diff --git a/.opencode/plugins/tui-smoke.tsx b/.opencode/plugins/tui-smoke.tsx
index dba51f0840..a8e446a215 100644
--- a/.opencode/plugins/tui-smoke.tsx
+++ b/.opencode/plugins/tui-smoke.tsx
@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@
-/** @jsxImportSource @opentui/solid */
+/** @jsxImportSource ../../packages/opencode/node_modules/@opentui/solid */
 import mytheme from "../themes/mytheme.json" with { type: "json" }
 
 const slot = (label) => ({
   id: "workspace-smoke",
   slots: {
     home_hint() {
+      console.error(`[workspace-smoke] render home_hint (${label})`)
       return <text> [plugin:{label}]</text>
     },
     home_footer() {
+      console.error(`[workspace-smoke] render home_footer (${label})`)
       return <text> theme:workspace-plugin-smoke</text>
     },
     session_footer(_ctx, props) {
+      console.error(`[workspace-smoke] render session_footer (${props.session_id.slice(0, 8)})`)
       return <text> session:{props.session_id.slice(0, 8)}</text>
     },
   },
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/app.tsx b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/app.tsx
index 0a6465e289..ad05f12ff2 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/app.tsx
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/app.tsx
@@ -160,14 +160,29 @@ export function tui(input: {
     }
 
     const renderer = await createCliRenderer(rendererConfig(input.config))
-    const registry = createSolidSlotRegistry<TuiSlotMap, TuiSlotContext>(renderer, {
-      url: input.url,
-      directory: input.directory,
-    })
+    const registry = createSolidSlotRegistry<TuiSlotMap, TuiSlotContext>(
+      renderer,
+      {
+        url: input.url,
+        directory: input.directory,
+      },
+      {
+        onPluginError(event) {
+          console.error("[tui.slot] plugin error", {
+            plugin: event.pluginId,
+            slot: event.slot,
+            phase: event.phase,
+            source: event.source,
+            message: event.error.message,
+          })
+        },
+      },
+    )
     const Slot = createSlot<TuiSlotMap, TuiSlotContext>(registry)
     const slot: TuiSlot = (props) => Slot(props)
     const slots: TuiSlots = {
       register(plugin) {
+        console.error("[tui.slot] register", plugin.id)
         return registry.register(plugin as SolidPlugin<TuiSlotMap, TuiSlotContext>)
       },
     }
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/plugin.ts b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/plugin.ts
index 6d3d33efdf..18a8174212 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/plugin.ts
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ export namespace TuiPlugin {
             const plugin = slot(entry)
             if (plugin) {
               input.slots.register(plugin)
+              log.info("registered tui slot plugin", { id: plugin.id })
             }
 
             const tui = (() => {
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ export namespace TuiPlugin {
             })()
             if (!tui) continue
             await tui(input, Config.pluginOptions(item))
+            log.info("initialized tui plugin module", { path: spec })
           }
         }
       },