diff --git a/plugins/exception-render/src/MixerApiExceptionRenderer.php b/plugins/exception-render/src/MixerApiExceptionRenderer.php
index 9b5f632..0c50de3 100644
--- a/plugins/exception-render/src/MixerApiExceptionRenderer.php
+++ b/plugins/exception-render/src/MixerApiExceptionRenderer.php
@@ -73,11 +73,14 @@ public function render(): ResponseInterface
         }
         $response = $response->withStatus($code);
 
-        $exceptions = [$exception];
-        $previous = $exception->getPrevious();
-        while ($previous != null) {
-            $exceptions[] = $previous;
-            $previous = $previous->getPrevious();
+        $maxExceptions = 10;
+        $depth = 0;
+        $exceptions = [];
+        $current = $exception;
+        while ($current !== null && $depth < $maxExceptions) {
+            $depth++;
+            $exceptions[] = new SerializableException($current);
+            $current = $current->getPrevious();
         }
 
         $viewVars = [
diff --git a/plugins/exception-render/src/SerializableException.php b/plugins/exception-render/src/SerializableException.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a369a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/exception-render/src/SerializableException.php
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+<?php
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace MixerApi\ExceptionRender;
+
+use Cake\Core\Configure;
+use JsonSerializable;
+use ReflectionClass;
+use Throwable;
+
+class SerializableException extends \Exception implements JsonSerializable
+{
+    private Throwable $wrapped;
+
+    /**
+     * @param \Throwable $exception The exception to wrap
+     */
+    public function __construct(Throwable $exception)
+    {
+        $this->wrapped = $exception;
+        parent::__construct($exception->getMessage(), (int)$exception->getCode());
+        $this->file = $exception->getFile();
+        $this->line = $exception->getLine();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function jsonSerialize(): array
+    {
+        $data = [
+            'class' => (new ReflectionClass($this->wrapped))->getShortName(),
+            'message' => $this->getMessage(),
+            'code' => $this->getCode(),
+        ];
+
+        if (Configure::read('debug')) {
+            $data['file'] = $this->getFile();
+            $data['line'] = $this->getLine();
+        }
+
+        return $data;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/plugins/exception-render/tests/TestCase/MixerApiExceptionRenderTest.php b/plugins/exception-render/tests/TestCase/MixerApiExceptionRenderTest.php
index 4a75252..c896abf 100644
--- a/plugins/exception-render/tests/TestCase/MixerApiExceptionRenderTest.php
+++ b/plugins/exception-render/tests/TestCase/MixerApiExceptionRenderTest.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace MixerApi\ExceptionRender\Test\TestCase;
 
-use Cake\Core\Exception\CakeException;
+use Cake\Event\EventManager;
 use Cake\Http\Exception\HttpException;
 use Cake\Http\ServerRequest;
 use Cake\TestSuite\TestCase;
@@ -11,6 +11,80 @@
 
