diff --git a/reactor-core/src/main/java/reactor/core/Exceptions.java b/reactor-core/src/main/java/reactor/core/Exceptions.java
index f82fe86b11..bfacf990ea 100644
--- a/reactor-core/src/main/java/reactor/core/Exceptions.java
+++ b/reactor-core/src/main/java/reactor/core/Exceptions.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2016-2021 VMware Inc. or its affiliates, All Rights Reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-2022 VMware Inc. or its affiliates, All Rights Reserved.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReferenceFieldUpdater;
 
 import reactor.core.publisher.Flux;
+import reactor.util.Logger;
+import reactor.util.Loggers;
 import reactor.util.annotation.Nullable;
 import reactor.util.retry.Retry;
 
@@ -36,6 +38,8 @@
  */
 public abstract class Exceptions {
 
+	private static final Logger LOGGER = Loggers.getLogger(Exceptions.class);
+
 	/**
 	 * A common error message used when a reactive streams source doesn't seem to respect
 	 * backpressure signals, resulting in an operator's internal queue to be full.
@@ -412,6 +416,68 @@ public static <T> Throwable terminate(AtomicReferenceFieldUpdater<T, Throwable>
 		return current;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Check if a {@link Throwable} is considered by Reactor as Jvm Fatal and would be thrown
+	 * by both {@link #throwIfFatal(Throwable)} and {@link #throwIfJvmFatal(Throwable)}.
+	 * This is a subset of {@link #isFatal(Throwable)}, namely:
+	 * <ul>
+	 *     <li>{@link VirtualMachineError}</li>
+	 *     <li>{@link ThreadDeath}</li>
+	 *     <li>{@link LinkageError}</li>
+	 * </ul>
+	 * <p>
+	 * Unless wrapped explicitly, such exceptions would always be thrown by operators instead of
+	 * propagation through onError, potentially interrupting progress of Flux/Mono sequences.
+	 * When they occur, the JVM itself is assumed to be in an unrecoverable state, and so is Reactor.
+	 *
+	 * @see #throwIfFatal(Throwable)
+	 * @see #throwIfJvmFatal(Throwable)
+	 * @see #isFatal(Throwable)
+	 * @param t the {@link Throwable} to check
+	 * @return true if the throwable is considered Jvm Fatal
+	 */
+	public static boolean isJvmFatal(@Nullable Throwable t) {
+		return t instanceof VirtualMachineError ||
+			t instanceof ThreadDeath ||
+			t instanceof LinkageError;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Check if a {@link Throwable} is considered by Reactor as Fatal and would be thrown by
+	 * {@link #throwIfFatal(Throwable)}.
+	 * <ul>
+	 * 	<li>{@code BubblingException} (as detectable by {@link #isBubbling(Throwable)})</li>
+	 * 	<li>{@code ErrorCallbackNotImplemented} (as detectable by {@link #isErrorCallbackNotImplemented(Throwable)})</li>
+	 * 	<li> {@link #isJvmFatal(Throwable) Jvm Fatal exceptions}
+	 * 	  <ul>
+	 * 		<li>{@link VirtualMachineError}</li>
+	 * 		<li>{@link ThreadDeath}</li>
+	 * 		<li>{@link LinkageError}</li>
+	 * 	  </ul>
+	 * 	</li>
+	 * </ul>
+	 * <p>
+	 * Unless wrapped explicitly, such exceptions would always be thrown by operators instead of
+	 * propagation through onError, potentially interrupting progress of Flux/Mono sequences.
+	 * When they occur, the assumption is that Reactor is in an unrecoverable state (notably
+	 * because the JVM itself might be in an unrecoverable state).
+	 *
+	 * @see #throwIfFatal(Throwable)
+	 * @see #isJvmFatal(Throwable)
+	 * @param t the {@link Throwable} to check
+	 * @return true if the throwable is considered fatal
+	 */
+	public static boolean isFatal(@Nullable Throwable t) {
+		return isFatalButNotJvmFatal(t) || isJvmFatal(t);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Internal intermediate test that only detect Fatal but not Jvm Fatal exceptions.
+	 */
+	static boolean isFatalButNotJvmFatal(@Nullable Throwable t) {
+		return t instanceof BubblingException || t instanceof ErrorCallbackNotImplemented;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Throws a particular {@code Throwable} only if it belongs to a set of "fatal" error
 	 * varieties. These varieties are as follows: <ul>
@@ -422,13 +488,17 @@ public static <T> Throwable terminate(AtomicReferenceFieldUpdater<T, Throwable>
 	 * @param t the exception to evaluate
 	 */
 	public static void throwIfFatal(@Nullable Throwable t) {
-		if (t instanceof BubblingException) {
-			throw (BubblingException) t;
+		if (t == null) {
+			return;
 		}
-		if (t instanceof ErrorCallbackNotImplemented) {
-			throw (ErrorCallbackNotImplemented) t;
+		if (isFatalButNotJvmFatal(t)) {
+			LOGGER.warn("throwIfFatal detected a fatal exception, which is thrown and logged below:", t);
+			throw (RuntimeException) t;
+		}
+		if (isJvmFatal(t)) {
+			LOGGER.warn("throwIfFatal detected a jvm fatal exception, which is thrown and logged below:", t);
+			throw (Error) t;
 		}
-		throwIfJvmFatal(t);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -440,14 +510,13 @@ public static void throwIfFatal(@Nullable Throwable t) {
 	 * @param t the exception to evaluate
 	 */
 	public static void throwIfJvmFatal(@Nullable Throwable t) {
-		if (t instanceof VirtualMachineError) {
-			throw (VirtualMachineError) t;
-		}
-		if (t instanceof ThreadDeath) {
-			throw (ThreadDeath) t;
+		if (t == null) {
+			return;
 		}
-		if (t instanceof LinkageError) {
-			throw (LinkageError) t;
+		if (isJvmFatal(t)) {
+			LOGGER.warn("throwIfJvmFatal detected a jvm fatal exception, which is thrown and logged below:", t);
+			assert t instanceof Error;
+			throw (Error) t;
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/reactor-core/src/test/java/reactor/core/ExceptionsTest.java b/reactor-core/src/test/java/reactor/core/ExceptionsTest.java
index a05bb2369f..fd05534d3b 100644
--- a/reactor-core/src/test/java/reactor/core/ExceptionsTest.java
+++ b/reactor-core/src/test/java/reactor/core/ExceptionsTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015-2021 VMware Inc. or its affiliates, All Rights Reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2022 VMware Inc. or its affiliates, All Rights Reserved.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -23,10 +23,12 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.RejectedExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReferenceFieldUpdater;
 
