diff --git a/src/background/logging.ts b/src/background/logging.ts
index 616c701adc..51f6436c8f 100644
--- a/src/background/logging.ts
+++ b/src/background/logging.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import {
   IGNORED_ERROR_PATTERNS,
   isAxiosError,
   isContextError,
-  serializePixiebrixError,
+  serializeErrorAndProperties,
 } from "@/errors";
 import { expectContext, forbidContext } from "@/utils/expectContext";
 import { isAppRequest, selectAbsoluteUrl } from "@/services/requestErrorUtils";
@@ -332,9 +332,9 @@ export async function recordError(
         context: flatContext,
         message,
         data,
-
-        // Ensure it's serialized
-        error: serializePixiebrixError(maybeSerializedError as Error),
+        // Ensure the object is fully serialized. Required because it will be stored in IDB and flow through the Redux
+        // state. Can be converted to serializeError after https://github.com/sindresorhus/serialize-error/issues/74
+        error: serializeErrorAndProperties(maybeSerializedError),
       }),
     ]);
   } catch (recordError) {
diff --git a/src/blocks/transformers/jq.test.ts b/src/blocks/transformers/jq.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..004e962226
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/blocks/transformers/jq.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2022 PixieBrix, Inc.
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+import { JQTransformer } from "@/blocks/transformers/jq";
+import { unsafeAssumeValidArg } from "@/runtime/runtimeTypes";
+import ConsoleLogger from "@/utils/ConsoleLogger";
+import { InputValidationError } from "@/blocks/errors";
+import { BusinessError } from "@/errors";
+
+describe("parse compile error", () => {
+  test("invalid fromdate", async () => {
+    // https://github.com/pixiebrix/pixiebrix-extension/issues/3216
+    const promise = new JQTransformer().transform(
+      unsafeAssumeValidArg({ filter: '"" | fromdate', input: {} }),
+      {
+        ctxt: {},
+        root: null,
+        logger: new ConsoleLogger(),
+      }
+    );
+
+    await expect(promise).rejects.toThrowError(InputValidationError);
+    await expect(promise).rejects.toThrowError(
+      'date "" does not match format "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ"'
+    );
+  });
+
+  test("missing brace", async () => {
+    // https://github.com/pixiebrix/pixiebrix-extension/issues/3216
+    const promise = new JQTransformer().transform(
+      unsafeAssumeValidArg({ filter: "{", input: {} }),
+      {
+        ctxt: {},
+        root: null,
+        logger: new ConsoleLogger(),
+      }
+    );
+
+    await expect(promise).rejects.toThrowError(InputValidationError);
+    await expect(promise).rejects.toThrowError(
+      "Unexpected end of jq filter, are you missing a parentheses, brace, and/or quote mark?"
+    );
+  });
+
+  test("null iteration", async () => {
+    // https://github.com/pixiebrix/pixiebrix-extension/issues/3216
+    const promise = new JQTransformer().transform(
+      unsafeAssumeValidArg({ filter: ".foo[]", input: {} }),
+      {
+        ctxt: {},
+        root: null,
+        logger: new ConsoleLogger(),
+      }
+    );
+
+    await expect(promise).rejects.toThrowError(BusinessError);
+    await expect(promise).rejects.toThrowError(
+      "Cannot iterate over null (null)"
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/blocks/transformers/jq.ts b/src/blocks/transformers/jq.ts
index a2064877db..0ee24c7fc8 100644
--- a/src/blocks/transformers/jq.ts
+++ b/src/blocks/transformers/jq.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { BlockArg, BlockOptions, Schema } from "@/core";
 import { propertiesToSchema } from "@/validators/generic";
 import { isNullOrBlank } from "@/utils";
 import { InputValidationError } from "@/blocks/errors";
-import { isErrorObject } from "@/errors";
+import { BusinessError, isErrorObject } from "@/errors";
 
 const jqStacktraceRegexp = /jq: error \(at <stdin>:0\): (?<message>.*)/;
 
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ export class JQTransformer extends Transformer {
         !isErrorObject(error) ||
         (error.message.length > 13 && !error.message.includes("compile error"))
       ) {
+        // Unless there's bug in jq itself, if there's an error at this point, it's business error
+        if (isErrorObject(error)) {
+          throw new BusinessError(error.message, { cause: error });
+        }
+
         throw error;
       }
 
diff --git a/src/errors.test.ts b/src/errors.test.ts
index fdba227d04..9ad8afcf88 100644
--- a/src/errors.test.ts
+++ b/src/errors.test.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import {
   MultipleElementsFoundError,
   NoElementsFoundError,
   selectError,
-  serializePixiebrixError,
+  serializeErrorAndProperties,
 } from "@/errors";
 import { range } from "lodash";
 import { deserializeError, serializeError } from "serialize-error";
@@ -306,8 +306,10 @@ describe("serialization", () => {
       cause: inputValidationError,
     });
 
-    const serializedError = serializePixiebrixError(contextError);
+    const serializedError = serializeErrorAndProperties(contextError);
 
+    // Use the isPlainObject from "@reduxjs/toolkit" because it's Redux that requires the object in the state to be
+    // serializable. We want it to be serializable and especially serializable for redux.
     expect(isPlainObject(serializedError)).toBeTruthy();
     expect(isPlainObject(serializedError.cause)).toBeTruthy();
   });
diff --git a/src/errors.ts b/src/errors.ts
index 3369d89e2d..6c56804f79 100644
--- a/src/errors.ts
+++ b/src/errors.ts
@@ -250,11 +250,12 @@ export function isContextError(error: unknown): error is ContextError {
   );
 }
 
-// The serializeError preserves custom properties that effectively means the "cause" is skipped by the serializer
-export function serializePixiebrixError(error: unknown): ErrorObject {
-  const serializedError = serializeError(error);
+// `serialize-error/serializeError` preserves custom properties, so "cause" in our errors, e.g., ContextError is skipped
+// https://github.com/sindresorhus/serialize-error/issues/74
+export function serializeErrorAndProperties(error: unknown): ErrorObject {
+  const serializedError = serializeError(error, { useToJSON: false });
   if (typeof error === "object" && "cause" in error) {
-    serializedError.cause = serializePixiebrixError(
+    serializedError.cause = serializeErrorAndProperties(
       (error as { cause: unknown }).cause
     );
   }