diff --git a/lib/db/observed.go b/lib/db/observed.go
index c6ed2f825..2eacbe8ba 100644
--- a/lib/db/observed.go
+++ b/lib/db/observed.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 package db
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/syncthing/syncthing/lib/protocol"
@@ -28,11 +29,7 @@ func (db *Lowlevel) AddOrUpdatePendingDevice(device protocol.DeviceID, name, add
 
 func (db *Lowlevel) RemovePendingDevice(device protocol.DeviceID) error {
 	key := db.keyer.GeneratePendingDeviceKey(nil, device[:])
-	if err := db.Delete(key); err != nil {
-		l.Warnf("Failed to remove pending device entry: %v", err)
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
+	return db.Delete(key)
 }
 
 // PendingDevices enumerates all entries.  Invalid ones are dropped from the database
@@ -86,30 +83,30 @@ func (db *Lowlevel) RemovePendingFolderForDevice(id string, device protocol.Devi
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := db.Delete(key); err != nil {
-		l.Warnf("Failed to remove pending folder entry: %v", err)
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
+	return db.Delete(key)
 }
 
 // RemovePendingFolder removes all entries matching a specific folder ID.
 func (db *Lowlevel) RemovePendingFolder(id string) error {
 	iter, err := db.NewPrefixIterator([]byte{KeyTypePendingFolder})
 	if err != nil {
-		l.Infof("Could not iterate through pending folder entries: %v", err)
-		return err
+		return fmt.Errorf("creating iterator: %w", err)
 	}
 	defer iter.Release()
+	var iterErr error
 	for iter.Next() {
 		if id != string(db.keyer.FolderFromPendingFolderKey(iter.Key())) {
 			continue
 		}
 		if err = db.Delete(iter.Key()); err != nil {
-			l.Warnf("Failed to remove pending folder entry: %v", err)
+			if iterErr != nil {
+				l.Debugf("Repeat error removing pending folder: %v", err)
+			} else {
+				iterErr = err
+			}
 		}
 	}
-	return err
+	return iterErr
 }
 
 // Consolidated information about a pending folder
@@ -122,7 +119,7 @@ func (db *Lowlevel) PendingFolders() (map[string]PendingFolder, error) {
 }
 
 // PendingFoldersForDevice enumerates only entries matching the given device ID, unless it
-// is EmptyDeviceID.  Invalid ones are dropped from the database after a warning log
+// is EmptyDeviceID.  Invalid ones are dropped from the database after a info log
 // message, as a side-effect.
 func (db *Lowlevel) PendingFoldersForDevice(device protocol.DeviceID) (map[string]PendingFolder, error) {
 	var err error
diff --git a/lib/model/model.go b/lib/model/model.go
index 666bf4a17..e8c76335d 100644
--- a/lib/model/model.go
+++ b/lib/model/model.go
@@ -1379,7 +1379,9 @@ func (m *model) ccHandleFolders(folders []protocol.Folder, deviceCfg config.Devi
 	expiredPendingList := make([]map[string]string, 0, len(expiredPending))
 	for folder := range expiredPending {
 		if err = m.db.RemovePendingFolderForDevice(folder, deviceID); err != nil {
-			// Nothing we can fix; logged from DB already
+			msg := "Failed to remove pending folder-device entry"
+			l.Warnf("%v (%v, %v): %v", msg, folder, deviceID, err)
+			m.evLogger.Log(events.Failure, msg)
 			continue
 		}
 		expiredPendingList = append(expiredPendingList, map[string]string{
@@ -2941,7 +2943,9 @@ func (m *model) cleanPending(existingDevices map[protocol.DeviceID]config.Device
 	var removedPendingFolders []map[string]string
 	pendingFolders, err := m.db.PendingFolders()
 	if err != nil {
-		l.Infof("Could not iterate through pending folder entries for cleanup: %v", err)
+		msg := "Could not iterate through pending folder entries for cleanup"
+		l.Warnf("%v: %v", msg, err)
+		m.evLogger.Log(events.Failure, msg)
 		// Continue with pending devices below, loop is skipped.
 	}
 	for folderID, pf := range pendingFolders {
@@ -2951,7 +2955,9 @@ func (m *model) cleanPending(existingDevices map[protocol.DeviceID]config.Device
 			// at all (but might become pending again).
 			l.Debugf("Discarding pending removed folder %v from all devices", folderID)
 			if err := m.db.RemovePendingFolder(folderID); err != nil {
-				// Nothing we can fix; logged from DB already
+				msg := "Failed to remove pending folder entry"
+				l.Warnf("%v (%v): %v", msg, folderID, err)
+				m.evLogger.Log(events.Failure, msg)
 			} else {
 				removedPendingFolders = append(removedPendingFolders, map[string]string{
 					"folderID": folderID,
@@ -2976,7 +2982,9 @@ func (m *model) cleanPending(existingDevices map[protocol.DeviceID]config.Device
 			continue
 		removeFolderForDevice:
 			if err := m.db.RemovePendingFolderForDevice(folderID, deviceID); err != nil {
-				// Nothing we can fix; logged from DB already
+				msg := "Failed to remove pending folder-device entry"
+				l.Warnf("%v (%v, %v): %v", msg, folderID, deviceID, err)
+				m.evLogger.Log(events.Failure, msg)
 				continue
 			}
 			removedPendingFolders = append(removedPendingFolders, map[string]string{
@@ -2994,7 +3002,9 @@ func (m *model) cleanPending(existingDevices map[protocol.DeviceID]config.Device
 	var removedPendingDevices []map[string]string
 	pendingDevices, err := m.db.PendingDevices()
 	if err != nil {
-		l.Infof("Could not iterate through pending device entries for cleanup: %v", err)
+		msg := "Could not iterate through pending device entries for cleanup"
+		l.Warnf("%v: %v", msg, err)
+		m.evLogger.Log(events.Failure, msg)
 		return
 	}
 	for deviceID := range pendingDevices {
@@ -3009,7 +3019,9 @@ func (m *model) cleanPending(existingDevices map[protocol.DeviceID]config.Device
 		continue
 	removeDevice:
 		if err := m.db.RemovePendingDevice(deviceID); err != nil {
-			// Nothing we can fix; logged from DB already
+			msg := "Failed to remove pending device entry"
+			l.Warnf("%v: %v", msg, err)
+			m.evLogger.Log(events.Failure, msg)
 			continue
 		}
 		removedPendingDevices = append(removedPendingDevices, map[string]string{