diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/api-report.md b/plugins/catalog-backend/api-report.md
index 3ac5094b31..ad898d2e22 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/api-report.md
@@ -145,6 +145,10 @@ export class CatalogBuilder {
     processingInterval: ProcessingIntervalFunction,
   ): CatalogBuilder;
   setProcessingIntervalSeconds(seconds: number): CatalogBuilder;
+  // @alpha (undocumented)
+  subscribe(
+    catalogProcessingErrorListeners: CatalogProcessingErrorListener[],
+  ): void;
 }
 
 // @alpha
@@ -202,15 +206,13 @@ export type CatalogPermissionRule<TParams extends unknown[] = unknown[]> =
 
 // @public (undocumented)
 export interface CatalogProcessingEngine {
-  // (undocumented)
-  addErrorListener?(errorListener: CatalogProcessingErrorListener): void;
   // (undocumented)
   start(): Promise<void>;
   // (undocumented)
   stop(): Promise<void>;
 }
 
-// @public
+// @alpha
 export interface CatalogProcessingErrorListener {
   // (undocumented)
   onError(
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/processing/DefaultCatalogProcessingEngine.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/processing/DefaultCatalogProcessingEngine.ts
index 7ebb55273b..69295a0662 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/processing/DefaultCatalogProcessingEngine.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/processing/DefaultCatalogProcessingEngine.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ const CACHE_TTL = 5;
 
 export class DefaultCatalogProcessingEngine implements CatalogProcessingEngine {
   private readonly tracker = progressTracker();
-  private readonly errorListeners: CatalogProcessingErrorListener[] = [];
   private stopFunc?: () => void;
 
   constructor(
@@ -44,6 +43,7 @@ export class DefaultCatalogProcessingEngine implements CatalogProcessingEngine {
     private readonly stitcher: Stitcher,
     private readonly createHash: () => Hash,
     private readonly pollingIntervalMs: number = 1000,
+    private readonly catalogProcessingErrorListener?: CatalogProcessingErrorListener,
   ) {}
 
   async start() {
@@ -157,9 +157,11 @@ export class DefaultCatalogProcessingEngine implements CatalogProcessingEngine {
           // just store the errors and trigger a stich so that they become visible to
           // the outside.
           if (!result.ok) {
-            // notify the error listeners if the entity can not be processed.
-            this.errorListeners.forEach(listener =>
-              listener.onError(unprocessedEntity, result, resultHash),
+            // notify the error listener if the entity can not be processed.
+            this.catalogProcessingErrorListener?.onError(
+              unprocessedEntity,
+              result,
+              resultHash,
             );
 
             await this.processingDatabase.transaction(async tx => {
@@ -231,10 +233,6 @@ export class DefaultCatalogProcessingEngine implements CatalogProcessingEngine {
       this.stopFunc = undefined;
     }
   }
-
-  addErrorListener(errorListener: CatalogProcessingErrorListener) {
-    this.errorListeners.push(errorListener);
-  }
 }
 
 // Helps wrap the timing and logging behaviors
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/processing/types.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/processing/types.ts
index 54118f8422..e6c58cf36f 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/processing/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/processing/types.ts
@@ -66,13 +66,12 @@ export type DeferredEntity = {
 export interface CatalogProcessingEngine {
   start(): Promise<void>;
   stop(): Promise<void>;
-  addErrorListener?(errorListener: CatalogProcessingErrorListener): void;
 }
 
 /**
  * An error listener for catalog processing engine. It can be used to listen and track entity errors.
  *
- * @public
+ * @alpha
  */
 export interface CatalogProcessingErrorListener {
   onError(
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/CatalogBuilder.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/CatalogBuilder.ts
index 0d4ddc8e71..be427998fc 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/CatalogBuilder.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/CatalogBuilder.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,10 @@ import {
 } from '../modules/core/PlaceholderProcessor';
 import { defaultEntityDataParser } from '../modules/util/parse';
 import { LocationAnalyzer } from '../ingestion/types';
-import { CatalogProcessingEngine } from '../processing/types';
+import {
+  CatalogProcessingEngine,
+  CatalogProcessingErrorListener,
+} from '../processing';
 import { DefaultProcessingDatabase } from '../database/DefaultProcessingDatabase';
 import { applyDatabaseMigrations } from '../database/migrations';
 import { DefaultCatalogProcessingEngine } from '../processing/DefaultCatalogProcessingEngine';
@@ -133,6 +136,7 @@ export class CatalogBuilder {
   private processors: CatalogProcessor[];
   private processorsReplace: boolean;
   private parser: CatalogProcessorParser | undefined;
+  private catalogProcessingErrorListeners?: CatalogProcessingErrorListener[];
   private processingInterval: ProcessingIntervalFunction =
     createRandomProcessingInterval({
       minSeconds: 100,
@@ -447,6 +451,14 @@ export class CatalogBuilder {
       orchestrator,
       stitcher,
       () => createHash('sha1'),
+      1000,
+      {
+        onError: async (unprocessedEntity, result, resultHash) => {
+          this.catalogProcessingErrorListeners?.forEach(listener =>
+            listener.onError(unprocessedEntity, result, resultHash),
+          );
+        },
+      },
     );
 
     const locationAnalyzer =
@@ -478,6 +490,14 @@ export class CatalogBuilder {
     };
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @alpha
+   * @param catalogProcessingErrorListeners - a list of listeners to get notified if an error occurs while processing an entity
+   */
+  subscribe(catalogProcessingErrorListeners: CatalogProcessingErrorListener[]) {
+    this.catalogProcessingErrorListeners = catalogProcessingErrorListeners;
+  }
+
   private buildEntityPolicy(): EntityPolicy {
     const entityPolicies: EntityPolicy[] = this.entityPoliciesReplace
       ? [new SchemaValidEntityPolicy(), ...this.entityPolicies]