diff --git a/java/connector-node/risingwave-sink-jdbc/src/main/java/com/risingwave/connector/JDBCSinkFactory.java b/java/connector-node/risingwave-sink-jdbc/src/main/java/com/risingwave/connector/JDBCSinkFactory.java
index 2f3c6d420087d..1bdd8d4cd2717 100644
--- a/java/connector-node/risingwave-sink-jdbc/src/main/java/com/risingwave/connector/JDBCSinkFactory.java
+++ b/java/connector-node/risingwave-sink-jdbc/src/main/java/com/risingwave/connector/JDBCSinkFactory.java
@@ -56,12 +56,18 @@ public void validate(
         String tableName = tableProperties.get(TABLE_NAME_PROP);
         Set<String> jdbcColumns = new HashSet<>();
         Set<String> jdbcPk = new HashSet<>();
+        Set<String> jdbcTableNames = new HashSet<>();
 
         try (Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(jdbcUrl);
+                ResultSet tableNamesResultSet =
+                        conn.getMetaData().getTables(null, null, "%", null);
                 ResultSet columnResultSet =
                         conn.getMetaData().getColumns(null, null, tableName, null);
                 ResultSet pkResultSet =
                         conn.getMetaData().getPrimaryKeys(null, null, tableName); ) {
+            while (tableNamesResultSet.next()) {
+                jdbcTableNames.add(tableNamesResultSet.getString("TABLE_NAME"));
+            }
             while (columnResultSet.next()) {
                 jdbcColumns.add(columnResultSet.getString("COLUMN_NAME"));
             }
@@ -72,6 +78,12 @@ public void validate(
             throw Status.INTERNAL.withCause(e).asRuntimeException();
         }
 
+        if (!jdbcTableNames.contains(tableName)) {
+            throw Status.INVALID_ARGUMENT
+                    .withDescription("table not found: " + tableName)
+                    .asRuntimeException();
+        }
+
         // Check that all columns in tableSchema exist in the JDBC table.
         for (String sinkColumn : tableSchema.getColumnNames()) {
             if (!jdbcColumns.contains(sinkColumn)) {
diff --git a/src/connector/src/sink/remote.rs b/src/connector/src/sink/remote.rs
index e2818b4ddd801..b69700a539156 100644
--- a/src/connector/src/sink/remote.rs
+++ b/src/connector/src/sink/remote.rs
@@ -125,10 +125,12 @@ impl<const APPEND_ONLY: bool> RemoteSink<APPEND_ONLY> {
         })?;
         let host_addr = HostAddr::try_from(&address).map_err(SinkError::from)?;
         let client = ConnectorClient::new(host_addr).await.map_err(|err| {
-            SinkError::Remote(format!(
+            let msg = format!(
                 "failed to connect to connector endpoint `{}`: {:?}",
                 &address, err
-            ))
+            );
+            tracing::warn!(msg);
+            SinkError::Remote(msg)
         })?;
 
         let table_schema = Some(TableSchema {
@@ -151,7 +153,21 @@ impl<const APPEND_ONLY: bool> RemoteSink<APPEND_ONLY> {
             )
             .await
             .map_err(SinkError::from)?;
-        let _ = response.next().await.unwrap();
+        response.next().await.unwrap().map_err(|e| {
+            let msg = format!(
+                "failed to start sink stream for connector `{}` with error code: {}, message: {:?}",
+                &config.connector_type,
+                e.code(),
+                e.message()
+            );
+            tracing::warn!(msg);
+            SinkError::Remote(msg)
+        })?;
+        tracing::info!(
+            "{:?} sink stream started with properties: {:?}",
+            &config.connector_type,
+            &config.properties
+        );
 
         Ok(RemoteSink {
             connector_type: config.connector_type,