diff --git a/desktop/src/main/services/ffmpeg.ts b/desktop/src/main/services/ffmpeg.ts
index 1505d8a96d..ed3542f6ad 100644
--- a/desktop/src/main/services/ffmpeg.ts
+++ b/desktop/src/main/services/ffmpeg.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export const ffmpegExec = async (
             if (isInputFileTemporary) await deleteTempFile(inputFilePath);
             await deleteTempFile(outputFilePath);
         } catch (e) {
-            log.error("Ignoring error when cleaning up temp files", e);
+            log.error("Could not clean up temp files", e);
         }
     }
 };
diff --git a/desktop/src/main/services/image.ts b/desktop/src/main/services/image.ts
index d8108c635f..26b4b351e5 100644
--- a/desktop/src/main/services/image.ts
+++ b/desktop/src/main/services/image.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export const convertToJPEG = async (imageData: Uint8Array) => {
             await deleteTempFile(inputFilePath);
             await deleteTempFile(outputFilePath);
         } catch (e) {
-            log.error("Ignoring error when cleaning up temp files", e);
+            log.error("Could not clean up temp files", e);
         }
     }
 };
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ export const generateImageThumbnail = async (
             if (isInputFileTemporary) await deleteTempFile(inputFilePath);
             await deleteTempFile(outputFilePath);
         } catch (e) {
-            log.error("Ignoring error when cleaning up temp files", e);
+            log.error("Could not clean up temp files", e);
         }
     }
 };
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/uploadManager.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/uploadManager.ts
index ff75fa462d..be05fe9d39 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/uploadManager.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/uploadManager.ts
@@ -586,9 +586,7 @@ class UploadManager {
     ) {
         try {
             let decryptedFile: EnteFile;
-            log.info(
-                `post upload action -> fileUploadResult: ${fileUploadResult} uploadedFile present ${!!uploadedFile}`,
-            );
+            log.info(`Upload completed with result: ${fileUploadResult}`);
             await this.removeFromPendingUploads(fileWithCollection);
             switch (fileUploadResult) {
                 case UPLOAD_RESULT.FAILED:
@@ -614,7 +612,9 @@ class UploadManager {
                     // no-op
                     break;
                 default:
-                    throw Error("Invalid Upload Result" + fileUploadResult);
+                    throw new Error(
+                        `Invalid Upload Result ${fileUploadResult}`,
+                    );
             }
             if (
                 [
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ class UploadManager {
                             fileWithCollection.livePhotoAssets.image,
                     });
                 } catch (e) {
-                    log.error("Error in fileUploaded handlers", e);
+                    log.warn("Ignoring error in fileUploaded handlers", e);
                 }
                 this.updateExistingFiles(decryptedFile);
             }
diff --git a/web/packages/next/log.ts b/web/packages/next/log.ts
index 3dadbd2887..0f49fea6d2 100644
--- a/web/packages/next/log.ts
+++ b/web/packages/next/log.ts
@@ -27,27 +27,30 @@ const workerLogToDisk = (message: string) => {
     });
 };
 
-const logError = (message: string, e?: unknown) => {
-    if (!e) {
-        logError_(message);
-        return;
-    }
+const messageWithError = (message: string, e?: unknown) => {
+    if (!e) return message;
 
     let es: string;
     if (e instanceof Error) {
         // In practice, we expect ourselves to be called with Error objects, so
         // this is the happy path so to say.
-        es = `${e.name}: ${e.message}\n${e.stack}`;
+        return `${e.name}: ${e.message}\n${e.stack}`;
     } else {
         // For the rest rare cases, use the default string serialization of e.
         es = String(e);
     }
 
-    logError_(`${message}: ${es}`);
+    return `${message}: ${es}`;
 };
 
-const logError_ = (message: string) => {
-    const m = `[error] ${message}`;
+const logError = (message: string, e?: unknown) => {
+    const m = `[error] ${messageWithError(message, e)}`;
+    if (isDevBuild) console.error(m);
+    logToDisk(m);
+};
+
+const logWarn = (message: string, e?: unknown) => {
+    const m = `[warn] ${messageWithError(message, e)}`;
     if (isDevBuild) console.error(m);
     logToDisk(m);
 };
@@ -90,6 +93,11 @@ export default {
      * printed to the browser console.
      */
     error: logError,
+    /**
+     * Sibling of {@link error}, with the same parameters and behaviour, except
+     * it gets prefixed with a warning instead of an error tag.
+     */
+    warn: logWarn,
     /**
      * Log a message.
      *