diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/assemblyai/stt.py b/src/pipecat/services/assemblyai/stt.py
index 9b7f2b915..3cbaea949 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/assemblyai/stt.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/assemblyai/stt.py
@@ -240,8 +240,7 @@ class AssemblyAISTTService(STTService):
             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._websocket = None
@@ -293,8 +292,7 @@ class AssemblyAISTTService(STTService):
             elif isinstance(parsed_message, TerminationMessage):
                 await self._handle_termination(parsed_message)
         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 _handle_termination(self, message: TerminationMessage):
         """Handle termination message."""
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/asyncai/tts.py b/src/pipecat/services/asyncai/tts.py
index 5507bccfc..b15b6b94b 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/asyncai/tts.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/asyncai/tts.py
@@ -240,8 +240,7 @@ class AsyncAITTSService(InterruptibleTTSService):
                 logger.debug("Disconnecting from Async")
                 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._websocket = None
             self._started = False
@@ -476,8 +475,7 @@ class AsyncAIHttpTTSService(TTSService):
             async with self._session.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers) as response:
                 if response.status != 200:
                     error_text = await response.text()
-                    logger.error(f"Async API error: {error_text}")
-                    await self.push_error(ErrorFrame(error=f"Async API error: {error_text}"))
+                    await self.push_error(error_msg=f"Async API error: {error_text}")
                     raise Exception(f"Async API returned status {response.status}: {error_text}")
 
                 audio_data = await response.read()
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/aws/stt.py b/src/pipecat/services/aws/stt.py
index 3ca782ed9..81140876d 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/aws/stt.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/aws/stt.py
@@ -288,8 +288,7 @@ class AWSTranscribeSTTService(STTService):
 
                 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)
                 await self._disconnect()
                 raise
 
@@ -536,6 +535,5 @@ class AWSTranscribeSTTService(STTService):
                 logger.error(f"{self} WebSocket connection closed in receive loop: {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)
                 break
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/cartesia/stt.py b/src/pipecat/services/cartesia/stt.py
index 7494ea909..7a5a37725 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/cartesia/stt.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/cartesia/stt.py
@@ -284,8 +284,7 @@ class CartesiaSTTService(WebsocketSTTService):
                 logger.debug("Disconnecting from Cartesia STT")
                 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")
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/cartesia/tts.py b/src/pipecat/services/cartesia/tts.py
index bf3747351..7bd7de3e1 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/cartesia/tts.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/cartesia/tts.py
@@ -409,8 +409,7 @@ class CartesiaTTSService(AudioContextWordTTSService):
                 logger.debug("Disconnecting from Cartesia")
                 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._context_id = None
             self._websocket = None
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/deepgram/flux/stt.py b/src/pipecat/services/deepgram/flux/stt.py
index 2154d3ed7..94010362f 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/deepgram/flux/stt.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/deepgram/flux/stt.py
@@ -250,8 +250,7 @@ class DeepgramFluxSTTService(WebsocketSTTService):
             logger.debug("Connected to Deepgram Flux Websocket")
             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}")
 
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/elevenlabs/tts.py b/src/pipecat/services/elevenlabs/tts.py
index bbe05f9dc..1fd99d575 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/elevenlabs/tts.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/elevenlabs/tts.py
@@ -424,8 +424,7 @@ class ElevenLabsTTSService(AudioContextWordTTSService):
                         json.dumps({"context_id": self._context_id, "close_context": True})
                     )
             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._context_id = None
             self._started = False
 
@@ -553,8 +552,7 @@ class ElevenLabsTTSService(AudioContextWordTTSService):
                 await self._websocket.close()
                 logger.debug("Disconnected from ElevenLabs")
         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._started = False
             self._context_id = None
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/fish/tts.py b/src/pipecat/services/fish/tts.py
index da71f3829..950db6464 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/fish/tts.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/fish/tts.py
@@ -284,8 +284,7 @@ class FishAudioTTSService(InterruptibleTTSService):
                                 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)
 
     @traced_tts
     async def run_tts(self, text: str) -> AsyncGenerator[Frame, None]:
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/gladia/stt.py b/src/pipecat/services/gladia/stt.py
index 624745293..4ba359c06 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/gladia/stt.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/gladia/stt.py
@@ -468,8 +468,7 @@ class GladiaSTTService(STTService):
                             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)
                 self._connection_active = False
 
                 if not self._should_reconnect:
@@ -623,8 +622,7 @@ class GladiaSTTService(STTService):
             # Expected when closing the connection
             pass
         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 _maybe_reconnect(self) -> bool:
         """Handle exponential backoff reconnection logic."""
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/google/gemini_live/llm.py b/src/pipecat/services/google/gemini_live/llm.py
index 7e0b0f494..ae34ae517 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/google/gemini_live/llm.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/google/gemini_live/llm.py
@@ -1174,7 +1174,7 @@ class GeminiLiveLLMService(LLMService):
             self._connection_task = self.create_task(self._connection_task_handler(config=config))
 
