diff --git a/codecarbon/emissions_tracker.py b/codecarbon/emissions_tracker.py
index 96ed00c91..4eb146a46 100644
--- a/codecarbon/emissions_tracker.py
+++ b/codecarbon/emissions_tracker.py
@@ -1309,7 +1309,6 @@ class OfflineEmissionsTracker(BaseEmissionsTracker):
     _country_iso_code = None
     _country_name, _region, country_2letter_iso_code = None, None, None
 
-    @suppress(Exception)
     def __init__(
         self,
         *args,
diff --git a/docs/reference/api.md b/docs/reference/api.md
index 15117b123..f8561acb3 100644
--- a/docs/reference/api.md
+++ b/docs/reference/api.md
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ Parameters can be set via `EmissionsTracker()`, `OfflineEmissionsTracker()`, the
     PUE is a multiplication factor provided by the user. Old datacenters have PUE
     up to 2.2, new greener ones as low as 1.1.
 
+!!! warning "Constructor errors (changed in v3.4.0)"
+    `OfflineEmissionsTracker(...)` used to swallow every exception raised while
+    building the tracker, returning a half-initialised object that silently
+    recorded nothing. It now propagates those errors, like `EmissionsTracker`
+    always did — for example an `output_dir` that does not exist raises instead of
+    logging. Code that relied on the constructor never raising needs a `try`/`except`.
+
 !!! note "GPU selection"
     If you use `CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES` or `ROCR_VISIBLE_DEVICES` to set GPUs, CodeCarbon will automatically
     populate `gpu_ids`. Manual `gpu_ids` overrides this.
diff --git a/tests/test_offline_emissions_tracker.py b/tests/test_offline_emissions_tracker.py
index 36447409d..c13c1c61d 100644
--- a/tests/test_offline_emissions_tracker.py
+++ b/tests/test_offline_emissions_tracker.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 import pandas as pd
 
-from codecarbon.emissions_tracker import OfflineEmissionsTracker
+from codecarbon.emissions_tracker import EmissionsTracker, OfflineEmissionsTracker
 from tests.testutils import get_custom_mock_open, get_test_data_source
 
 
@@ -68,6 +68,24 @@ def test_offline_tracker_task(self):
         self.assertGreater(task_emission_data.emissions, 0.0)
         self.assertEqual(task_emission_data.country_name, None)
 
+    def test_offline_tracker_raises_on_invalid_output_dir(self):
+        # Configuration errors must not be swallowed by the constructor,
+        # otherwise the user gets a half-built tracker that silently does
+        # nothing. Same semantics as the online EmissionsTracker.
+        with self.assertRaises(OSError):
+            OfflineEmissionsTracker(
+                country_iso_code="FRA",
+                output_dir=str(self.temp_path / "does_not_exist"),
+            )
+        with self.assertRaises(OSError):
+            EmissionsTracker(output_dir=str(self.temp_path / "does_not_exist"))
+
+    def test_offline_tracker_raises_on_invalid_region(self):
+        # A second, offline-specific constructor path: the region check runs
+        # before `super().__init__`, so it also has to reach the caller.
+        with self.assertRaises(AssertionError):
+            OfflineEmissionsTracker(country_iso_code="FRA", region=123)
+
     def test_resolve_offline_country_name_logs_on_invalid_iso(self):
         tracker = OfflineEmissionsTracker(
             country_iso_code="INVALID",