diff --git a/concore.hpp b/concore.hpp
index e3fb5e1..5b8d549 100644
--- a/concore.hpp
+++ b/concore.hpp
@@ -632,8 +632,14 @@ class Concore{
                 }
             }
 
-        catch(...){
-            cout<<"skipping +"<<outpath<<port<<" /"<<name;
+        catch (const std::exception &e) {
+            // Surface the error message and rethrow so callers (or the runtime)
+            // see the failure instead of silently proceeding with truncated data.
+            std::cerr << e.what() << std::endl;
+            throw;
+        } catch (...) {
+            // Unknown exception: rethrow to avoid silent suppression.
+            throw;
         }
     }
 
@@ -657,8 +663,11 @@ class Concore{
             }
             else throw 505;
         }
-        catch(...){
-            cout<<"skipping +"<<outpath<<port<<" /"<<name;
+        catch (const std::exception &e) {
+            std::cerr << e.what() << std::endl;
+            throw;
+        } catch (...) {
+            throw;
         }
     }
 
@@ -683,9 +692,13 @@ class Concore{
                 outfile<<val[val.size()-1]<<']';
                 std::string result = outfile.str();
                 if (result.size() >= SHM_SIZE) {
-                    std::cerr << "ERROR: write_SM payload (" << result.size()
-                              << " bytes) exceeds " << SHM_SIZE - 1
-                              << "-byte shared memory limit. Data truncated!" << std::endl;
+                    throw std::runtime_error(
+                        "concore SHM write failed: payload (" +
+                        std::to_string(result.size()) +
+                        " bytes) exceeds SHM_SIZE (" +
+                        std::to_string(SHM_SIZE) +
+                        "). Aborting. No data written. Increase SHM_SIZE in concore.hpp."
+                    );
                 }
                 std::strncpy(sharedData_create, result.c_str(), SHM_SIZE - 1);
                 sharedData_create[SHM_SIZE - 1] = '\0';
@@ -696,8 +709,11 @@ class Concore{
                 }
             }
 
-        catch(...){
-            cout<<"skipping +"<<outpath<<port<<" /"<<name;
+        catch (const std::exception &e) {
+            std::cerr << e.what() << std::endl;
+            throw;
+        } catch (...) {
+            throw;
         }
     }
 
@@ -711,22 +727,29 @@ class Concore{
     void write_SM(int port, string name, string val, int delta=0){
         chrono::milliseconds timespan((int)(2000*delay));
         this_thread::sleep_for(timespan);
+        if (val.size() >= SHM_SIZE) {
+            throw std::runtime_error(
+                "concore SHM write failed: payload (" +
+                std::to_string(val.size()) +
+                " bytes) exceeds SHM_SIZE (" +
+                std::to_string(SHM_SIZE) +
+                "). Aborting. No data written. Increase SHM_SIZE in concore.hpp."
+            );
+        }
         try {
             if(shmId_create != -1){
                 if (sharedData_create == nullptr)
                     throw 506;
-                if (val.size() >= SHM_SIZE) {
-                    std::cerr << "ERROR: write_SM payload (" << val.size()
-                              << " bytes) exceeds " << SHM_SIZE - 1
-                              << "-byte shared memory limit. Data truncated!" << std::endl;
-                }
                 std::strncpy(sharedData_create, val.c_str(), SHM_SIZE - 1);
                 sharedData_create[SHM_SIZE - 1] = '\0';
             }
             else throw 505;
         }
-        catch(...){
-            cout<<"skipping +"<<outpath<<port<<" /"<<name;
+        catch (const std::exception &e) {
+            std::cerr << e.what() << std::endl;
+            throw;
+        } catch (...) {
+            throw;
         }
     }
     
diff --git a/tests/test_shm_abort.py b/tests/test_shm_abort.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68e385f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_shm_abort.py
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import tempfile
+import textwrap
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+
+
+REPO_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.skipif(
+    shutil.which("g++") is None,
+    reason="g++ not available",
+)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def _skip_windows():
+    if sys.platform == "win32":
+        pytest.skip("SHM requires POSIX")
+
+
+def _compile_and_run(payload_size):
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="concore_shm_test_") as temp_dir:
+        temp_path = Path(temp_dir)
+        (temp_path / "concore.oport").write_text('{"1": "1"}', encoding="utf-8")
+
+        source_file = temp_path / "shm_abort_test.cpp"
+        binary_file = temp_path / "shm_abort_test"
+        source_file.write_text(
+            textwrap.dedent(
+                f"""
+                #include "concore.hpp"
+                #include <exception>
+                #include <filesystem>
+                #include <string>
+
+                int main() {{
+                    try {{
+                        Concore concore;
+                        std::filesystem::create_directories("out/1");
+                        concore.delay = 0;
+                        concore.simtime = 0;
+                        std::string payload({payload_size}, 'a');
+                        concore.write(1, "payload", payload);
+                        if (std::filesystem::exists("out/1/payload")) {{
+                            std::cerr << "write used the file path instead of shared memory" << std::endl;
+                            return 2;
+                        }}
+                        return 0;
+                    }} catch (const std::exception& error) {{
+                        std::cerr << error.what() << std::endl;
+                        return 1;
+                    }}
+                }}
+                """
+            ).lstrip(),
+            encoding="utf-8",
+        )
+
+        compile_result = subprocess.run(
+            [
+                "g++",
+                "-std=c++17",
+                "-I",
+                str(REPO_ROOT),
+                "-o",
+                str(binary_file),
+                str(source_file),
+            ],
+            capture_output=True,
+            text=True,
+            timeout=60,
+            cwd=temp_path,
+        )
+        if compile_result.returncode != 0:
+            pytest.fail(f"g++ compile failed:\n{compile_result.stderr}")
+
+        return subprocess.run(
+            [str(binary_file)],
+            capture_output=True,
+            text=True,
+            timeout=10,
+            cwd=temp_path,
+        )
+
+
+def test_oversized_payload_throws():
+    result = _compile_and_run(5000)
+    assert result.returncode != 0
+    assert "Aborting" in result.stderr
+    assert "truncated" not in result.stderr.lower()
+
+
+def test_within_limit_succeeds():
+    result = _compile_and_run(100)
+    assert result.returncode == 0
+    assert "Aborting" not in result.stderr
+    assert "write used the file path instead of shared memory" not in result.stderr
+
+
+def test_exactly_at_limit_throws():
+    result = _compile_and_run(4096)
+    assert result.returncode != 0
+    assert "Aborting" in result.stderr
+
+
+def test_one_under_limit_succeeds():
+    result = _compile_and_run(4095)
+    assert result.returncode == 0
+    assert "Aborting" not in result.stderr
+    assert "write used the file path instead of shared memory" not in result.stderr