diff --git a/pkg/vm/engine/tae/catalog/base.go b/pkg/vm/engine/tae/catalog/base.go
index a517227fd97c..487975646951 100644
--- a/pkg/vm/engine/tae/catalog/base.go
+++ b/pkg/vm/engine/tae/catalog/base.go
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/matrixorigin/matrixone/pkg/common/moerr"
 	"github.com/matrixorigin/matrixone/pkg/container/types"
+	"github.com/matrixorigin/matrixone/pkg/logutil"
+	"github.com/matrixorigin/matrixone/pkg/util/stack"
 	"github.com/matrixorigin/matrixone/pkg/vm/engine/tae/common"
 	"github.com/matrixorigin/matrixone/pkg/vm/engine/tae/iface/txnif"
 	"github.com/matrixorigin/matrixone/pkg/vm/engine/tae/txn/txnbase"
@@ -87,6 +89,9 @@ func (be *BaseEntryImpl[T]) CreateWithTS(ts types.TS, baseNode T) {
 }
 
 func (be *BaseEntryImpl[T]) CreateWithTxn(txn txnif.AsyncTxn, baseNode T) {
+	if txn == nil {
+		logutil.Warnf("unexpected txn is nil: %+v", stack.Callers(0))
+	}
 	node := &MVCCNode[T]{
 		EntryMVCCNode: &EntryMVCCNode{
 			CreatedAt: txnif.UncommitTS,
diff --git a/pkg/vm/engine/tae/txn/txnbase/mvccnode.go b/pkg/vm/engine/tae/txn/txnbase/mvccnode.go
index ac1ebb17ed95..835a2aa26531 100644
--- a/pkg/vm/engine/tae/txn/txnbase/mvccnode.go
+++ b/pkg/vm/engine/tae/txn/txnbase/mvccnode.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 
+	"github.com/matrixorigin/matrixone/pkg/common/moerr"
 	"github.com/matrixorigin/matrixone/pkg/container/types"
 	"github.com/matrixorigin/matrixone/pkg/container/vector"
 	"github.com/matrixorigin/matrixone/pkg/vm/engine/tae/containers"
@@ -407,6 +408,10 @@ func (un *TxnMVCCNode) String() string {
 }
 
 func (un *TxnMVCCNode) PrepareCommit() (ts types.TS, err error) {
+	if un.Txn == nil {
+		err = moerr.NewTxnNotFoundNoCtx()
+		return
+	}
 	un.Prepare = un.Txn.GetPrepareTS()
 	ts = un.Prepare
 	return
diff --git a/pkg/vm/engine/tae/txn/txnimpl/table.go b/pkg/vm/engine/tae/txn/txnimpl/table.go
index a485b78242c4..0440e58ca7be 100644
--- a/pkg/vm/engine/tae/txn/txnimpl/table.go
+++ b/pkg/vm/engine/tae/txn/txnimpl/table.go
@@ -15,12 +15,14 @@
 package txnimpl
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"runtime/trace"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/matrixorigin/matrixone/pkg/fileservice"
+	"github.com/matrixorigin/matrixone/pkg/util"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 
 	"github.com/matrixorigin/matrixone/pkg/perfcounter"
@@ -1443,12 +1445,27 @@ func (tbl *txnTable) PrePrepare() (err error) {
 	return
 }
 
+func (tbl *txnTable) dumpCore(errMsg string) {
+	var errInfo bytes.Buffer
+	errInfo.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("Table: %s", tbl.entry.String()))
+	errInfo.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("\nTxn: %s", tbl.store.txn.String()))
+	errInfo.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("\nErr: %s", errMsg))
+	logutil.Error(errInfo.String())
+	util.EnableCoreDump()
+	util.CoreDump()
+}
+
 func (tbl *txnTable) PrepareCommit() (err error) {
 	for idx, node := range tbl.txnEntries.entries {
 		if tbl.txnEntries.IsDeleted(idx) {
 			continue
 		}
 		if err = node.PrepareCommit(); err != nil {
+			if moerr.IsMoErrCode(err, moerr.ErrTxnNotFound) {
+				var buf bytes.Buffer
+				buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%d/%d No Txn", idx, len(tbl.txnEntries.entries)))
+				tbl.dumpCore(buf.String())
+			}
 			break
 		}
 	}