diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/features/agent-awareness/liveActivityPreferences.ts b/apps/mobile/src/features/agent-awareness/liveActivityPreferences.ts
index 8f73ffdf65e..932376e8bce 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/features/agent-awareness/liveActivityPreferences.ts
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/features/agent-awareness/liveActivityPreferences.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import * as Effect from "effect/Effect";
+import * as Schema from "effect/Schema";
 import { HttpClient } from "effect/unstable/http";
 import { ManagedRelay } from "@t3tools/client-runtime/relay";
 
@@ -7,6 +8,18 @@ import { savePreferencesPatch } from "../../lib/storage";
 import { linkEnvironmentToCloud } from "../cloud/linkEnvironment";
 import { refreshAgentAwarenessRegistration } from "./remoteRegistration";
 
+export class LiveActivityPreferenceSaveError extends Schema.TaggedErrorClass<LiveActivityPreferenceSaveError>()(
+  "LiveActivityPreferenceSaveError",
+  {
+    enabled: Schema.Boolean,
+    cause: Schema.Defect(),
+  },
+) {
+  override get message(): string {
+    return `Failed to save the Live Activity updates setting (enabled: ${this.enabled}).`;
+  }
+}
+
 export function setLiveActivityUpdatesEnabled(input: {
   readonly enabled: boolean;
   readonly clerkToken: string | null;
@@ -15,7 +28,7 @@ export function setLiveActivityUpdatesEnabled(input: {
   return Effect.gen(function* () {
     yield* Effect.tryPromise({
       try: () => savePreferencesPatch({ liveActivitiesEnabled: input.enabled }),
-      catch: (error) => error,
+      catch: (cause) => new LiveActivityPreferenceSaveError({ enabled: input.enabled, cause }),
     });
 
     yield* refreshAgentAwarenessRegistration();
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/features/agent-awareness/notificationPermissions.ts b/apps/mobile/src/features/agent-awareness/notificationPermissions.ts
index ce8dfddf3d2..dc275774a50 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/features/agent-awareness/notificationPermissions.ts
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/features/agent-awareness/notificationPermissions.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import * as Notifications from "expo-notifications";
 import * as Effect from "effect/Effect";
+import * as Schema from "effect/Schema";
 import { Platform } from "react-native";
 
 export type NotificationPermissionResult =
@@ -7,9 +8,31 @@ export type NotificationPermissionResult =
   | { readonly type: "granted" }
   | { readonly type: "denied"; readonly canAskAgain: boolean };
 
+export class NotificationPermissionReadError extends Schema.TaggedErrorClass<NotificationPermissionReadError>()(
+  "NotificationPermissionReadError",
+  {
+    cause: Schema.Defect(),
+  },
+) {
+  override get message(): string {
+    return "Failed to read notification permissions on iOS.";
+  }
+}
+
+export class NotificationPermissionRequestError extends Schema.TaggedErrorClass<NotificationPermissionRequestError>()(
+  "NotificationPermissionRequestError",
+  {
+    cause: Schema.Defect(),
+  },
+) {
+  override get message(): string {
+    return "Failed to request notification permissions on iOS.";
+  }
+}
+
 export const requestAgentNotificationPermission: Effect.Effect<
   NotificationPermissionResult,
-  unknown
+  NotificationPermissionReadError | NotificationPermissionRequestError
 > = Effect.gen(function* () {
   if (Platform.OS !== "ios") {
     return { type: "unsupported" };
@@ -17,7 +40,7 @@ export const requestAgentNotificationPermission: Effect.Effect<
 
   const existing = yield* Effect.tryPromise({
     try: () => Notifications.getPermissionsAsync(),
-    catch: (error) => error,
+    catch: (cause) => new NotificationPermissionReadError({ cause }),
   });
   if (existing.granted) {
     return { type: "granted" };
@@ -36,7 +59,7 @@ export const requestAgentNotificationPermission: Effect.Effect<
           allowSound: true,
         },
       }),
-    catch: (error) => error,
+    catch: (cause) => new NotificationPermissionRequestError({ cause }),
   });
   return requested.granted
     ? { type: "granted" }