diff --git a/shared/static/scripts/sx-browser.js b/shared/static/scripts/sx-browser.js
index e4eb3ae..57e6b76 100644
--- a/shared/static/scripts/sx-browser.js
+++ b/shared/static/scripts/sx-browser.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   // =========================================================================
 
   var NIL = Object.freeze({ _nil: true, toString: function() { return "nil"; } });
-  var SX_VERSION = "2026-03-06T21:50:58Z";
+  var SX_VERSION = "2026-03-06T21:53:47Z";
 
   function isNil(x) { return x === NIL || x === null || x === undefined; }
   function isSxTruthy(x) { return x !== false && !isNil(x); }
@@ -1842,8 +1842,7 @@ return postSwap(target); });
   var timer = NIL;
   var lastVal = NIL;
   var listenTarget = (isSxTruthy(get(mods, "from")) ? domQuery(get(mods, "from")) : el);
-  return (isSxTruthy(listenTarget) ? domAddListener(listenTarget, eventName, function(e) { logInfo((String("sx:bind-event fired: ") + String(eventName) + String(" on ") + String(domTagName(el))));
-return (function() {
+  return (isSxTruthy(listenTarget) ? domAddListener(listenTarget, eventName, function(e) { return (function() {
   var shouldFire = true;
   if (isSxTruthy(get(mods, "changed"))) {
   (function() {
@@ -1855,6 +1854,7 @@ return (function() {
   var isGetLink = (isSxTruthy((eventName == "click")) && isSxTruthy((get(verbInfo, "method") == "GET")) && isSxTruthy(domHasAttr(el, "href")) && !get(mods, "delay"));
   var clientRouted = false;
   if (isSxTruthy(isGetLink)) {
+  logInfo((String("sx:route trying ") + String(get(verbInfo, "url"))));
   clientRouted = tryClientRoute(urlPathname(get(verbInfo, "url")));
 }
   return (isSxTruthy(clientRouted) ? (browserPushState(get(verbInfo, "url")), browserScrollTo(0, 0)) : ((isSxTruthy(isGetLink) ? logInfo((String("sx:route server fetch ") + String(get(verbInfo, "url")))) : NIL), (isSxTruthy(get(mods, "delay")) ? (clearTimeout_(timer), (timer = setTimeout_(function() { return executeRequest(el, verbInfo, NIL); }, get(mods, "delay")))) : executeRequest(el, verbInfo, NIL))));
@@ -2993,7 +2993,9 @@ callExpr.push(dictGet(kwargs, k)); } }
     if (opts && !isNil(opts)) {
       if (opts.once || opts["once"]) o.once = true;
     }
-    el.addEventListener(event, fn, o);
+    el.addEventListener(event, function(e) {
+      try { fn(e); } catch (err) { console.error("[sx-ref] event handler error:", event, err); }
+    }, o);
   }
 
   // --- Validation ---
diff --git a/shared/sx/ref/bootstrap_js.py b/shared/sx/ref/bootstrap_js.py
index ba1fea8..d8359ce 100644
--- a/shared/sx/ref/bootstrap_js.py
+++ b/shared/sx/ref/bootstrap_js.py
@@ -2514,7 +2514,9 @@ PLATFORM_ORCHESTRATION_JS = """
     if (opts && !isNil(opts)) {
       if (opts.once || opts["once"]) o.once = true;
     }
-    el.addEventListener(event, fn, o);
+    el.addEventListener(event, function(e) {
+      try { fn(e); } catch (err) { console.error("[sx-ref] event handler error:", event, err); }
+    }, o);
   }
 
   // --- Validation ---
diff --git a/shared/sx/ref/orchestration.sx b/shared/sx/ref/orchestration.sx
index 2c8aa55..695a4f5 100644
--- a/shared/sx/ref/orchestration.sx
+++ b/shared/sx/ref/orchestration.sx
@@ -373,7 +373,6 @@
       (when listen-target
         (dom-add-listener listen-target event-name
           (fn (e)
-            (log-info (str "sx:bind-event fired: " event-name " on " (dom-tag-name el)))
             (let ((should-fire true))
               ;; Changed modifier: skip if value unchanged
               (when (get mods "changed")
@@ -396,6 +395,7 @@
                                         (not (get mods "delay"))))
                       (client-routed false))
                   (when is-get-link
+                    (log-info (str "sx:route trying " (get verbInfo "url")))
                     (set! client-routed
                       (try-client-route (url-pathname (get verbInfo "url")))))
                   (if client-routed