diff --git a/_sql/actions/generic_inference_jobs.sql b/_sql/actions/generic_inference_jobs.sql
index 95668aed6c..42d52d0601 100644
--- a/_sql/actions/generic_inference_jobs.sql
+++ b/_sql/actions/generic_inference_jobs.sql
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ where status IN ('pending', 'started', 'attempt_failed');
 update generic_inference_jobs
 set status = 'dead'
 where status IN ('pending', 'started', 'attempt_failed')
-and maybe_model_type IN ('sad_talker');
+and maybe_model_type IN ('sad_talker', 'so_vits_svc');
diff --git a/crates/service/job/inference_job/src/job/job_types/lipsync/sad_talker/categorize_error.rs b/crates/service/job/inference_job/src/job/job_types/lipsync/sad_talker/categorize_error.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b088bf3068
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/service/job/inference_job/src/job/job_types/lipsync/sad_talker/categorize_error.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+use crate::job::job_loop::process_single_job_error::ProcessSingleJobError;
+
+pub fn categorize_error(stderr_contents: &str) -> Option<ProcessSingleJobError> {
+  if stderr_contents.contains("Face not detected in source image") ||
+      stderr_contents.contains("face3d/extract_kp_videos_safe.py") ||
+      stderr_contents.contains("cv2.error") {
+    return Some(ProcessSingleJobError::FaceDetectionFailure);
+  }
+  None
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+  use anyhow::bail;
+  use container_common::anyhow_result::AnyhowResult;
+  use crate::job::job_loop::process_single_job_error::ProcessSingleJobError;
+  use crate::job::job_types::lipsync::sad_talker::categorize_error::categorize_error;
+
+  fn assert_face_tracking_error(maybe_error: Option<ProcessSingleJobError>) -> AnyhowResult<()> {
+    // NB: We have to do this since ProcessSingleJobError can't derive `PartialEq`
+    match maybe_error {
+      Some(ProcessSingleJobError::FaceDetectionFailure) => Ok(()),
+      None => bail!("error is absent"),
+      Some(_) => bail!("error is wrong type"),
+    }
+  }
+
+  #[test]
+  fn stack_trace_1() {
+    // Failure image example:
+    // https://storage.googleapis.com/vocodes-public/media_upload/n/y/y/t/m/nyytmrzxs2jyczx8qsp65q1r4njp03zb/original_upload.bin
+    // Cartoon hat obscures face
+    let trace = r#"
+        Traceback (most recent call last):
+      File "/common/sadtalker-code/model_code/inference.py", line 175, in <module>
+        main(args)
+      File "/common/sadtalker-code/model_code/inference.py", line 71, in main
+        first_coeff_path, crop_pic_path, crop_info =  preprocess_model.generate(pic_path, first_frame_dir, args.preprocess,\
+      File "/common/sadtalker-code/model_code/src/utils/preprocess.py", line 124, in generate
+        lm = self.propress.predictor.extract_keypoint(frames_pil, landmarks_path)
+      File "/common/sadtalker-code/model_code/src/face3d/extract_kp_videos_safe.py", line 57, in extract_keypoint
+        current_kp = self.extract_keypoint(image)
+      File "/common/sadtalker-code/model_code/src/face3d/extract_kp_videos_safe.py", line 75, in extract_keypoint
+        bboxes = bboxes[0]
+    IndexError: index 0 is out of bounds for axis 0 with size 0
+    "#;
+
+    assert_face_tracking_error(categorize_error(trace)).unwrap();
+  }
+
+  #[test]
+  fn stack_trace_2() {
+    // Failure image example:
+    // https://storage.googleapis.com/vocodes-public/media_upload/s/x/v/n/1/sxvn18fyyf9g8ywxyh92am1zc3zthpef/original_upload.bin
+    // (Too small - 130x130)
+    let trace = r#"
+        OpenCV: FFMPEG: tag 0x5634504d/'MP4V' is not supported with codec id 12 and format 'mp4 / MP4 (MPEG-4 Part 14)'
+    OpenCV: FFMPEG: fallback to use tag 0x7634706d/'mp4v'
+seamlessClone::   0%|          | 0/322 [00:00<?, ?it/s]
+    Traceback (most recent call last):
+      File "/common/sadtalker-code/model_code/inference.py", line 175, in <module>
+        main(args)
+      File "/common/sadtalker-code/model_code/inference.py", line 112, in main
+        result = animate_from_coeff.generate(data, save_dir, pic_path, crop_info, \
+      File "/common/sadtalker-code/model_code/src/facerender/animate.py", line 230, in generate
+        paste_pic(path, pic_path, crop_info, new_audio_path, full_video_path, extended_crop= True if 'ext' in preprocess.lower() else False)
+      File "/common/sadtalker-code/model_code/src/utils/paste_pic.py", line 63, in paste_pic
