diff --git a/.changeset/young-pans-search.md b/.changeset/young-pans-search.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3560f540
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/young-pans-search.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@hyperdx/app': patch
+---
+
+Log Side Panel: exceptions ui improvements
diff --git a/packages/app/src/LogSidePanel.tsx b/packages/app/src/LogSidePanel.tsx
index 75a7947c..51e7467b 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/LogSidePanel.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/LogSidePanel.tsx
@@ -492,6 +492,7 @@ function isExceptionSpan({ logData }: { logData: any }) {
 
 function TraceSubpanel({
   logData,
+  isException,
   onClose,
   onPropertyAddClick,
   generateChartUrl,
@@ -500,6 +501,7 @@ function TraceSubpanel({
   toggleColumn,
 }: {
   logData: any;
+  isException: boolean;
   onClose: () => void;
   generateSearchUrl: (query?: string, timeRange?: [Date, Date]) => string;
   generateChartUrl: (config: {
@@ -558,7 +560,6 @@ function TraceSubpanel({
   }, [_searchedQuery, _inputQuery]);
   // Allows us to determine if the user has changed the search query
   const searchedQuery = _searchedQuery ?? '';
-  const isException = isExceptionSpan({ logData: selectedLogData });
 
   const exceptionBreadcrumbs = useMemo<StacktraceBreadcrumb[]>(() => {
     try {
@@ -1875,6 +1876,11 @@ const ExceptionSubpanel = ({
     [firstException.stacktrace?.frames],
   );
 
+  const chronologicalBreadcrumbs = useMemo(
+    () => breadcrumbs?.slice().reverse() ?? [],
+    [breadcrumbs],
+  );
+
   // TODO: show all frames (stackable)
   return (
     <div>
@@ -1936,7 +1942,7 @@ const ExceptionSubpanel = ({
         <SectionWrapper>
           <Table
             columns={breadcrumbColumns}
-            data={breadcrumbs}
+            data={chronologicalBreadcrumbs}
             emptyMessage="No breadcrumbs found"
           />
         </SectionWrapper>
@@ -2011,7 +2017,11 @@ export default function LogSidePanel({
   }, [setQueryTab, isNestedPanel, onClose]);
 
   const logData = useMemo(() => logDataRaw?.data[0], [logDataRaw]);
-  const displayedTab = tab ?? (logData?.type === 'span' ? 'trace' : 'parsed');
+
+  const isException = useMemo(() => isExceptionSpan({ logData }), [logData]);
+
+  const displayedTab =
+    tab ?? (logData?.type === 'span' || isException ? 'trace' : 'parsed');
 
   // Keep track of sub-drawers so we can disable closing this root drawer
   const [subDrawerOpen, setSubDrawerOpen] = useState(false);
@@ -2177,6 +2187,7 @@ export default function LogSidePanel({
                   >
                     <TraceSubpanel
                       logData={logData}
+                      isException={isException}
                       onPropertyAddClick={onPropertyAddClick}
                       generateSearchUrl={generateSearchUrl}
                       generateChartUrl={generateChartUrl}
diff --git a/packages/app/src/LogSidePanelElements.tsx b/packages/app/src/LogSidePanelElements.tsx
index c683bc34..5bb6cb4d 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/LogSidePanelElements.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/LogSidePanelElements.tsx
@@ -158,27 +158,82 @@ export const stacktraceColumns: ColumnDef<StacktraceFrame>[] = [
   },
 ];
 
+const MAX_URL_LENGTH = 120;
+const Url = ({ url }: { url?: string }) => (
+  <span className="text-slate-300" title={url}>
+    {url == null
+      ? ''
+      : url.length > MAX_URL_LENGTH
+      ? `${url.slice(0, MAX_URL_LENGTH)}...`
+      : url}
+  </span>
+);
+
 export const breadcrumbColumns: ColumnDef<StacktraceBreadcrumb>[] = [
   {
     accessorKey: 'category',
     header: 'Category',
+    size: 180,
     cell: ({ row }) => (
       <span className="text-slate-300">{row.original.category}</span>
     ),
   },
   {
     accessorKey: 'message',
-    header: 'Message',
+    header: 'Data',
     size: UNDEFINED_WIDTH,
-    cell: ({ row }) =>
-      row.original.message || <span className="text-slate-500">Empty</span>,
+    cell: ({ row }) => {
+      // fetch
+      if (row.original.category === 'fetch' && row.original.data) {
+        const { method, url } = row.original.data;
+        return (
+          <>
+            <span>{method} </span>
+            <span className="text-slate-300" title={url}>
+              <Url url={url} />
+            </span>
+          </>
+        );
+      }
+
+      // navigation
+      if (row.original.category === 'navigation' && row.original.data) {
+        const { from, to } = row.original.data;
+        return (
+          <>
+            <span className="text-slate-300" title={from}>
+              <Url url={from} />
+            </span>
+            <span>{' → '}</span>
+            <span className="text-slate-300" title={to}>
+              <Url url={to} />
+            </span>
+          </>
+        );
+      }
+
+      return (
+        row.original.message || <span className="text-slate-500">Empty</span>
+      );
+    },
   },
   {
     accessorKey: 'level',
     header: '',
-    size: 140,
-    cell: ({ row }) =>
-      row.original.level ? <LogLevel level={row.original.level} /> : null,
+    size: 80,
+    cell: ({ row }) => {
+      if (row.original.category === 'fetch' && row.original.data) {
+        const { status_code } = row.original.data;
+        return parseInt(status_code) >= 400 ? (
+          <span className="text-danger"> {status_code}</span>
+        ) : (
+          <span className="text-slate-500"> {status_code}</span>
+        );
+      }
+      return row.original.level ? (
+        <LogLevel level={row.original.level} />
+      ) : null;
+    },
   },
   {
     header: 'Timestamp',
@@ -200,9 +255,9 @@ export const headerColumns: ColumnDef<[string, string]>[] = [
     header: 'Header',
     size: 260,
     cell: ({ row }) => (
-      <span className="text-slate-300 text-truncate" title={row.original[0]}>
+      <div className="text-slate-300 text-truncate" title={row.original[0]}>
         {row.original[0]}
-      </span>
+      </div>
     ),
   },
   {