diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/plans/QueryPlan.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/plans/QueryPlan.scala
index 6a085d714ddf9..8ca3f76c3b885 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/plans/QueryPlan.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/plans/QueryPlan.scala
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ import java.lang.{Boolean => JBoolean}
 import java.util.IdentityHashMap
 
 import scala.collection.mutable
+import scala.util.control.NonFatal
 
 import org.apache.spark.sql.AnalysisException
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.SQLConfHelper
-import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.UnresolvedException
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.rules.RuleId
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.rules.UnknownRuleId
@@ -56,6 +56,15 @@ abstract class QueryPlan[PlanType <: QueryPlan[PlanType]]
 
   def output: Seq[Attribute]
 
+  /**
+   * Returns a string representation of this node with output column information appended,
+   * including each column's nullability. If `output` has more than `maxColumns` entries, only the
+   * first `maxColumns` are shown with a count of the remaining ones.
+   * If we encounter a [[NonFatal]], it's high likely that the call of `this.output`
+   * ([[UnresolvedException]] by calling e.g. `dataType` on unresolved expression or
+   * [[CANNOT_MERGE_INCOMPATIBLE_DATA_TYPE]] by calling `Union.output` before type coercing it)
+   * throws it. In this case, falls back to showing just the node name.
+   */
   override def nodeWithOutputColumnsString(maxColumns: Int): String = {
     try {
       nodeName + {
@@ -75,9 +84,7 @@ abstract class QueryPlan[PlanType <: QueryPlan[PlanType]]
         }
       }
     } catch {
-      case _: UnresolvedException =>
-        // If we encounter an UnresolvedException, it's high likely that the call of `this.output`
-        // throws it. In this case, we may have to give up and only show the nodeName.
+      case NonFatal(_) =>
         nodeName + " <output='Unresolved'>"
     }
   }
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQuerySuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQuerySuite.scala
index 74cdee49e55a9..5a78e0519eb15 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQuerySuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQuerySuite.scala
@@ -5088,6 +5088,13 @@ class SQLQuerySuite extends QueryTest with SharedSparkSession with AdaptiveSpark
       checkAnswer(sql(query), Row(1, 2))
     }
   }
+
+  gridTest("SPARK-55811: Catch NonFatal instead of UnresolvedException when calling " +
+    "nodeWithOutputColumnsString")(Seq("TRACE", "DEBUG", "INFO", "WARN", "ERROR")) { level =>
+    withSQLConf(SQLConf.PLAN_CHANGE_LOG_LEVEL.key -> level) {
+      checkAnswer(sql("SELECT 1L UNION SELECT 1"), Row(1L))
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 case class Foo(bar: Option[String])