diff --git a/packages/orchestration-service/src/chat/index.js b/packages/orchestration-service/src/chat/index.js
index d28854d..e01d339 100644
--- a/packages/orchestration-service/src/chat/index.js
+++ b/packages/orchestration-service/src/chat/index.js
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ async function chat(externalId, userMessage, options = {}) {
 }
 
 async function chatStream(externalId, userMessage, onChunk, options = {}) {
+    console.log('[orchestration] chatStream called:', { externalId, userMessage: userMessage.slice(0, 50) });
   let session = await memory.getSessionByExternalId(externalId);
   if (!session) session = await memory.createSession(externalId);
 
@@ -175,6 +176,7 @@ async function chatStream(externalId, userMessage, onChunk, options = {}) {
         }
       } catch (err) {
         console.error('[orchestration] Failed to parse inference SSE event:', raw, err.message);
+        throw err;  // add this temporarily
       }
     }
   }