diff --git a/src/pipecat/processors/filters/wake_check_filter.py b/src/pipecat/processors/filters/wake_check_filter.py
index 1f01d0a1b..3fe960b55 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/processors/filters/wake_check_filter.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/processors/filters/wake_check_filter.py
@@ -126,6 +126,4 @@ class WakeCheckFilter(FrameProcessor):
             else:
                 await self.push_frame(frame, direction)
         except Exception as e:
-            error_msg = f"Error in wake word filter: {e}"
-            logger.exception(error_msg)
-            await self.push_error(ErrorFrame(error_msg))
+            await self.push_error(error_msg=f"Error in wake word filter: {e}", exception=e)
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/ai_service.py b/src/pipecat/services/ai_service.py
index 759efcf00..70d53822e 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/ai_service.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/ai_service.py
@@ -166,6 +166,6 @@ class AIService(FrameProcessor):
         async for f in generator:
             if f:
                 if isinstance(f, ErrorFrame):
-                    await self.push_error(f)
+                    await self.push_error_frame(f)
                 else:
                     await self.push_frame(f)
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/anthropic/llm.py b/src/pipecat/services/anthropic/llm.py
index 2e3e0272d..4bf4975d0 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/anthropic/llm.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/anthropic/llm.py
@@ -458,8 +458,7 @@ class AnthropicLLMService(LLMService):
         except httpx.TimeoutException:
             await self._call_event_handler("on_completion_timeout")
         except Exception as e:
-            logger.exception(f"{self} exception: {e}")
-            await self.push_error(ErrorFrame(f"{e}"))
+            await self.push_error(exception=e)
         finally:
             await self.stop_processing_metrics()
             await self.push_frame(LLMFullResponseEndFrame())
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/assemblyai/stt.py b/src/pipecat/services/assemblyai/stt.py
index d78a42841..9b7f2b915 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/assemblyai/stt.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/assemblyai/stt.py
@@ -206,9 +206,8 @@ class AssemblyAISTTService(STTService):
 
             await self._call_event_handler("on_connected")
         except Exception as e:
-            logger.error(f"{self} exception: {e}")
             self._connected = False
-            await self.push_error(ErrorFrame(error=f"{self} error: {e}"))
+            await self.push_error(exception=e)
             raise
 
     async def _disconnect(self):
@@ -233,8 +232,7 @@ class AssemblyAISTTService(STTService):
                     logger.warning("Timed out waiting for termination message from server")
 
             except Exception as e:
-                logger.error(f"{self} exception: {e}")
-                await self.push_error(ErrorFrame(error=f"{self} error: {e}"))
+                await self.push_error(exception=e)
 
             if self._receive_task:
                 await self.cancel_task(self._receive_task)
@@ -262,13 +260,11 @@ class AssemblyAISTTService(STTService):
                 except websockets.exceptions.ConnectionClosedOK:
                     break
                 except Exception as e:
-                    logger.error(f"{self} exception: {e}")
-                    await self.push_error(ErrorFrame(error=f"{self} error: {e}"))
+                    await self.push_error(exception=e)
                     break
 
         except Exception as e:
-            logger.error(f"{self} exception: {e}")
-            await self.push_error(ErrorFrame(error=f"{self} error: {e}"))
+            await self.push_error(exception=e)
 
     def _parse_message(self, message: Dict[str, Any]) -> BaseMessage:
         """Parse a raw message into the appropriate message type."""
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/asyncai/tts.py b/src/pipecat/services/asyncai/tts.py
index f916d9bdd..5507bccfc 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/asyncai/tts.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/asyncai/tts.py
@@ -228,8 +228,7 @@ class AsyncAITTSService(InterruptibleTTSService):
 
             await self._call_event_handler("on_connected")
         except Exception as e:
-            logger.error(f"{self} exception: {e}")
-            await self.push_error(ErrorFrame(error=f"{self} error: {e}"))
+            await self.push_error(exception=e)
             self._websocket = None
             await self._call_event_handler("on_connection_error", f"{e}")
 
@@ -290,7 +289,7 @@ class AsyncAITTSService(InterruptibleTTSService):
                 logger.error(f"{self} error: {msg}")
                 await self.push_frame(TTSStoppedFrame())
                 await self.stop_all_metrics()
-                await self.push_error(ErrorFrame(error=f"{self} error: {msg['message']}"))
+                await self.push_error(error_msg=f"{self} error: {msg['message']}", exception=e)
             else:
                 logger.error(f"{self} error, unknown message type: {msg}")
 
