My debug value is set to 2, and it\'s displaying all the queries, except the one I need.
I have an Items controller method that is calling
The other situation where CakePHP fails to report any $this->Model->validationErrors and no other errors is potentially when $this->request->data isn't as Cake expects and is simply ignoring your data, not saving, no validation errors. For example if your data was provided by DataTables you might see this format $this->request->data[0]['Model']['some_field'].
$this->Model->save($this->request->data[0]) will work however.