diff --git a/common/lib/dependabot/pull_request_creator/message_builder.rb b/common/lib/dependabot/pull_request_creator/message_builder.rb
index f3c7b077877..dcbb6b7fe34 100644
--- a/common/lib/dependabot/pull_request_creator/message_builder.rb
+++ b/common/lib/dependabot/pull_request_creator/message_builder.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 require "pathname"
 require "dependabot/clients/github_with_retries"
 require "dependabot/clients/gitlab_with_retries"
+require "dependabot/logger"
 require "dependabot/metadata_finders"
 require "dependabot/pull_request_creator"
 require "dependabot/pull_request_creator/message"
@@ -38,7 +39,12 @@ def initialize(source:, dependencies:, files:, credentials:,
       end
 
       def pr_name
-        pr_name = pr_name_prefixer.pr_name_prefix
+        begin
+          pr_name = pr_name_prefixer.pr_name_prefix
+        rescue StandardError => e
+          Dependabot.logger.error("Error while generating PR name: #{e.message}")
+          pr_name = ""
+        end
         pr_name += library? ? library_pr_name : application_pr_name
         return pr_name if files.first.directory == "/"
 
@@ -48,6 +54,9 @@ def pr_name
       def pr_message
         suffixed_pr_message_header + commit_message_intro + \
           metadata_cascades + prefixed_pr_message_footer
+      rescue StandardError => e
+        Dependabot.logger.error("Error while generating PR message: #{e.message}")
+        suffixed_pr_message_header + prefixed_pr_message_footer
       end
 
       def commit_message
@@ -56,6 +65,11 @@ def commit_message
         message += metadata_links
         message += "\n\n" + message_trailers if message_trailers
         message
+      rescue StandardError => e
+        Dependabot.logger.error("Error while generating commit message: #{e.message}")
+        message = commit_subject
+        message += "\n\n" + message_trailers if message_trailers
+        message
       end
 
       def message
diff --git a/common/lib/dependabot/pull_request_creator/pr_name_prefixer.rb b/common/lib/dependabot/pull_request_creator/pr_name_prefixer.rb
index babeded9d84..9cf148e21a1 100644
--- a/common/lib/dependabot/pull_request_creator/pr_name_prefixer.rb
+++ b/common/lib/dependabot/pull_request_creator/pr_name_prefixer.rb
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ def capitalize_first_word?
         return capitalise_first_word_from_last_dependabot_commit_style if last_dependabot_commit_style
 
         capitalise_first_word_from_previous_commits
+      rescue StandardError
+        # ignoring failure due to network call to find out if the PR should be capitalized
+        false
       end
 
       private
diff --git a/common/spec/dependabot/pull_request_creator/message_builder_spec.rb b/common/spec/dependabot/pull_request_creator/message_builder_spec.rb
index afecfcb7967..9c2f07e1996 100644
--- a/common/spec/dependabot/pull_request_creator/message_builder_spec.rb
+++ b/common/spec/dependabot/pull_request_creator/message_builder_spec.rb
@@ -173,6 +173,14 @@ def commits_details(base:, head:)
 
         it { is_expected.to eq("Bump business from 1.4.0 to 1.5.0") }
 
+        context "but the internet goes down" do
+          before do
+            stub_request(:any, /.*/).to_raise(SocketError)
+          end
+
+          it { is_expected.to eq("bump business from 1.4.0 to 1.5.0") }
+        end
+
         context "but does have prefixed commits" do
           let(:commits_response) { fixture("github", "commits_prefixed.json") }
 
@@ -886,6 +894,17 @@ def commits_details(base:, head:)
           )
       end
 
+      context "when there's a network error" do
+        before do
+          stub_request(:any, /.*/).to_raise(SocketError)
+        end
+
+        it "has a blank message" do
+          expect(pr_message).
+            to eq("")
+        end
+      end
+
       context "without a github link proxy" do
         let(:github_redirection_service) { nil }