diff --git a/src/Cache/PhpRedis.php b/src/Cache/PhpRedis.php
index a683075..b345085 100644
--- a/src/Cache/PhpRedis.php
+++ b/src/Cache/PhpRedis.php
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ namespace Drupal\redis\Cache;
 use Drupal\Component\Serialization\SerializationInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Cache\Cache;
 use Drupal\Core\Cache\CacheTagsChecksumInterface;
-use Drupal\Core\Cache\ChainedFastBackend;
 
 /**
  * PhpRedis cache backend.
@@ -50,14 +49,31 @@ class PhpRedis extends CacheBase {
     // Optimize for the common case when only a single cache entry needs to
     // be fetched, no pipeline is needed then.
     if (count($keys) > 1) {
-      $pipe = $this->client->multi();
-      foreach ($keys as $key) {
-        $pipe->hgetall($key);
+      try {
+        $pipe = $this->client->multi();
+        foreach ($keys as $key) {
+          $pipe->hgetall($key);
+        }
+        $result = $pipe->exec();
+      } catch (\RedisException $e) {
+        static $error_logged = false;
+        if (!$error_logged) {
+          \Drupal::logger('redis')->error($e->getMessage());
+          $error_logged = true;
+        }
+        return [];
+      }
+    } else {
+      try {
+        $result = [$this->client->hGetAll(reset($keys))];
+      } catch (\RedisException $e) {
+        static $error_logged = false;
+        if (!$error_logged) {
+          \Drupal::logger('redis')->error($e->getMessage());
+          $error_logged = true;
+        }
+        return [];
       }
-      $result = $pipe->exec();
-    }
-    else {
-      $result = [$this->client->hGetAll(reset($keys))];
     }
 
     // Loop over the cid values to ensure numeric indexes.
diff --git a/src/Cache/RedisCacheTagsChecksum.php b/src/Cache/RedisCacheTagsChecksum.php
index 1cb8e02..f21bef7 100644
--- a/src/Cache/RedisCacheTagsChecksum.php
+++ b/src/Cache/RedisCacheTagsChecksum.php
@@ -83,23 +83,36 @@ class RedisCacheTagsChecksum implements CacheTagsChecksumInterface, CacheTagsInv
   }
 
   /**
-   * {@inheritdoc}
-   */
-  protected function getTagInvalidationCounts(array $tags) {
-    // Do not use MGET for a single key as Relay does not support in-memory
-    // caching for MGET misses.
-    if (count($tags) == 1) {
-      $tag = reset($tags);
-      return [$tag => (int) $this->client->get($this->getTagKey($tag))];
-    }
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+/**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+protected function getTagInvalidationCounts(array $tags) {
+  try {
+      // Do not use MGET for a single key as Relay does not support in-memory
+      // caching for MGET misses.
+      if (count($tags) == 1) {
+          $tag = reset($tags);
+          $value = $this->client->get($this->getTagKey($tag));
+          return [$tag => (int) ($value !== false ? $value : PHP_INT_MAX)];
+      }
 
-    $keys = array_map([$this, 'getTagKey'], $tags);
-    // The mget command returns the values as an array with numeric keys,
-    // combine it with the tags array to get the expected return value and run
-    // it through intval() to convert to integers and FALSE to 0.
-    $values = $this->client->mget($keys);
-    return $values ? array_map('intval', array_combine($tags, $values)) : [];
+      $keys = array_map([$this, 'getTagKey'], $tags);
+      // The mget command returns the values as an array with numeric keys,
+      // combine it with the tags array to get the expected return value and run
+      // it through intval() to convert to integers and FALSE to PHP_INT_MAX.
+      $values = $this->client->mget($keys);
+      return $values ? array_map(function ($value) {
+          return (int) ($value !== false ? $value : PHP_INT_MAX);
+      }, array_combine($tags, $values)) : [];
+  } catch (\Exception $e) {
+      // Handle the exception appropriately, e.g., log the error, return a default value, etc.
+      \Drupal::logger('redis')->error('Error retrieving tag invalidation counts: ' . $e->getMessage());
+      return array_fill_keys($tags, PHP_INT_MAX);
   }
+}
+
 
   /**
    * Return the key for the given cache tag.
diff --git a/src/Client/PhpRedis.php b/src/Client/PhpRedis.php
index 7fe1141..2d6eaf2 100644
--- a/src/Client/PhpRedis.php
+++ b/src/Client/PhpRedis.php
@@ -19,25 +19,41 @@ class PhpRedis implements ClientInterface {
 
     // Sentinel mode, get the real master.
     if (is_array($host)) {
-      $ip_host = $this->askForMaster($client, $host, $password);
-      if (is_array($ip_host)) {
-        list($host, $port) = $ip_host;
+      try {
+        $ip_host = $this->askForMaster($client, $host, $password);
+        if (is_array($ip_host)) {
+          list($host, $port) = $ip_host;
+        }
+      } catch (\Exception $e) {
+        throw new \Exception('Error getting master in sentinel mode: ' . $e->getMessage());
       }
     }
 
-    if ($persistent) {
-      $client->pconnect($host, $port);
-    }
-    else {
-      $client->connect($host, $port);
+    try {
+      if ($persistent) {
+        $client->pconnect($host, $port);
+      }
+      else {
+        $client->connect($host, $port);
+      }
+    } catch (\Exception $e) {
+      throw new \Exception('Error connecting to Redis: ' . $e->getMessage());
     }
 
-    if (isset($password)) {
-      $client->auth($password);
+    try {
+      if (isset($password)) {
+        $client->auth($password);
+      }
+    } catch (\Exception $e) {
+      throw new \Exception('Error authenticating to Redis: ' . $e->getMessage());
     }
 
-    if (isset($base)) {
-      $client->select($base);
+    try {
+      if (isset($base)) {
+        $client->select($base);
+      }
+    } catch (\Exception $e) {
+      throw new \Exception('Error selecting Redis database: ' . $e->getMessage());
     }
 
     // Do not allow PhpRedis serialize itself data, we are going to do it