diff --git a/ui/dr-ui/src/library.rs b/ui/dr-ui/src/library.rs
index 173db79..d23b0d5 100644
--- a/ui/dr-ui/src/library.rs
+++ b/ui/dr-ui/src/library.rs
@@ -413,7 +413,13 @@ pub fn spawn_sidecar_writes(
                     Ok(Outcome::Uploaded) => report.written += 1,
                     Ok(Outcome::Queued) => report.queued += 1,
                     Err(e) => {
-                        log::debug!("sidecar for {}: {e}", w.image_path);
+                        // Warn, not debug. This is unsynced user work — a rating or an
+                        // edit that exists only on this device — and the path is
+                        // the only thing that says *which* photograph and *where*
+                        // the server refused it. Filtered out at the default
+                        // level, a 403 on one file is indistinguishable from a
+                        // whole library failing.
+                        log::warn!("sidecar for {}: {e}", w.image_path);
                         report.last_error = Some(e);
                         report.failed += 1;
                     }
@@ -433,7 +439,13 @@ pub fn spawn_sidecar_writes(
                                 Ok(Outcome::Uploaded) => report.written += 1,
                                 Ok(Outcome::Queued) => report.queued += 1,
                                 Err(e) => {
-                                    log::debug!("sidecar for {}: {e}", w.image_path);
+                                    // Warn, not debug. This is unsynced user work — a rating or an
+                                    // edit that exists only on this device — and the path is
+                                    // the only thing that says *which* photograph and *where*
+                                    // the server refused it. Filtered out at the default
+                                    // level, a 403 on one file is indistinguishable from a
+                                    // whole library failing.
+                                    log::warn!("sidecar for {}: {e}", w.image_path);
                                     report.last_error = Some(e);
                                     report.failed += 1;
                                 }