+        gen_img = cv2.seamlessClone(p, full_img, mask, location, cv2.NORMAL_CLONE)
+    cv2.error: OpenCV(4.8.0) /io/opencv/modules/core/src/matrix.cpp:808: error: (-215:Assertion failed) 0 <= roi.x && 0 <= roi.width && roi.x + roi.width <= m.cols && 0 <= roi.y && 0 <= roi.height && roi.y + roi.height <= m.rows in function 'Mat'
+    "#;
+
+    assert_face_tracking_error(categorize_error(trace)).unwrap();
+  }
+
+  #[test]
+  fn stack_trace_3() {
+    // Failure image example:
+    // https://storage.googleapis.com/vocodes-public/media_upload/s/h/h/a/6/shha6jn69d2km0wxys5yzk0ce85jwvw1/original_upload.bin
+    // No idea what the issue is here
+    let trace = r#"
+        Traceback (most recent call last):
+      File "/common/sadtalker-code/model_code/inference.py", line 175, in <module>
+        main(args)
+      File "/common/sadtalker-code/model_code/inference.py", line 71, in main
+        first_coeff_path, crop_pic_path, crop_info =  preprocess_model.generate(pic_path, first_frame_dir, args.preprocess,\
+      File "/common/sadtalker-code/model_code/src/utils/preprocess.py", line 124, in generate
+        lm = self.propress.predictor.extract_keypoint(frames_pil, landmarks_path)
+      File "/common/sadtalker-code/model_code/src/face3d/extract_kp_videos_safe.py", line 57, in extract_keypoint
+        current_kp = self.extract_keypoint(image)
+      File "/common/sadtalker-code/model_code/src/face3d/extract_kp_videos_safe.py", line 78, in extract_keypoint
+        keypoints = landmark_98_to_68(self.detector.get_landmarks(img)) # [0]
+      File "/common/sadtalker-code/model_code/src/face3d/util/my_awing_arch.py", line 363, in get_landmarks
+        img = cv2.resize(img, (256, 256))
+    cv2.error: OpenCV(4.8.0) /io/opencv/modules/imgproc/src/resize.cpp:4062: error: (-215:Assertion failed) !ssize.empty() in function 'resize'
+    "#;
+
+    assert_face_tracking_error(categorize_error(trace)).unwrap();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/crates/service/job/inference_job/src/job/job_types/lipsync/sad_talker/mod.rs b/crates/service/job/inference_job/src/job/job_types/lipsync/sad_talker/mod.rs
index fb0e9a0cc4..bb306e90c4 100644
--- a/crates/service/job/inference_job/src/job/job_types/lipsync/sad_talker/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/service/job/inference_job/src/job/job_types/lipsync/sad_talker/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+pub mod categorize_error;
 pub mod download_audio_file;
 pub mod download_image_file;
 pub mod model_downloaders;
diff --git a/crates/service/job/inference_job/src/job/job_types/lipsync/sad_talker/process_job.rs b/crates/service/job/inference_job/src/job/job_types/lipsync/sad_talker/process_job.rs
index 6677e5ff5f..cd30c49f50 100644
--- a/crates/service/job/inference_job/src/job/job_types/lipsync/sad_talker/process_job.rs
+++ b/crates/service/job/inference_job/src/job/job_types/lipsync/sad_talker/process_job.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ use tokens::tokens::users::UserToken;
 
 use crate::job::job_loop::job_success_result::{JobSuccessResult, ResultEntity};
 use crate::job::job_loop::process_single_job_error::ProcessSingleJobError;
+use crate::job::job_types::lipsync::sad_talker::categorize_error::categorize_error;
 use crate::job::job_types::lipsync::sad_talker::download_audio_file::download_audio_file;
 use crate::job::job_types::lipsync::sad_talker::download_image_file::download_image_file;
 use crate::job::job_types::lipsync::sad_talker::resize_image::resize_image;
@@ -206,11 +207,14 @@ pub async fn process_job(args: SadTalkerProcessJobArgs<'_>) -> Result<JobSuccess
     let mut error = ProcessSingleJobError::Other(anyhow!("CommandExitStatus: {:?}", command_exit_status));
 
     if let Ok(contents) = read_to_string(&stderr_output_file) {
-      if contents.contains("can not detect the landmark from source image") {
-        warn!("Face not detected in source image");
-        error = ProcessSingleJobError::FaceDetectionFailure;
-      } else {
-        warn!("Captured stderr output: {}", contents);
+      match categorize_error(&contents)  {
+        Some(ProcessSingleJobError::FaceDetectionFailure) => {
+          warn!("Face not detected in source image");
+          error = ProcessSingleJobError::FaceDetectionFailure;
+        }
+        _ => {
+          warn!("Captured stderr output: {}", contents);
+        }
       }
     }