         except Exception as e:
-            await self.push_error(ErrorFrame(error=f"{self} Initialization error: {e}"))
+            await self.push_error(exception=e)
 
     async def _connection_task_handler(self, config: LiveConnectConfig):
         async with self._client.aio.live.connect(model=self._model_name, config=config) as session:
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/google/stt.py b/src/pipecat/services/google/stt.py
index beb5db740..6d78a1f54 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/google/stt.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/google/stt.py
@@ -774,8 +774,7 @@ class GoogleSTTService(STTService):
                 yield cloud_speech.StreamingRecognizeRequest(audio=audio_data)
 
         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)
             raise
 
     async def _stream_audio(self):
@@ -813,8 +812,7 @@ class GoogleSTTService(STTService):
                     self._stream_start_time = int(time.time() * 1000)
 
         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 run_stt(self, audio: bytes) -> AsyncGenerator[Frame, None]:
         """Process an audio chunk for STT transcription.
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/hume/tts.py b/src/pipecat/services/hume/tts.py
index a3a7e9a4c..673b41b7c 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/hume/tts.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/hume/tts.py
@@ -216,8 +216,7 @@ class HumeTTSService(TTSService):
                 self._audio_bytes = b""
 
         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:
             # Ensure TTFB timer is stopped even on early failures
             await self.stop_ttfb_metrics()
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/inworld/tts.py b/src/pipecat/services/inworld/tts.py
index dc2282b91..848e2043a 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/inworld/tts.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/inworld/tts.py
@@ -392,8 +392,7 @@ class InworldTTSService(TTSService):
             # STEP 7: ERROR HANDLING
             # ================================================================================
             # Log any unexpected errors and notify the pipeline
-            logger.error(f"{self} exception: {e}")
-            await self.push_error(ErrorFrame(error=f"{self} error: {e}"))
+            await self.push_error(exception=e)
         finally:
             # ================================================================================
             # STEP 8: CLEANUP AND COMPLETION
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/lmnt/tts.py b/src/pipecat/services/lmnt/tts.py
index ebcad0f20..27f215b47 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/lmnt/tts.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/lmnt/tts.py
@@ -214,8 +214,7 @@ class LmntTTSService(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}")
 
@@ -266,10 +265,9 @@ class LmntTTSService(InterruptibleTTSService):
                 try:
                     msg = json.loads(message)
                     if "error" in msg:
-                        logger.error(f"{self} error: {msg['error']}")
                         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['error']}")
                         return
                 except json.JSONDecodeError:
                     logger.error(f"Invalid JSON message: {message}")
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/neuphonic/tts.py b/src/pipecat/services/neuphonic/tts.py
index 60b0ebcb1..3faedee40 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/neuphonic/tts.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/neuphonic/tts.py
@@ -285,8 +285,7 @@ class NeuphonicTTSService(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}")
 
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/openai/realtime/llm.py b/src/pipecat/services/openai/realtime/llm.py
index 8eaa3d6fa..ab5079f68 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/openai/realtime/llm.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/openai/realtime/llm.py
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ class OpenAIRealtimeLLMService(LLMService):
             # it is to recover from a send-side error with proper state management, and that exponential
             # backoff for retries can have cost/stability implications for a service cluster, let's just
             # treat a send-side error as fatal.
-            await self.push_error(ErrorFrame(error=f"Error sending client event: {e}"))
+            await self.push_error(error_msg=f"Error sending client event: {e}", exception=e)
 
     async def _update_settings(self):
         settings = self._session_properties
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ class OpenAIRealtimeLLMService(LLMService):
 
     async def _handle_evt_error(self, evt):
         # Errors are fatal to this connection. Send an ErrorFrame.
-        await self.push_error(ErrorFrame(error=f"Error: {evt}"))
+        await self.push_error(error_msg=f"Error: {evt}")
 
     #
     # state and client events for the current conversation
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/openai_realtime_beta/openai.py b/src/pipecat/services/openai_realtime_beta/openai.py
index af0600882..f572f15ca 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/openai_realtime_beta/openai.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/openai_realtime_beta/openai.py
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ class OpenAIRealtimeBetaLLMService(LLMService):
             # it is to recover from a send-side error with proper state management, and that exponential
             # backoff for retries can have cost/stability implications for a service cluster, let's just
             # treat a send-side error as fatal.
-            await self.push_error(ErrorFrame(error=f"Error sending client event: {e}"))
+            await self.push_error(error_msg=f"Error sending client event: {e}", exception=e)
 