+import org.assertj.core.api.SoftAssertions;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
 import reactor.test.util.RaceTestUtils;
+import reactor.test.util.TestLogger;
 import reactor.util.annotation.Nullable;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.*;
@@ -43,6 +45,32 @@ public class ExceptionsTest {
 	static final AtomicReferenceFieldUpdater<ExceptionsTest, Throwable> ADD_THROWABLE =
 			AtomicReferenceFieldUpdater.newUpdater(ExceptionsTest.class, Throwable.class, "addThrowable");
 
+	static VirtualMachineError JVM_FATAL_VIRTUAL_MACHINE_ERROR = new VirtualMachineError("expected to be logged") {
+		@Override
+		public String toString() {
+			return "custom VirtualMachineError: expected to be logged";
+		}
+	};
+
+	static final ThreadDeath JVM_FATAL_THREAD_DEATH = new ThreadDeath() {
+		@Override
+		public String getMessage() {
+			return "expected to be logged";
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public String toString() {
+			return "custom ThreadDeath: expected to be logged";
+		}
+	};
+
+	static final LinkageError JVM_FATAL_LINKAGE_ERROR = new LinkageError("expected to be logged") {
+		@Override
+		public String toString() {
+			return "custom LinkageError: expected to be logged";
+		}
+	};
+
 	@Test
 	public void bubble() throws Exception {
 		Throwable t = new Exception("test");
@@ -157,44 +185,146 @@ public void propagateDoesntWrapRuntimeException() {
 	//TODO test terminate
 
