diff --git a/src/features/application-menu/handling-of-orphan-application-menu-items.test.ts b/src/features/application-menu/handling-of-orphan-application-menu-items.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e2678138a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/features/application-menu/handling-of-orphan-application-menu-items.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
+ */
+import type { ApplicationBuilder } from "../../renderer/components/test-utils/get-application-builder";
+import { getApplicationBuilder } from "../../renderer/components/test-utils/get-application-builder";
+import populateApplicationMenuInjectable from "./main/populate-application-menu.injectable";
+import { advanceFakeTime, useFakeTime } from "../../common/test-utils/use-fake-time";
+import { getCompositePaths } from "./main/menu-items/get-composite/get-composite-paths/get-composite-paths";
+import { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
+import applicationMenuItemInjectionToken from "./main/menu-items/application-menu-item-injection-token";
+import { runInAction } from "mobx";
+import loggerInjectable from "../../common/logger.injectable";
+import type { Logger } from "../../common/logger";
+
+describe("handling-of-orphan-application-menu-items, given orphan menu item", () => {
+  let builder: ApplicationBuilder;
+  let populateApplicationMenuMock: jest.Mock;
+  let logErrorMock: jest.Mock;
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    useFakeTime();
+
+    populateApplicationMenuMock = jest.fn();
+    logErrorMock = jest.fn();
+
+    builder = getApplicationBuilder();
+
+    builder.beforeApplicationStart((mainDi) => {
+      const someOrphanMenuItemInjectable = getInjectable({
+        id: "some-orphan-menu-item",
+        instantiate: di => ({
+          kind: "sub-menu" as const,
+          id: "some-item-id",
+          // Note: unknown id makes this item an orphan.
+          parentId: "some-unknown-parent-id",
+          orderNumber: 0,
+          label: "irrelevant",
+        }),
+
+        injectionToken: applicationMenuItemInjectionToken,
+      });
+
+      runInAction(() => {
+        mainDi.register(someOrphanMenuItemInjectable);
+      });
+
+      mainDi.override(loggerInjectable, () => ({ error: logErrorMock }) as unknown as Logger);
+
+      mainDi.override(
+        populateApplicationMenuInjectable,
+        () => populateApplicationMenuMock,
+      );
+    });
+
+    await builder.startHidden();
+  });
+
+  describe("given some time passes", () => {
+    let applicationMenuPaths: string[];
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      advanceFakeTime(100);
+
+      applicationMenuPaths = getCompositePaths(
+        populateApplicationMenuMock.mock.calls[0][0],
+      );
+    });
+
+    it("keeps showing the other application menu items without throwing", () => {
+      expect(applicationMenuPaths.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    });
+
+    it("does not show orphan application menu item", () => {
+      expect(applicationMenuPaths.find(x => x.endsWith("some-item-id")));
+    });
+
+    it("logs about bad menu item", () => {
+      expect(logErrorMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith('[MENU]: cannot render menu item for missing parentIds: "some-unknown-parent-id"');
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/features/application-menu/main/application-menu-item-composite.injectable.ts b/src/features/application-menu/main/application-menu-item-composite.injectable.ts
index e39538face..3125603f04 100644
--- a/src/features/application-menu/main/application-menu-item-composite.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/features/application-menu/main/application-menu-item-composite.injectable.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import getComposite from "./menu-items/get-composite/get-composite";
 import { computed } from "mobx";
 import { pipeline } from "@ogre-tools/fp";
 import type { ApplicationMenuItemTypes } from "./menu-items/application-menu-item-injection-token";
+import loggerInjectable from "../../../common/logger.injectable";
 
 export interface MenuItemRoot { id: "root"; parentId: undefined; kind: "root"; orderNumber: 0 }
 
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ const applicationMenuItemCompositeInjectable = getInjectable({
 
   instantiate: (di) => {
     const menuItems = di.inject(applicationMenuItemsInjectable);
+    const logger = di.inject(loggerInjectable);
 
     return computed((): Composite<ApplicationMenuItemTypes | MenuItemRoot> => {
       const items = menuItems.get();
@@ -33,7 +35,15 @@ const applicationMenuItemCompositeInjectable = getInjectable({
           ...items,
         ],
 
-        (x) => getComposite({ source: x }),
+        (x) => getComposite({
+          source: x,
+
+          handleMissingParentIds: ({ missingParentIds }) => {
+            logger.error(
+              `[MENU]: cannot render menu item for missing parentIds: "${missingParentIds.join('", "')}"`,
+            );
+          },
+        }),
       );
     });
   },
diff --git a/src/features/application-menu/main/application-menu-items.injectable.ts b/src/features/application-menu/main/application-menu-items.injectable.ts
index 8c3ccd2c0f..3bd6ea9379 100644
--- a/src/features/application-menu/main/application-menu-items.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/features/application-menu/main/application-menu-items.injectable.ts
@@ -23,24 +23,6 @@ const applicationMenuItemsInjectable = getInjectable({
         .get()
         .filter(isShown),
     );
-
-    // Prepare menu items order
-
-    // // Modify menu from extensions-api
-    // for (const menuItem of electronMenuItems.get()) {
-    //   const parentMenu = appMenu.get(menuItem.parentId);
-    //
-    //   if (!parentMenu) {
-    //     logger.error(
-    //       `[MENU]: cannot register menu item for parentId=${menuItem.parentId}, parent item doesn't exist`,
-    //       { menuItem },
-    //     );
-    //
-    //     continue;
-    //   }
-    //
-    //   // (parentMenu.submenu ??= []).push(menuItem);
-    // }
   },
 });