diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/webapp/util/WebAppUtils.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/webapp/util/WebAppUtils.java
index ff04ffe47a2ad..6667b2d67474a 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/webapp/util/WebAppUtils.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/webapp/util/WebAppUtils.java
@@ -47,8 +47,9 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.webapp.NotFoundException;
 import org.apache.http.NameValuePair;
 import org.apache.http.client.utils.URLEncodedUtils;
-
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 @Private
 @Evolving
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ public class WebAppUtils {
       "ssl.server.keystore.keypassword";
   public static final String HTTPS_PREFIX = "https://";
   public static final String HTTP_PREFIX = "http://";
+  public static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(WebAppUtils.class);
 
   public static void setRMWebAppPort(Configuration conf, int port) {
     String hostname = getRMWebAppURLWithoutScheme(conf);
@@ -509,11 +511,16 @@ static String getPassword(Configuration conf, String alias) {
       char[] passchars = conf.getPassword(alias);
       if (passchars != null) {
         password = new String(passchars);
+        LOG.debug("Successful password retrival for alias: {}", alias);
+      } else {
+        LOG.warn("Password retrieval failed, no password found for alias: {}", alias);
       }
     }
     catch (IOException ioe) {
       password = null;
+      LOG.error("Unable to retrieve password for alias: {}", alias, ioe);
     }
+
     return password;
   }
 
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/webapp/util/TestWebAppUtils.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/webapp/util/TestWebAppUtils.java
index 2d9c39aba8b8d..166a4841ac6f9 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/webapp/util/TestWebAppUtils.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/webapp/util/TestWebAppUtils.java
@@ -109,6 +109,15 @@ void testGetPassword() throws Exception {
     assertNull(WebAppUtils.getPassword(conf, "invalid-alias"));
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void testGetPasswordIOException() throws Exception {
+    Configuration mockConf = Mockito.mock(Configuration.class);
+
+    Mockito.when(mockConf.getPassword("error-alias")).thenThrow(new IOException("Simulated IO error"));
+
+    assertNull(WebAppUtils.getPassword(mockConf, "error-alias"));
+  }
+
   @Test
   void testLoadSslConfiguration() throws Exception {
     Configuration conf = provisionCredentialsForSSL();