diff --git a/surfsense_backend/app/tasks/background_tasks.py b/surfsense_backend/app/tasks/background_tasks.py
index f18890f..07e0f5f 100644
--- a/surfsense_backend/app/tasks/background_tasks.py
+++ b/surfsense_backend/app/tasks/background_tasks.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ async def add_crawled_url_document(
         task_name="crawl_url_document",
         source="background_task",
         message=f"Starting URL crawling process for: {url}",
-        metadata={"url": url, "user_id": user_id}
+        metadata={"url": url, "user_id": str(user_id)}
     )
     
     try:
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ async def add_extension_received_document(
         metadata={
             "url": content.metadata.VisitedWebPageURL,
             "title": content.metadata.VisitedWebPageTitle,
-            "user_id": user_id
+            "user_id": str(user_id)
         }
     )
     
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ async def add_received_markdown_file_document(
         task_name="markdown_file_document",
         source="background_task",
         message=f"Processing markdown file: {file_name}",
-        metadata={"filename": file_name, "user_id": user_id, "content_length": len(file_in_markdown)}
+        metadata={"filename": file_name, "user_id": str(user_id), "content_length": len(file_in_markdown)}
     )
     
     try:
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ async def add_youtube_video_document(
         task_name="youtube_video_document",
         source="background_task",
         message=f"Starting YouTube video processing for: {url}",
-        metadata={"url": url, "user_id": user_id}
+        metadata={"url": url, "user_id": str(user_id)}
     )
     
     try:
diff --git a/surfsense_backend/app/tasks/connectors_indexing_tasks.py b/surfsense_backend/app/tasks/connectors_indexing_tasks.py
index 6a972be..e0b3cd1 100644
--- a/surfsense_backend/app/tasks/connectors_indexing_tasks.py
+++ b/surfsense_backend/app/tasks/connectors_indexing_tasks.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ async def index_slack_messages(
         task_name="slack_messages_indexing",
         source="connector_indexing_task",
         message=f"Starting Slack messages indexing for connector {connector_id}",
-        metadata={"connector_id": connector_id, "user_id": user_id, "start_date": start_date, "end_date": end_date}
+        metadata={"connector_id": connector_id, "user_id": str(user_id), "start_date": start_date, "end_date": end_date}
     )
     
     try:
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ async def index_notion_pages(
         task_name="notion_pages_indexing",
         source="connector_indexing_task",
         message=f"Starting Notion pages indexing for connector {connector_id}",
-        metadata={"connector_id": connector_id, "user_id": user_id, "start_date": start_date, "end_date": end_date}
+        metadata={"connector_id": connector_id, "user_id": str(user_id), "start_date": start_date, "end_date": end_date}
     )
     
     try:
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ async def index_github_repos(
         task_name="github_repos_indexing",
         source="connector_indexing_task",
         message=f"Starting GitHub repositories indexing for connector {connector_id}",
-        metadata={"connector_id": connector_id, "user_id": user_id, "start_date": start_date, "end_date": end_date}
+        metadata={"connector_id": connector_id, "user_id": str(user_id), "start_date": start_date, "end_date": end_date}
     )
     
     documents_processed = 0
@@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@ async def index_linear_issues(
         task_name="linear_issues_indexing",
         source="connector_indexing_task",
         message=f"Starting Linear issues indexing for connector {connector_id}",
-        metadata={"connector_id": connector_id, "user_id": user_id, "start_date": start_date, "end_date": end_date}
+        metadata={"connector_id": connector_id, "user_id": str(user_id), "start_date": start_date, "end_date": end_date}
     )
     
     try:
@@ -1315,7 +1315,7 @@ async def index_discord_messages(
         task_name="discord_messages_indexing",
         source="connector_indexing_task",
         message=f"Starting Discord messages indexing for connector {connector_id}",
-        metadata={"connector_id": connector_id, "user_id": user_id, "start_date": start_date, "end_date": end_date}
+        metadata={"connector_id": connector_id, "user_id": str(user_id), "start_date": start_date, "end_date": end_date}
     )
     
     try:
diff --git a/surfsense_backend/app/tasks/podcast_tasks.py b/surfsense_backend/app/tasks/podcast_tasks.py
index a6be546..f4907af 100644
--- a/surfsense_backend/app/tasks/podcast_tasks.py
+++ b/surfsense_backend/app/tasks/podcast_tasks.py
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 from app.agents.podcaster.graph import graph as podcaster_graph
 from app.agents.podcaster.state import State
 from app.db import Chat, Podcast
+from app.services.task_logging_service import TaskLoggingService
 from sqlalchemy import select
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
+from sqlalchemy.exc import SQLAlchemyError
 
 
 async def generate_document_podcast(
@@ -24,73 +26,177 @@ async def generate_chat_podcast(
     podcast_title: str,
     user_id: int
 ):
-    # Fetch the chat with the specified ID
-    query = select(Chat).filter(
-        Chat.id == chat_id,
-        Chat.search_space_id == search_space_id
-    )
+    task_logger = TaskLoggingService(session, search_space_id)
     
