diff --git a/.size-limit.js b/.size-limit.js
index 6e73c9234c09..45324236f6ac 100644
--- a/.size-limit.js
+++ b/.size-limit.js
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ module.exports = [
     path: 'packages/browser/build/npm/esm/index.js',
     import: createImport('init', 'feedbackIntegration'),
     gzip: true,
-    limit: '41 KB',
+    limit: '42 KB',
   },
   {
     name: '@sentry/browser (incl. sendFeedback)',
diff --git a/packages/core/src/baseclient.ts b/packages/core/src/baseclient.ts
index c394a0d77a95..727fec079b55 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/baseclient.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/baseclient.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import { isParameterizedString, isPlainObject, isPrimitive, isThenable } from '.
 import { consoleSandbox, logger } from './utils-hoist/logger';
 import { checkOrSetAlreadyCaught, uuid4 } from './utils-hoist/misc';
 import { SyncPromise, rejectedSyncPromise, resolvedSyncPromise } from './utils-hoist/syncpromise';
+import { getPossibleEventMessages } from './utils/eventUtils';
 import { parseSampleRate } from './utils/parseSampleRate';
 import { prepareEvent } from './utils/prepareEvent';
 import { showSpanDropWarning } from './utils/spanUtils';
@@ -713,6 +714,10 @@ export abstract class BaseClient<O extends ClientOptions> implements Client<O> {
    * @param scope
    */
   protected _captureEvent(event: Event, hint: EventHint = {}, scope?: Scope): PromiseLike<string | undefined> {
+    if (DEBUG_BUILD && isErrorEvent(event)) {
+      logger.log(`Captured error event \`${getPossibleEventMessages(event)[0] || '<unknown>'}\``);
+    }
+
     return this._processEvent(event, hint, scope).then(
       finalEvent => {
         return finalEvent.event_id;
diff --git a/packages/core/src/integrations/inboundfilters.ts b/packages/core/src/integrations/inboundfilters.ts
index 9d9f803a69f5..223490bf9528 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/integrations/inboundfilters.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/integrations/inboundfilters.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { defineIntegration } from '../integration';
 import { logger } from '../utils-hoist/logger';
 import { getEventDescription } from '../utils-hoist/misc';
 import { stringMatchesSomePattern } from '../utils-hoist/string';
+import { getPossibleEventMessages } from '../utils/eventUtils';
 
 // "Script error." is hard coded into browsers for errors that it can't read.
 // this is the result of a script being pulled in from an external domain and CORS.
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ function _isIgnoredError(event: Event, ignoreErrors?: Array<string | RegExp>): b
     return false;
   }
 
-  return _getPossibleEventMessages(event).some(message => stringMatchesSomePattern(message, ignoreErrors));
+  return getPossibleEventMessages(event).some(message => stringMatchesSomePattern(message, ignoreErrors));
 }
 
 function _isIgnoredTransaction(event: Event, ignoreTransactions?: Array<string | RegExp>): boolean {
@@ -147,33 +148,6 @@ function _isAllowedUrl(event: Event, allowUrls?: Array<string | RegExp>): boolea
   return !url ? true : stringMatchesSomePattern(url, allowUrls);
 }
 
-function _getPossibleEventMessages(event: Event): string[] {
-  const possibleMessages: string[] = [];
-
-  if (event.message) {
-    possibleMessages.push(event.message);
-  }
-
-  let lastException;
-  try {
-    // @ts-expect-error Try catching to save bundle size
-    lastException = event.exception.values[event.exception.values.length - 1];
-  } catch (e) {
-    // try catching to save bundle size checking existence of variables
-  }
-
-  if (lastException) {
-    if (lastException.value) {
-      possibleMessages.push(lastException.value);
-      if (lastException.type) {
-        possibleMessages.push(`${lastException.type}: ${lastException.value}`);
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  return possibleMessages;
-}
-
 function _isSentryError(event: Event): boolean {
   try {
     // @ts-expect-error can't be a sentry error if undefined
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/eventUtils.ts b/packages/core/src/utils/eventUtils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3d1fa16eca58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils/eventUtils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import type { Event } from '../types-hoist';
+
+/**
+ * Get a list of possible event messages from a Sentry event.
+ */
+export function getPossibleEventMessages(event: Event): string[] {
+  const possibleMessages: string[] = [];
+
+  if (event.message) {
+    possibleMessages.push(event.message);
+  }
+
+  try {
+    // @ts-expect-error Try catching to save bundle size
+    const lastException = event.exception.values[event.exception.values.length - 1];
+    if (lastException && lastException.value) {
+      possibleMessages.push(lastException.value);
+      if (lastException.type) {
+        possibleMessages.push(`${lastException.type}: ${lastException.value}`);
+      }
+    }
+  } catch (e) {
+    // ignore errors here
+  }
+
+  return possibleMessages;
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/test/lib/baseclient.test.ts b/packages/core/test/lib/baseclient.test.ts
index d66ef05881d0..0432235a17a5 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/lib/baseclient.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/lib/baseclient.test.ts
@@ -366,6 +366,22 @@ describe('BaseClient', () => {
       // `captureException` should bail right away this second time around and not get as far as calling this again
       expect(clientEventFromException).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     });
+
+    test('captures logger message', () => {
+      const logSpy = jest.spyOn(loggerModule.logger, 'log').mockImplementation(() => undefined);
+
+      const options = getDefaultTestClientOptions({ dsn: PUBLIC_DSN });
+      const client = new TestClient(options);
+
+      client.captureException(new Error('test error here'));
+      client.captureException({});
+
+      expect(logSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+      expect(logSpy).toBeCalledWith('Captured error event `test error here`');
+      expect(logSpy).toBeCalledWith('Captured error event `<unknown>`');
+
+      logSpy.mockRestore();
+    });
   });
 
   describe('captureMessage', () => {
@@ -442,6 +458,20 @@ describe('BaseClient', () => {
         }),
       );
     });
+
+    test('captures logger message', () => {
+      const logSpy = jest.spyOn(loggerModule.logger, 'log').mockImplementation(() => undefined);
+
+      const options = getDefaultTestClientOptions({ dsn: PUBLIC_DSN });
+      const client = new TestClient(options);
+
+      client.captureMessage('test error here');
+
+      expect(logSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      expect(logSpy).toBeCalledWith('Captured error event `test error here`');
+
+      logSpy.mockRestore();
+    });
   });
 
   describe('captureEvent() / prepareEvent()', () => {
@@ -1658,6 +1688,22 @@ describe('BaseClient', () => {
         message: 'hello',
       });
     });
+
+    test('captures logger message', () => {
+      const logSpy = jest.spyOn(loggerModule.logger, 'log').mockImplementation(() => undefined);
+
+      const options = getDefaultTestClientOptions({ dsn: PUBLIC_DSN });
+      const client = new TestClient(options);
+
+      client.captureEvent({ message: 'hello' });
+      // transactions are ignored and not logged
+      client.captureEvent({ type: 'transaction', message: 'hello 2' });
+
+      expect(logSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      expect(logSpy).toBeCalledWith('Captured error event `hello`');
+
+      logSpy.mockRestore();
+    });
   });
 
   describe('integrations', () => {