diff --git a/includes/class-executor.php b/includes/class-executor.php
index d2944b3..f474b6e 100644
--- a/includes/class-executor.php
+++ b/includes/class-executor.php
@@ -34,8 +34,11 @@ class PRAutoBlogger_Executor {
 
 		try {
 			( new PRAutoBlogger_Pipeline_Runner() )->run();
-		} catch ( \Exception $e ) {
-			PRAutoBlogger_Logger::instance()->error( 'Daily generation FAILED: ' . $e->getMessage(), 'scheduler' );
+		} catch ( \Throwable $e ) {
+			PRAutoBlogger_Logger::instance()->error(
+				sprintf( 'Daily generation %s: %s', get_class( $e ), $e->getMessage() ),
+				'scheduler'
+			);
 		} finally {
 			$this->release_generation_lock();
 		}
@@ -48,8 +51,11 @@ class PRAutoBlogger_Executor {
 	public function on_collect_metrics(): void {
 		try {
 			( new PRAutoBlogger_Metrics_Collector() )->collect_all();
-		} catch ( \Exception $e ) {
-			PRAutoBlogger_Logger::instance()->error( 'Metrics collection FAILED: ' . $e->getMessage(), 'metrics' );
+		} catch ( \Throwable $e ) {
+			PRAutoBlogger_Logger::instance()->error(
+				sprintf( 'Metrics collection %s: %s', get_class( $e ), $e->getMessage() ),
+				'metrics'
+			);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -87,8 +93,11 @@ class PRAutoBlogger_Executor {
 				->set_skip_dedup( true )
 				->run();
 			wp_send_json_success( $results );
-		} catch ( \Exception $e ) {
-			PRAutoBlogger_Logger::instance()->error( 'Manual generation FAILED: ' . $e->getMessage(), 'pipeline' );
+		} catch ( \Throwable $e ) {
+			PRAutoBlogger_Logger::instance()->error(
+				sprintf( 'Manual generation %s: %s', get_class( $e ), $e->getMessage() ),
+				'pipeline'
+			);
 			wp_send_json_error( [ 'message' => $e->getMessage() ] );
 		} finally {
 			$this->release_generation_lock();
@@ -156,9 +165,9 @@ class PRAutoBlogger_Executor {
 			}
 
 			wp_send_json_success( $result );
-		} catch ( \Exception $e ) {
+		} catch ( \Throwable $e ) {
 			PRAutoBlogger_Logger::instance()->error(
-				'Retroactive image gen failed for post ' . $post_id . ': ' . $e->getMessage(),
+				sprintf( 'Retroactive image gen %s for post %d: %s', get_class( $e ), $post_id, $e->getMessage() ),
 				'image_pipeline'
 			);
 			wp_send_json_error( [ 'message' => $e->getMessage() ] );
diff --git a/includes/core/class-image-pipeline.php b/includes/core/class-image-pipeline.php
index b5a9e59..f23b82c 100644
--- a/includes/core/class-image-pipeline.php
+++ b/includes/core/class-image-pipeline.php
@@ -221,9 +221,9 @@ class PRAutoBlogger_Image_Pipeline {
 				'attachment_id' => $attachment_id,
 				'cost_usd'      => $image_data['cost_usd'],
 			];
-		} catch ( \Exception $e ) {
+		} catch ( \Throwable $e ) {
 			PRAutoBlogger_Logger::instance()->error(
-				'Image A generation failed: ' . $e->getMessage(),
+				sprintf( 'Image A %s: %s', get_class( $e ), $e->getMessage() ),
 				'image_pipeline'
 			);
 
@@ -287,9 +287,9 @@ class PRAutoBlogger_Image_Pipeline {
 				'attachment_id' => $attachment_id,
 				'cost_usd'      => $image_data['cost_usd'],
 			];
-		} catch ( \Exception $e ) {
+		} catch ( \Throwable $e ) {
 			PRAutoBlogger_Logger::instance()->error(
-				'Image B generation failed: ' . $e->getMessage(),
+				sprintf( 'Image B %s: %s', get_class( $e ), $e->getMessage() ),
 				'image_pipeline'
 			);
 
