diff --git a/server/errors.go b/server/errors.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..31e0faf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/errors.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package server
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/Layr-Labs/eigenda-proxy/commitments"
+)
+
+// MetaError includes both an error and commitment metadata
+type MetaError struct {
+	Err  error
+	Meta commitments.CommitmentMeta
+}
+
+func (me MetaError) Error() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("Error: %s (Mode: %s, CertVersion: %b)",
+		me.Err.Error(),
+		me.Meta.Mode,
+		me.Meta.CertVersion)
+}
+
+// NewMetaError creates a new MetaError
+func NewMetaError(err error, meta commitments.CommitmentMeta) MetaError {
+	return MetaError{Err: err, Meta: meta}
+}
diff --git a/server/server.go b/server/server.go
index 862ac9e9..1db046db 100644
--- a/server/server.go
+++ b/server/server.go
@@ -66,9 +66,18 @@ func WithMetrics(handleFn func(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request) (commitments.
 		recordDur := m.RecordRPCServerRequest(r.Method)
 
 		meta, err := handleFn(w, r)
+		if err != nil {
+			var metaErr MetaError
+			if errors.As(err, &metaErr) {
+				recordDur(w.Header().Get("status"), string(metaErr.Meta.Mode), string(metaErr.Meta.CertVersion))
+			} else {
+				recordDur(w.Header().Get("status"), string("NoCommitmentMode"), string("NoCertVersion"))
+			}
+			return err
+		}
 		// we assume that every route will set the status header
 		recordDur(w.Header().Get("status"), string(meta.Mode), string(meta.CertVersion))
-		return err
+		return nil
 	}
 }
 
@@ -155,14 +164,17 @@ func (svr *Server) HandleGet(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) (commitment
 	if err != nil {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("invalid commitment mode: %w", err)
 		svr.WriteBadRequest(w, err)
-		return meta, err
+		return commitments.CommitmentMeta{}, err
 	}
 	key := path.Base(r.URL.Path)
 	comm, err := commitments.StringToDecodedCommitment(key, meta.Mode)
 	if err != nil {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("failed to decode commitment from key %v (commitment mode %v): %w", key, meta.Mode, err)
 		svr.WriteBadRequest(w, err)
-		return meta, err
+		return commitments.CommitmentMeta{}, MetaError{
+			Err:  err,
+			Meta: meta,
+		}
 	}
 
 	input, err := svr.router.Get(r.Context(), comm, meta.Mode)
@@ -173,7 +185,10 @@ func (svr *Server) HandleGet(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) (commitment
 		} else {
 			svr.WriteInternalError(w, err)
 		}
-		return meta, err
+		return commitments.CommitmentMeta{}, MetaError{
+			Err:  err,
+			Meta: meta,
+		}
 	}
 
 	svr.WriteResponse(w, input)
@@ -189,14 +204,17 @@ func (svr *Server) HandlePut(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) (commitment
 	if err != nil {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("invalid commitment mode: %w", err)
 		svr.WriteBadRequest(w, err)
-		return meta, err
+		return commitments.CommitmentMeta{}, err
 	}
 
 	input, err := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("failed to read request body: %w", err)
 		svr.WriteBadRequest(w, err)
-		return meta, err
+		return commitments.CommitmentMeta{}, MetaError{
+			Err:  err,
+			Meta: meta,
+		}
 	}
 
 	key := path.Base(r.URL.Path)
@@ -207,7 +225,10 @@ func (svr *Server) HandlePut(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) (commitment
 		if err != nil {
 			err = fmt.Errorf("failed to decode commitment from key %v (commitment mode %v): %w", key, meta.Mode, err)
 			svr.WriteBadRequest(w, err)
-			return meta, err
+			return commitments.CommitmentMeta{}, MetaError{
+				Err:  err,
+				Meta: meta,
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -215,14 +236,20 @@ func (svr *Server) HandlePut(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) (commitment
 	if err != nil {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("put request failed with commitment %v (commitment mode %v): %w", comm, meta.Mode, err)
 		svr.WriteInternalError(w, err)
-		return meta, err
+		return commitments.CommitmentMeta{}, MetaError{
+			Err:  err,
+			Meta: meta,
+		}
 	}
 
 	responseCommit, err := commitments.EncodeCommitment(commitment, meta.Mode)
 	if err != nil {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("failed to encode commitment %v (commitment mode %v): %w", commitment, meta.Mode, err)
 		svr.WriteInternalError(w, err)
-		return meta, err
+		return commitments.CommitmentMeta{}, MetaError{
+			Err:  err,
+			Meta: meta,
+		}
 	}
 
 	svr.log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("write commitment: %x\n", comm))
diff --git a/server/server_test.go b/server/server_test.go
index 863375a4..6a2a3e17 100644
--- a/server/server_test.go
+++ b/server/server_test.go
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func TestGetHandler(t *testing.T) {
 			expectedCode:           http.StatusInternalServerError,
 			expectedBody:           "",
 			expectError:            true,
-			expectedCommitmentMeta: commitments.CommitmentMeta{Mode: commitments.OptimismGeneric, CertVersion: 0},
+			expectedCommitmentMeta: commitments.CommitmentMeta{},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "Success - OP Keccak256",
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ func TestGetHandler(t *testing.T) {
 			expectedCode:           http.StatusInternalServerError,
 			expectedBody:           "",
 			expectError:            true,
-			expectedCommitmentMeta: commitments.CommitmentMeta{Mode: commitments.OptimismAltDA, CertVersion: 0},
+			expectedCommitmentMeta: commitments.CommitmentMeta{},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "Success - OP Alt-DA",
@@ -217,11 +217,10 @@ func TestPutHandler(t *testing.T) {
 			mockBehavior: func() {
 				mockRouter.EXPECT().Put(gomock.Any(), gomock.Any(), gomock.Any(), gomock.Any()).Return(nil, fmt.Errorf("internal error"))
 			},
-			expectedCode: http.StatusInternalServerError,
-			expectedBody: "",
-			expectError:  true,
-			// certification version is the third byte of the body, in this case it's "m"
-			expectedCommitmentMeta: commitments.CommitmentMeta{Mode: commitments.OptimismAltDA, CertVersion: 0},
+			expectedCode:           http.StatusInternalServerError,
+			expectedBody:           "",
+			expectError:            true,
+			expectedCommitmentMeta: commitments.CommitmentMeta{},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "Success OP Mode Alt-DA",