diff --git a/.changeset/rare-ants-swim.md b/.changeset/rare-ants-swim.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1bde7bf142
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/rare-ants-swim.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'astro': patch
+---
+
+Improves errors in certain places to also report their causes.
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/assets/build/generate.ts b/packages/astro/src/assets/build/generate.ts
index 4ee210ec30..a73ef11f27 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/assets/build/generate.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/assets/build/generate.ts
@@ -226,7 +226,6 @@ export async function generateImagesForPath(
 					...AstroErrorData.CouldNotTransformImage,
 					message: AstroErrorData.CouldNotTransformImage.message(originalFilePath),
 				},
-				undefined,
 				{ cause: e }
 			);
 
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/errors/errors.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/errors/errors.ts
index faf3656869..31e3be5202 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/errors/errors.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/errors/errors.ts
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ export class AstroError extends Error {
 
 	type: ErrorTypes = 'AstroError';
 
-	constructor(props: ErrorProperties, ...params: any) {
-		super(...params);
-
+	constructor(props: ErrorProperties, options?: ErrorOptions) {
 		const { name, title, message, stack, location, hint, frame } = props;
+		super(message, options);
+		
 		this.title = title;
 		this.name = name;
 
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ export class AstroError extends Error {
 export class CompilerError extends AstroError {
 	type: ErrorTypes = 'CompilerError';
 
-	constructor(props: ErrorProperties, ...params: any) {
-		super(props, ...params);
+	constructor(props: ErrorProperties, options?: ErrorOptions) {
+		super(props, options);
 	}
 
 	static is(err: unknown): err is CompilerError {
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ export class AggregateError extends AstroError {
 
 	// Despite being a collection of errors, AggregateError still needs to have a main error attached to it
 	// This is because Vite expects every thrown errors handled during HMR to be, well, Error and have a message
-	constructor(props: ErrorProperties & { errors: AstroError[] }, ...params: any) {
-		super(props, ...params);
+	constructor(props: ErrorProperties & { errors: AstroError[] }, options?: ErrorOptions) {
+		super(props, options);
 
 		this.errors = props.errors;
 	}
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/middleware/loadMiddleware.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/middleware/loadMiddleware.ts
index 135f7fbc47..da60909826 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/middleware/loadMiddleware.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/middleware/loadMiddleware.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export async function loadMiddleware(moduleLoader: ModuleLoader) {
 	try {
 		return await moduleLoader.import(MIDDLEWARE_MODULE_ID);
 	} catch (error: any) {
-		const astroError = new AstroError(MiddlewareCantBeLoaded, undefined, { cause: error });
+		const astroError = new AstroError(MiddlewareCantBeLoaded, { cause: error });
 		throw astroError;
 	}
 }