diff --git a/errors.go b/errors.go
index 77ff402..0e32ac7 100644
--- a/errors.go
+++ b/errors.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package errors
 
 import (
 	stderrors "errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -10,7 +11,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	basePath = ""
+	basePath      = ""
+	maxStackDepth = 64
 )
 
 // StackFrame represents the stackframe for tracing exception
@@ -47,41 +49,47 @@ type customError struct {
 	stack        []uintptr
 	frame        []StackFrame
 	cause        error
+	wrapped      error // immediate parent for Unwrap() chain; may differ from cause
 	shouldNotify bool
 	status       *grpcstatus.Status
 }
 
-// implements notifier.NotifyExt
+// ShouldNotify returns true if the error should be reported to notifiers.
 func (c *customError) ShouldNotify() bool {
 	return c.shouldNotify
 }
 
-// implements notifier.NotifyExt
+// Notified marks the error as having been notified (or not).
 func (c *customError) Notified(status bool) {
 	c.shouldNotify = !status
 }
 
-// implements error
+// Error returns the error message.
 func (c customError) Error() string {
 	return c.Msg
 }
 
+// Callers returns the program counters of the call stack when the error was created.
 func (c customError) Callers() []uintptr {
 	return c.stack[:]
 }
 
+// StackTrace returns the program counters of the call stack (alias for Callers).
 func (c customError) StackTrace() []uintptr {
 	return c.Callers()
 }
 
+// StackFrame returns the structured stack frames for the error.
 func (c customError) StackFrame() []StackFrame {
 	return c.frame
 }
 
+// Cause returns the root cause error that originated this error chain.
 func (c customError) Cause() error {
 	return c.cause
 }
 
+// GRPCStatus returns the gRPC status for this error.
 func (c customError) GRPCStatus() *grpcstatus.Status {
 	if c.status != nil {
 		// use latest error message and keep other data (e.g. details)
@@ -97,7 +105,7 @@ func (c customError) GRPCStatus() *grpcstatus.Status {
 func (c *customError) generateStack(skip int) []StackFrame {
 	stack := []StackFrame{}
 	trace := []uintptr{}
-	for i := skip + 1; ; i++ {
+	for i := skip + 1; i < skip+1+maxStackDepth; i++ {
 		pc, file, line, ok := runtime.Caller(i)
 		if !ok {
 			break
@@ -118,8 +126,9 @@ func (c *customError) generateStack(skip int) []StackFrame {
 	return stack
 }
 
+// Unwrap returns the immediate parent error for use with errors.Is and errors.As.
 func (c customError) Unwrap() error {
-	return c.cause
+	return c.wrapped
 }
 
 func packageFuncName(pc uintptr) (string, string) {
@@ -199,9 +208,11 @@ func WrapWithSkipAndStatus(err error, msg string, skip int, status *grpcstatus.S
 	//if we have stack information reuse that
 	if e, ok := err.(ErrorExt); ok {
 		c := &customError{
-			Msg:    msg + e.Error(),
-			cause:  e.Cause(),
-			status: status,
+			Msg:          msg + e.Error(),
+			cause:        e.Cause(),
+			wrapped:      err, // preserve full chain for errors.Is/errors.As
+			status:       status,
+			shouldNotify: true,
 		}
 
 		c.stack = e.Callers()
@@ -215,6 +226,7 @@ func WrapWithSkipAndStatus(err error, msg string, skip int, status *grpcstatus.S
 	c := &customError{
 		Msg:          msg + err.Error(),
 		cause:        err,
+		wrapped:      err,
 		shouldNotify: true,
 		status:       status,
 	}
@@ -223,6 +235,24 @@ func WrapWithSkipAndStatus(err error, msg string, skip int, status *grpcstatus.S
 
 }
 
+// SetMaxStackDepth sets the maximum number of stack frames captured when creating errors.
+// Default is 64. Must be called during initialization.
+func SetMaxStackDepth(n int) {
+	if n > 0 {
+		maxStackDepth = n
+	}
+}
+
+// Newf creates a new error with a formatted message and stack information
+func Newf(format string, args ...any) ErrorExt {
+	return NewWithSkip(fmt.Sprintf(format, args...), 1)
+}
+
+// Wrapf wraps an existing error with a formatted message and appends stack information if it does not exist
+func Wrapf(err error, format string, args ...any) ErrorExt {
+	return WrapWithSkip(err, fmt.Sprintf(format, args...), 1)
+}
+
 // SetBaseFilePath sets the base file path for linking source code with reported stack information
 func SetBaseFilePath(path string) {
 	path = strings.TrimSpace(path)
diff --git a/errors_test.go b/errors_test.go
index 7e318fd..6e57876 100644
--- a/errors_test.go
+++ b/errors_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package errors
 
