diff --git a/src/course-outline/CourseOutline.test.jsx b/src/course-outline/CourseOutline.test.jsx
index 882ff6841..6f5cd9213 100644
--- a/src/course-outline/CourseOutline.test.jsx
+++ b/src/course-outline/CourseOutline.test.jsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { getAuthenticatedHttpClient } from '@edx/frontend-platform/auth';
 import { QueryClient, QueryClientProvider } from '@tanstack/react-query';
 import { cloneDeep } from 'lodash';
 import { closestCorners } from '@dnd-kit/core';
-
+import { logError } from '@edx/frontend-platform/logging';
 import { useLocation } from 'react-router-dom';
 import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
 import {
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import {
   getCourseItemApiUrl,
   getXBlockBaseApiUrl,
   exportTags,
+  createDiscussionsTopics,
 } from './data/api';
 import { RequestStatus } from '../data/constants';
 import {
@@ -115,6 +116,10 @@ jest.mock('../library-authoring/component-picker', () => ({
   },
 }));
 
+jest.mock('@edx/frontend-platform/logging', () => ({
+  logError: jest.fn(),
+}));
+
 const queryClient = new QueryClient();
 
 jest.mock('@dnd-kit/core', () => ({
@@ -192,6 +197,16 @@ describe('<CourseOutline />', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('logs an error when syncDiscussionsTopics encounters an API failure', async () => {
+    axiosMock
+      .onGet(createDiscussionsTopics(courseId))
+      .reply(500, 'some internal error');
+
+    await executeThunk(syncDiscussionsTopics(), store.dispatch);
+
+    expect(logError).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
   it('handles course outline fetch api errors', async () => {
     axiosMock
       .onGet(getCourseOutlineIndexApiUrl(courseId))
diff --git a/src/course-outline/__mocks__/courseOutlineIndex.js b/src/course-outline/__mocks__/courseOutlineIndex.js
index 1cd5bb99f..0c3208906 100644
--- a/src/course-outline/__mocks__/courseOutlineIndex.js
+++ b/src/course-outline/__mocks__/courseOutlineIndex.js
@@ -3149,6 +3149,7 @@ module.exports = {
       selectedGroupsLabel: '',
     },
   },
+  createdOn: new Date(),
   deprecatedBlocksInfo: {
     deprecatedEnabledBlockTypes: [],
     blocks: [],
diff --git a/src/course-outline/data/thunk.js b/src/course-outline/data/thunk.js
index 46f3ce4ba..0ebd6cd80 100644
--- a/src/course-outline/data/thunk.js
+++ b/src/course-outline/data/thunk.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { logError } from '@edx/frontend-platform/logging';
 import { RequestStatus } from '../../data/constants';
 import { NOTIFICATION_MESSAGES } from '../../constants';
 import { COURSE_BLOCK_NAMES } from '../constants';
@@ -100,8 +101,7 @@ export function syncDiscussionsTopics(courseId) {
     try {
       await createDiscussionsTopics(courseId);
     } catch (error) {
-      // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-      console.log('There was an issue in discussion topic sync', error);
+      logError(error);
     }
   };
 }