diff --git a/src/Uno.UI.RemoteControl/HotReload/ClientHotReloadProcessor.cs b/src/Uno.UI.RemoteControl/HotReload/ClientHotReloadProcessor.cs
index 6ead2216e6dd..11b97f2da216 100644
--- a/src/Uno.UI.RemoteControl/HotReload/ClientHotReloadProcessor.cs
+++ b/src/Uno.UI.RemoteControl/HotReload/ClientHotReloadProcessor.cs
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public async Task ProcessFrame(Messages.Frame frame)
 	private async Task ConfigureServer()
 	{
 		var assembly = _rcClient.AppType.Assembly;
-		if (assembly.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(ProjectConfigurationAttribute), false) is ProjectConfigurationAttribute[] configs)
+		if (assembly.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(ProjectConfigurationAttribute), false) is ProjectConfigurationAttribute[] { Length: > 0 } configs)
 		{
 			_status.ReportServerState(HotReloadState.Initializing);
 
@@ -85,14 +85,23 @@ private async Task ConfigureServer()
 					_status.ReportInvalidRuntime();
 				}
 
-				ConfigureServer message = new(_projectPath, GetMetadataUpdateCapabilities(), _serverMetadataUpdatesEnabled, config.MSBuildProperties);
+				var message = new ConfigureServer(_projectPath, GetMetadataUpdateCapabilities(), _serverMetadataUpdatesEnabled, config.MSBuildProperties);
 
 				await _rcClient.SendMessage(message);
+
+				if (this.Log().IsEnabled(LogLevel.Trace))
+				{
+					this.Log().Trace($"Successfully sent request to configure HR server for project '{_projectPath}'.");
+				}
 			}
-			catch
+			catch (Exception error)
 			{
 				_status.ReportServerState(HotReloadState.Disabled);
-				throw;
+
+				if (this.Log().IsEnabled(LogLevel.Error))
+				{
+					this.Log().LogError("Unable to configure HR server", error);
+				}
 			}
 		}
 		else
@@ -101,7 +110,7 @@ private async Task ConfigureServer()
 
 			if (this.Log().IsEnabled(LogLevel.Error))
 			{
-				this.Log().LogError("Unable to find ProjectConfigurationAttribute");
+				this.Log().LogError("Unable to configure HR server as ProjectConfigurationAttribute is missing.");
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/Uno.UI.RemoteControl/RemoteControlClient.cs b/src/Uno.UI.RemoteControl/RemoteControlClient.cs
index 5df9baac1e12..e350bab76e40 100644
--- a/src/Uno.UI.RemoteControl/RemoteControlClient.cs
+++ b/src/Uno.UI.RemoteControl/RemoteControlClient.cs
@@ -499,7 +499,17 @@ private async Task ProcessMessages(WebSocket socket, CancellationToken ct)
 
 		foreach (var processor in _processors)
 		{
-			await processor.Value.Initialize();
+			try
+			{
+				await processor.Value.Initialize();
+			}
+			catch (Exception error)
+			{
+				if (this.Log().IsEnabled(LogLevel.Error))
+				{
+					this.Log().LogError($"Failed to initialize processor '{processor}'.", error);
+				}
+			}
 		}
 
 		StartKeepAliveTimer();
@@ -526,14 +536,23 @@ private async Task ProcessMessages(WebSocket socket, CancellationToken ct)
 						this.Log().Trace($"Received frame [{frame.Scope}/{frame.Name}]");
 					}
 
-					bool skipProcessing = false;
-
+					var skipProcessing = false;
 					foreach (var preProcessor in _preprocessors)
 					{
-						if (await preProcessor.SkipProcessingFrame(frame))
+						try
+						{
+							if (await preProcessor.SkipProcessingFrame(frame))
+							{
+								skipProcessing = true;
+								break;
+							}
+						}
+						catch (Exception error)
 						{
-							skipProcessing = true;
-							break;
+							if (this.Log().IsEnabled(LogLevel.Error))
+							{
+								this.Log().LogError($"Error while **PRE**processing frame [{frame.Scope}/{frame.Name}]", error);
+							}
 						}
 					}
 
@@ -554,9 +573,9 @@ private async Task ProcessMessages(WebSocket socket, CancellationToken ct)
 				}
 				else
 				{
-					if (this.Log().IsEnabled(LogLevel.Error))
+					if (this.Log().IsEnabled(LogLevel.Trace))
 					{
-						this.Log().LogError($"Unknown Frame scope {frame.Scope}");
+						this.Log().Trace($"Unknown Frame scope {frame.Scope}");
 					}
 				}
 			}