diff --git a/htlcswitch/switch.go b/htlcswitch/switch.go
index 38b308b69..0d85805b9 100644
--- a/htlcswitch/switch.go
+++ b/htlcswitch/switch.go
@@ -2229,6 +2229,9 @@ func (s *Switch) GetLinkByShortID(chanID lnwire.ShortChannelID) (ChannelLink,
 func (s *Switch) getLinkByShortID(chanID lnwire.ShortChannelID) (ChannelLink, error) {
 	link, ok := s.forwardingIndex[chanID]
 	if !ok {
+		log.Debugf("Link not found in forwarding index using "+
+			"chanID=%v", chanID)
+
 		return nil, ErrChannelLinkNotFound
 	}
 
diff --git a/routing/bandwidth.go b/routing/bandwidth.go
index e9cfb5968..f806b03d3 100644
--- a/routing/bandwidth.go
+++ b/routing/bandwidth.go
@@ -85,22 +85,18 @@ func newBandwidthManager(graph Graph, sourceNode route.Vertex,
 // queried is one of our local channels, so any failure to retrieve the link
 // is interpreted as the link being offline.
 func (b *bandwidthManager) getBandwidth(cid lnwire.ShortChannelID,
-	amount lnwire.MilliSatoshi) lnwire.MilliSatoshi {
+	amount lnwire.MilliSatoshi) (lnwire.MilliSatoshi, error) {
 
 	link, err := b.getLink(cid)
 	if err != nil {
-		// If the link isn't online, then we'll report that it has
-		// zero bandwidth.
-		log.Warnf("ShortChannelID=%v: link not found: %v", cid, err)
-		return 0
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("error querying switch for link: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	// If the link is found within the switch, but it isn't yet eligible
 	// to forward any HTLCs, then we'll treat it as if it isn't online in
 	// the first place.
 	if !link.EligibleToForward() {
-		log.Warnf("ShortChannelID=%v: not eligible to forward", cid)
-		return 0
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("link not eligible to forward")
 	}
 
 	// bandwidthResult is an inline type that we'll use to pass the
@@ -165,10 +161,8 @@ func (b *bandwidthManager) getBandwidth(cid lnwire.ShortChannelID,
 		},
 	).Unpack()
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Errorf("ShortChannelID=%v: failed to get bandwidth from "+
-			"external traffic shaper: %v", cid, err)
-
-		return 0
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to consult external traffic "+
+			"shaper: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	htlcAmount := result.htlcAmount.UnwrapOr(amount)
@@ -176,9 +170,8 @@ func (b *bandwidthManager) getBandwidth(cid lnwire.ShortChannelID,
 	// If our link isn't currently in a state where it can add another
 	// outgoing htlc, treat the link as unusable.
 	if err := link.MayAddOutgoingHtlc(htlcAmount); err != nil {
-		log.Warnf("ShortChannelID=%v: cannot add outgoing "+
-			"htlc with amount %v: %v", cid, htlcAmount, err)
-		return 0
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("cannot add outgoing htlc to channel %v "+
+			"with amount %v: %w", cid, htlcAmount, err)
 	}
 
 	// If the external traffic shaper determined the bandwidth, we'll return
@@ -186,7 +179,7 @@ func (b *bandwidthManager) getBandwidth(cid lnwire.ShortChannelID,
 	// available on that channel).
 	reportedBandwidth := result.bandwidth.UnwrapOr(linkBandwidth)
 
-	return reportedBandwidth
+	return reportedBandwidth, nil
 }
 
 // availableChanBandwidth returns the total available bandwidth for a channel
@@ -201,7 +194,15 @@ func (b *bandwidthManager) availableChanBandwidth(channelID uint64,
 		return 0, false
 	}
 
-	return b.getBandwidth(shortID, amount), true
+	bandwidth, err := b.getBandwidth(shortID, amount)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Warnf("failed to get bandwidth for channel %v: %v",
+			shortID, err)
+
+		return 0, true
+	}
+
+	return bandwidth, true
 }
 
 // firstHopCustomBlob returns the custom blob for the first hop of the payment,
diff --git a/routing/pathfind.go b/routing/pathfind.go
index f489173f9..b22e7fd1c 100644
--- a/routing/pathfind.go
+++ b/routing/pathfind.go
@@ -514,7 +514,18 @@ func getOutgoingBalance(node route.Vertex, outgoingChans map[uint64]struct{},
 
 	var max, total lnwire.MilliSatoshi
 	cb := func(channel *graphdb.DirectedChannel) error {
+		shortID := lnwire.NewShortChanIDFromInt(channel.ChannelID)
+
+		// This log line is needed to debug issues in case we do not
+		// have a channel in our graph for some reason when evaluating
+		// the local balance. Otherwise we could not tell whether all
+		// channels are being evaluated.
+		log.Tracef("Evaluating channel %v for local balance", shortID)
+
 		if !channel.OutPolicySet {
+			log.Debugf("ShortChannelID=%v: has no out policy set, "+
+				"skipping", shortID)
+
 			return nil
 		}
 
@@ -536,6 +547,11 @@ func getOutgoingBalance(node route.Vertex, outgoingChans map[uint64]struct{},
 		// we've already queried the bandwidth hints.
 		if !ok {
 			bandwidth = lnwire.NewMSatFromSatoshis(channel.Capacity)
+
+			log.Warnf("ShortChannelID=%v: not found in the local "+
+				"channels map of the bandwidth manager, "+
+				"using channel capacity=%v as bandwidth for "+
+				"this channel", shortID, bandwidth)
 		}
 
 		if bandwidth > max {
@@ -545,6 +561,9 @@ func getOutgoingBalance(node route.Vertex, outgoingChans map[uint64]struct{},
 		var overflow bool
 		total, overflow = overflowSafeAdd(total, bandwidth)
 		if overflow {
+			log.Warnf("ShortChannelID=%v: overflow detected, "+
+				"setting total to max value", shortID)
+
 			// If the current total and the bandwidth would
 			// overflow the maximum value, we set the total to the
 			// maximum value. Which is more milli-satoshis than are
diff --git a/routing/unified_edges.go b/routing/unified_edges.go
index 9e28a53c0..bf2f75dbf 100644
--- a/routing/unified_edges.go
+++ b/routing/unified_edges.go
@@ -280,8 +280,9 @@ func (u *edgeUnifier) getEdgeLocal(netAmtReceived lnwire.MilliSatoshi,
 			edge.policy.ChannelID, amt,
 		)
 		if !ok {
-			log.Debugf("Cannot get bandwidth for edge %v, use max "+
+			log.Warnf("Cannot get bandwidth for edge %v, use max "+
 				"instead", edge.policy.ChannelID)
+
 			bandwidth = lnwire.MaxMilliSatoshi
 		}