diff --git a/yarn-project/circuit-types/src/tx_execution_request.ts b/yarn-project/circuit-types/src/tx_execution_request.ts
index 9588de8c1609..250b7abcbba8 100644
--- a/yarn-project/circuit-types/src/tx_execution_request.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/circuit-types/src/tx_execution_request.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { schemas } from '@aztec/foundation/schemas';
 import { BufferReader, serializeToBuffer } from '@aztec/foundation/serialize';
 import { type FieldsOf } from '@aztec/foundation/types';
 
+import { inspect } from 'util';
 import { z } from 'zod';
 
 import { AuthWitness } from './auth_witness.js';
@@ -140,4 +141,8 @@ export class TxExecutionRequest {
       [AuthWitness.random()],
     );
   }
+
+  [inspect.custom]() {
+    return `TxExecutionRequest(${this.functionSelector}(${this.argsOfCalls.map(arg => arg.toString()).join(', ')}))`;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/yarn-project/pxe/src/pxe_service/pxe_service.ts b/yarn-project/pxe/src/pxe_service/pxe_service.ts
index b7ed140aa730..72d2eb85443c 100644
--- a/yarn-project/pxe/src/pxe_service/pxe_service.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/pxe/src/pxe_service/pxe_service.ts
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ import {
 } from '@aztec/protocol-contracts';
 import { type AcirSimulator } from '@aztec/simulator';
 
+import { inspect } from 'util';
+
 import { type PXEServiceConfig, getPackageInfo } from '../config/index.js';
 import { ContractDataOracle } from '../contract_data_oracle/index.js';
 import { IncomingNoteDao } from '../database/incoming_note_dao.js';
@@ -513,8 +515,7 @@ export class PXEService implements PXE {
         return new TxProvingResult(privateExecutionResult, publicInputs, clientIvcProof!);
       })
       .catch(err => {
-        this.log.error(err);
-        throw err;
+        throw this.contextualizeError(err, inspect(txRequest), privateExecutionResult.toJSON());
       });
   }
 
@@ -570,8 +571,15 @@ export class PXEService implements PXE {
         );
       })
       .catch(err => {
-        this.log.error(err);
-        throw err;
+        throw this.contextualizeError(
+          err,
+          inspect(txRequest),
+          `simulatePublic=${simulatePublic}`,
+          `msgSender=${msgSender?.toString() ?? 'undefined'}`,
+          `skipTxValidation=${skipTxValidation}`,
+          `profile=${profile}`,
+          `scopes=${scopes?.map(s => s.toString()).join(', ') ?? 'undefined'}`,
+        );
       });
   }
 
@@ -582,8 +590,7 @@ export class PXEService implements PXE {
     }
     this.log.info(`Sending transaction ${txHash}`);
     await this.node.sendTx(tx).catch(err => {
-      this.log.error(err);
-      throw err;
+      throw this.contextualizeError(err, inspect(tx));
     });
     this.log.info(`Sent transaction ${txHash}`);
     return txHash;
@@ -607,8 +614,12 @@ export class PXEService implements PXE {
         return executionResult;
       })
       .catch(err => {
-        this.log.error(err);
-        throw err;
+        const stringifiedArgs = args.map(arg => arg.toString()).join(', ');
+        throw this.contextualizeError(
+          err,
+          `simulateUnconstrained ${to}:${functionName}(${stringifiedArgs})`,
+          `scopes=${scopes?.map(s => s.toString()).join(', ') ?? 'undefined'}`,
+        );
       });
   }
 
@@ -981,4 +992,13 @@ export class PXEService implements PXE {
   async resetNoteSyncData() {
     return await this.db.resetNoteSyncData();
   }
+
+  private contextualizeError(err: Error, ...context: string[]): Error {
+    this.log.error(err.name, err);
+    this.log.debug('Context:');
+    for (const c of context) {
+      this.log.debug(c);
+    }
+    return err;
+  }
 }