diff --git a/src/lib/__tests__/logger-sentry.test.ts b/src/lib/__tests__/logger-sentry.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..baaed6f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/__tests__/logger-sentry.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from "vitest";
+
+// Mock the Sentry SDK so we can assert errorLog's forwarding behaviour
+// without an initialised client. `vi.hoisted` lets the mock factory
+// reference these stubs safely (the factory is hoisted above imports).
+const h = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  captureException: vi.fn(),
+  client: { present: true } as { present: boolean },
+}));
+
+vi.mock("@sentry/nextjs", () => ({
+  captureException: h.captureException,
+  getClient: () => (h.client.present ? {} : undefined),
+}));
+
+import { errorLog } from "../logger";
+
+describe("errorLog → Sentry forwarding", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+    h.client.present = true;
+    vi.spyOn(console, "error").mockImplementation(() => {});
+  });
+
+  it("captures the Error when data is an Error and a client is active", () => {
+    const err = new Error("boom");
+    errorLog("svc", "it broke", err);
+    expect(h.captureException).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(h.captureException.mock.calls[0][0]).toBe(err);
+    expect(h.captureException.mock.calls[0][1]).toMatchObject({
+      tags: { log_tag: "svc" },
+      extra: { message: "it broke" },
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("extracts a nested Error from { error }", () => {
+    const err = new Error("nested");
+    errorLog("svc", "wrapped", { error: err });
+    expect(h.captureException).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(h.captureException.mock.calls[0][0]).toBe(err);
+  });
+
+  it("does nothing when Sentry has no active client", () => {
+    h.client.present = false;
+    errorLog("svc", "broke", new Error("x"));
+    expect(h.captureException).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("does nothing when data carries no Error", () => {
+    errorLog("svc", "plain", { status: 500 });
+    expect(h.captureException).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("sanitizes CR/LF out of the tag forwarded to Sentry", () => {
+    errorLog("svc\ninject", "msg", new Error("x"));
+    expect(h.captureException.mock.calls[0][1]).toMatchObject({
+      tags: { log_tag: "svcinject" },
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/logger.ts b/src/lib/logger.ts
index 69156c58..87e69664 100644
--- a/src/lib/logger.ts
+++ b/src/lib/logger.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import * as Sentry from "@sentry/nextjs";
 import { env } from "@/lib/env";
 import { getLogContext } from "@/lib/log-context";
 
@@ -20,6 +21,22 @@ function serializeData(data: unknown): unknown {
   return data;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Pull an `Error` out of the common shapes passed as error-log `data`
+ * (the error itself, or wrapped under `error`/`err`/`cause`/`exception`)
+ * so it can be forwarded to Sentry with a real stack trace.
+ */
+function extractError(data: unknown): Error | undefined {
+  if (data instanceof Error) return data;
+  if (data && typeof data === "object") {
+    const d = data as Record<string, unknown>;
+    for (const key of ["error", "err", "cause", "exception"]) {
+      if (d[key] instanceof Error) return d[key] as Error;
+    }
+  }
+  return undefined;
+}
+
 /**
  * Write a single JSON record. Routes through `console.{log,warn,error,debug}`
  * (which writes to stdout/stderr under the hood) so existing test
@@ -88,4 +105,15 @@ export function warnLog(tag: string, message: string, data?: unknown): void {
 export function errorLog(tag: string, message: string, data?: unknown): void {
   // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
   emit(console.error.bind(console), buildRecord("error", tag, message, data));
+  // Forward to Sentry when an Error object is present so the many catch
+  // sites that report failures via errorLog are no longer invisible to
+  // error tracking. No-op when Sentry has no active client (tests, or a
+  // self-host deployment without a configured DSN).
+  const err = extractError(data);
+  if (err && Sentry.getClient()) {
+    Sentry.captureException(err, {
+      tags: { log_tag: sanitizeMsg(tag) },
+      extra: { message: sanitizeMsg(message) },
+    });
+  }
 }