diff --git a/crates/store/re_chunk/src/helpers.rs b/crates/store/re_chunk/src/helpers.rs
index 710eba1b6eab..f2a284628f8d 100644
--- a/crates/store/re_chunk/src/helpers.rs
+++ b/crates/store/re_chunk/src/helpers.rs
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ impl UnitChunkShared {
 
     /// Returns the raw data for the specified component, assuming a mono-batch.
     ///
-    /// Returns an error if the underlying batch is not of unit length.
+    /// Returns none if the underlying batch is not of unit length.
     #[inline]
     pub fn component_mono_raw(
         &self,
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ impl UnitChunkShared {
 
     /// Returns the deserialized data for the specified component, assuming a mono-batch.
     ///
-    /// Returns an error if the data cannot be deserialized, or if the underlying batch is not of unit length.
+    /// Returns none if the data cannot be deserialized, or if the underlying batch is not of unit length.
     #[inline]
     pub fn component_mono<C: Component>(&self) -> Option<ChunkResult<C>> {
         let res = self.component_mono_raw(&C::name())?;
diff --git a/crates/store/re_query/src/latest_at.rs b/crates/store/re_query/src/latest_at.rs
index eb0afd78425d..922cd3a648b1 100644
--- a/crates/store/re_query/src/latest_at.rs
+++ b/crates/store/re_query/src/latest_at.rs
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ impl LatestAtResults {
 
     /// Returns the deserialized data for the specified component, assuming a mono-batch.
     ///
-    /// Returns an error if the data cannot be deserialized, or if the underlying batch is not of unit length.
+    /// Logs an error if the data cannot be deserialized, or if the underlying batch is not of unit length.
     #[inline]
     pub fn component_mono<C: Component>(&self) -> Option<C> {
         self.component_mono_with_log_level(re_log::Level::Error)
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ impl LatestAtResults {
 
     /// Returns the deserialized data for the specified component, assuming a mono-batch.
     ///
-    /// Returns an error if the data cannot be deserialized, or if the underlying batch is not of unit length.
+    /// Returns none if the data cannot be deserialized, or if the underlying batch is not of unit length.
     #[inline]
     pub fn component_mono_quiet<C: Component>(&self) -> Option<C> {
         self.components
diff --git a/crates/viewer/re_view_spatial/src/transform_cache.rs b/crates/viewer/re_view_spatial/src/transform_cache.rs
index 8799d9c812ce..9af7169979d8 100644
--- a/crates/viewer/re_view_spatial/src/transform_cache.rs
+++ b/crates/viewer/re_view_spatial/src/transform_cache.rs
@@ -445,38 +445,51 @@ fn query_and_resolve_tree_transform_at_entity(
     // TODO(andreas): Filter out styling components.
     let components = archetypes::Transform3D::all_components();
     let component_names = components.iter().map(|descr| descr.component_name);
-    let result = entity_db.latest_at(query, entity_path, component_names);
-    if result.components.is_empty() {
+    let results = entity_db.latest_at(query, entity_path, component_names);
+    if results.components.is_empty() {
         return None;
     }
 
     let mut transform = Affine3A::IDENTITY;
 
+    // It's an error if there's more than one component. Warn in that case.
+    let mono_log_level = re_log::Level::Warn;
+
     // The order of the components here is important, and checked by `debug_assert_transform_field_order`
-    if let Some(translation) = result.component_instance::<components::Translation3D>(0) {
+    if let Some(translation) =
+        results.component_mono_with_log_level::<components::Translation3D>(mono_log_level)
+    {
         transform = Affine3A::from(translation);
     }
-    if let Some(axis_angle) = result.component_instance::<components::RotationAxisAngle>(0) {
+    if let Some(axis_angle) =
+        results.component_mono_with_log_level::<components::RotationAxisAngle>(mono_log_level)
+    {
         if let Ok(axis_angle) = Affine3A::try_from(axis_angle) {
             transform *= axis_angle;
         } else {
             return Some(Affine3A::ZERO);
         }
     }
-    if let Some(quaternion) = result.component_instance::<components::RotationQuat>(0) {
+    if let Some(quaternion) =
+        results.component_mono_with_log_level::<components::RotationQuat>(mono_log_level)
+    {
         if let Ok(quaternion) = Affine3A::try_from(quaternion) {
             transform *= quaternion;
         } else {
             return Some(Affine3A::ZERO);
         }
     }
-    if let Some(scale) = result.component_instance::<components::Scale3D>(0) {
+    if let Some(scale) =
+        results.component_mono_with_log_level::<components::Scale3D>(mono_log_level)
+    {
         if scale.x() == 0.0 && scale.y() == 0.0 && scale.z() == 0.0 {
             return Some(Affine3A::ZERO);
         }
         transform *= Affine3A::from(scale);
     }
-    if let Some(mat3x3) = result.component_instance::<components::TransformMat3x3>(0) {
+    if let Some(mat3x3) =
+        results.component_mono_with_log_level::<components::TransformMat3x3>(mono_log_level)
+    {
         let affine_transform = Affine3A::from(mat3x3);
         if affine_transform.matrix3.determinant() == 0.0 {
             return Some(Affine3A::ZERO);
@@ -484,7 +497,7 @@ fn query_and_resolve_tree_transform_at_entity(
         transform *= affine_transform;
     }
 
-    if result.component_instance::<components::TransformRelation>(0)
+    if results.component_mono_with_log_level::<components::TransformRelation>(mono_log_level)
         == Some(components::TransformRelation::ChildFromParent)
     {
         let determinant = transform.matrix3.determinant();