-    result = await session.execute(query)
-    chat = result.scalars().first()
-    
-    if not chat:
-        raise ValueError(f"Chat with id {chat_id} not found in search space {search_space_id}")
-    
-    # Create chat history structure
-    chat_history_str = "<chat_history>"
-    
-    for message in chat.messages:
-        if message["role"] == "user":
-            chat_history_str += f"<user_message>{message['content']}</user_message>"
-        elif message["role"] == "assistant":
-            # Last annotation type will always be "ANSWER" here
-            answer_annotation = message["annotations"][-1]
-            answer_text = ""
-            if answer_annotation["type"] == "ANSWER":
-                answer_text = answer_annotation["content"]
-                # If content is a list, join it into a single string
-                if isinstance(answer_text, list):
-                    answer_text = "\n".join(answer_text)
-                chat_history_str += f"<assistant_message>{answer_text}</assistant_message>"
-                
-    chat_history_str += "</chat_history>"
-    
-    # Pass it to the SurfSense Podcaster
-    config = {
-        "configurable": {
-            "podcast_title": "SurfSense",
-            "user_id": str(user_id),
+    # Log task start
+    log_entry = await task_logger.log_task_start(
+        task_name="generate_chat_podcast",
+        source="podcast_task",
+        message=f"Starting podcast generation for chat {chat_id}",
+        metadata={
+            "chat_id": chat_id,
+            "search_space_id": search_space_id,
+            "podcast_title": podcast_title,
+            "user_id": str(user_id)
         }
-    }
-    # Initialize state with database session and streaming service
-    initial_state = State(
-        source_content=chat_history_str,
-        db_session=session
     )
     
