diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Model/Entities/ProviderIdsExtensions.cs b/MediaBrowser.Model/Entities/ProviderIdsExtensions.cs
index bde5a1da19..09d14dc6a4 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Model/Entities/ProviderIdsExtensions.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Model/Entities/ProviderIdsExtensions.cs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Model.Entities
                 throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(instance));
             }
 
-            return instance.ProviderIds?.ContainsKey(name) ?? false;
+            return instance.TryGetProviderId(name, out _);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -56,7 +56,15 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Model.Entities
                 return false;
             }
 
-            return instance.ProviderIds.TryGetValue(name, out id);
+            var foundProviderId = instance.ProviderIds.TryGetValue(name, out id);
+            // This occurs when searching with Identify (and possibly in other places)
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(id))
+            {
+                id = null;
+                foundProviderId = false;
+            }
+
+            return foundProviderId;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Providers/Manager/ProviderManager.cs b/MediaBrowser.Providers/Manager/ProviderManager.cs
index 913f14d9b8..bc16a8abb3 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Providers/Manager/ProviderManager.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Providers/Manager/ProviderManager.cs
@@ -869,14 +869,14 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.Manager
                         }
                     }
                 }
-                catch (Exception)
+#pragma warning disable CA1031 // do not catch general exception types
+                catch (Exception ex)
+#pragma warning restore CA1031 // do not catch general exception types
                 {
-                    // Logged at lower levels
+                    _logger.LogError(ex, "Provider {ProviderName} failed to retrieve search results", provider.Name);
                 }
             }
 
-            // _logger.LogDebug("Returning search results {0}", _json.SerializeToString(resultList));
-
             return resultList;
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/Jellyfin.Model.Tests/Entities/ProviderIdsExtensionsTests.cs b/tests/Jellyfin.Model.Tests/Entities/ProviderIdsExtensionsTests.cs
index 2b2414ef1b..a1ace84769 100644
--- a/tests/Jellyfin.Model.Tests/Entities/ProviderIdsExtensionsTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Jellyfin.Model.Tests/Entities/ProviderIdsExtensionsTests.cs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Model.Tests.Entities
         [Fact]
         public void HasProviderId_NullProvider_False()
         {
-            var nullProvider = new ProviderIdsExtensionsTestsObject()
+            var nullProvider = new ProviderIdsExtensionsTestsObject
             {
                 ProviderIds = null!
             };
@@ -47,6 +47,15 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Model.Tests.Entities
             Assert.True(provider.HasProviderId(MetadataProvider.Imdb));
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void HasProviderId_FoundNameEmptyValue_False()
+        {
+            var provider = new ProviderIdsExtensionsTestsObject();
+            provider.ProviderIds[MetadataProvider.Imdb.ToString()] = string.Empty;
+
+            Assert.False(provider.HasProviderId(MetadataProvider.Imdb));
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void GetProviderId_NullInstance_ThrowsArgumentNullException()
         {
@@ -68,7 +77,7 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Model.Tests.Entities
         [Fact]
         public void GetProviderId_NullProvider_Null()
         {
-            var nullProvider = new ProviderIdsExtensionsTestsObject()
+            var nullProvider = new ProviderIdsExtensionsTestsObject
             {
                 ProviderIds = null!
             };
@@ -85,7 +94,7 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Model.Tests.Entities
         [Fact]
         public void TryGetProviderId_NullProvider_False()
         {
-            var nullProvider = new ProviderIdsExtensionsTestsObject()
+            var nullProvider = new ProviderIdsExtensionsTestsObject
             {
                 ProviderIds = null!
             };
@@ -112,6 +121,16 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Model.Tests.Entities
             Assert.Equal(ExampleImdbId, id);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void TryGetProviderId_FoundNameEmptyValue_False()
+        {
+            var provider = new ProviderIdsExtensionsTestsObject();
+            provider.ProviderIds[MetadataProvider.Imdb.ToString()] = string.Empty;
+
+            Assert.False(provider.TryGetProviderId(MetadataProvider.Imdb, out var id));
+            Assert.Null(id);
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void SetProviderId_NullInstance_ThrowsArgumentNullException()
         {
@@ -146,7 +165,7 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Model.Tests.Entities
         [Fact]
         public void SetProviderId_NullProvider_Success()
         {
-            var nullProvider = new ProviderIdsExtensionsTestsObject()
+            var nullProvider = new ProviderIdsExtensionsTestsObject
             {
                 ProviderIds = null!
             };
@@ -158,7 +177,7 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Model.Tests.Entities
         [Fact]
         public void SetProviderId_NullProviderAndEmptyName_Success()
         {
-            var nullProvider = new ProviderIdsExtensionsTestsObject()
+            var nullProvider = new ProviderIdsExtensionsTestsObject
             {
                 ProviderIds = null!
             };