diff --git a/rust/otap-dataflow/crates/otap/src/console_exporter.rs b/rust/otap-dataflow/crates/otap/src/console_exporter.rs
index b4cb55868f..a5cbac8f94 100644
--- a/rust/otap-dataflow/crates/otap/src/console_exporter.rs
+++ b/rust/otap-dataflow/crates/otap/src/console_exporter.rs
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ impl ConsoleExporter {
                     self.formatter.print_logs_data(&logs_view).await;
                 }
                 Err(e) => {
-                    otel_error!("Failed to create OTLP logs view", error = ?e);
+                    otel_error!("console.logs_view.otlp_create_failed", error = ?e, message = "Failed to create OTLP logs view");
                 }
             },
             OtapPayload::OtapArrowRecords(records) => match OtapLogsView::try_from(records) {
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ impl ConsoleExporter {
                     self.formatter.print_logs_data(&logs_view).await;
                 }
                 Err(e) => {
-                    otel_error!("Failed to create OTAP logs view", error = ?e);
+                    otel_error!("console.logs_view.otap_create_failed", error = ?e, message = "Failed to create OTAP logs view");
                 }
             },
         }
@@ -147,12 +147,18 @@ impl ConsoleExporter {
 
     async fn export_traces(&self, _payload: &OtapPayload) {
         // TODO: Implement traces formatting.
-        otel_error!("Traces formatting not yet implemented");
+        otel_error!(
+            "console.traces.not_implemented",
+            message = "Traces formatting not yet implemented"
+        );
     }
 
     async fn export_metrics(&self, _payload: &OtapPayload) {
         // TODO: Implement metrics formatting.
-        otel_error!("Metrics formatting not yet implemented");
+        otel_error!(
+            "console.metrics.not_implemented",
+            message = "Metrics formatting not yet implemented"
+        );
     }
 }
 
@@ -209,7 +215,7 @@ impl HierarchicalFormatter {
         use tokio::io::AsyncWriteExt;
 
         if let Err(err) = tokio::io::stdout().write_all(&output).await {
-            otel_error!("could not write to console", error = ?err);
+            otel_error!("console.write_failed", error = ?err, message = "Could not write to console");
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/rust/otap-dataflow/crates/otap/src/otap_grpc.rs b/rust/otap-dataflow/crates/otap/src/otap_grpc.rs
index b5d9253979..e73c6af6c2 100644
--- a/rust/otap-dataflow/crates/otap/src/otap_grpc.rs
+++ b/rust/otap-dataflow/crates/otap/src/otap_grpc.rs
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ where
 {
     let batch_id = batch.batch_id;
     let batch = consumer.consume_bar(&mut batch).map_err(|e| {
-        otel_error!("Error decoding OTAP Batch. Closing stream", error = ?e);
+        otel_error!("otap.batch.decode_failed", error = ?e, message = "Error decoding OTAP Batch. Closing stream");
     })?;
 
     let batch = from_record_messages::<T>(batch);
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ where
             match guard_result {
                 Ok(mut guard) => guard.allocate(|| oneshot::channel()),
                 Err(_) => {
-                    otel_error!("Mutex poisoned");
+                    otel_error!("otap.mutex.poisoned", message = "Mutex poisoned");
                     return Err(());
                 }
             }
@@ -313,7 +313,10 @@ where
 
         let (key, rx) = match allocation_result {
             None => {
-                otel_error!("Too many concurrent requests");
+                otel_error!(
+                    "otap.request.concurrency_limit",
+                    message = "Too many concurrent requests"
+                );
 
                 // Send backpressure response
                 tx.send(Ok(BatchStatus {
@@ -326,7 +329,7 @@ where
                 }))
                 .await
                 .map_err(|e| {
-                    otel_error!("Error sending BatchStatus response", error = ?e);
+                    otel_error!("otap.response.send_failed", error = ?e, message = "Error sending BatchStatus response");
                 })?;
 
                 return Ok(());
@@ -352,7 +355,7 @@ where
     {
         Ok(_) => {}
         Err(e) => {
-            otel_error!("Failed to send to pipeline", error = ?e);
+            otel_error!("otap.pipeline.send_failed", error = ?e, message = "Failed to send to pipeline");
             return Err(());
         }
     };
@@ -378,13 +381,16 @@ where
                 }))
                 .await
                 .map_err(|e| {
-                    otel_error!("Error sending BatchStatus response", error = ?e);
+                    otel_error!("otap.response.send_failed", error = ?e, message = "Error sending BatchStatus response");
                 })?;
 
                 return Ok(());
             }
             Err(_) => {
-                otel_error!("Response channel closed unexpectedly");
+                otel_error!(
+                    "otap.response.channel_closed",
+                    message = "Response channel closed unexpectedly"
+                );
                 return Err(());
             }
         }
@@ -397,7 +403,7 @@ where
     }))
     .await
     .map_err(|e| {
-        otel_error!("Error sending BatchStatus response", error = ?e);
+        otel_error!("otap.response.send_failed", error = ?e, message = "Error sending BatchStatus response");
     })
 }