diff --git a/packages/core/src/model/GraphProcessor.ts b/packages/core/src/model/GraphProcessor.ts
index 464ea39e2..8567c0151 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/model/GraphProcessor.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/model/GraphProcessor.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import type { NodeImpl } from './NodeImpl.js';
 import type { UserInputNode } from './nodes/UserInputNode.js';
 import PQueueImport from 'p-queue';
 import { getError } from '../utils/errors.js';
+import type { NodeError } from '../utils/errors.js';
 import Emittery from 'emittery';
 import { entries, fromEntries, values } from '../utils/typeSafety.js';
 import { isNotNull } from '../utils/genericUtilFunctions.js';
@@ -859,19 +860,19 @@ export class GraphProcessor {
       if (erroredNodes.length && !this.#abortSuccessfully) {
         let error = this.#abortError;
         if (!error) {
-          const message = `Graph ${this.#graph.metadata!.name} (${
-              this.#graph.metadata!.id
-            }) failed to process due to errors in nodes:\n${erroredNodes
-              .map(([nodeId]) => `- ${this.#nodesById[nodeId]!.title} (${nodeId})`)
-              .join('\n')}`;
+          const { name, id } = this.#graph.metadata!;
+          const message = `Graph ${name} (${id}) failed to process due to errors in nodes`;
           if (erroredNodes.length === 1) {
             const [, nodeError] = erroredNodes[0]!;
             error = new Error(message, { cause: nodeError });
           } else {
-            error = new AggregateError(erroredNodes.map(([, nodeError]) => nodeError), message);
+            error = new AggregateError(
+              erroredNodes.map(([, nodeError]) => nodeError),
+              message,
+            );
           }
         }
-        
+
         await this.#emitter.emit('graphError', { graph: this.#graph, error });
 
         if (!this.#isSubProcessor) {
@@ -1440,6 +1441,7 @@ export class GraphProcessor {
 
   #nodeErrored(node: ChartNode, e: unknown, processId: ProcessId) {
     const error = getError(e);
+    (error as NodeError).node = node;
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-floating-promises
     this.#emitter.emit('nodeError', { node, error, processId });
     this.#emitTraceEvent(`Node ${node.title} (${node.id}-${processId}) errored: ${error.stack}`);
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/errors.ts b/packages/core/src/utils/errors.ts
index 028ec6a07..ef97758f5 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/utils/errors.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils/errors.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+import type { ChartNode } from '../model/NodeBase.js';
+
+export interface NodeError extends Error {
+  node: ChartNode;
+}
+
+export function isNodeError(error: Error): error is NodeError {
+  return 'node' in error && typeof (error.node as ChartNode)?.id === 'string';
+}
+
 /** Gets an Error from an unknown error object (strict unknown errors is enabled, helper util). */
 export function getError(error: unknown): Error {
   const errorInstance =
@@ -6,3 +16,37 @@ export function getError(error: unknown): Error {
       : new Error(error != null ? error.toString() : 'Unknown error');
   return errorInstance;
 }
+
+export function rivetErrorToString(error: unknown, spaces = 0): string {
+  if (!(error instanceof Error)) {
+    if (error == null) {
+      return 'Unknown error';
+    }
+
+    return String(error);
+  }
+
+  if (error instanceof AggregateError) {
+    return error.message + '\n' + error.errors.map((e) => ' - ' + rivetErrorToString(e, spaces + 4)).join('\n');
+  }
+
+  let message = error.message;
+  if (isNodeError(error)) {
+    const { node } = error;
+    message = `${node.title} (${node.id}): ${error.message}`;
+  }
+
+  if (error.cause) {
+    message += `\nCaused by: ${rivetErrorToString(error.cause)}`;
+  }
+
+  return indent(message, spaces);
+}
+
+function indent(str: string, spaces: number): string {
+  const spacing = ' '.repeat(spaces);
+  return str
+    .split('\n')
+    .map((line, i) => (i === 0 ? line : spacing + line))
+    .join('\n');
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/test/utils/errors.test.ts b/packages/core/test/utils/errors.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f429f20d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/test/utils/errors.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import { it, describe } from 'node:test';
+import { strict as assert } from 'node:assert';
+
+import { type NodeId } from '../../src/index.js';
+import { NodeError, rivetErrorToString } from '../../src/utils/errors.js';
+
+describe('rivetErrorToString', () => {
+  it('should handle AggregateError', () => {
+    const nodeError = new Error('Error 2');
+    (nodeError as NodeError).node = {
+      data: undefined,
+      id: 'nodeId' as NodeId,
+      title: 'Node title',
+      type: 'type',
+      visualData: {} as any, // Unused
+    };
+
+    assert.equal(
+      rivetErrorToString(
+        new AggregateError(
+          [
+            new Error('Error 1', { cause: new Error('Root cause') }), //
+            nodeError,
+            'Error 3',
+            null,
+          ],
+          'Multiple errors',
+        ),
+      ),
+      `
+Multiple errors
+ - Error 1
+    Caused by: Root cause
+ - Node title (nodeId): Error 2
+ - Error 3
+ - Unknown error
+      `.trim(),
+    );
+  });
+});