-    # Run the graph directly
-    result = await podcaster_graph.ainvoke(initial_state, config=config)
-    
-    # Convert podcast transcript entries to serializable format
-    serializable_transcript = []
-    for entry in result["podcast_transcript"]:
-        serializable_transcript.append({
-            "speaker_id": entry.speaker_id,
-            "dialog": entry.dialog
-        })
-    
-    # Create a new podcast entry
-    podcast = Podcast(
-        title=f"{podcast_title}",
-        podcast_transcript=serializable_transcript,
-        file_location=result["final_podcast_file_path"],
-        search_space_id=search_space_id
-    )
-    
-    # Add to session and commit
-    session.add(podcast)
-    await session.commit()
-    await session.refresh(podcast)
-    
-    return podcast
+    try:
+        # Fetch the chat with the specified ID
+        await task_logger.log_task_progress(
+            log_entry,
+            f"Fetching chat {chat_id} from database",
+            {"stage": "fetch_chat"}
+        )
+        
+        query = select(Chat).filter(
+            Chat.id == chat_id,
+            Chat.search_space_id == search_space_id
+        )
+        
+        result = await session.execute(query)
+        chat = result.scalars().first()
+        
+        if not chat:
+            await task_logger.log_task_failure(
+                log_entry,
+                f"Chat with id {chat_id} not found in search space {search_space_id}",
+                "Chat not found",
+                {"error_type": "ChatNotFound"}
+            )
+            raise ValueError(f"Chat with id {chat_id} not found in search space {search_space_id}")
+        
+        # Create chat history structure
+        await task_logger.log_task_progress(
+            log_entry,
+            f"Processing chat history for chat {chat_id}",
+            {"stage": "process_chat_history", "message_count": len(chat.messages)}
+        )
+        
+        chat_history_str = "<chat_history>"
+        
+        processed_messages = 0
+        for message in chat.messages:
+            if message["role"] == "user":
+                chat_history_str += f"<user_message>{message['content']}</user_message>"
+                processed_messages += 1
+            elif message["role"] == "assistant":
+                # Last annotation type will always be "ANSWER" here
+                answer_annotation = message["annotations"][-1]
+                answer_text = ""
+                if answer_annotation["type"] == "ANSWER":
+                    answer_text = answer_annotation["content"]
+                    # If content is a list, join it into a single string
+                    if isinstance(answer_text, list):
+                        answer_text = "\n".join(answer_text)
+                    chat_history_str += f"<assistant_message>{answer_text}</assistant_message>"
+                    processed_messages += 1
+                    
+        chat_history_str += "</chat_history>"
+        
+        # Pass it to the SurfSense Podcaster
+        await task_logger.log_task_progress(
+            log_entry,
+            f"Initializing podcast generation for chat {chat_id}",
+            {"stage": "initialize_podcast_generation", "processed_messages": processed_messages, "content_length": len(chat_history_str)}
+        )
+        
+        config = {
+            "configurable": {
+                "podcast_title": "SurfSense",
+                "user_id": str(user_id),
+            }
+        }
+        # Initialize state with database session and streaming service
+        initial_state = State(
+            source_content=chat_history_str,
+            db_session=session
+        )
+        
+        # Run the graph directly
+        await task_logger.log_task_progress(
+            log_entry,
+            f"Running podcast generation graph for chat {chat_id}",
+            {"stage": "run_podcast_graph"}
+        )
+        
+        result = await podcaster_graph.ainvoke(initial_state, config=config)
+        
+        # Convert podcast transcript entries to serializable format
+        await task_logger.log_task_progress(
+            log_entry,
+            f"Processing podcast transcript for chat {chat_id}",
+            {"stage": "process_transcript", "transcript_entries": len(result["podcast_transcript"])}
+        )
+        
+        serializable_transcript = []
+        for entry in result["podcast_transcript"]:
+            serializable_transcript.append({
+                "speaker_id": entry.speaker_id,
+                "dialog": entry.dialog
+            })
+        
+        # Create a new podcast entry
+        await task_logger.log_task_progress(
+            log_entry,
+            f"Creating podcast database entry for chat {chat_id}",
+            {"stage": "create_podcast_entry", "file_location": result.get("final_podcast_file_path")}
+        )
+        
+        podcast = Podcast(
+            title=f"{podcast_title}",
+            podcast_transcript=serializable_transcript,
+            file_location=result["final_podcast_file_path"],
+            search_space_id=search_space_id
+        )
+        
+        # Add to session and commit
+        session.add(podcast)
+        await session.commit()
+        await session.refresh(podcast)
+        
+        # Log success
+        await task_logger.log_task_success(
+            log_entry,
+            f"Successfully generated podcast for chat {chat_id}",
+            {
+                "podcast_id": podcast.id,
+                "podcast_title": podcast_title,
+                "transcript_entries": len(serializable_transcript),
+                "file_location": result.get("final_podcast_file_path"),
+                "processed_messages": processed_messages,
+                "content_length": len(chat_history_str)
+            }
+        )
+        
+        return podcast
+
+    except ValueError as ve:
+        # ValueError is already logged above for chat not found
+        if "not found" not in str(ve):
+            await task_logger.log_task_failure(
+                log_entry,
+                f"Value error during podcast generation for chat {chat_id}",
+                str(ve),
+                {"error_type": "ValueError"}
+            )
+        raise ve
+    except SQLAlchemyError as db_error:
+        await session.rollback()
+        await task_logger.log_task_failure(
+            log_entry,
+            f"Database error during podcast generation for chat {chat_id}",
+            str(db_error),
+            {"error_type": "SQLAlchemyError"}
+        )
+        raise db_error
+    except Exception as e:
+        await session.rollback()
+        await task_logger.log_task_failure(
+            log_entry,
+            f"Unexpected error during podcast generation for chat {chat_id}",
+            str(e),
+            {"error_type": type(e).__name__}
+        )
+        raise RuntimeError(f"Failed to generate podcast for chat {chat_id}: {str(e)}")
 
diff --git a/surfsense_web/app/dashboard/[search_space_id]/chats/chats-client.tsx b/surfsense_web/app/dashboard/[search_space_id]/chats/chats-client.tsx
index 7b14c7e..45f6d46 100644
--- a/surfsense_web/app/dashboard/[search_space_id]/chats/chats-client.tsx
+++ b/surfsense_web/app/dashboard/[search_space_id]/chats/chats-client.tsx
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ export default function ChatsPageClient({ searchSpaceId }: ChatsPageClientProps)
   
   // Helper to finish the podcast generation process
   const finishPodcastGeneration = () => {
-    toast.success("All podcasts are being generated! Check the podcasts tab to see them when ready.");
+    toast.success("All podcasts are being generated! Check the logs tab to see their status.");
     setPodcastDialogOpen(false);
     setSelectedChats([]);
     setSelectionMode(false);