diff --git a/docs/api/utility-apis.md b/docs/api/utility-apis.md
index 308544e0f1..56dd46794a 100644
--- a/docs/api/utility-apis.md
+++ b/docs/api/utility-apis.md
@@ -71,8 +71,11 @@ For example, this is the default `ApiFactory` for the `ErrorApi`:
 createApiFactory({
   api: errorApiRef,
   deps: { alertApi: alertApiRef },
-  factory: ({ alertApi }) =>
-    new ErrorAlerter(alertApi, new ErrorApiForwarder()),
+  factory: ({ alertApi }) => {
+    const errorApi = new ErrorAlerter(alertApi, new ErrorApiForwarder());
+    UnhandledErrorForwarder.forward(errorApi, { hidden: false });
+    return errorApi;
+  },
 });
 ```
 
diff --git a/packages/core-app-api/src/apis/implementations/ErrorApi/UnhandledErrorForwarder.ts b/packages/core-app-api/src/apis/implementations/ErrorApi/UnhandledErrorForwarder.ts
index 7ef3cec3dd..b859148e8e 100644
--- a/packages/core-app-api/src/apis/implementations/ErrorApi/UnhandledErrorForwarder.ts
+++ b/packages/core-app-api/src/apis/implementations/ErrorApi/UnhandledErrorForwarder.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { ErrorApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
+import { ErrorApi, ErrorContext } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 
 /*
  * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
@@ -15,12 +15,16 @@ import { ErrorApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
+
 export class UnhandledErrorForwarder {
-  static forward(errorApi: ErrorApi, hidden = false) {
+  /**
+   * Add event listener, such that unhandled errors can be forwarded using an given `ErrorApi` instance
+   */
+  static forward(errorApi: ErrorApi, errorContext: ErrorContext) {
     window.addEventListener(
       'unhandledrejection',
       (e: PromiseRejectionEvent) => {
-        errorApi.post(e.reason as Error, { hidden });
+        errorApi.post(e.reason as Error, errorContext);
       },
     );
   }
diff --git a/packages/core-app-api/src/app/defaultApis.ts b/packages/core-app-api/src/app/defaultApis.ts
index 8ebdaa10ed..f0657f2092 100644
--- a/packages/core-app-api/src/app/defaultApis.ts
+++ b/packages/core-app-api/src/app/defaultApis.ts
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export const defaultApis = [
     deps: { alertApi: alertApiRef },
     factory: ({ alertApi }) => {
       const errorApi = new ErrorAlerter(alertApi, new ErrorApiForwarder());
-      UnhandledErrorForwarder.forward(errorApi);
+      UnhandledErrorForwarder.forward(errorApi, { hidden: false });
       return errorApi;
     },
   }),