diff --git a/packages/services/cdn-worker/src/artifact-handler.ts b/packages/services/cdn-worker/src/artifact-handler.ts
index 09b134823..143127d29 100644
--- a/packages/services/cdn-worker/src/artifact-handler.ts
+++ b/packages/services/cdn-worker/src/artifact-handler.ts
@@ -197,9 +197,12 @@ export const createArtifactRequestHandler = (deps: ArtifactRequestHandler) => {
         }
       }
 
+      breadcrumb('Reading response.text()');
+      const text = await result.response.text();
+      breadcrumb('Returning OK 200');
       return createResponse(
         analytics,
-        await result.response.text(),
+        text,
         {
           status: 200,
           headers: {
diff --git a/packages/services/cdn-worker/src/artifact-storage-reader.ts b/packages/services/cdn-worker/src/artifact-storage-reader.ts
index 129d16fc8..d8d4b7166 100644
--- a/packages/services/cdn-worker/src/artifact-storage-reader.ts
+++ b/packages/services/cdn-worker/src/artifact-storage-reader.ts
@@ -257,6 +257,8 @@ export class ArtifactStorageReader {
       },
     });
 
+    this.breadcrumb(`Response status: ${response.status}`);
+
     if (response.status === 404) {
       return { type: 'notFound' } as const;
     }
@@ -276,7 +278,9 @@ export class ArtifactStorageReader {
 
     this.breadcrumb(`Failed to read artifact`);
 
-    const body = await response.text();
+    const body = await response
+      .text()
+      .catch(error => 'Failed to read response body due to ' + String(error));
     throw new Error(`GET request failed with status ${response.status}: ${body}`);
   }