     async def _update_settings(self):
         settings = self._session_properties
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ class OpenAIRealtimeBetaLLMService(LLMService):
 
     async def _handle_evt_error(self, evt):
         # Errors are fatal to this connection. Send an ErrorFrame.
-        await self.push_error(ErrorFrame(error=f"Error: {evt}"))
+        await self.push_error(error_msg=f"Error: {evt}")
 
     async def _handle_assistant_output(self, output):
         # We haven't seen intermixed audio and function_call items in the same response. But let's
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/playht/tts.py b/src/pipecat/services/playht/tts.py
index 2c40065aa..9323755c4 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/playht/tts.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/playht/tts.py
@@ -266,8 +266,7 @@ class PlayHTTTSService(InterruptibleTTSService):
             self._websocket = None
             await self._call_event_handler("on_connection_error", f"{e}")
         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}")
 
@@ -352,7 +351,7 @@ class PlayHTTTSService(InterruptibleTTSService):
                             self._request_id = None
                     elif "error" in msg:
                         logger.error(f"{self} error: {msg}")
-                        await self.push_error(ErrorFrame(error=f"{self} error: {msg['error']}"))
+                        await self.push_error(error_msg=f"{self} error: {msg['error']}")
                 except json.JSONDecodeError:
                     logger.error(f"Invalid JSON message: {message}")
 
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/rime/tts.py b/src/pipecat/services/rime/tts.py
index 7b62f20fa..e11160a73 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/rime/tts.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/rime/tts.py
@@ -259,8 +259,7 @@ class RimeTTSService(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}")
 
@@ -366,10 +365,9 @@ class RimeTTSService(AudioContextWordTTSService):
                         logger.debug(f"Updated cumulative time to: {self._cumulative_time}")
 
             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['message']}"))
+                await self.push_error(error_msg=f"{self} error: {msg['message']}")
                 self._context_id = None
 
     async def push_frame(self, frame: Frame, direction: FrameDirection = FrameDirection.DOWNSTREAM):
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/sarvam/stt.py b/src/pipecat/services/sarvam/stt.py
index 98e643fde..ec5c6702f 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/sarvam/stt.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/sarvam/stt.py
@@ -275,8 +275,7 @@ class SarvamSTTService(STTService):
                 await self._socket_client.translate(**method_kwargs)
 
         except Exception as e:
-            logger.error(f"Error sending audio to Sarvam: {e}")
-            await self.push_error(ErrorFrame(f"Failed to send audio: {e}"))
+            await self.push_error(error_msg=f"Error sending audio to Sarvam: {e}", exception=e)
 
         yield None
 
@@ -332,13 +331,11 @@ class SarvamSTTService(STTService):
             logger.info("Connected to Sarvam successfully")
 
         except ApiError as e:
-            logger.error(f"Sarvam API error: {e}")
-            await self.push_error(ErrorFrame(f"Sarvam API error: {e}"))
+            await self.push_error(error_msg=f"Sarvam API error: {e}", exception=e)
         except Exception as e:
-            logger.error(f"Failed to connect to Sarvam: {e}")
             self._socket_client = None
             self._websocket_context = None
-            await self.push_error(ErrorFrame(f"Failed to connect to Sarvam: {e}"))
+            await self.push_error(error_msg=f"Failed to connect to Sarvam: {e}", exception=e)
 
     async def _disconnect(self):
         """Disconnect from Sarvam WebSocket API using SDK."""
@@ -427,8 +424,7 @@ class SarvamSTTService(STTService):
                 await self.stop_processing_metrics()
 
         except Exception as e:
-            logger.error(f"Error handling Sarvam message: {e}")
-            await self.push_error(ErrorFrame(f"Failed to handle message: {e}"))
+            await self.push_error(error_msg=f"Failed to handle message: {e}", exception=e)
             await self.stop_all_metrics()
 
     @traced_stt
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/sarvam/tts.py b/src/pipecat/services/sarvam/tts.py
index 127a0d589..341e2dbf6 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/sarvam/tts.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/sarvam/tts.py
@@ -254,8 +254,7 @@ class SarvamHttpTTSService(TTSService):
             async with self._session.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers) as response:
                 if response.status != 200:
                     error_text = await response.text()
-                    logger.error(f"Sarvam API error: {error_text}")
-                    await self.push_error(ErrorFrame(error=f"Sarvam API error: {error_text}"))
+                    await self.push_error(error_msg=f"Sarvam API error: {error_text}")
                     return
 
                 response_data = await response.json()
@@ -264,8 +263,7 @@ class SarvamHttpTTSService(TTSService):
 
             # Decode base64 audio data
             if "audios" not in response_data or not response_data["audios"]:
-                logger.error("No audio data received from Sarvam API")
-                await self.push_error(ErrorFrame(error="No audio data received"))
+                await self.push_error(error_msg="No audio data received")
                 return
 
