diff --git a/packages/node/src/integrations/http/SentryHttpInstrumentation.ts b/packages/node/src/integrations/http/SentryHttpInstrumentation.ts
index 0e0502b6fd1f..32b97e628d66 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/integrations/http/SentryHttpInstrumentation.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/integrations/http/SentryHttpInstrumentation.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ import { getRequestInfo } from './vendor/getRequestInfo';
 type Http = typeof http;
 type Https = typeof https;
 
+const INSTRUMENTATION_NAME = '@sentry/instrumentation-http';
+
 export type SentryHttpInstrumentationOptions = InstrumentationConfig & {
   /**
    * Whether breadcrumbs should be recorded for requests.
@@ -101,7 +103,7 @@ const MAX_BODY_BYTE_LENGTH = 1024 * 1024;
  */
 export class SentryHttpInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase<SentryHttpInstrumentationOptions> {
   public constructor(config: SentryHttpInstrumentationOptions = {}) {
-    super('@sentry/instrumentation-http', VERSION, config);
+    super(INSTRUMENTATION_NAME, VERSION, config);
   }
 
   /** @inheritdoc */
@@ -377,6 +379,10 @@ function patchRequestToCaptureBody(req: IncomingMessage, isolationScope: Scope):
       apply: (target, thisArg, args: Parameters<typeof req.on>) => {
         const [event, listener, ...restArgs] = args;
 
+        if (DEBUG_BUILD) {
+          logger.log(INSTRUMENTATION_NAME, 'Patching request.on', event);
+        }
+
         if (event === 'data') {
           const callback = new Proxy(listener, {
             apply: (target, thisArg, args: Parameters<typeof listener>) => {
@@ -387,7 +393,8 @@ function patchRequestToCaptureBody(req: IncomingMessage, isolationScope: Scope):
                 chunks.push(chunk);
               } else if (DEBUG_BUILD) {
                 logger.log(
-                  `Dropping request body chunk because it maximum body length of ${MAX_BODY_BYTE_LENGTH}b is exceeded.`,
+                  INSTRUMENTATION_NAME,
+                  `Dropping request body chunk because maximum body length of ${MAX_BODY_BYTE_LENGTH}b is exceeded.`,
                 );
               }
 
@@ -410,8 +417,10 @@ function patchRequestToCaptureBody(req: IncomingMessage, isolationScope: Scope):
                   const normalizedRequest = { data: body } satisfies RequestEventData;
                   isolationScope.setSDKProcessingMetadata({ normalizedRequest });
                 }
-              } catch {
-                // ignore errors here
+              } catch (error) {
+                if (DEBUG_BUILD) {
+                  logger.error(INSTRUMENTATION_NAME, 'Error building captured request body', error);
+                }
               }
 
               return Reflect.apply(target, thisArg, args);
@@ -445,8 +454,10 @@ function patchRequestToCaptureBody(req: IncomingMessage, isolationScope: Scope):
         return Reflect.apply(target, thisArg, args);
       },
     });
-  } catch {
-    // ignore errors if we can't patch stuff
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (DEBUG_BUILD) {
+      logger.error(INSTRUMENTATION_NAME, 'Error patching request to capture body', error);
+    }
   }
 }