From 49c4d02e65b18a337dae0d2f2df4f7b75e9e9243 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AztecBot <tech@aztec-labs.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 05:52:48 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: wrap PairingPoints debug native check in try-catch

---
 .../stdlib/primitives/pairing_points.hpp        | 17 +++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/barretenberg/cpp/src/barretenberg/stdlib/primitives/pairing_points.hpp b/barretenberg/cpp/src/barretenberg/stdlib/primitives/pairing_points.hpp
index c87964f35620..ebf22b105223 100644
--- a/barretenberg/cpp/src/barretenberg/stdlib/primitives/pairing_points.hpp
+++ b/barretenberg/cpp/src/barretenberg/stdlib/primitives/pairing_points.hpp
@@ -54,8 +54,12 @@ template <typename Curve> struct PairingPoints {
         }
 
 #ifndef NDEBUG
-        bb::PairingPoints<typename Curve::NativeCurve> native_pp(P0().get_value(), P1().get_value());
-        info("Are Pairing Points with tag ", tag_index, " valid? ", native_pp.check() ? "true" : "false");
+        try {
+            bb::PairingPoints<typename Curve::NativeCurve> native_pp(P0().get_value(), P1().get_value());
+            info("Are Pairing Points with tag ", tag_index, " valid? ", native_pp.check() ? "true" : "false");
+        } catch (const std::exception& e) {
+            info("Pairing Points with tag ", tag_index, " native check skipped: ", e.what());
+        }
 #endif
     }
 
@@ -210,8 +214,13 @@ template <typename Curve> struct PairingPoints {
         }
 
 #ifndef NDEBUG
-        bb::PairingPoints<typename Curve::NativeCurve> native_pp(P0().get_value(), P1().get_value());
-        info("Are aggregated Pairing Points with tag ", tag_index, " valid? ", native_pp.check() ? "true" : "false");
+        try {
+            bb::PairingPoints<typename Curve::NativeCurve> native_pp(P0().get_value(), P1().get_value());
+            info(
+                "Are aggregated Pairing Points with tag ", tag_index, " valid? ", native_pp.check() ? "true" : "false");
+        } catch (const std::exception& e) {
+            info("Aggregated Pairing Points with tag ", tag_index, " native check skipped: ", e.what());
+        }
 #endif
     }