 	@Test
-	public void throwIfFatalThrowsBubbling() {
-		BubblingException expected = new BubblingException("expected");
+	void bubblingExceptionIsFatalButNotJvmFatal() {
+		Throwable exception = new BubblingException("expected");
+		assertThat(Exceptions.isFatal(exception))
+			.as("isFatal(bubbling)")
+			.isTrue();
+		assertThat(Exceptions.isJvmFatal(exception))
+			.as("isJvmFatal(bubbling)")
+			.isFalse();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void errorCallbackNotImplementedIsFatalButNotJvmFatal() {
+		Throwable exception = new ErrorCallbackNotImplemented(new IllegalStateException("expected cause"));
+		assertThat(Exceptions.isFatal(exception))
+			.as("isFatal(ErrorCallbackNotImplemented)")
+			.isTrue();
+		assertThat(Exceptions.isJvmFatal(exception))
+			.as("isJvmFatal(ErrorCallbackNotImplemented)")
+			.isFalse();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void virtualMachineErrorIsFatalAndJvmFatal() {
+		assertThat(Exceptions.isFatal(JVM_FATAL_VIRTUAL_MACHINE_ERROR))
+			.as("isFatal(VirtualMachineError)")
+			.isTrue();
+		assertThat(Exceptions.isJvmFatal(JVM_FATAL_VIRTUAL_MACHINE_ERROR))
+			.as("isJvmFatal(VirtualMachineError)")
+			.isTrue();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void linkageErrorIsFatalAndJvmFatal() {
+		assertThat(Exceptions.isFatal(JVM_FATAL_LINKAGE_ERROR))
+			.as("isFatal(LinkageError)")
+			.isTrue();
+		assertThat(Exceptions.isJvmFatal(JVM_FATAL_LINKAGE_ERROR))
+			.as("isJvmFatal(LinkageError)")
+			.isTrue();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void threadDeathIsFatalAndJvmFatal() {
+		assertThat(Exceptions.isFatal(JVM_FATAL_THREAD_DEATH))
+			.as("isFatal(ThreadDeath)")
+			.isTrue();
+		assertThat(Exceptions.isJvmFatal(JVM_FATAL_THREAD_DEATH))
+			.as("isJvmFatal(ThreadDeath)")
+			.isTrue();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	@TestLoggerExtension.Redirect
+	void throwIfFatalThrowsAndLogsBubbling(TestLogger testLogger) {
+		BubblingException expected = new BubblingException("expected to be logged");
 
 		assertThatExceptionOfType(BubblingException.class)
 				.isThrownBy(() -> Exceptions.throwIfFatal(expected))
 				.isSameAs(expected);
+
+		assertThat(testLogger.getErrContent())
+			.startsWith("[ WARN] throwIfFatal detected a fatal exception, which is thrown and logged below: - reactor.core.Exceptions$BubblingException: expected to be logged");
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void throwIfFatalThrowsErrorCallbackNotImplemented() {
-		ErrorCallbackNotImplemented expected = new ErrorCallbackNotImplemented(new IllegalStateException("expected cause"));
+	@TestLoggerExtension.Redirect
+	void throwIfFatalThrowsAndLogsErrorCallbackNotImplemented(TestLogger testLogger) {
+		ErrorCallbackNotImplemented expected = new ErrorCallbackNotImplemented(new IllegalStateException("expected to be logged"));
 
 		assertThatExceptionOfType(ErrorCallbackNotImplemented.class)
 				.isThrownBy(() -> Exceptions.throwIfFatal(expected))
 				.isSameAs(expected)
 				.withCause(expected.getCause());
+
+		assertThat(testLogger.getErrContent())
+			.startsWith("[ WARN] throwIfFatal detected a fatal exception, which is thrown and logged below: - reactor.core.Exceptions$ErrorCallbackNotImplemented: java.lang.IllegalStateException: expected to be logged");
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void throwIfJvmFatal() {
-		VirtualMachineError fatal1 = new VirtualMachineError() {};
-		ThreadDeath fatal2 = new ThreadDeath();
-		LinkageError fatal3 = new LinkageError();
+	@TestLoggerExtension.Redirect
+	void throwIfFatalWithJvmFatalErrorsDoesThrowAndLog(TestLogger testLogger) {
+		SoftAssertions.assertSoftly(softly -> {
+			softly.assertThatExceptionOfType(VirtualMachineError.class)
+				.as("VirtualMachineError")
+				.isThrownBy(() -> Exceptions.throwIfFatal(JVM_FATAL_VIRTUAL_MACHINE_ERROR))
+				.isSameAs(JVM_FATAL_VIRTUAL_MACHINE_ERROR);
 
