg_string, duration))
diff --git a/crates/multithread/src/pool.rs b/crates/multithread/src/pool.rs
index 152b3a25b5..d6fe9d7956 100644
--- a/crates/multithread/src/pool.rs
+++ b/crates/multithread/src/pool.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ pub enum TaskPoolError {
 
     #[error("{0}")]
     RecvError(RecvError),
+
+    #[error("Task panicked: {0}")]
+    Panic(String),
 }
 
 impl TaskPool {
@@ -86,18 +89,34 @@ impl TaskPool {
         // This uses channels to track pending and complete tasks when
         // using the thread pool
         let (tx, rx) = tokio::sync::oneshot::channel();
-        self.thread_pool.spawn(|| {
-            let t = op();
-            // try to return the result and it's duration note this is sync as it is a oneshot sender.
-            if let Err(res) = tx.send(t) {
-                error!(
-                "There was an error sending the result from the multithread actor: result = {:?}",
-                res
-            );
+        self.thread_pool.spawn(move || {
+            // Catch panics inside the Rayon thread so we can report them
+            // as errors instead of silently dropping the oneshot sender.
+            let result = std::panic::catch_unwind(std::panic::AssertUnwindSafe(op));
+            match result {
+                Ok(t) => {
+                    if let Err(res) = tx.send(Ok(t)) {
+                        error!(
+                            "There was an error sending the result from the multithread actor: result = {:?}",
+                            res
+                        );
+                    }
+                }
+                Err(panic_info) => {
+                    let panic_msg = if let Some(s) = panic_info.downcast_ref::<&str>() {
+                        s.to_string()
+                    } else if let Some(s) = panic_info.downcast_ref::<String>() {
+                        s.clone()
+                    } else {
+                        "unknown panic".to_string()
+                    };
+                    error!("Rayon task panicked: {}", panic_msg);
+                    let _ = tx.send(Err(TaskPoolError::Panic(panic_msg)));
+                }
             }
         });
 
-        let output = rx.await.map_err(|r| TaskPoolError::RecvError(r))?;
+        let output = rx.await.map_err(|r| TaskPoolError::RecvError(r))??;
 
         warning_handle.abort();
 
diff --git a/crates/net/src/net_interface.rs b/crates/net/src/net_interface.rs
index 246a3c87eb..d5d32b2df0 100644
--- a/crates/net/src/net_interface.rs
+++ b/crates/net/src/net_interface.rs
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ async fn process_swarm_event(
             match record {
                 Ok(record) => {
                     let key = ContentHash(record.key.to_vec());
-                    info!("PUT RECORD SUCCESS: {:?}", key);
+                    debug!("PUT RECORD SUCCESS: {:?}", key);
                     event_tx.send(NetEvent::DhtPutRecordSucceeded {
                         key,
                         correlation_id,
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ async fn process_swarm_event(
             peer_id,
             topic,
         })) => {
-            info!("Peer {} subscribed to {}", peer_id, topic);
+            debug!("Peer {} subscribed to {}", peer_id, topic);
             let count = swarm.behaviour().gossipsub.mesh_peers(&topic).count();
             event_tx.send(NetEvent::GossipSubscribed { count, topic })?;
         }
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ async fn process_swarm_event(
                 },
             ..
         })) => {
-            info!("Incoming sync request received (id={})", request_id);
+            debug!("Incoming sync request received (id={})", request_id);
 
             // received a request for events
             event_tx.send(NetEvent::SyncRequestReceived(SyncRequestReceived {
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ fn handle_put_record(
         Ok(qid) => {
             // QueryId is returned synchronously and we immediately add it to the correlator so race conditions should not be an issue.
             correlator.track(qid, correlation_id);
-            info!("PUT RECORD OK qid={:?} cid={}", qid, correlation_id);
+            debug!("PUT RECORD OK qid={:?} cid={}", qid, correlation_id);
         }
         Err(error) => {
             event_tx.send(NetEvent::DhtPutRecordError {
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ fn handle_get_record(
 
     // QueryId is returned synchronously and we immediately add it to the correlator so race conditions should not be an issue.
     correlator.track(query_id, correlation_id);
-    info!(
+    debug!(
         "GET RECORD CORRELATED! query_id={:?} correlation_id={}",
         query_id, correlation_id
     );
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ fn handle_outgoing_sync_request(
     correlation_id: CorrelationId,
     value: SyncRequestValue,
 ) -> Result<()> {
-    info!("Outgoing sync request (cid={})", correlation_id);
+    debug!("Outgoing sync request (cid={})", correlation_id);
     // TODO:
     // This is a first pass.
     // Lots of stuff to work through here:
diff --git a/crates/zk-prover/src/actors/proof_request.rs b/crates/zk-prover/src/actors/proof_request.rs
index 2cf1d8d35f..170942d18b 100644
--- a/crates/zk-prover/src/actors/proof_request.rs
+++ b/crates/zk-prover/src/actors/proof_request.rs
@@ -134,6 +134,10 @@ impl ProofRequestActor {
         ec: &EventContext<Sequenced>,
     ) {
         let Some(pending) = self.pending_threshold.remove(correlation_id) else {
+            error!(
+                "Received PkGeneration ComputeResponse with correlation_id {:?} but no matching pending request found.",
+                correlation_id
+            );
             return;
         };
 
@@ -214,6 +218,10 @@ impl ProofRequestActor {
         ec: &EventContext<Sequenced>,
     ) {
         let Some(pending) = self.pending.remove(&correlation_id) else {
+            error!(
+                "Received PkBfv ComputeResponse with correlation_id {:?} but no matching pending request found.",
+                correlation_id
+            );
             return;
         };