 class MixerApiExceptionRenderTest extends TestCase
 {
+    public function test_chained_exceptions_serialize_as_structured_arrays(): void
+    {
+        $previous = new \RuntimeException('Connection refused', 111);
+        $exception = new HttpException('Service unavailable', 503, $previous);
+
+        $request = new ServerRequest();
+        $request = $request->withHeader('Accept', 'application/json');
+        $request = $request->withHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json');
+
+        $response = (new MixerApiExceptionRenderer($exception, $request))->render();
+
+        $body = json_decode((string)$response->getBody(), true);
+        $exceptions = $body['exceptions'];
+
+        $this->assertCount(2, $exceptions);
+
+        $this->assertEquals('HttpException', $exceptions[0]['class']);
+        $this->assertEquals('Service unavailable', $exceptions[0]['message']);
+        $this->assertEquals(503, $exceptions[0]['code']);
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('file', $exceptions[0]);
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('line', $exceptions[0]);
+
+        $this->assertEquals('RuntimeException', $exceptions[1]['class']);
+        $this->assertEquals('Connection refused', $exceptions[1]['message']);
+        $this->assertEquals(111, $exceptions[1]['code']);
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('file', $exceptions[1]);
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('line', $exceptions[1]);
+    }
+
+    public function test_exception_chain_is_capped_at_max_depth(): void
+    {
+        $exception = new \RuntimeException('root');
+        for ($i = 0; $i < 11; $i++) {
+            $exception = new \RuntimeException("level $i", 0, $exception);
+        }
+
+        $request = new ServerRequest();
+        $request = $request->withHeader('Accept', 'application/json');
+        $request = $request->withHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json');
+
+        $response = (new MixerApiExceptionRenderer($exception, $request))->render();
+
+        $body = json_decode((string)$response->getBody(), true);
+        $this->assertCount(10, $body['exceptions']);
+    }
+
+    public function test_chained_exceptions_are_throwable_for_event_listeners(): void
+    {
+        $previous = new \RuntimeException('Connection refused', 111);
+        $exception = new HttpException('Service unavailable', 503, $previous);
+
+        $request = new ServerRequest();
+        $request = $request->withHeader('Accept', 'application/json');
+        $request = $request->withHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json');
+
+        $captured = null;
+        EventManager::instance()->on(
+            'MixerApi.ExceptionRender.beforeRender',
+            function ($event) use (&$captured) {
+                $captured = $event->getSubject()->getViewVars()['exceptions'];
+            }
+        );
+
+        (new MixerApiExceptionRenderer($exception, $request))->render();
+
+        $this->assertCount(2, $captured);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(\Throwable::class, $captured[0]);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(\Throwable::class, $captured[1]);
+        $this->assertEquals('Service unavailable', $captured[0]->getMessage());
+        $this->assertEquals('Connection refused', $captured[1]->getMessage());
+
+        EventManager::instance()->off('MixerApi.ExceptionRender.beforeRender');
+    }
+
     public function test_get_error(): void
     {
         $this->assertInstanceOf(
diff --git a/plugins/exception-render/tests/TestCase/SerializableExceptionTest.php b/plugins/exception-render/tests/TestCase/SerializableExceptionTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..785470b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/exception-render/tests/TestCase/SerializableExceptionTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace MixerApi\ExceptionRender\Test\TestCase;
+
+use Cake\Core\Configure;
+use Cake\TestSuite\TestCase;
+use MixerApi\ExceptionRender\SerializableException;
+
+class SerializableExceptionTest extends TestCase
+{
+    public function test_is_throwable(): void
+    {
+        $wrapped = new \RuntimeException('test');
+        $exception = new SerializableException($wrapped);
+
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(\Throwable::class, $exception);
+    }
+
+    public function test_is_json_serializable(): void
+    {
+        $wrapped = new \RuntimeException('test');
+        $exception = new SerializableException($wrapped);
+
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(\JsonSerializable::class, $exception);
+    }
+
+    public function test_proxies_message_and_code(): void
+    {
+        $wrapped = new \RuntimeException('Connection refused', 111);
+        $exception = new SerializableException($wrapped);
+
+        $this->assertEquals('Connection refused', $exception->getMessage());
+        $this->assertEquals(111, $exception->getCode());
+    }
+
+    public function test_proxies_file_and_line(): void
+    {
+        $wrapped = new \RuntimeException('test');
+        $exception = new SerializableException($wrapped);
+
+        $this->assertEquals($wrapped->getFile(), $exception->getFile());
+        $this->assertEquals($wrapped->getLine(), $exception->getLine());
+    }
+
+    public function test_json_serialize_returns_structured_data(): void
+    {
+        $wrapped = new \RuntimeException('Connection refused', 111);
+        $exception = new SerializableException($wrapped);
+
+        Configure::write('debug', true);
+        $data = $exception->jsonSerialize();
+
+        $this->assertEquals('RuntimeException', $data['class']);
+        $this->assertEquals('Connection refused', $data['message']);
+        $this->assertEquals(111, $data['code']);
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('file', $data);
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('line', $data);
+    }
+
+    public function test_json_serialize_excludes_file_and_line_without_debug(): void
+    {
+        $wrapped = new \RuntimeException('Connection refused', 111);
+        $exception = new SerializableException($wrapped);
+
+        Configure::write('debug', false);
+        $data = $exception->jsonSerialize();
+
+        $this->assertEquals('RuntimeException', $data['class']);
+        $this->assertEquals('Connection refused', $data['message']);
+        $this->assertEquals(111, $data['code']);
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('file', $data);
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('line', $data);
+
+        Configure::write('debug', true);
+    }
+
+    public function test_json_encode_produces_correct_output(): void
+    {
+        $wrapped = new \RuntimeException('test', 42);
+        $exception = new SerializableException($wrapped);
+
+        Configure::write('debug', false);
+        $json = json_encode($exception);
+        $decoded = json_decode($json, true);
+
+        $this->assertEquals('RuntimeException', $decoded['class']);
+        $this->assertEquals('test', $decoded['message']);
+        $this->assertEquals(42, $decoded['code']);
+
+        Configure::write('debug', true);
+    }
+}