             # Get the first audio (there should be only one for single text input)
@@ -560,8 +558,7 @@ class SarvamTTSService(InterruptibleTTSService):
             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._started = False
@@ -602,8 +599,7 @@ class SarvamTTSService(InterruptibleTTSService):
             await self._websocket.send(json.dumps(config_message))
             logger.debug("Configuration sent successfully")
         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)
             raise
 
     async def _disconnect_websocket(self):
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/soniox/stt.py b/src/pipecat/services/soniox/stt.py
index b4bcb7ba1..2769800f9 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/soniox/stt.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/soniox/stt.py
@@ -327,8 +327,7 @@ class SonioxSTTService(STTService):
             # Expected when closing the connection
             logger.debug("WebSocket connection closed, keepalive task stopped.")
         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 _receive_task_handler(self):
         if not self._websocket:
@@ -404,14 +403,7 @@ class SonioxSTTService(STTService):
                 if error_code or error_message:
                     # In case of error, still send the final transcript (if any remaining in the buffer).
                     await send_endpoint_transcript()
-                    logger.error(
-                        f"{self} error: {error_code} (_receive_task_handler) - {error_message}"
-                    )
-                    await self.push_error(
-                        ErrorFrame(
-                            error=f"{self} error: {error_code} (_receive_task_handler) - {error_message}"
-                        )
-                    )
+                    await self.push_error(error_msg=f"{self} error: {error_code} (_receive_task_handler) - {error_message}")
 
                 finished = content.get("finished")
                 if finished:
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/speechmatics/stt.py b/src/pipecat/services/speechmatics/stt.py
index 2d95bd69e..da3c0652a 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/speechmatics/stt.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/speechmatics/stt.py
@@ -514,8 +514,7 @@ class SpeechmaticsSTTService(STTService):
                 self._client.send_message(payload), self.get_event_loop()
             )
         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)
             raise RuntimeError(f"error sending message to STT: {e}")
 
     async def _connect(self) -> None:
@@ -596,8 +595,7 @@ class SpeechmaticsSTTService(STTService):
         except asyncio.TimeoutError:
             logger.warning(f"{self} Timeout while closing Speechmatics client connection")
         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._client = None
             await self._call_event_handler("on_disconnected")
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/stt_service.py b/src/pipecat/services/stt_service.py
index 6fb96c571..a2e1c4837 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/stt_service.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/stt_service.py
@@ -329,4 +329,4 @@ class WebsocketSTTService(STTService, WebsocketService):
 
     async def _report_error(self, error: ErrorFrame):
         await self._call_event_handler("on_connection_error", error.error)
-        await self.push_error(error)
+        await self.push_error_frame(error)
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/tts_service.py b/src/pipecat/services/tts_service.py
index f0d602a40..62a2e22af 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/tts_service.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/tts_service.py
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ class WebsocketTTSService(TTSService, WebsocketService):
 
     async def _report_error(self, error: ErrorFrame):
         await self._call_event_handler("on_connection_error", error.error)
-        await self.push_error(error)
+        await self.push_error_frame(error)
 
 
 class InterruptibleTTSService(WebsocketTTSService):
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ class WebsocketWordTTSService(WordTTSService, WebsocketService):
 
     async def _report_error(self, error: ErrorFrame):
         await self._call_event_handler("on_connection_error", error.error)
-        await self.push_error(error)
+        await self.push_error_frame(error)
 
 
 class InterruptibleWordTTSService(WebsocketWordTTSService):
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/ultravox/stt.py b/src/pipecat/services/ultravox/stt.py
index 14eaebf6a..49660f988 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/ultravox/stt.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/ultravox/stt.py
@@ -246,8 +246,7 @@ class UltravoxSTTService(AIService):
 
             logger.info("Model warm-up completed successfully")
         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 _generate_silent_audio(self, sample_rate=16000, duration_sec=1.0):
         """Generate silent audio as a numpy array.
diff --git a/src/pipecat/transports/daily/transport.py b/src/pipecat/transports/daily/transport.py
index 51ef637b8..83d5ed888 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/transports/daily/transport.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/transports/daily/transport.py
@@ -2506,13 +2506,10 @@ class DailyTransport(BaseTransport):
     async def _on_error(self, error):
         """Handle error events and push error frames."""
         await self._call_event_handler("on_error", error)
-        # Push error frame to notify the pipeline
-        error_frame = ErrorFrame(error)
-
         if self._input:
-            await self._input.push_error(error_frame)
+            await self._input.push_error(error_msg=error)
         elif self._output:
-            await self._output.push_error(error_frame)
+            await self._input.push_error(error_msg=error)
         else:
             logger.error("Both input and output are None while trying to push error")
             raise Exception("No valid input or output channel to push error")