@@ -494,8 +493,7 @@ class AsyncAIHttpTTSService(TTSService):
             yield frame
 
         except Exception as e:
-            logger.error(f"{self} exception: {e}")
-            await self.push_error(ErrorFrame(error=f"{self} error: {e}"))
+            await self.push_error(exception=e)
         finally:
             await self.stop_ttfb_metrics()
             yield TTSStoppedFrame()
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/aws/stt.py b/src/pipecat/services/aws/stt.py
index 8d89d3198..3ca782ed9 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/aws/stt.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/aws/stt.py
@@ -140,8 +140,7 @@ class AWSTranscribeSTTService(STTService):
                     return
                 logger.warning("WebSocket connection not established after connect")
             except Exception as e:
-                logger.error(f"{self} exception: {e}")
-                await self.push_error(ErrorFrame(error=f"{self} error: {e}"))
+                await self.push_error(exception=e)
                 retry_count += 1
                 if retry_count < max_retries:
                     await asyncio.sleep(1)  # Wait before retrying
@@ -310,8 +309,7 @@ class AWSTranscribeSTTService(STTService):
                 await self._ws_client.send(json.dumps(end_stream))
             await self._ws_client.close()
         except Exception as e:
-            logger.error(f"{self} exception: {e}")
-            await self.push_error(ErrorFrame(error=f"{self} error: {e}"))
+            await self.push_error(exception=e)
         finally:
             self._ws_client = None
             await self._call_event_handler("on_disconnected")
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/azure/stt.py b/src/pipecat/services/azure/stt.py
index 85a0508a0..4f9f95bb1 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/azure/stt.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/azure/stt.py
@@ -151,8 +151,7 @@ class AzureSTTService(STTService):
             self._speech_recognizer.recognized.connect(self._on_handle_recognized)
             self._speech_recognizer.start_continuous_recognition_async()
         except Exception as e:
-            logger.error(f"{self} exception during initialization: {e}")
-            await self.push_error(ErrorFrame(error=f"{self} error: {e}"))
+            await self.push_error(error_msg=f"{self} exception during initialization: {e}", exception=e)
 
     async def stop(self, frame: EndFrame):
         """Stop the speech recognition service.
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/cartesia/stt.py b/src/pipecat/services/cartesia/stt.py
index a2ae9432f..7494ea909 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/cartesia/stt.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/cartesia/stt.py
@@ -276,8 +276,7 @@ class CartesiaSTTService(WebsocketSTTService):
             self._websocket = await websocket_connect(ws_url, additional_headers=headers)
             await self._call_event_handler("on_connected")
         except Exception as e:
-            logger.error(f"{self} exception: {e}")
-            await self.push_error(ErrorFrame(error=f"{self} error: {e}"))
+            await self.push_error(exception=e)
 
     async def _disconnect_websocket(self):
         try:
@@ -319,8 +318,7 @@ class CartesiaSTTService(WebsocketSTTService):
 
             elif data["type"] == "error":
                 error_msg = data.get("message", "Unknown error")
-                logger.error(f"Cartesia error: {error_msg}")
-                await self.push_error(ErrorFrame(error=error_msg))
+                await self.push_error(error_msg=error_msg, exception=e)
 
     @traced_stt
     async def _handle_transcription(
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/cartesia/tts.py b/src/pipecat/services/cartesia/tts.py
index f8881200c..bf3747351 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/cartesia/tts.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/cartesia/tts.py
@@ -397,8 +397,7 @@ class CartesiaTTSService(AudioContextWordTTSService):
             )
             await self._call_event_handler("on_connected")
         except Exception as e:
-            logger.error(f"{self} exception: {e}")
-            await self.push_error(ErrorFrame(error=f"{self} error: {e}"))
+            await self.push_error(exception=e)
             self._websocket = None
             await self._call_event_handler("on_connection_error", f"{e}")
 
@@ -464,10 +463,9 @@ class CartesiaTTSService(AudioContextWordTTSService):
                 )
                 await self.append_to_audio_context(msg["context_id"], frame)
             elif msg["type"] == "error":
-                logger.error(f"{self} error: {msg}")
                 await self.push_frame(TTSStoppedFrame())
                 await self.stop_all_metrics()
-                await self.push_error(ErrorFrame(error=f"{self} error: {msg['error']}"))
+                await self.push_error(error_msg=f"{self} error: {msg}", exception=e)
                 self._context_id = None
             else:
                 logger.error(f"{self} error, unknown message type: {msg}")
@@ -708,8 +706,7 @@ class CartesiaHttpTTSService(TTSService):
             async with session.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers) as response:
                 if response.status != 200:
                     error_text = await response.text()
-                    logger.error(f"Cartesia API error: {error_text}")
-                    await self.push_error(ErrorFrame(error=f"Cartesia API error: {error_text}"))
+                    await self.push_error(error_msg=f"Cartesia API error: {error_text}")
                     raise Exception(f"Cartesia API returned status {response.status}: {error_text}")
 
                 audio_data = await response.read()
@@ -725,8 +722,7 @@ class CartesiaHttpTTSService(TTSService):
             yield frame
 
