* we'll be done with everything we need to do before we mark it
  * finished.
  *
- * XXX We may want to record that a buffer is (or is no longer) in flight.
+ * XXX We may want to record that a request is (or is no longer) in flight.
  */
 static void gb_operation_gbuf_complete(struct gbuf *gbuf)
 {
+       if (gbuf->status) {
+               struct gb_operation *operation = gbuf->context;
+               struct gb_operation_msg_hdr *header;
+               int id;
+               int type;
+
+               if (gbuf == operation->request)
+                       header = operation->request_payload;
+               else if (gbuf == operation->response)
+                       header = operation->response_payload;
+               else
+                       header = NULL;
+               id = header ? (int)header->id : -1;
+               type = header ? (int)header->type : -1;
+
+               gb_connection_err(operation->connection,
+                       "operation %d type %d gbuf error %d",
+                       id, type, gbuf->status);
+       }
        return;
 }