diff --git a/clippy.toml b/clippy.toml
index 9698ade11975..2278963d009b 100644
--- a/clippy.toml
+++ b/clippy.toml
@@ -81,5 +81,6 @@ doc-valid-idents = [
   "sRGB",
   "sRGBA",
   "WebGL",
+  "WebSocket",
   "WebSockets",
 ]
diff --git a/crates/re_sdk/src/lib.rs b/crates/re_sdk/src/lib.rs
index ef6c130d2c0e..c5bfafe827b7 100644
--- a/crates/re_sdk/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/re_sdk/src/lib.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ mod log_integration;
 // -------------
 // Public items:
 
-pub use self::recording_stream::{RecordingStream, RecordingStreamBuilder, RecordingStreamResult};
+pub use self::recording_stream::{
+    RecordingStream, RecordingStreamBuilder, RecordingStreamError, RecordingStreamResult,
+};
 
 pub use re_sdk_comms::{default_flush_timeout, default_server_addr};
 
diff --git a/crates/re_sdk/src/recording_stream.rs b/crates/re_sdk/src/recording_stream.rs
index ceb607b7ae53..5d43a727e490 100644
--- a/crates/re_sdk/src/recording_stream.rs
+++ b/crates/re_sdk/src/recording_stream.rs
@@ -58,14 +58,19 @@ pub enum RecordingStreamError {
     /// Error spawning one of the background threads.
     #[error("Failed to spawn background thread '{name}': {err}")]
     SpawnThread {
+        /// Name of the thread
         name: &'static str,
-        err: Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>,
+
+        /// Inner error explaining why the thread failed to spawn.
+        err: std::io::Error,
     },
 
+    /// Failure to host a web viewer and/or Rerun server.
     #[cfg(feature = "web_viewer")]
     #[error(transparent)]
-    WebSink(anyhow::Error),
+    WebSink(#[from] crate::web_viewer::WebViewerSinkError),
 
+    /// An error that can occur because a row in the store has inconsistent columns.
     #[error(transparent)]
     DataReadError(#[from] re_log_types::DataReadError),
 }
@@ -343,8 +348,7 @@ impl RecordingStreamBuilder {
     ) -> RecordingStreamResult<RecordingStream> {
         let (enabled, store_info, batcher_config) = self.into_args();
         if enabled {
-            let sink = crate::web_viewer::new_sink(open_browser, bind_ip, web_port, ws_port)
-                .map_err(RecordingStreamError::WebSink)?;
+            let sink = crate::web_viewer::new_sink(open_browser, bind_ip, web_port, ws_port)?;
             RecordingStream::new(store_info, batcher_config, sink)
         } else {
             re_log::debug!("Rerun disabled - call to serve() ignored");
@@ -501,10 +505,7 @@ impl RecordingStreamInner {
                     let batcher = batcher.clone();
                     move || forwarding_thread(info, sink, cmds_rx, batcher.tables())
                 })
-                .map_err(|err| RecordingStreamError::SpawnThread {
-                    name: NAME,
-                    err: Box::new(err),
-                })?
+                .map_err(|err| RecordingStreamError::SpawnThread { name: NAME, err })?
         };
 
         Ok(RecordingStreamInner {
diff --git a/crates/re_sdk/src/web_viewer.rs b/crates/re_sdk/src/web_viewer.rs
index 752f5a82d071..0a24ba3ef78c 100644
--- a/crates/re_sdk/src/web_viewer.rs
+++ b/crates/re_sdk/src/web_viewer.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,18 @@ use re_log_types::LogMsg;
 use re_web_viewer_server::{WebViewerServerHandle, WebViewerServerPort};
 use re_ws_comms::{RerunServerHandle, RerunServerPort};
 
+/// Failure to host a web viewer and/or Rerun server.
+#[derive(thiserror::Error, Debug)]
+pub enum WebViewerSinkError {
+    /// Failure to host the web viewer.
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    WebViewerServer(#[from] re_web_viewer_server::WebViewerServerError),
+
+    /// Failure to host the Rerun WebSocket server.
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    RerunServer(#[from] re_ws_comms::RerunServerError),
+}
+
 /// A [`crate::sink::LogSink`] tied to a hosted Rerun web viewer. This internally stores two servers:
 /// * A [`re_ws_comms::RerunServer`] to relay messages from the sink to a websocket connection
 /// * A [`re_web_viewer_server::WebViewerServer`] to serve the Wasm+HTML
@@ -23,7 +35,7 @@ impl WebViewerSink {
         bind_ip: &str,
         web_port: WebViewerServerPort,
         ws_port: RerunServerPort,
-    ) -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
+    ) -> Result<Self, WebViewerSinkError> {
         // TODO(cmc): the sources here probably don't make much sense…
         let (rerun_tx, rerun_rx) = re_smart_channel::smart_channel(
             re_smart_channel::SmartMessageSource::Sdk,
@@ -114,7 +126,7 @@ pub fn new_sink(
     bind_ip: &str,
     web_port: WebViewerServerPort,
     ws_port: RerunServerPort,
-) -> anyhow::Result<Box<dyn crate::sink::LogSink>> {
+) -> Result<Box<dyn crate::sink::LogSink>, WebViewerSinkError> {
     Ok(Box::new(WebViewerSink::new(
         open_browser,
         bind_ip,
diff --git a/crates/re_web_viewer_server/src/lib.rs b/crates/re_web_viewer_server/src/lib.rs
index 3576cb7a5fac..6e03322ad4e8 100644
--- a/crates/re_web_viewer_server/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/re_web_viewer_server/src/lib.rs
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ mod data {
     pub const VIEWER_WASM: &[u8] = include_bytes!("../web_viewer/re_viewer_bg.wasm");
 }
 
+/// Failure to host the web viewer.
 #[derive(thiserror::Error, Debug)]
 pub enum WebViewerServerError {
     #[error("Could not parse address: {0}")]
diff --git a/crates/re_ws_comms/src/lib.rs b/crates/re_ws_comms/src/lib.rs
index 4df6c187ab42..9ea0e0ee3da3 100644
--- a/crates/re_ws_comms/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/re_ws_comms/src/lib.rs
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ pub const PROTOCOL: &str = "ws";
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+/// Failure to host the Rerun WebSocket server.
 #[derive(thiserror::Error, Debug)]
 pub enum RerunServerError {
     #[error("Failed to bind to WebSocket port {0}: {1}")]
diff --git a/scripts/clippy_wasm/clippy.toml b/scripts/clippy_wasm/clippy.toml
index 3b458a6da4b0..3fee57b67a67 100644
--- a/scripts/clippy_wasm/clippy.toml
+++ b/scripts/clippy_wasm/clippy.toml
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ doc-valid-idents = [
   "sRGB",
   "sRGBA",
   "WebGL",
+  "WebSocket",
   "WebSockets",
   "..",
 ]