diff --git a/includes/core/class-image-prompt-builder.php b/includes/core/class-image-prompt-builder.php
index fcd9366..b35183f 100644
--- a/includes/core/class-image-prompt-builder.php
+++ b/includes/core/class-image-prompt-builder.php
@@ -173,10 +173,10 @@ PROMPT;
 			if ( '' !== $scene ) {
 				return $scene;
 			}
-		} catch ( \Exception $e ) {
+		} catch ( \Throwable $e ) {
 			// LLM failure is not fatal — fall back to rule-based synthesis.
 			PRAutoBlogger_Logger::instance()->warning(
-				'Image prompt LLM rewrite failed, using fallback: ' . $e->getMessage(),
+				sprintf( 'Image prompt LLM rewrite %s, using fallback: %s', get_class( $e ), $e->getMessage() ),
 				'image_prompt_builder'
 			);
 		}
diff --git a/includes/core/class-pipeline-runner.php b/includes/core/class-pipeline-runner.php
index c747916..39256e4 100755
--- a/includes/core/class-pipeline-runner.php
+++ b/includes/core/class-pipeline-runner.php
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ class PRAutoBlogger_Pipeline_Runner {
 					$rejected++;
 					PRAutoBlogger_Logger::instance()->info( 'Article rejected by editor: ' . $idea->get_topic(), 'pipeline' );
 				}
-			} catch ( \Exception $e ) {
-				PRAutoBlogger_Logger::instance()->error( 'Failed to generate article for topic "' . $idea->get_topic() . '": ' . $e->getMessage(), 'pipeline' );
+			} catch ( \Throwable $e ) {
+				PRAutoBlogger_Logger::instance()->error( sprintf( 'Article generation %s for "%s": %s', get_class( $e ), $idea->get_topic(), $e->getMessage() ), 'pipeline' );
 				// Continue with next idea — don't let one failure stop the batch.
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/includes/core/class-post-assembler.php b/includes/core/class-post-assembler.php
index 4f02041..0d59fbf 100644
--- a/includes/core/class-post-assembler.php
+++ b/includes/core/class-post-assembler.php
@@ -168,8 +168,13 @@ class PRAutoBlogger_Post_Assembler {
 					'publisher'
 				);
 			}
-		} catch ( \Exception $e ) {
-			PRAutoBlogger_Logger::instance()->warning( 'Image pipeline exception for post ' . $post_id . ': ' . $e->getMessage(), 'publisher' );
+		} catch ( \Throwable $e ) {
+			// Catch \Throwable (not just \Exception) so PHP 8 TypeError/Error
+			// doesn't kill the process silently without any log entry.
+			PRAutoBlogger_Logger::instance()->error(
+				sprintf( 'Image pipeline %s for post %d: %s', get_class( $e ), $post_id, $e->getMessage() ),
+				'publisher'
+			);
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/includes/core/class-source-collector.php b/includes/core/class-source-collector.php
index 7cc4f6f..5ffe904 100755
--- a/includes/core/class-source-collector.php
+++ b/includes/core/class-source-collector.php
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ class PRAutoBlogger_Source_Collector {
 					sprintf( 'Collected %d items from %s (%d new).', count( $data ), $source_type, $inserted ),
 					'collector'
 				);
-			} catch ( \Exception $e ) {
-				PRAutoBlogger_Logger::instance()->error( "Collection from {$source_type} FAILED: " . $e->getMessage(), 'collector' );
+			} catch ( \Throwable $e ) {
+				PRAutoBlogger_Logger::instance()->error( sprintf( 'Collection %s from %s: %s', get_class( $e ), $source_type, $e->getMessage() ), 'collector' );
 				// Continue with other sources — one failure shouldn't stop everything.
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/includes/providers/class-reddit-provider.php b/includes/providers/class-reddit-provider.php
index fb38c9c..d1dd3f1 100755
--- a/includes/providers/class-reddit-provider.php
+++ b/includes/providers/class-reddit-provider.php
@@ -128,10 +128,11 @@ class PRAutoBlogger_Reddit_Provider implements PRAutoBlogger_Source_Provider_Int
 					sprintf( 'Reddit r/%s: fetched %d items', $subreddit, $added ),
 					'reddit'
 				);
-			} catch ( \Exception $e ) {
+			} catch ( \Throwable $e ) {
 				PRAutoBlogger_Logger::instance()->error(
 					sprintf(
-						'Reddit: Failed to collect from r/%s: %s',
+						'Reddit: %s collecting from r/%s: %s',
+						get_class( $e ),
 						$subreddit,
 						$e->getMessage()
 					),
diff --git a/prautoblogger.php b/prautoblogger.php
index 5c6de94..0a35e05 100644
--- a/prautoblogger.php
+++ b/prautoblogger.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
  * Plugin Name:       PRAutoBlogger
  * Plugin URI:        https://peptiderepo.com/prautoblogger
  * Description:       Monitors social media for trending topics, generates SEO-friendly blog posts using AI, and publishes them on a daily schedule with full cost tracking and self-improvement metrics.
- * Version:           0.2.6
+ * Version:           0.2.7
  * Requires at least: 6.0
  * Requires PHP:      7.4
  * Author:            PeptideRepo
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
 | and limits without magic strings.
 */
 
-define( 'PRAUTOBLOGGER_VERSION', '0.2.6' );
+define( 'PRAUTOBLOGGER_VERSION', '0.2.7' );
 define( 'PRAUTOBLOGGER_DB_VERSION', '1.1.0' );
 define( 'PRAUTOBLOGGER_PLUGIN_FILE', __FILE__ );
 define( 'PRAUTOBLOGGER_PLUGIN_DIR', plugin_dir_path( __FILE__ ) );