diff --git a/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/rabbitmq/_errors.py b/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/rabbitmq/_errors.py
index ce58b62fd5c..9705173203d 100644
--- a/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/rabbitmq/_errors.py
+++ b/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/rabbitmq/_errors.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class RemoteMethodNotRegisteredError(BaseRPCError):
 class RPCServerError(BaseRPCError):
     msg_template = (
         "While running method '{method_name}' raised "
-        "'{exc_type}': '{exc_message}'\n{traceback}"
+        "'{exc_type}' [{error_code}]: '{exc_message}'\n{traceback}"
     )
 
 
diff --git a/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/rabbitmq/_rpc_router.py b/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/rabbitmq/_rpc_router.py
index 10dbf26a449..a81f84ad4ef 100644
--- a/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/rabbitmq/_rpc_router.py
+++ b/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/rabbitmq/_rpc_router.py
@@ -6,15 +6,20 @@
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from typing import Any, TypeVar
 
+from common_library.error_codes import create_error_code
 from models_library.rabbitmq_basic_types import RPCMethodName
+from servicelib.logging_errors import create_troubleshootting_log_kwargs
 
 from ..logging_utils import log_context
 from ._errors import RPCServerError
 
 DecoratedCallable = TypeVar("DecoratedCallable", bound=Callable[..., Any])
 
-# NOTE: this is equivalent to http access logs
-_logger = logging.getLogger("rpc.access")
+
+_logger = logging.getLogger(
+    # NOTE: this logger is equivalent to http access logs
+    "rpc.access"
+)
 
 
 def _create_func_msg(func, args: tuple[Any, ...], kwargs: dict[str, Any]) -> str:
@@ -40,7 +45,9 @@ def expose(
         *,
         reraise_if_error_type: tuple[type[Exception], ...] | None = None,
     ) -> Callable[[DecoratedCallable], DecoratedCallable]:
+
         def _decorator(func: DecoratedCallable) -> DecoratedCallable:
+
             @functools.wraps(func)
             async def _wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
                 with log_context(
@@ -64,9 +71,19 @@ async def _wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
                         ):
                             raise
 
+                        error_code = create_error_code(exc)
                         _logger.exception(
-                            "Unhandled exception on the rpc-server side. Re-raising as %s.",
-                            RPCServerError.__name__,
+                            # NOTE: equivalent to a 500 http status code error
+                            **create_troubleshootting_log_kwargs(
+                                f"Unhandled exception on the rpc-server side for '{func.__name__}'",
+                                error=exc,
+                                error_code=error_code,
+                                error_context={
+                                    "rpc_method": func.__name__,
+                                    "args": args,
+                                    "kwargs": kwargs,
+                                },
+                            )
                         )
                         # NOTE: we do not return internal exceptions over RPC
                         formatted_traceback = "\n".join(
@@ -77,6 +94,7 @@ async def _wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
                             exc_type=f"{exc.__class__.__module__}.{exc.__class__.__name__}",
                             exc_message=f"{exc}",
                             traceback=f"{formatted_traceback}",
+                            error_code=error_code,
                         ) from None
 
             self.routes[RPCMethodName(func.__name__)] = _wrapper
diff --git a/services/catalog/src/simcore_service_catalog/api/rpc/_services.py b/services/catalog/src/simcore_service_catalog/api/rpc/_services.py
index 73d5bc3e562..7b5173a5383 100644
--- a/services/catalog/src/simcore_service_catalog/api/rpc/_services.py
+++ b/services/catalog/src/simcore_service_catalog/api/rpc/_services.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 from models_library.users import UserID
 from pydantic import TypeAdapter, ValidationError, validate_call
 from pyinstrument import Profiler
-from servicelib.logging_utils import log_decorator
 from servicelib.rabbitmq import RPCRouter
 from servicelib.rabbitmq.rpc_interfaces.catalog.errors import (
     CatalogForbiddenError,
@@ -106,7 +105,6 @@ async def list_services_paginated(
         ValidationError,
     )
 )
-@log_decorator(_logger, level=logging.DEBUG)
 @_profile_rpc_call
 @validate_call(config={"arbitrary_types_allowed": True})
 async def get_service(
@@ -141,7 +139,6 @@ async def get_service(
         ValidationError,
     )
 )
-@log_decorator(_logger, level=logging.DEBUG)
 @validate_call(config={"arbitrary_types_allowed": True})
 async def update_service(
     app: FastAPI,
@@ -179,7 +176,6 @@ async def update_service(
         ValidationError,
     )
 )
-@log_decorator(_logger, level=logging.DEBUG)
 @validate_call(config={"arbitrary_types_allowed": True})
 async def check_for_service(
     app: FastAPI,
@@ -203,7 +199,6 @@ async def check_for_service(
 
 
 @router.expose(reraise_if_error_type=(CatalogForbiddenError, ValidationError))
-@log_decorator(_logger, level=logging.DEBUG)
 @validate_call(config={"arbitrary_types_allowed": True})
 async def batch_get_my_services(
     app: FastAPI,
@@ -233,7 +228,6 @@ async def batch_get_my_services(
 
