diff --git a/lib/utils/oidc.js b/lib/utils/oidc.js
index d647721b10153..7f453cb122ed7 100644
--- a/lib/utils/oidc.js
+++ b/lib/utils/oidc.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ async function oidc ({ packageName, registry, opts, config }) {
       /** @see https://github.com/watson/ci-info/blob/v4.2.0/vendors.json#L161C13-L161C22 */
       ciInfo.GITLAB
     )) {
-      log.silly('oidc', 'Skipped because not running in a supported CI environment')
+      log.silly('oidc', 'Skipped because unsupported CI environment')
       return undefined
     }
 
@@ -159,13 +159,13 @@ async function oidc ({ packageName, registry, opts, config }) {
       })
     } catch (error) {
       if (error?.body?.message) {
-        log.verbose('oidc', `Failed with registry body response error message "${error.body.message}"`)
+        log.verbose('oidc', `Failed with body message "${error.body.message}"`)
       }
       return undefined
     }
 
     if (!response?.token) {
-      log.verbose('oidc', 'Failed with token exchange missing token in response body')
+      log.verbose('oidc', 'Failed because token exchange was missing the token in the response body')
       return undefined
     }
     /*
@@ -178,8 +178,7 @@ async function oidc ({ packageName, registry, opts, config }) {
     config.set(authTokenKey, response.token, 'user')
     log.verbose('oidc', `Successfully retrieved and set token`)
   } catch (error) {
-    /* istanbul ignore next */
-    log.verbose('oidc', 'Failed checking config', error)
+    log.verbose('oidc', `Failure with message "${error?.message || 'Unknown error'}"`)
   }
   return undefined
 }
diff --git a/test/fixtures/mock-oidc.js b/test/fixtures/mock-oidc.js
index 03a35522f7345..2b9302aa5b460 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/mock-oidc.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/mock-oidc.js
@@ -80,8 +80,11 @@ const mockOidc = async (t, {
     ciInfo.GITLAB = GITLAB
   })
 
-  const { npm, registry, joinedOutput } = await loadNpmWithRegistry(t, {
-    config,
+  const { npm, registry, joinedOutput, logs } = await loadNpmWithRegistry(t, {
+    config: {
+      loglevel: 'silly',
+      ...config,
+    },
     prefixDir: {
       'package.json': JSON.stringify({
         name: packageName,
@@ -128,7 +131,7 @@ const mockOidc = async (t, {
     })
   }
 
-  return { npm, joinedOutput }
+  return { npm, joinedOutput, logs, ACTIONS_ID_TOKEN_REQUEST_URL }
 }
 
 const oidcPublishTest = (opts) => {
diff --git a/test/lib/commands/publish.js b/test/lib/commands/publish.js
index 7a285ecbb2488..530a097d07542 100644
--- a/test/lib/commands/publish.js
+++ b/test/lib/commands/publish.js
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ const pacote = require('pacote')
 const Arborist = require('@npmcli/arborist')
 const path = require('node:path')
 const fs = require('node:fs')
-const { githubIdToken, gitlabIdToken, oidcPublishTest } = require('../../fixtures/mock-oidc')
+const { githubIdToken, gitlabIdToken, oidcPublishTest, mockOidc } = require('../../fixtures/mock-oidc')
 const { sigstoreIdToken } = require('@npmcli/mock-registry/lib/provenance')
+const mockGlobals = require('@npmcli/mock-globals')
 
 const pkg = '@npmcli/test-package'
 const token = 'test-auth-token'
@@ -1135,6 +1136,52 @@ t.test('oidc token exchange - no provenance', t => {
     },
   }))
 
+  t.test('global try / catch failure via malformed url', oidcPublishTest({
+    config: {
+      '//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken': 'existing-fallback-token',
+    },
+    oidcOptions: {
+      github: true,
+      // malformed url should trigger a global try / catch
+      ACTIONS_ID_TOKEN_REQUEST_URL: '//github.com',
+    },
+    publishOptions: {
+      token: 'existing-fallback-token',
+    },
+  }))
+
+  t.test('global try / catch failure via throw non Error', async t => {
+    const { npm, logs, joinedOutput, ACTIONS_ID_TOKEN_REQUEST_URL } = await mockOidc(t, {
+      config: {
+        '//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken': 'existing-fallback-token',
+      },
+      oidcOptions: {
+        github: true,
+      },
+      publishOptions: {
+        token: 'existing-fallback-token',
+      },
+    })
+
+    class URLOverride extends URL {
+      constructor (...args) {
+        const [url] = args
+        if (url === ACTIONS_ID_TOKEN_REQUEST_URL) {
+          throw 'Specifically throwing a non errror object to test global try / catch'
+        }
+        super(...args)
+      }
+    }
+
+    mockGlobals(t, {
+      URL: URLOverride,
+    })
+
+    await npm.exec('publish', [])
+    t.match(joinedOutput(), '+ @npmcli/test-package@1.0.0')
+    t.ok(logs.includes('verbose oidc Failure with message "Unknown error"'))
+  })
+
   t.test('default registry success gitlab', oidcPublishTest({
     oidcOptions: { gitlab: true, NPM_ID_TOKEN: gitlabPrivateIdToken },
     config: {