diff --git a/src/storage/object/get.js b/src/storage/object/get.js
index 140f7945..f7294368 100644
--- a/src/storage/object/get.js
+++ b/src/storage/object/get.js
@@ -74,12 +74,12 @@ export default async function getObject(
         etag: resp.ETag,
       };
     } catch (e) {
-      if (!e.$metadata?.httpStatusCode) {
-        // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-        console.error('Error getting object without httpStatusCode', e);
-      }
       // Handle conditional request failures (304 Not Modified, 412 Precondition Failed)
       const status = e.$metadata?.httpStatusCode || 500;
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+      if (status >= 500) {
+        console.error(e.$metadata?.httpStatusCode ? 'Error getting object' : 'Error getting object without httpStatusCode', e);
+      }
       if (status === 304 || status === 412) {
         // Include ETag in 304/412 responses per RFC 7232
         return {
diff --git a/test/storage/object/get.test.js b/test/storage/object/get.test.js
index ec18a0b9..92e4e0e6 100644
--- a/test/storage/object/get.test.js
+++ b/test/storage/object/get.test.js
@@ -128,4 +128,62 @@ describe('Get Object', () => {
     assert.strictEqual(resp.body, '');
     assert.strictEqual(resp.contentLength, 0);
   });
+
+  it('logs the error when S3/R2 returns a 500 (get_failed path produces empty Cloudflare Logs)', async () => {
+    // Regression: a backend 500 that carries $metadata.httpStatusCode was never logged,
+    // so Cloudflare Logs was empty and the root cause was invisible in production.
+    const error = new Error('We encountered an internal error. Please try again.');
+    error.$metadata = { httpStatusCode: 500 };
+    s3Mock.on(GetObjectCommand, {
+      Bucket: BUCKET,
+      Key: S3_KEY,
+    }).rejects(error);
+
+    const errors = [];
+    const origError = console.error;
+    console.error = (...args) => {
+      errors.push(args);
+    };
+    let resp;
+    try {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-shadow
+      const getObject = (await import('../../../src/storage/object/get.js')).default;
+      resp = await getObject({}, { bucket: BUCKET, org: ORG, key: KEY }, false);
+    } finally {
+      console.error = origError;
+    }
+
+    assert.strictEqual(resp.status, 500);
+    assert.strictEqual(resp.error, error.message);
+    assert(errors.length > 0, 'get_failed must log the error so it appears in Cloudflare Logs');
+    assert.strictEqual(errors[0][0], 'Error getting object');
+    assert.strictEqual(errors[0][1], error);
+  });
+
+  it('logs a distinct message when the error has no httpStatusCode (network/timeout failure)', async () => {
+    const error = new Error('Network connection lost');
+    s3Mock.on(GetObjectCommand, {
+      Bucket: BUCKET,
+      Key: S3_KEY,
+    }).rejects(error);
+
+    const errors = [];
+    const origError = console.error;
+    console.error = (...args) => {
+      errors.push(args);
+    };
+    let resp;
+    try {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-shadow
+      const getObject = (await import('../../../src/storage/object/get.js')).default;
+      resp = await getObject({}, { bucket: BUCKET, org: ORG, key: KEY }, false);
+    } finally {
+      console.error = origError;
+    }
+
+    assert.strictEqual(resp.status, 500);
+    assert(errors.length > 0, 'must log the error so it appears in Cloudflare Logs');
+    assert.strictEqual(errors[0][0], 'Error getting object without httpStatusCode');
+    assert.strictEqual(errors[0][1], error);
+  });
 });