diff --git a/fiftyone_pipeline_core/src/fiftyone_pipeline_core/pipelinebuilder.py b/fiftyone_pipeline_core/src/fiftyone_pipeline_core/pipelinebuilder.py
index c95d3ff..72f8975 100644
--- a/fiftyone_pipeline_core/src/fiftyone_pipeline_core/pipelinebuilder.py
+++ b/fiftyone_pipeline_core/src/fiftyone_pipeline_core/pipelinebuilder.py
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ def __init__(self, settings= {}):
         @rtype: PipelineBuilder
         `use_setheader_properties (Bool)` - Whether to add the SetHeaderElement to the pipeline
         (default true)
+        `suppress_process_exceptions (Bool)` - If False (the default) the first error thrown
+        while processing is re-raised from flow_data.process(); if True, errors are stored on
+        flow_data.errors and process() returns normally. Recommended True for web apps so a
+        processing failure degrades gracefully instead of failing the request.
         @return: Returns a Pipeline Builder
 
         """
@@ -73,6 +77,11 @@ def __init__(self, settings= {}):
         else:
             self.data_file_update_service = None
 
+        if "suppress_process_exceptions" in settings:
+            self.suppress_process_exceptions = settings["suppress_process_exceptions"]
+        else:
+            self.suppress_process_exceptions = False
+
     def get_javascript_elements(self):
         """
         Adds the JavaScriptBuilder, JSONBundler and SequenceElement to the pipeline if
@@ -138,8 +147,8 @@ def build(self):
 
         self.flow_elements.extend(self.get_javascript_elements())
         self.flow_elements.extend(self.get_setheader_elements())
-        
-        return Pipeline(self.flow_elements, logger=self.logger, data_file_update_service=self.data_file_update_service)
+
+        return Pipeline(self.flow_elements, logger=self.logger, suppress_process_exceptions=self.suppress_process_exceptions, data_file_update_service=self.data_file_update_service)
 
     def add_logger(self, logger):
         """
@@ -187,7 +196,40 @@ def build_from_configuration(self, config):
                 flow_element = flow_element()
             flow_elements.append(flow_element)
 
-        return Pipeline(flow_elements)
+        return Pipeline(flow_elements, suppress_process_exceptions=self._get_suppress_process_exceptions(config))
+
+    def _get_suppress_process_exceptions(self, config):
+        """
+        Resolve the suppress_process_exceptions setting from a configuration.
+        Looks under 'PipelineOptions.BuildParameters' (mirrors the .NET/Java
+        config layout for cross-language consistency), then a direct
+        'PipelineOptions' key, accepting either snake_case or camelCase, and
+        finally falls back to the value supplied to the builder constructor
+        (default False).
+
+        @type config: dict
+        @param config: pipeline configuration
+        @rtype: bool
+        @return: whether processing exceptions should be suppressed
+        """
+
+        options = config.get("PipelineOptions", {})
+
+        def lookup(source):
+            if not isinstance(source, dict):
+                return None
+            for key in ("suppress_process_exceptions", "suppressProcessExceptions"):
+                if key in source:
+                    return source[key]
+            return None
+
+        value = lookup(options.get("BuildParameters"))
+        if value is None:
+            value = lookup(options)
+        if value is None:
+            return self.suppress_process_exceptions
+
+        return value
 
     def _map_properties_names(self, mappings, arguments):
         if arguments is None:
diff --git a/fiftyone_pipeline_core/tests/test_core.py b/fiftyone_pipeline_core/tests/test_core.py
index db0b62b..f26acde 100644
--- a/fiftyone_pipeline_core/tests/test_core.py
+++ b/fiftyone_pipeline_core/tests/test_core.py
@@ -158,3 +158,64 @@ def test_build_from_config(self):
 
         getValue = fd.get("example1").get("integer")
         self.assertTrue(getValue == 5)
+
+    # suppress_process_exceptions: default is False from the builder
+    def test_suppress_process_exceptions_default(self):
+        pipeline = PipelineBuilder().add(ExampleFlowElement1()).build()
+        self.assertFalse(pipeline.suppress_process_exceptions)
+
+    # suppress_process_exceptions: set via builder settings
+    def test_suppress_process_exceptions_builder_setting(self):
+        pipeline = PipelineBuilder({"suppress_process_exceptions": True})\
+            .add(ExampleFlowElement1())\
+            .build()
+        self.assertTrue(pipeline.suppress_process_exceptions)
+
+    # suppress_process_exceptions: read from PipelineOptions.BuildParameters
+    def test_suppress_process_exceptions_from_config_build_parameters(self):
+        config = {
+            "PipelineOptions": {
+                "Elements": [
+                    {
+                        "elementName": "ExampleFlowElement1",
+                        "elementPath": "tests.classes.exampleflowelement1"
+                    }
+                ],
+                "BuildParameters": {
+                    "suppress_process_exceptions": True
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        pipeline = PipelineBuilder().build_from_configuration(config)
+        self.assertTrue(pipeline.suppress_process_exceptions)
+
+    # suppress_process_exceptions: read from a direct key (camelCase accepted)
+    def test_suppress_process_exceptions_from_config_direct(self):
+        config = {
+            "PipelineOptions": {
+                "Elements": [
+                    {
+                        "elementName": "ExampleFlowElement1",
+                        "elementPath": "tests.classes.exampleflowelement1"
+                    }
+                ],
+                "suppressProcessExceptions": True
+            }
+        }
+        pipeline = PipelineBuilder().build_from_configuration(config)
+        self.assertTrue(pipeline.suppress_process_exceptions)
+
+    # suppress_process_exceptions: defaults to False from configuration
+    def test_suppress_process_exceptions_from_config_default(self):
+        config = {
+            "PipelineOptions": {
+                "Elements": [
+                    {
+                        "elementName": "ExampleFlowElement1",
+                        "elementPath": "tests.classes.exampleflowelement1"
+                    }
+                ]
+            }
+        }
+        pipeline = PipelineBuilder().build_from_configuration(config)
+        self.assertFalse(pipeline.suppress_process_exceptions)