 
 @router.expose(reraise_if_error_type=(ValidationError,))
-@log_decorator(_logger, level=logging.DEBUG)
 @validate_call(config={"arbitrary_types_allowed": True})
 async def list_my_service_history_latest_first(
     app: FastAPI,
@@ -281,7 +275,6 @@ async def list_my_service_history_latest_first(
         ValidationError,
     )
 )
-@log_decorator(_logger, level=logging.DEBUG)
 @validate_call(config={"arbitrary_types_allowed": True})
 async def get_service_ports(
     app: FastAPI,
diff --git a/services/director-v2/src/simcore_service_director_v2/modules/dask_client.py b/services/director-v2/src/simcore_service_director_v2/modules/dask_client.py
index acbfa239d30..add720d6372 100644
--- a/services/director-v2/src/simcore_service_director_v2/modules/dask_client.py
+++ b/services/director-v2/src/simcore_service_director_v2/modules/dask_client.py
@@ -450,6 +450,10 @@ async def _get_task_state(job_id: str) -> RunningState:
             parsed_event = TaskLifeCycleState.model_validate(dask_events[-1][1])
 
             if parsed_event.state == RunningState.FAILED:
+                log_error_context = {
+                    "job_id": job_id,
+                    "dask-scheduler": self.backend.scheduler_id,
+                }
                 try:
                     # find out if this was a cancellation
                     task_future: distributed.Future = (
@@ -461,10 +465,7 @@ async def _get_task_state(job_id: str) -> RunningState:
                         timeout=_DASK_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_S
                     )
                     assert isinstance(exception, Exception)  # nosec
-                    log_error_context = {
-                        "job_id": job_id,
-                        "dask-scheduler": self.backend.scheduler_id,
-                    }
+
                     if isinstance(exception, TaskCancelledError):
                         _logger.info(
                             **create_troubleshootting_log_kwargs(
diff --git a/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/projects/_controller/nodes_rest.py b/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/projects/_controller/nodes_rest.py
index a6b9eb0bc69..a6e36c0091a 100644
--- a/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/projects/_controller/nodes_rest.py
+++ b/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/projects/_controller/nodes_rest.py
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 import logging
 
 from aiohttp import web
+from common_library.error_codes import create_error_code
 from common_library.json_serialization import json_dumps
+from common_library.user_messages import user_message
 from models_library.api_schemas_catalog.service_access_rights import (
     ServiceAccessRightsGet,
 )
@@ -23,9 +25,11 @@
     NodeServiceGet,
     ProjectNodeServicesGet,
 )
+from models_library.basic_types import IDStr
 from models_library.groups import EVERYONE_GROUP_ID, Group, GroupID, GroupType
 from models_library.projects import Project, ProjectID
 from models_library.projects_nodes_io import NodeID, NodeIDStr
+from models_library.rest_error import ErrorGet
 from models_library.services import ServiceKeyVersion
 from models_library.services_resources import ServiceResourcesDict
 from models_library.services_types import ServiceKey, ServiceVersion
@@ -43,6 +47,7 @@
     UNDEFINED_DEFAULT_SIMCORE_USER_AGENT_VALUE,
     X_SIMCORE_USER_AGENT,
 )
+from servicelib.logging_errors import create_troubleshootting_log_kwargs
 from servicelib.long_running_tasks.models import TaskProgress
 from servicelib.long_running_tasks.task import TaskRegistry
 from servicelib.mimetype_constants import MIMETYPE_APPLICATION_JSON
@@ -57,6 +62,7 @@
 from ..._meta import API_VTAG as VTAG
 from ...catalog import catalog_service
 from ...dynamic_scheduler import api as dynamic_scheduler_service
+from ...exception_handling import create_error_response
 from ...groups import api as groups_service
 from ...groups.exceptions import GroupNotFoundError
 from ...login.decorators import login_required
@@ -304,7 +310,7 @@ async def _stop_dynamic_service_task(
     *,
     app: web.Application,
     dynamic_service_stop: DynamicServiceStop,
-):
+) -> web.Response:
     _ = progress
     # NOTE: _handle_project_nodes_exceptions only decorate handlers
     try:
@@ -323,8 +329,33 @@ async def _stop_dynamic_service_task(
         return web.json_response(status=status.HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT)
 
     except (RPCServerError, ServiceWaitingForManualInterventionError) as exc:
-        # in case there is an error reply as not found
-        raise web.HTTPNotFound(text=f"{exc}") from exc
+        error_code = getattr(exc, "error_code", None) or create_error_code(exc)
+        user_error_msg = user_message(
+            f"Could not stop dynamic service {dynamic_service_stop.project_id}.{dynamic_service_stop.node_id}"
+        )
+        _logger.debug(
+            **create_troubleshootting_log_kwargs(
+                user_error_msg,
+                error=exc,
+                error_code=error_code,
+                error_context={
+                    "project_id": dynamic_service_stop.project_id,
+                    "node_id": dynamic_service_stop.node_id,
+                    "user_id": dynamic_service_stop.user_id,
+                    "save_state": dynamic_service_stop.save_state,
+                    "simcore_user_agent": dynamic_service_stop.simcore_user_agent,
+                },
+            )
+        )
+        # ANE: in case there is an error reply as not found
+        return create_error_response(
+            error=ErrorGet(
+                message=user_error_msg,
+                support_id=IDStr(error_code),
+                status=status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND,
+            ),
+            status_code=status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND,
+        )
 
     except ServiceWasNotFoundError:
         # in case the service is not found reply as all OK
@@ -332,9 +363,7 @@ async def _stop_dynamic_service_task(
 
 
 def register_stop_dynamic_service_task(app: web.Application) -> None:
-    TaskRegistry.register(
-        _stop_dynamic_service_task, allowed_errors=(web.HTTPNotFound,), app=app
-    )
+    TaskRegistry.register(_stop_dynamic_service_task, app=app)
 
 
 @routes.post(