diff --git a/lib/components/user-identity-cache.react.js b/lib/components/user-identity-cache.react.js
--- a/lib/components/user-identity-cache.react.js
+++ b/lib/components/user-identity-cache.react.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
 
+import { logTypes, useDebugLogs } from './debug-logs-context.js';
 import { IdentityClientContext } from '../shared/identity-client-context.js';
 import type {
   UserIdentitiesResponse,
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@
   const identityClient = client?.identityClient;
   invariant(identityClient, 'Identity client should be set');
   const { findUserIdentities } = identityClient;
+  const { addLog } = useDebugLogs();
 
   const getUserIdentities = React.useCallback(
     async (
@@ -148,7 +150,13 @@
             throwOnTimeout(`user identities for ${JSON.stringify(needFetch)}`),
           ]);
         } catch (e) {
-          console.log(e);
+          addLog(
+            'User identity fetch error',
+            `User identity fetch for ${JSON.stringify(needFetch)} timed out: ${
+              e.message ?? 'unknown'
+            }`,
+            new Set([logTypes.ERROR]),
+          );
         }
 
         const resultMap = new Map<string, ?UserIdentityResult>();
@@ -223,7 +231,7 @@
         return getUserIdentitiesResponseFromResults(userIDs, results);
       })();
     },
-    [getCachedUserIdentityEntry, findUserIdentities],
+    [addLog, getCachedUserIdentityEntry, findUserIdentities],
   );
 
   const invalidateCacheForUser = React.useCallback((userID: string) => {