diff --git a/src/app_controller.py b/src/app_controller.py
index 83164911..ef0f25de 100644
--- a/src/app_controller.py
+++ b/src/app_controller.py
@@ -4757,8 +4757,12 @@ class AppController:
    self.ai_status = f"Phase 2: Generating tickets for {title}..."
    skeletons = skeletons_str or "" # Use provided skeletons or empty
    self.ai_status = "Phase 2: Calling Tech Lead..."
+   sys.stderr.write(f"[DEBUG_MMA_FIX] _start_track_logic: ENTER title='{title}' goal='{goal[:60]}' skeletons_len={len(skeletons)}\n")
+   sys.stderr.flush()
    _t2_baseline = len(ai_client.get_comms_log())
    raw_tickets = conductor_tech_lead.generate_tickets(goal, skeletons)
+   sys.stderr.write(f"[DEBUG_MMA_FIX] _start_track_logic: generate_tickets returned {len(raw_tickets) if raw_tickets else 0} tickets for '{title}'\n")
+   sys.stderr.flush()
    _t2_new = ai_client.get_comms_log()[_t2_baseline:]
    _t2_resp = [e for e in _t2_new if e.get("direction") == "IN" and e.get("kind") == "response"]
    _t2_in = sum(e.get("payload", {}).get("usage", {}).get("input_tokens", 0) for e in _t2_resp)
@@ -4828,6 +4832,10 @@ class AppController:
    sys.stderr.flush()
    return OK
   except (OSError, IOError, ValueError, TypeError, KeyError, AttributeError, RuntimeError) as e:
+   import traceback
+   sys.stderr.write(f"[DEBUG_MMA_FIX] _start_track_logic: EXCEPTION for '{title}': {type(e).__name__}: {e}\n")
+   traceback.print_exc(file=sys.stderr)
+   sys.stderr.flush()
    err = ErrorInfo(kind=ErrorKind.INTERNAL, message=str(e),
       source="app_controller._start_track_logic_result", original=e)
    return Result(data=None, errors=[err])