 import (
+	stderrors "errors"
 	"io"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -28,7 +29,6 @@ func TestWrap(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
-		tt := tt
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			err := Wrap(tt.err, tt.message)
 			if err.Error() != tt.expected {
@@ -43,3 +43,91 @@ func TestWrap(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestErrorsIs(t *testing.T) {
+	// errors.Is should work through the full wrap chain
+	base := stderrors.New("base error")
+	wrapped1 := Wrap(base, "layer1")
+	wrapped2 := Wrap(wrapped1, "layer2")
+	wrapped3 := Wrap(wrapped2, "layer3")
+
+	if !stderrors.Is(wrapped1, base) {
+		t.Error("wrapped1 should match base via errors.Is")
+	}
+	if !stderrors.Is(wrapped2, wrapped1) {
+		t.Error("wrapped2 should match wrapped1 via errors.Is")
+	}
+	if !stderrors.Is(wrapped2, base) {
+		t.Error("wrapped2 should match base via errors.Is")
+	}
+	if !stderrors.Is(wrapped3, wrapped2) {
+		t.Error("wrapped3 should match wrapped2 via errors.Is")
+	}
+	if !stderrors.Is(wrapped3, wrapped1) {
+		t.Error("wrapped3 should match wrapped1 via errors.Is")
+	}
+	if !stderrors.Is(wrapped3, base) {
+		t.Error("wrapped3 should match base via errors.Is")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCauseStillReturnsRoot(t *testing.T) {
+	base := stderrors.New("root")
+	wrapped1 := Wrap(base, "a")
+	wrapped2 := Wrap(wrapped1, "b")
+
+	// Cause() should still return the root error for backward compatibility
+	if wrapped1.Cause() != base {
+		t.Errorf("wrapped1.Cause() = %v, want %v", wrapped1.Cause(), base)
+	}
+	if wrapped2.Cause() != base {
+		t.Errorf("wrapped2.Cause() = %v, want %v", wrapped2.Cause(), base)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNewf(t *testing.T) {
+	err := Newf("error %d: %s", 42, "test")
+	if err.Error() != "error 42: test" {
+		t.Errorf("Newf() = %q, want %q", err.Error(), "error 42: test")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestWrapf(t *testing.T) {
+	base := stderrors.New("base")
+	err := Wrapf(base, "context %d", 1)
+	expected := "context 1: base"
+	if err.Error() != expected {
+		t.Errorf("Wrapf() = %q, want %q", err.Error(), expected)
+	}
+	if !stderrors.Is(err, base) {
+		t.Error("Wrapf result should match base via errors.Is")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestStackDepthCapped(t *testing.T) {
+	// With default max of 64, stack should never exceed that
+	err := New("test")
+	if len(err.StackFrame()) > 64 {
+		t.Errorf("stack depth %d exceeds max 64", len(err.StackFrame()))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestStackDepthCappedDeep(t *testing.T) {
+	var createDeepError func(depth int) ErrorExt
+	createDeepError = func(depth int) ErrorExt {
+		if depth == 0 {
+			return New("deep error")
+		}
+		return createDeepError(depth - 1)
+	}
+
+	// Create error from a stack deeper than 64
+	err := createDeepError(100)
+	if len(err.StackFrame()) > 64 {
+		t.Errorf("stack depth %d exceeds max 64", len(err.StackFrame()))
+	}
+	if len(err.StackFrame()) == 0 {
+		t.Error("stack should not be empty")
+	}
+}
+
diff --git a/notifier/notifier.go b/notifier/notifier.go
index 297de66..a014ebe 100644
--- a/notifier/notifier.go
+++ b/notifier/notifier.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 
 	raven "github.com/getsentry/raven-go"
 	"github.com/go-coldbrew/errors"
@@ -27,12 +28,54 @@ var (
 	serverRoot    string
 	hostname      string
 	traceHeader   string = "x-trace-id"
+
+	// asyncSem is a semaphore that bounds the number of concurrent async
+	// notification goroutines. When full, new notifications are dropped
+	// to prevent goroutine explosion under sustained error bursts.
+	asyncSem = make(chan struct{}, 1000)
 )
 
 const (
 	tracerID = "tracerId"
 )
 
+var asyncSemOnce sync.Once
+
+// SetMaxAsyncNotifications sets the maximum number of concurrent async
+// notification goroutines. When the limit is reached, new async notifications
+// are dropped to prevent goroutine explosion under sustained error bursts.
+// Default is 1000. Can only be called once; subsequent calls are no-ops.
+func SetMaxAsyncNotifications(n int) {
+	if n > 0 {
+		asyncSemOnce.Do(func() {
+			asyncSem = make(chan struct{}, n)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// NotifyAsync sends an error notification asynchronously with bounded concurrency.
+// If the async notification pool is full, the notification is dropped to prevent
+// goroutine explosion under sustained error bursts.
+// Returns the original error for convenience.
+func NotifyAsync(err error, rawData ...interface{}) error {
+	if err == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	sem := asyncSem
+	select {
+	case sem <- struct{}{}:
+		data := append([]interface{}(nil), rawData...)
+		go func(s chan struct{}, d []interface{}) {
+			defer func() { <-s }()
+			_ = Notify(err, d...)
+		}(sem, data)
+	default:
+		// drop notification to prevent goroutine explosion
+		log.Debug(context.Background(), "msg", "async notification dropped due to capacity", "err", err)
+	}
+	return err
+}
+
 // SetTraceHeaderName sets the header name for trace id
 // default is x-trace-id
 func SetTraceHeaderName(name string) {
@@ -325,7 +368,7 @@ func NotifyWithExclude(err error, rawData ...interface{}) error {
 			list = append(list, rawData[pos])
 		}
 	}
-	go func() { _ = Notify(err, list...) }()
+	_ = NotifyAsync(err, list...)
 	return err
 }