+			softly.assertThatExceptionOfType(ThreadDeath.class)
+				.as("ThreadDeath")
+				.isThrownBy(() -> Exceptions.throwIfFatal(JVM_FATAL_THREAD_DEATH))
+				.isSameAs(JVM_FATAL_THREAD_DEATH);
+
+			softly.assertThatExceptionOfType(LinkageError.class)
+				.as("LinkageError")
+				.isThrownBy(() -> Exceptions.throwIfFatal(JVM_FATAL_LINKAGE_ERROR))
+				.isSameAs(JVM_FATAL_LINKAGE_ERROR);
+
+			softly.assertThat(testLogger.getErrContent())
+				.startsWith("[ WARN] throwIfFatal detected a jvm fatal exception, which is thrown and logged below: - custom VirtualMachineError: expected to be logged")
+				.contains("[ WARN] throwIfFatal detected a jvm fatal exception, which is thrown and logged below: - custom ThreadDeath: expected to be logged")
+				.contains("[ WARN] throwIfFatal detected a jvm fatal exception, which is thrown and logged below: - custom LinkageError: expected to be logged");
+		});
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	@TestLoggerExtension.Redirect
+	void throwIfJvmFatalDoesThrowAndLog(TestLogger testLogger) {
 		assertThatExceptionOfType(VirtualMachineError.class)
 				.as("VirtualMachineError")
-				.isThrownBy(() -> Exceptions.throwIfJvmFatal(fatal1))
-				.isSameAs(fatal1);
+				.isThrownBy(() -> Exceptions.throwIfJvmFatal(JVM_FATAL_VIRTUAL_MACHINE_ERROR))
+				.isSameAs(JVM_FATAL_VIRTUAL_MACHINE_ERROR);
 
 		assertThatExceptionOfType(ThreadDeath.class)
 				.as("ThreadDeath")
-				.isThrownBy(() -> Exceptions.throwIfJvmFatal(fatal2))
-				.isSameAs(fatal2);
+				.isThrownBy(() -> Exceptions.throwIfJvmFatal(JVM_FATAL_THREAD_DEATH))
+				.isSameAs(JVM_FATAL_THREAD_DEATH);
 
 		assertThatExceptionOfType(LinkageError.class)
 				.as("LinkageError")
-				.isThrownBy(() -> Exceptions.throwIfJvmFatal(fatal3))
-				.isSameAs(fatal3);
+				.isThrownBy(() -> Exceptions.throwIfJvmFatal(JVM_FATAL_LINKAGE_ERROR))
+				.isSameAs(JVM_FATAL_LINKAGE_ERROR);
+
+		assertThat(testLogger.getErrContent())
+			.startsWith("[ WARN] throwIfJvmFatal detected a jvm fatal exception, which is thrown and logged below: - custom VirtualMachineError: expected to be logged")
+			.contains("[ WARN] throwIfJvmFatal detected a jvm fatal exception, which is thrown and logged below: - custom ThreadDeath: expected to be logged")
+			.contains("[ WARN] throwIfJvmFatal detected a jvm fatal exception, which is thrown and logged below: - custom LinkageError: expected to be logged");
+	};
+
+	@Test
+	@TestLoggerExtension.Redirect
+	void throwIfJvmFatalDoesntThrowNorLogsOnSimplyFatalExceptions(TestLogger testLogger) {
+		SoftAssertions.assertSoftly(softly -> {
+			softly.assertThatCode(() -> Exceptions.throwIfJvmFatal(new BubblingException("not thrown")))
+				.doesNotThrowAnyException();
+
+			softly.assertThatCode(() -> Exceptions.throwIfJvmFatal(new ErrorCallbackNotImplemented(new RuntimeException("not thrown"))))
+				.doesNotThrowAnyException();
+		});
+
+		assertThat(testLogger.getErrContent()).isEmpty();
 	}
 
 	@Test
diff --git a/reactor-core/src/test/java/reactor/core/publisher/LambdaMonoSubscriberTest.java b/reactor-core/src/test/java/reactor/core/publisher/LambdaMonoSubscriberTest.java
index 13dc1a34f1..3aa494bf6e 100644
--- a/reactor-core/src/test/java/reactor/core/publisher/LambdaMonoSubscriberTest.java
+++ b/reactor-core/src/test/java/reactor/core/publisher/LambdaMonoSubscriberTest.java
@@ -209,9 +209,9 @@ void onNextConsumerFatalDoesntTriggerCancellation(TestLogger testLogger) {
 		TestSubscription testSubscription = new TestSubscription();
 		tested.onSubscribe(testSubscription);
 
-		//the error is expected to be thrown as it is fatal, so it doesn't go through onErrorDropped
+		//the error is expected to be thrown as it is fatal, so it doesn't go through onErrorDropped. However, throwIfJvmFatal now logs it.
 		assertThatExceptionOfType(OutOfMemoryError.class).isThrownBy(() -> tested.onNext("foo"));
-		Assertions.assertThat(testLogger.getErrContent()).isEmpty();
+		Assertions.assertThat(testLogger.getErrContent()).startsWith("[ WARN] throwIfFatal detected a jvm fatal exception, which is thrown and logged below: - java.lang.OutOfMemoryError");
 
 		assertThat(testSubscription.isCancelled).as("subscription isCancelled")
 			.isFalse();