         except Exception as e:
-            logger.error(f"{self} exception: {e}")
-            await self.push_error(ErrorFrame(error=f"{self} error: {e}"))
+            await self.push_error(exception=e)
         finally:
             await self.stop_ttfb_metrics()
             yield TTSStoppedFrame()
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/deepgram/flux/stt.py b/src/pipecat/services/deepgram/flux/stt.py
index a0d45afe4..2154d3ed7 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/deepgram/flux/stt.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/deepgram/flux/stt.py
@@ -192,8 +192,7 @@ class DeepgramFluxSTTService(WebsocketSTTService):
         try:
             await self._disconnect_websocket()
         except Exception as e:
-            logger.error(f"{self} exception: {e}")
-            await self.push_error(ErrorFrame(error=f"{self} error: {e}"))
+            await self.push_error(exception=e)
         finally:
             # Reset state only after everything is cleaned up
             self._websocket = None
@@ -280,8 +279,7 @@ class DeepgramFluxSTTService(WebsocketSTTService):
                 logger.debug("Disconnecting from Deepgram Flux Websocket")
                 await self._websocket.close()
         except Exception as e:
-            logger.error(f"{self} error closing websocket: {e}")
-            await self.push_error(ErrorFrame(error=f"{self} error: {e}"))
+            await self.push_error(error_msg=f"{self} error closing websocket: {e}", exception=e)
         finally:
             self._websocket = None
             await self._call_event_handler("on_disconnected")
@@ -467,8 +465,7 @@ class DeepgramFluxSTTService(WebsocketSTTService):
                     # Skip malformed messages
                     continue
                 except Exception as e:
-                    logger.error(f"{self} exception: {e}")
-                    await self.push_error(ErrorFrame(error=f"{self} error: {e}"))
+                    await self.push_error(exception=e)
                     # Error will be handled inside WebsocketService->_receive_task_handler
                     raise
             else:
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/deepgram/stt.py b/src/pipecat/services/deepgram/stt.py
index 0a4cd7e6e..a4162840a 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/deepgram/stt.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/deepgram/stt.py
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ class DeepgramSTTService(STTService):
     async def _on_error(self, *args, **kwargs):
         error: ErrorResponse = kwargs["error"]
         logger.warning(f"{self} connection error, will retry: {error}")
-        await self.push_error(ErrorFrame(error=f"{error}"))
+        await self.push_error(error_msg=f"{error}")
         await self.stop_all_metrics()
         # NOTE(aleix): we don't disconnect (i.e. call finish on the connection)
         # because this triggers more errors internally in the Deepgram SDK. So,
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/elevenlabs/stt.py b/src/pipecat/services/elevenlabs/stt.py
index 8cbb40d63..38b6e150e 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/elevenlabs/stt.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/elevenlabs/stt.py
@@ -645,8 +645,7 @@ class ElevenLabsRealtimeSTTService(WebsocketSTTService):
             await self._call_event_handler("on_connected")
             logger.debug("Connected to ElevenLabs Realtime STT")
         except Exception as e:
-            logger.error(f"{self}: unable to connect to ElevenLabs Realtime STT: {e}")
-            await self.push_error(ErrorFrame(f"Connection error: {str(e)}"))
+            await self.push_error(error_msg=f"{self}: unable to connect to ElevenLabs Realtime STT: {e}", exception=e)
 
     async def _disconnect_websocket(self):
         """Disconnect from ElevenLabs Realtime STT WebSocket."""
@@ -714,13 +713,11 @@ class ElevenLabsRealtimeSTTService(WebsocketSTTService):
 
         elif message_type == "input_error":
             error_msg = data.get("error", "Unknown input error")
-            logger.error(f"ElevenLabs input error: {error_msg}")
-            await self.push_error(ErrorFrame(f"Input error: {error_msg}"))
+            await self.push_error(error_msg=f"ElevenLabs input error: {error_msg}")
 
         elif message_type in ["auth_error", "quota_exceeded", "transcriber_error", "error"]:
             error_msg = data.get("error", data.get("message", "Unknown error"))
-            logger.error(f"ElevenLabs error ({message_type}): {error_msg}")
-            await self.push_error(ErrorFrame(f"{message_type}: {error_msg}"))
+            await self.push_error(error_msg=f"ElevenLabs error ({message_type}): {error_msg}")
 
         else:
             logger.debug(f"Unknown message type: {message_type}")
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/fish/tts.py b/src/pipecat/services/fish/tts.py
index db4f0f387..da71f3829 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/fish/tts.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/fish/tts.py
@@ -242,8 +242,7 @@ class FishAudioTTSService(InterruptibleTTSService):
                 await self._websocket.send(ormsgpack.packb(stop_message))
                 await self._websocket.close()
         except Exception as e:
-            logger.error(f"{self} exception: {e}")
-            await self.push_error(ErrorFrame(error=f"{self} error: {e}"))
+            await self.push_error(exception=e)
         finally:
             self._request_id = None
             self._started = False
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/xtts/tts.py b/src/pipecat/services/xtts/tts.py
index 34ddecbe2..30b7b90d9 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/xtts/tts.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/xtts/tts.py
@@ -141,13 +141,8 @@ class XTTSService(TTSService):
         async with self._aiohttp_session.get(self._settings["base_url"] + "/studio_speakers") as r:
             if r.status != 200:
                 text = await r.text()
-                logger.error(
-                    f"{self} error getting studio speakers (status: {r.status}, error: {text})"
-                )
                 await self.push_error(
-                    ErrorFrame(
-                        error=f"Error getting studio speakers (status: {r.status}, error: {text})"
-                    )
+                    error_msg=f"{self} error getting studio speakers (status: {r.status}, error: {text})"
                 )
                 return
             self._studio_speakers = await r.json()